clofibrate

clofibrate (countable and uncountable, plural clofibrates)

From chlo(ro)- + fibro- + -ate (“ester”).

(pharmacology) A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.


concanavalin

(medicine) Any of a family of glycoprotein lectins found in the jack bean


deferoxamine

en-noun

deferoxamine (countable and uncountable, plural deferoxamines)

Streptomyces pilosus
Streptomyces pilosus

(medicine) A siderophore, produced by the actinobacterium Streptomyces pilosus, that is used as a chelating agent used to remove excess iron from the body


hyperhomocysteine

(pathology) A very high level of homocysteine


hyperhomocysteinemic

en-adj

hyperhomocysteinemic (comparative more hyperhomocysteinemic, superlative most hyperhomocysteinemic)

more hyperhomocysteinemic (comparative)
most hyperhomocysteinemic (superlative)

(pathology) Of or pertaining to hyperhomocysteinemia


immunopathogenesis

(immunology, pathology) The pathogenesis of a disease relating to the immune system


phosphospecific

phosphospecific (comparative more phosphospecific, superlative most phosphospecific)

more phosphospecific (comparative)
most phosphospecific (superlative)

(immunology) Describing an antibody that binds to phosphorylation-induced conformational changes in a protein.


pioglitazone

From py(ridyl) + -o- + -glitazone (“thiazolidinedione derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) A thiazolidinedione derivative taken orally in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₉H₂₀N₂O₃S·HCl to treat type 2 diabetes by decreasing insulin resistance.


thermocycling

(genetics) The use of a thermocycler to amplify DNA segments


transregulator

(genetics) A transfected genetic regulator


virosis

In her investigations on the viroses of tobacco and potato and on cucumber mosaic in solanaceous hosts, Hoggan showed that the presence or absence of vacuolate bodies , and in some cases the combined presence of vacuolate bodies and striate material have undoubted value for the identification of certain viroses.

1931, Phytopathology, volume 21, numbers 1-6, page 590:

(pathology) Any disease caused by a virus.


antiglaucoma

(pharmacology) That prevents, or alleviates glaucoma


nonactin

(medicine) A member of a family of macrotetrolide antibiotics


sarsasapogenin

Rhizoma anemarrhenae
Rhizoma anemarrhenae

(medicine) A sapogenin found in the Chinese medicinal herb Rhizoma anemarrhenae


monopartite

(genetics) Having a single strand of nucleic acid


antileukemic

en-adj

antileukemic (comparative more antileukemic, superlative most antileukemic)

more antileukemic (comparative)
most antileukemic (superlative)

(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.


antihemophilic

antihemophilic (comparative more antihemophilic, superlative most antihemophilic)

more antihemophilic (comparative)
most antihemophilic (superlative)

(medicine) That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.

antiemofiliaco

that counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs


benzonase

en-noun

benzonase (countable and uncountable, plural benzonases)

Hydrolysis of nucleic acids for single-cell protein concentrates has been carried out in one step using immobilized benzonase on corn cob.

1991 October, J. M. Moreno, “Hydrolysis of nucleic acids in single-cell protein concentrates using immobilized benzonase”, in Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology volume, volume 31:

The volume of benzonase solution (ready-made solution of the manufacturer) necessary to digest the DNA in the pellet III suspension was determined experimentally.

1999, Andrew J. Link, 2-d Proteome Analysis Protocols, page 83:

Immobilized nucleases like benzonases on corncobs were also used to reduce the nucleic acid content in protein concentrates.

2000 October, P. Ravindra, Anupama, Value-added food:: Single cell protein, in Biotechnology Advances, volume 18, issue 6, pages 459-479

Treat the lung with benzonase to remove the remnant DNA:

2011, Charles Y. Lee, Korkut Uygun, Methods in Bioengineering: Organ Preservation and Reengineering, page 185:

Also, in many cases, enzymes like benzonases fail to completely remove nucleic acids from complexes due to inaccessibility of shorter nucleic acids buried in the refolded protein as demonstrated in this study.

2014 May 23, Muniasamy Neerathilingam, “Soni-removal of nucleic acids from inclusion bodies”, in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, volume 448, number 1, page 45:

The new digestion protocol was designed based on the enzymatic combination of benzonase and P1 nucleases.

2015, Antonio Monari, Elise Dumont, Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu, Radiation-induced and oxidative DNA damages, page 42:

(genetics) An artificial endonuclease used to degrade DNA and RNA.


cis-acting

transcription factor
transcription factor#English

(genetics) Describing transcription factors that regulate the expression of genes on the same chromosome.


trans-acting

(genetics) Describing transcription factors that regulate the expression of genes on a different chromosome.


condyloma

condyloma (plural condylomas or condylomata)

condylomas (plural)
condylomata (plural)

From Latin condylōma, from Ancient Greek κονδύλωμα (kondúlōma, “wart”), from κόνδυλος (kóndulos).

der

(pathology) A wartlike growth on the skin or a mucous membrane, caused by certain types of HPV viruses, usually occurring in the genital area.


daptomycin

From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

af

(pharmacology) A particular lipopeptide antibiotic.


epidemy

From Middle English ipedemye, impedyme, from Middle French epydimie, epydemie, from Old French ypidime, from Late Latin epidemia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). Compare French épidémie.


hexadimethrine

(medicine) A polymer of tetramethyl hexane diamine and dibromopropane used as a heparin antagonist.


homoresistant

en-adj

homoresistant (comparative more homoresistant, superlative most homoresistant)

more homoresistant (comparative)
most homoresistant (superlative)

(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or causing homoresistance


humeroperoneal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the humerus and the fibula.


leukosis

en-noun

leukosis (countable and uncountable, plural leukoses)

(medicine, dated) Synonym of leukocytosis.


monocistronic

(genetics) Having or involving a single cistron


multicistronic

(genetics) Having or involving a multiple cistrons


oncoretrovirus

(medicine) A retrovirus associated with a cancer


oxacillin

oxacillin (countable and uncountable, plural oxacillins)

From (is)oxa(zole) + -cillin (“6-aminopenicillanic acid derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) A narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic made by chemical modification of penicillin and administered in the form of its hydrated sodium salt C₁₉H₁₈N₃NaO₅S·H₂O to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant staphylococci.


protoporphyria

(pathology) A form of porphyria characterized by excessive protoporphyrin in the erythrocytes, plasma and feces


superventricular

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superventricular.wav


multicopy

(genetics) Pertaining to, or producing, multiple copies of the same gene.


trophotherapy

(medicine) is the science of healing by applied nutrition.


celestrol

(medicine) A naturally-occurring triterpenoid that activates the heat shock transcription factor, and has been used to treat neurodegenerative diseases


lithiumlike

en-adj

lithiumlike (comparative more lithiumlike, superlative most lithiumlike)

more lithiumlike (comparative)
most lithiumlike (superlative)

(medicine) Having a similar neuropsychological effect as lithium drugs


alveolar ridge

(anatomy) A ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible and contains the alveoli of the teeth.


RAS

reticular activating system
reticular activating system#English

(neurology) Initialism of reticular activating system.

renin-angiotensin system
renin-angiotensin system#English

(medicine) Initialism of renin-angiotensin system.


enterobactin

(medicine) Any of a particular group of siderophores found in gram-negative bacteria


neuroreceptor

(neuroscience) The site on a neuron that receives an impulse across a synapse


churchyard cough

en-noun

churchyard cough (plural churchyard coughs)

Suggesting that the afflicted person will soon pass away and be buried.

He was roused from his brief rest by a violent fit of coughing, which seemed to shake the whole system. It was one which in England is so simply, yet so emphatically, denominated a churchyard cough. It was hollow, like the echo of the grave.

1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 186:

(informal, medicine) A severe cough. (condition that causes one to cough, tendency to cough)


balsalazide

From [Term?] + -salazide (“phenylazosalicylic acid derivative”).

af

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) An anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of bowel disease.


antiamoebic

(pharmacology) Serving to counter or eliminate amoebae.


tubocurarine

en-noun

tubocurarine (countable and uncountable, plural tubocurarines)

From Latin tubus (“tube”) + curare + -ine.

tubocurarine chloride
tubocurarine chloride#English

(pharmacology) Synonym of tubocurarine chloride.


noscapine

noscapine (countable and uncountable, plural noscapines)

(biochemistry, pharmacology) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.


aminosalicylic acid

aminosalicylic acid (countable and uncountable, plural aminosalicylic acids)

(pharmacology, uncountable) The white crystalline para-substituted isomer of aminosalicylic acid that is made synthetically and is used in the treatment of tuberculosis.

aminosalicylate

coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution


immunokinetics

(immunology) The kinetics of the processes involved in the immune response


intrapulmonary

(anatomy) Within the material of the lungs


proptose

en-verb

proptose (third-person singular simple present proptoses, present participle proptosing, simple past and past participle proptosed)

proptoses (present singular third-person)
proptosing (participle present)
proptosed (participle past)
proptosed (past)

Because of the usual dorsal approach, the lateral and medial rectus muscles are secured by sutures, and with traction, can proptose the globe forward.

2011, Kirk N. Gelatt, Janice P. Gelatt, Caryn Plummer, Veterinary Ophthalmic Surgery, →ISBN, page 378:

When performing forced ductions for possible rectus muscle restriction, proptose the eye to stretch the rectus muscles.

2013, Kenneth W. Wright, Peter H. Spiegel, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, →ISBN, page 252:

Davies had worn a diaphragm in it for years, which had caused irritation and produced bad nose bleeds; his right eyeball was proptosed (displaced in its socket).

2018, Anna Rogers, With Them Through Hell, →ISBN, page 217:

(ophthalmology) To displace (an eye) in its socket; to cause exophthalmus.


fluorophotometry

(medicine) Diagnostic measurement of the fluorescence in the interior of the eye following intravenous injection of fluorescein


orbofiban

From [Term?] + -fiban (“fibrinogen receptor antagonist”).

af

(pharmacology) An orally active platelet receptor antagonist.


sibrafiban

(pharmacology) A so-called superaspirin used to prevent blood clots.


superaspirin

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superaspirin.wav

(informal, medicine) Any of several classes of compound that have certain characteristics of aspirin (blocking the release of prostaglandins) without its drawbacks


silandrone

(pharmacology) A particular anabolic steroid.


sibrotuzumab

From [Term?] + -tu- (“tumor”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody intended for the treatment of cancer.


abunidazole

From [Term?] + (tert-)bu(tyl) + -nidazole (“metronidazole derivative”).

(pharmacology) An antifungal drug, 4-tert-butyl-2-[hydroxy-(1-methyl-5-nitroimidazol-2-yl)methyl]phenol.


acrisorcin

(pharmacology) A topical antiinfective, typically used as a fungicide, whose active ingredients are 9-aminoacridine and 4-hexylresorcinol.


aminoacridine

en-noun

aminoacridine (countable and uncountable, plural aminoacridines)

(pharmacology) A particular antiseptic and disinfectant.


albaconazole

From [Term?] + -conazole (“miconazole derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) A particular triazole antifungal.


omoconazole

(pharmacology) A particular azole antifungal drug.


oxiconazole

From oxy- + -conazole (“miconazole derivative”).

(pharmacology) A particular antifungal medication.


micafungin

From myc- + -a- + -fungin (“antifungal antibiotic”).

(pharmacology) An echinocandin antifungal drug that is administered intravenously.


neticonazole

(pharmacology) An imidazole antifungal for the treatment of fungal skin infections.


croconazole

(pharmacology) A particular imidazole antifungal drug.


terconazole

From ter- (“three”) + -conazole (“miconazole derivative”).

(pharmacology) An antifungal drug used primarily to treat vaginal infections.


pramiconazole

(pharmacology) A triazole antifungal drug under investigation for the treatment of acute skin and mucosal fungal infections.


ravuconazole

(pharmacology) A particular triazole antifungal drug.


hamycin

(pharmacology) A polyene antimycotic organic compound with antifungal properties.


sulconazole

From sul(fanyl) + -conazole (“miconazole derivative”).


caspofungin

en-noun

caspofungin (countable and uncountable, plural caspofungins)

From [Term?] + -fungin (“antifungal antibiotic”).

af

(pharmacology) An antifungal drug of the echinocandin class, administered intravenously.


fosfluconazole

From fos- (“phosphorous derivative”) + fluconazole.

(pharmacology) A water-soluble phosphate prodrug of fluconazole.


pentamidine

en-noun

pentamidine (countable and uncountable, plural pentamidines)

(pharmacology) A synthetic antibiotic drug used chiefly in the form of its salt C₂₃H₃₆N₄O₁₀S₂ especially to treat protozoal infections (such as leishmaniasis) and to prevent pneumocystis pneumonia.


terbinafine

Probably from ter(t-)b(utyl) + -yne + naph(thalene) + -ine.

af

Terbinafine is a newly developed oral and topical antifungal agent in the allylamine class of antifungal compounds (Petranyi et al, 1984). Discovered in 1983, it is closely related to naftifine. Terbinafine became available in Europe in 1991, and in 1996 in the United States.

2003, Peter G. Pappas, “Terbinafine”, in William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel, editors, Clinical Mycology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104:

(pharmacology) A synthetic allylamine antifungal drug that is highly lipophilic, used in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₁H₂₅N·HCl orally in the treatment of onychomycosis and topically in the treatment of tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and athlete's foot.


cilofungin

(pharmacology) A particular antifungal drug of the echinocandin class.


trimetrexate

dihydrofolate reductase
dihydrofolate reductase

(pharmacology) A quinazoline derivative that is a dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor, used with leucovorin in treating pneumocystosis.


butoconazole

From but- + -o- + -conazole (“miconazole derivative”).

(pharmacology) An imidazole antifungal drug used in gynecology.


anidulafungin

(pharmacology) An antifungal drug of the echinocandin class.


antitrichomonal

(pharmacology) Countering or preventing trichomoniasis.


agelastatin

(organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a family of naturally-occurring oroidin alkaloids having antitumor properties


chlorfenvinphos

(pharmacology) Alternative form of clofenvinfos.


benzomorphan

(medicine) Any of a class of analgesics, such as phenazocine and pentazocine, having a structure based on benzazocines


spiramycin

en-noun

spiramycin (countable and uncountable, plural spiramycins)

(pharmacology) A macrolide antibiotic used to treat toxoplasmosis.


hachimycin

(pharmacology) A particular polyene antibiotic.


arterio-contractile

/ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊkənˈtɹæktaɪl/

From arteri- + -o- + contractile. Coined by English physiologist Marshall Hall in 1832 in the paper “Theory of the inverse Ratio which subsists between Respiration and Irritability in the Animal Kingdom”. Despite the initial uptake of this term, it failed to thrive, and is unattested beyond 1835, a mere three years after its coining.

coinage

From the facts detailed by Harvey, Goodwyn and others, which establish that in asphyxia the left ventricle of the heart ceases to contract before the right ventricle, the author infers that the irritability of the latter is greater than that of the former; and proposes to distinguish the first as arterio-contractile, and the latter as veno-contractile, from the circumstance of their being stimulated respectively by arterial and by venous blood.

1832, “Proceedings of the Royal Society”, in The Philosophical Magazine, volume 11, page 454:

In fact, in the midst of a suspended respiration, and an impared condition of some other functions, one vital property is augmented. This is the irritability, and especially the irritability of the left side of the heart. The left side of the heart, which is, in the hybernating animal, in its state of activity, as in all the other mammalia, only arterio-contractile, becomes veno-contractile.

1833, “On Hybernation”, in The London Medical and Physical Journal, volume 69, number 79, page 58:

Goodwyn conceived that the heart ceased to act because the left side, being only arterio-contractile, was incapable of being stimulated by venous blood; but this idea was fully disproved by the experiments of Bichat, which render it certain that the blood stimulates the ventricles not by its quality, but by its bulk. (Goodwyn on the Connex. of Life with Resp. pp. 82, 83; and Bichat, Sur la Vie et la Mort.)

1835, James Frederick Palmer, editor, The Works of John Hunter, F.R.S.: with notes, volume 3, page 78, footnote a:

(physiology, obsolete) Undergoing contraction due to stimulation by arterial blood.


arteri-

Either from the Latin artēria or directly from its etymon, the Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία (artēría, “trachea”, “artery”).

arterious duct

arterious (medicine, now rare and historical) →

(forming uncomparable adjectives) arterial (and)

(forming countable nouns) of an artery or of arteries


thrombendarteriectomy

/θɹɒmˌbɛndɑːˌtɪəɹɪˈɛktəmɪ/

From thromb- + endarteriectomy = thromb- (“thrombus”) + end- (“inside”) + arteri- (“artery”) + -ectomy (“excision”).

(surgery) An operation to remove a thrombus and any diseased inner lining causing the obstruction of an artery

thrombo-endarteriectomy

with correct affix stems, varying only in hyphenation and interfixes

thromb-endarterectomy

etymologically incorrect due to the omission of the i from the stem of arteri-


noroxymorphone

(organic chemistry, medicine) A metabolite of oxycodone that is used as a spinal analgesic.


oxalinic acid

(medicine) A synthetic veterinary antibiotic related to quinoline.


saframycin

(medicine) Any of a family of antitumor antibiotics, produced by Streptomyces lavendulae, that have a complex, polycyclic structure.


complete blood count

en-noun

complete blood count (plural complete blood counts)

(hematology) A measure of the number, concentration, and size of white blood cells, platelets, and red blood cells in one's blood.


viomycin

viomycin (countable and uncountable, plural viomycins)

(pharmacology) An antibiotic, of complex structure, derived from the actinomycete Streptomyces puniceus.


aeruginosin

(medicine) Any of a family of peptidic protease inhibitors produced by the cyanobacterium Microcystis viridis


ATG

anti-thymocyte globulin
w:anti-thymocyte globulin

(immunology) Initialism of anti-thymocyte globulin.


ATG

en-adj

ATG (comparative more ATG, superlative most ATG)

more ATG (comparative)
most ATG (superlative)

The lysosomal degradation pathway of autophagy plays a fundamental role in cellular, tissue and organismal homeostasis and is mediated by evolutionarily conserved autophagy-related (ATG) genes.

2020, Levine B, Kroemer G, “Biological Functions of Autophagy Genes: A Disease Perspective”, in Cell, 176:1-2, page 11:

(cytology) Short for "autophagy-related" as pertains to genes or proteins


BLM

(pharmacology) Abbreviation of bleomycin.


FLK

(medicine, slang) Initialism of funny-looking kid (“a child with possible abnormal morphology”).


HRV

en-noun

HRV (countable and uncountable, plural HRVs)

heart rate variability
w:heart rate variability

(uncountable, medicine, cardiology) Initialism of heart rate variability.

human rhinovirus
human rhinovirus#English

(virology, medicine) Initialism of human rhinovirus.


MDA

MDA (countable and uncountable, plural MDAs)

(uncountable, pharmacology) Initialism of methylenedioxyamphetamine, especially 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine.


NCL

nidopallium caudolaterale
nidopallium caudolaterale#English

(anatomy) Abbreviation of nidopallium caudolaterale.


PSE

photosensitive epilepsy
w:photosensitive epilepsy

(medicine) Initialism of photosensitive epilepsy.


antofine

(medicine) A phenanthroindolizidine alkaloid that has some anticancer activity


kbp

(genetics) Abbreviation of kilobase pair.


kilobase pair

(genetics) One thousand base pairs in succession (used as a measure of the size of a nucleic acid or a gene).


octaloop

(genetics) An eight-base hairpin loop motif


PID

Although both acute PID and STIs may remain asymptomatic, some of their shared long-term sequelae are tubal factor infertility (TFI), salpingitis, and adhesions and scarring of the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and surrounding peritoneal tissue. These sequelae have been further identified as factors potentially associated with EOC risk.

2023 December 11, Elizaveta Skarga, Heljä-Marja Surcel, Rudolf Kaaks, Tim Waterboer, Renée T Fortner, “Sexually Transmitted Infections and Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Results From the Finnish Maternity Cohort”, in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume 228, number 11, →DOI, pages 1621–1629:

pelvic inflammatory disease
pelvic inflammatory disease#English

(medicine) Initialism of pelvic inflammatory disease.


viridenomycin

(organic chemistry, medicine) An antibiotic, obtained from Streptomyces viridochromogenes, that has a complex structure including a cyclopentene ring


anophthalmia

anophthalmia (usually uncountable, plural anophthalmias)

(teratology) The congenital absence of one or both eyes

anoftalmia

the congenital absence of one or both eyes


morolimumab

From -lim- (“immunomodulating”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).

af

(pharmacology) A human monoclonal antibody against the human Rhesus factor.


talizumab

From [Term?] + -li- (“immunomodulating”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody designed to target immunoglobulin E.


robatumumab

From -tum- (“tumor”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).

(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody and antineoplastic.


rontalizumab

systemic lupus erythematosus
systemic lupus erythematosus

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody being investigated for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus.


ramucirumab

From -cir- (“cardiovascular”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).

(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody used in the treatment of solid tumours.


tuvirumab

From -vir- (“viral”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).

(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody being investigated for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B.


sevirumab

(pharmacology) A human monoclonal antibody used to treat cytomegalovirus infections in AIDS patients.


motavizumab

From [Term?] + -vi- (“viral”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

respiratory syncytial virus
respiratory syncytial virus

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody being investigated for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection in high-risk infants.


lintuzumab

From [Term?] + -tu- (“tumor”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer.


rituximab

en-noun

rituximab (usually uncountable, plural rituximabs)

From [Term?] + -tu- (“tumor”) + -ximab (“chimeric monoclonal antibody”).

af

(pharmacology) A chimeric monoclonal antibody (trademark Rituxan) administered by intravenous injection especially to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia by binding to the protein CD20 found on the surface of B cells and causing their lysis.


stamulumab

From -mul- + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).

(pharmacology) An experimental myostatin-inhibiting drug intended to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy.


lumiliximab

(pharmacology) A chimeric monoclonal antibody being investigated for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.


lexatumumab

(pharmacology) An agonistic human monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer.


reslizumab

gastrointestinal tract
gastrointestinal tract

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody under investigation for the treatment of eosinophil-meditated inflammations of the airways, skin and gastrointestinal tract.


tremelimumab

(pharmacology) A human monoclonal antibody that binds to the protein CTLA-4, used to treat hepatocellular carcinoma.


ruplizumab

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody intended for the treatment of rheumatic diseases.


libivirumab

(pharmacology) A human monoclonal antibody directed against the Hepatitis B virus.


tadocizumab

From [Term?] + -ci- (“cardiovascular”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody that acts on the cardiovascular system, designed for the treatment of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions.


mapatumumab

(pharmacology) A human monoclonal antibody used in the treatment of cancer.


lucatumumab

(pharmacology) A human monoclonal antibody being investigated for the treatment of various cancers.


teneliximab

(pharmacology) A chimeric monoclonal antibody that binds to the immune-stimulatory protein CD40.


raxibacumab

From -bac- (“bacterial”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).

(pharmacology) A human monoclonal antibody intended for the prophylaxis and treatment of inhaled anthrax.


tefibazumab

From [Term?] + -ba- (“bacterial”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus#Translingual

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody for the treatment of severe infections with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.


rovelizumab

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody that was an experimental immunosuppressive drug intended to treat patients suffering from haemorrhagic shock by suppressing white blood cells.


teplizumab

(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody used as an immunosuppressive drug.


milatuzumab

(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody intended to treat multiple myeloma and other hematological malignancies.


siplizumab

graft-versus-host disease
graft-versus-host disease

(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody under investigation as a treatment for psoriasis and in the prevention of graft-versus-host disease.


rafivirumab

(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody for the prophylaxis of rabies.


tigatuzumab

(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody for the treatment of cancer.


lerdelimumab

(pharmacology) A human monoclonal antibody and immunosuppressive drug developed to reduce scarring after glaucoma drainage surgery.


trabeculectomy

en-noun

trabeculectomy (usually uncountable, plural trabeculectomies)

(surgery) A surgical procedure used in the treatment of glaucoma to relieve intraocular pressure by removing part of the eye's trabecular meshwork and adjacent structures.


toralizumab

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody and immunosuppressive drug, withdrawn because of the risk of thromboembolisms.


tanezumab

From [Term?] + -ne- (“neural”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

af

(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody against nerve growth factor, used as a treatment for pain.


lebrikizumab

From [Term?] + -ki- (“interleukin”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody and immunosuppressive drug being investigated for the treatment of asthma.


labetuzumab

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody for the treatment of colorectal cancer.


regavirumab

(pharmacology) A human monoclonal antibody against cytomegalovirus infections.


solanezumab

(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody being investigated as a neuroprotector for patients with Alzheimer's disease.


mepolizumab

From [Term?] + [Term?] + -li- (“immunomodulating”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody that recognizes interleukin-5 and is used to treat certain kinds of asthma and white blood cell diseases.


metelimumab

(pharmacology) A human monoclonal antibody intended for the treatment of scleroderma but later dropped in favour of alternatives.


carcinostatic

en-adj

carcinostatic (comparative more carcinostatic, superlative most carcinostatic)

more carcinostatic (comparative)
most carcinostatic (superlative)

(medicine) That stops, or slows, the growth of a cancer


carcinostatic

(medicine) Any drug or other agent that has this effect


fostriecin

From fos- (“phosphorous derivative”) + trie(ne).

af

(pharmacology) An antibiotic, obtained from Streptomyces bacteria, that has antitumor activity.


mirach

From Medieval Latin mirac, mirach, from Arabic مَرَقّ (maraqq, “delicate and sensible part of the venter”), from رَقَّ (raqqa, “to be soft”).

der

Gordonius[…]confirms as much, putting the “matter of melancholy sometimes in the stomach, liver, heart, brain, spleen, myrach, hypochondries, whenas the melancholy humour resides there, or the liver is not well cleansed from melancholy blood.”

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 5, subsection ii:

(medicine, obsolete) The abdominal wall.


tadalafil

From [Term?] + -afil (“inhibitor of phosphodiesterase PDE5 with vasodilator action”).

af

erectile dysfunction
erectile dysfunction

benign prostatic hyperplasia
benign prostatic hyperplasia

(pharmacology) A drug, C₂₂H₁₉N₃O₄, that is used to treat erectile dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia and functions similarly to sildenafil. It is marketed under the trademark Cialis.


ractopamine

From [Term?] + -opamine (“dopaminergic agent, dopamine derivative”).

(pharmacology) A drug used as a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs raised for their meat.


zilpaterol

From [Term?] + -terol (“phenethylamine derivative”).

(pharmacology) A particular beta-adrenergic agonist.


endometriotic

(pathology) Of or pertaining to endometriosis.


flurazepam

From flu(o)r- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine (trademark Dalmane) that is closely related structurally to diazepam and is used as a hypnotic in the form of its dihydrochloride C₂₁H₂₃ClFN₃O·2HCl to treat insomnia and to induce periods of restful sleep.


loxapine

From (ch)lo(ro)- + oxa- + -apine (“psychoactive tricyclic compound”).

(pharmacology) A typical antipsychotic medication derived from dibenzazepine and mainly used to treat schizophrenia.


fenoldopam

(pharmacology) A synthetic benzazepine drug used as an antihypertensive.


marbofloxacin

From [Term?] + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).

(pharmacology) A potent fluoroquinolone antibiotic used in veterinary medicine.


ketoprofen

From keto- + -profen (“ibuprofen derivative”).

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis

(pharmacology) A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug C₁₆H₁₄O₃, derived from propionic acid, that has analgesic and antipyretic effects and acts by inhibiting the body's production of prostaglandin. It is used to treat dysmenorrhea and the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.


pirlimycin

(pharmacology) A lincosamide antimicrobial used to treat mastitis in cattle.


clamoxyquine

(pharmacology) An antiamebic and antidiarrheal drug.


sulfafurazole

(pharmacology) A sulfonamide antibacterial with an oxazole substituent, having antibiotic activity against a wide range of Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms.


shocklike

en-adj

shocklike (comparative more shocklike, superlative most shocklike)

more shocklike (comparative)
most shocklike (superlative)

(medicine) Resembling or characteristic of shock.


autoreact

en-verb

autoreact (third-person singular simple present autoreacts, present participle autoreacting, simple past and past participle autoreacted)

autoreacts (present singular third-person)
autoreacting (participle present)
autoreacted (participle past)
autoreacted (past)

(immunology) To react against the organism that produced it.


autoreactivity

en-noun

autoreactivity (countable and uncountable, plural autoreactivities)

(immunology) The condition of being autoreactive.


antiherpesvirus

(immunology) Preventing or countering herpesvirus.


entecavir

/ɛnˈtɛk.əˌvɪɹ/

From [Term?] + -cavir (“carbocyclic nucleoside”).

af

(pharmacology) An oral antiviral drug used in the treatment of hepatitis B infection.


fomivirsen

From pho(sphorothioate) + [Term?] + -virsen (“antiviral antisense oligonucleotide”).

(pharmacology) An antiviral drug used in the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in immunocompromised patients, including those with AIDS.


tenofovir

From [Term?] + -fovir (“phosphonic acid derivative”).

(pharmacology) A particular antiretroviral drug.


didanosine

reverse transcriptase
reverse transcriptase

(pharmacology) A reverse transcriptase inhibitor drug C₁₀H₁₂N₄O₃ which inhibits the replication of HIV and is used in the treatment of AIDS, especially in combination with zidovudine. It is a synthetic analog of a purine nucleoside.


enfuvirtide

From [Term?] + fu(sion) + -vir- (“antiviral”) + -tide (“peptide, glycopeptide”).

(pharmacology) An HIV fusion inhibitor, the first of a novel class of antiretroviral drugs.


tromantadine

From [Term?] + -mantadine (“adamantane derivative”).

(pharmacology) An antiviral drug derived from adamantane and used to treat herpes simplex.


salvage therapy

en-noun

salvage therapy (usually uncountable, plural salvage therapies)

(medicine) A more drastic form of treatment given when an ailment (especially HIV or a tumour) does not respond to standard treatment.


inosine pranobex

acetamidobenzoic acid
acetamidobenzoic acid

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A combination of inosine, acetamidobenzoic acid and dimethylaminoisopropanol, used as an antiviral drug.


foscarnet

From fos- (“phosphorous derivative”) + car(boxylic acid).

af

Phosphonoformic acid
phosphonoformic acid

foscarnet sodium
foscarnet sodium#English

(pharmacology) Phosphonoformic acid when used as a drug, synonym of foscarnet sodium.


vicriviroc

From [Term?] + -viroc (“chemokine CC motif receptor 5 antagonist”).

(pharmacology) A pyrimidine CCR5 entry inhibitor of HIV-1.


boceprevir

From [Term?] + -previr (“hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor”).

(pharmacology) A protease inhibitor being studied as a treatment for hepatitis C.


cidofovir

From cy(tosine) + [Term?] + -fovir (“phosphonic acid derivative”).

(pharmacology) An antiviral drug C₈H₁₄N₃O₆P·2H₂O (trademark Vistide) administered intravenously for the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with AIDS.


emtricitabine

From [Term?] + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).

(pharmacology) A synthetic nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₈H₁₀FN₃O₃S (trademarks Atripla, Complera, Emtriva, Stribild, Truvada) administered orally typically in conjunction with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV infection.


peramivir

From [Term?] + -amivir (“neuraminidase inhibitor”).

In the United States, peramivir is not likely to be used for routine treatment of seasonal or pandemic flu, partly because most primary-care physicians do not administer intravenous infusions.

2009 September 22, Andrew Pollack, “New Drugs May Attack Flu, but Not in Time”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) A neuraminidase inhibitor being developed as an antiviral drug to treat influenza.


stavudine

From [Term?] + -vudine (“zidovudine derivative”).

(pharmacology) A synthetic antiretroviral nucleoside drug C₁₀H₁₂N₂O₄ that is an analog of thymidine and a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, administered orally against HIV infection.


taribavirin

(pharmacology) An experimental antiviral drug, a prodrug of ribavirin.


arbidol

(pharmacology) An antiviral drug against influenza.


vidarabine

From [Term?] + -arabine (“arabinofuranosyl derivative”).

varicella zoster virus
varicella zoster virus

(pharmacology) An antiviral drug C₁₀H₁₃N₅O₄·H₂O, a form of arabinofuranosyladenine, which is active against herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses.


ibacitabine

From I (“iodine”) + [Term?] + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).

(pharmacology) A particular antiviral drug.


loviride

From (dich)lo(ro) + -vir- (“antiviral”) + (am)ide.

(pharmacology) An antiviral drug against HIV.


barbiers

The disease has been confounded with the barbiers — a chronic disease in which paralysis, tremors, spasms, contractions of the limbs, and emaciation are the most remarkable symptoms.

1868, William Aitken, The science and practice of medicine:

(medicine, archaic) A paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast, thought to be a chronic form of beriberi.


cisatracurium

(pharmacology) A neuromuscular-blocking drug, one of the ten isomers of atracurium.


methohexital

From meth(yl) + -o- + hex(ynyl) + (secobarb)ital.

(pharmacology) A derivative of barbituric acid, used, as the sodium salt (more fully sodium methohexital), as a short-acting intravenous anesthetic; (1-methyl-5-allyl-5-[1-methyl-2-pentynyl])barbituric acid, C₁₄H₁₈N₂O₃.


ropivacaine

From [Term?] + pipecoloxylidide + -vacaine (“alteration of Novocaine”).

(pharmacology) A local anesthetic drug belonging to the amino amide group.


nalbuphine

(pharmacology) A synthetic opioid antagonist which is very similar to morphine in chemical structure and is given by injection (usually in the form of its hydrochloride) as an analgesic; (−)-(5R,6S,14S)-9a-cyclobutylmethyl-4,5-epoxymorphinan-3,6,14-triol, C₂₁H₂₇NO₄.


desflurane

From des- + -flurane (“halogenated compound”).

(pharmacology) The compound perfluoro methyl ethyl ether, which is used for maintenance of general anesthesia.


levobupivacaine

(pharmacology) A particular local anesthetic drug.


pipecuronium

From pipe(razine) + -curonium (“neuromuscular blocking agent”).

(pharmacology) A muscle relaxant that acts as a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.


-tropia

(sciences, medicine) turning, movement; identical in origin to -tropy but more commonly associated with medicine, especially eye conditions.


prilocaine

From pr(op)yl(amin)o + -caine (“local anesthetic”).

(pharmacology) A local anesthetic related to lidocaine and used in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₃H₂₀N₂O·HCl as a nerve block for pain especially in surgery and dentistry.


oxandrolone

(pharmacology) A androgenic anabolic steroid C₁₉H₃₀O₃ administered orally especially to promote weight gain (as after extensive surgery or a chronic infection) and to relieve bone pain in osteoporosis.


doxacurium

From [Term?] + -curium (“curare-like substance”).


alcuronium

From al(lyl) + -curonium (“neuromuscular blocking agent”).

(pharmacology) A semisynthetic muscle relaxant derived from toxiferine.


flumazenil

Probably from flu(oro)- + m(ethyl) + -azenil (“benzodiazepine derivative”).

The documents indicate that Dr. Murray tried to revive Mr. Jackson with flumazenil, which reverses the effects of benzodiazepines like lorazepam.

2009 August 25, Solomon Moore, “Court Papers Show Jackson Died of Propofol”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine antagonist used to counter drowsiness caused by benzodiazepines.


sparadrap

(medicine, obsolete) Any adhesive plaster.


desat

en-verb

desat (third-person singular simple present desats, present participle desatting, simple past and past participle desatted)

desats (present singular third-person)
desatting (participle present)
desatted (participle past)
desatted (past)

(medicine, intransitive) (of the oxygen saturation level in one's haemoglobin) To decrease.

(medicine, of a person) To undergo a decrease in the oxygen saturation level in the haemoglobin).


desat

I had some desats and bradys last night.


immunodiagnostics

(immunology) Any of several diagnostic techniques that make use of an immune response


leinamycin

en-noun

leinamycin (usually uncountable, plural leinamycins)

(medicine) A macrolide polyketide, produced by several species of Streptomyces atroolivaceus, that has antitumour activity.


nanodiagnostics

(medicine) The application of nanotechnology to medical diagnostics


armodafinil

(pharmacology) A stimulant-like drug, an active enantiomer of modafinil, being investigated for the treatment of various conditions such as depression, fatigue, and schizophrenia.


nitrazepam

From nitr- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A short-acting hypnotic drug (British trademark Mogadon) of the benzodiazepine group, used to treat insomnia; C₁₅H₁₁N₃O₃.


lormetazepam

From (ch)lor- + meth(yl) + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine drug with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.


fludiazepam

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine drug, closely related to diazepam.


medazepam

From [Term?] + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).


nimetazepam

From ni(tro)- + meth(yl) + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A benzodiazepine drug with hypnotic, anxiolytic, sedative, and skeletal muscle relaxant properties, generally used to treat insomnia.


tetrazepam

From tetra(hydro) + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine drug with anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, hypnotic and muscle relaxant properties.


prazepam

From (cyclo)pr(opyl) + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).


bromazepam

From brom- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine drug with anxiolytic, sedative, hypnotic and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.


camazepam

From ca(rba)m(ate) + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

(pharmacology) A psychoactive benzodiazepine drug with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.


loprazolam

Probably from (ch)lo(ro)- + (pi)p(e)raz(ine) + -azolam (“diazepam derivative”).

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine drug used to treat insomnia.


ketazolam

From keto- + -azolam (“diazepam derivative”).

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine drug used to treat anxiety.


delorazepam

From de(smethyl) + (ch)lor- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

(pharmacology) An anxiolytic benzodiazepine drug derived from desmethyldiazepam.


estazolam

Probably blend of (d)es(me)thyl + alprazolam.


pinazepam

From (pro)pyn(yl) + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).


oxazepam

en-noun

oxazepam (countable and uncountable, plural oxazepams)

From (hydr)ox(y)- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) A drug of the benzodiazepine group, used to treat anxiety states and insomnia; 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, C₁₅H₁₁ClN₂O₂.


halazepam

From hal(o)- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine drug used to treat obesity.


clorazepate

From chlor- + -azepate (“diazepam derivative”).

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine tranquilizer taken orally in the form of its dipotassium salt C₁₆H₁₀ClKN₂O₃·KOH to treat anxiety, partial seizures, and acute alcohol withdrawal.


cloxazolam

From chl(oro)- + oxa- + -azolam (“diazepam derivative”).

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine drug with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.


antiheadache

(medicine) Preventing or acting against headaches.


methylphenobarbital

(pharmacology) A barbiturate drug used as a sedative, anxiolytic, and anticonvulsant.


mephobarbital

(pharmacology) The United States Adopted Name of methylphenobarbital.


nordazepam

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine drug, related to diazepam used primarily to treat anxiety.


neothramycin

en-noun

neothramycin (countable and uncountable, plural neothramycins)

(medicine) A anthramycin antitumor antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces bacteria


anthramycin

(medicine) Any of a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics, having a benzodiazepine structure, isolated from Streptomyces bacteria, that have antitumour activity


cementation

cementation (countable and uncountable, plural cementations)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cementation.wav

(medicine) The use of a cement join the parts of a broken bone to aid in the healing process

(dentistry) The use of a cement or adhesive to fasten orthodontics or to restore chipped or broken teeth


prostatotomy

(surgery) An operation to remove the prostate.


seton

From Middle English seton, setoun, from Medieval Latin sētō, sētōn-.

If the predisposition to the disease has arisen from a plethoric state of the system, or from a turgescence in the vessels of the head, this is to be obviated by bleeding, both generally and topically, but more particularly the latter; an abstemious diet and proper exercise; and by a seton in the neck.

1842, Gibbons Merle, John Reitch, The Domestic Dictionary and Housekeeper’s Manual: Comprising Everything Related to Cookery, Diet, Economy and Medicine. By Gibbons Merle. The Medical Portion of the Work by John Reitch, M.D., London: William Strange, 21, Paternoster Row, →OCLC, page 360, column 2:

The animal was lean and tall, and had a moth-eaten mane, rough hoofs and loose shoes; a seton bobbed up and down on its breast.

1904, Gustave Flaubert, Over Strand and Field:

(medicine, agriculture) A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen etc., introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to induce suppuration; also, the issue so formed.


choledochitis

(pathology) inflammation of the common bile duct


hypernatremic

en-adj

hypernatremic (not generally comparable, comparative more hypernatremic, superlative most hypernatremic)

more hypernatremic (comparative)
most hypernatremic (superlative)

From hypernatremia + -ic = hyper- + natremia + -ic.

Although nearly half the hypernatremic patients had a febrile illness, other associated conditions assume more prominence than in infants.

1991, Stephen Brennan & J. Carlos Ayus, "Treatment of Hypoosmolar and Hyperosmolar States", chapter 1 in Wadi N. Suki & Shaul G. Massry (eds.), Therapy of Renal Diseases and Related Disorders, page 11

In all hypernatremic patients who primarily have water losses without electrolyte losses, the urine sodium excretion concentration merely reflects sodium intake.

2008, Robert W. Schrier, Manual of Nephrology: Diagnosis and Therapy, page 35:

(medicine) Having an abnormally high concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.

hypernatreeminen

having an abnormally high concentration of sodium in blood plasma


receptaculum

the receptaculum of the chyle


pectoralis

From Latin pectoralis, "pertaining to the chest or breast".

(anatomy) A pair of muscles that lowers the wings of birds in flight


minicolumn

(neuroanatomy) A vertical column of neurons through the cortical layers of the brain.


extra-amniotic

(anatomy) Between the amnion and endometrium


katanosin

(medicine) Any of a class of cyclic depsipeptide antibiotics isolated from bacteria of the genus Lysobacter.


progestational

(biology, medicine) Describing the phase of the menstrual cycle before gestation and after ovulation, during which progesterone is secreted.

(biology, medicine) Of or pertaining to progesterone.

(biology, medicine) Similar in action to progesterone; progesterone-like.

(biology, medicine) Encouraging or conducive to gestation (said of hormone levels, for example).

(biology, medicine) Relating to the time before gestation; pregestational.


sphincter of Oddi

en-noun

sphincter of Oddi (plural sphincters of Oddi)

After Ruggero Oddi (1864-1913), Italian physiologist and anatomist.

(anatomy) A muscular valve that controls the flow of digestive juices (bile and pancreatic juice) through the ampulla of Vater into the second part of the duodenum.


xorphanol

From [Term?] + -orphan (“morphinan derivate”) + -ol.

af

(pharmacology) An opioid analgesic of the morphinan family.


racemethorphan

(pharmacology) The racemic mixture of dextromethorphan and levomethorphan.


levophenacylmorphan

(pharmacology) A morphinan derivative that acts as an opioid agonist.


levallorphan

From lev- + all(yl) + -orphan (“morphinan derivate”).

(pharmacology) An opioid antagonist from the morphinan family.


antirheumatic

en-adj

antirheumatic (comparative more antirheumatic, superlative most antirheumatic)

more antirheumatic (comparative)
most antirheumatic (superlative)

(pharmacology) Serving to prevent or counter rheumatism.

αντιρευματικός

serving to prevent or counter rheumatism


antirheumatic

(pharmacology) A drug that prevents or counters rheumatism.

antirreumático

a drug that prevents or counters rheumatism


morpheridine

From morph(olinyl) + -eridine (“pethidine derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) A strong analgesic, a 4-phenylpiperidine derivative related to pethidine.


methyldesorphine

(pharmacology) An opiate analgesic with high potential for abuse.


desomorphine

(pharmacology) An opiate analogue derived from morphine, with sedative and analgesic effects.


normorphine

(pharmacology) An opiate analogue, the N-demethylated derivative of morphine.


nonindicated

(medicine) Not indicated (suggested by symptoms as a suitable remedy).


isogeneic

(genetics, medicine) Having the same genetic makeup and origin.


addictionologist

(medicine) A physician whose speciality is addictionology.


agglutin

Rare enough to suggest that it may have originated as a haplologic misconstruction of its hypernym, agglutinin.

(immunology, medicine, rare) Any antibody that causes agglutination of cells.

aglutina

any antibody that causes agglutination of cells


alveary

From Latin alvearium (“beehive”). In the sense of the hollow of the ear, because it is where the wax accumulates. In the sense of a repository: originally the name of a dictionary encompassing several languages, because of the many contributors being like "busy bees".

The effects of the hydriatic treatment upon inflammations of the brain are elimination of the matter of disease, partly through perspiration and eruptions on the head, but more through abnormal secretions from the alvearies or hollows of the ears, and from the nostrils (catarrh); oftentimes these secretions have quite an abnormal color and acridness.

1848, J. H. Rausse, Miscellanies to the Graefenberg Water-cure, page 137:

In otoscopy alveary narrowed due to the omission of his caudineural wall.

2009, Anton L, “Mastoiditis Island”, in United States RX Medication - Men's Health:

(see title)

2012 January, М О Кустов, “Inflammatory diseases of alveary.”, in Russian otorhinolaryngology, volume 1:

I had to look up "alvearium", not a common term. I was pointed toward "alveary", a word with two intriguingly different definitions: first, a beehive, or something resembling a beehive and second, the hollow of the external ear. Apian aspects don't leap out at one here, so I'm going with the latter meaning, thinking of these sounds flowing around my own alvearies.

2013, Antoine Beuger, 24 Petits Préludes pour la Guitare:

In the article the results of researches are presented on the determination of the composition of microflora of the alveary of dogs with the clinical signs of sharp outward otopyosis and the character of clinical-hematological changes of this disease.

2014, D. V. Savchenko, I. A. Gurenko, “Etiology and Clinical-Hematological Description of Bacterial Otitides for Dogs”, in eLibrary:

Outward inflammations of the ear for cats more often flows with hyperemia of alveary – 80.8%, by a sickliness during palpation of base of the ear – 74.4% and accompanied by the selection of to the exsudate - 70.2%.

2017, V Samoylyuk, V Volokonska, “Efficiency of Meatotympanal Novocaine Blockage in the System of Holiatry Festering Inflammation of Outward Ear for Cats”, in Theoretical and Applied Veternary Medicine:

(anatomy) The hollow of the external ear.


anteflexion

en-noun

anteflexion (countable and uncountable, plural anteflexions)

(anatomy) A forward bending or an organ, especially that of the uterus near the cervix

antéflexion

a forward bending or an organ, especially of the uterus


latanoprost

(pharmacology) A prostaglandin analogue used for controlling the progression of glaucoma or ocular hypertension by reducing intraocular pressure.


kitasamycin

From Streptomyces kitasatoensis + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

af

(pharmacology) A macrolide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces kitasatoensis bacteria.


ketorolac

From keto- + (pyr)rol(izine) + -ac (“acetic acid”).

(pharmacology) A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug often used as an analgesic and antipyretic.


aperitive

en-adj

aperitive (comparative more aperitive, superlative most aperitive)

more aperitive (comparative)
most aperitive (superlative)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aperitivus, from Late Latin apertivus, from Latin aperio. Doublet of apéritif, from French.

(medicine) Tending to open the bowels; aperient.


acromion

From Ancient Greek ἀκρώμιον (akrṓmion), variant of ἀκρωμία (akrōmía, “acromion”). Compare -ion, especially in acropodion.

"The ball struck the fore part of HIS LORDSHIP'S epaulette; and entered the left shoulder immediately before the processus acromion scapulae, which it slightly fractured.

1807, William Beatty, The Death of Lord Nelson:

The deltoid is wasted, and the acromion unduly prominent.

1904, Alexis Thomson, Alexander Miles, Manual of Surgery:

Complete pectoral and pelvic bones show a deep subrectangular acromion on the scapula and a low obturator flange on the ischium.

1998 November 13, Paul C. Sereno et al., “A Long-Snouted Predatory Dinosaur from Africa and the Evolution of Spinosaurids”, in Science, volume 282, number 5392, →DOI, pages 1298–1302:

The preserved portions of the scapula are sufficient to determine that the acromion projected well beyond the glenoid and that the axillary margin was longer than the vertebral.

1999 August 27, Steve Ward et al., “Equatorius: A New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya”, in Science, volume 285, number 5432, →DOI, pages 1382–1386:

The clavicle is a small flat bone like that of a dog (1), here preserved near the coracoid processes lying parallel to and slightly behind the acromion.

(anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.


gyrosonics

autonomic nervous system
autonomic nervous system

(medicine) The therapeutic effect of this on the autonomic nervous system when used to alleviate long-standing pain.


argyrophilic

argyrophilic (comparative more argyrophilic, superlative most argyrophilic)

more argyrophilic (comparative)
most argyrophilic (superlative)

Tumor cells of both the endocrine cell carcinoma and the adenocarcinoma were argyrophilic.

1989, M. Yamamoto, S. Nakajo, “Endocrine cell carcinoma (carcinoid) of the gallbladder”, in The American journal of surgical pathology, →DOI, →PMID:

(cytology) Having an affinity for silver (and thus able to be stained by a subsequent reducing agent).


fugue state

(psychiatry) A rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality.


furunculosis

en-noun

furunculosis (countable and uncountable, plural furunculoses)

(medicine) The presence of furuncles or boils.


Türck's column

After Ludwig Türck (1810-1868), Austrian neurologist.

anterior corticospinal tract
anterior corticospinal tract

(anatomy, dated) The anterior corticospinal tract.


aureomycin

(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.


chlortetracycline

chlortetracycline (countable and uncountable, plural chlortetracyclines)

(pharmacology) A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₃ClN₂O₈ (trademark Aureomycin) of the tetracycline group that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Kitasatospora aureofaciens), active against many bacterial and fungal infections, and is sometimes used in animal feeds to stimulate growth.


biarticular

(anatomy) Affecting, or connecting two joints


biliuria

(pathology) The presence of bile acids or bile salts in the urine.


biparietal

(anatomy) Between the two parietal bones.


biplanar

(anatomy, of the foot) Both frontal and sagittal


digastric

Borrowing from New Latin digastricus, from di- (“twice, doubly”) + gastricus (“gastric”); equivalent to di- + gastric. Doublet of digastricus.

af

the digastric muscle of the lower jaw

(anatomy) Of, relating to, or being a digastric muscle.


digastric

digastric muscle
digastric muscle#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of digastric muscle..


denopamine

Probably from d(imethoxyph)en(yl) + -opamine (“dopaminergic agent, dopamine derivative”).

(pharmacology) A cardiotonic drug used in the treatment of angina.


Capgras delusion

en-noun

Capgras delusion (plural Capgras delusions)

After Joseph Capgras (1873-1950), French psychiatrist.

(psychiatry) A delusion in which the sufferer believes that a friend, spouse or family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor.


calcaneal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the calcaneus (heel bone).


calculifrage

(surgery) An instrument inserted into the bladder in order to break up calculi.


calculous

en-adj

calculous (comparative more calculous, superlative most calculous)

more calculous (comparative)
most calculous (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to or containing calculi


PANDAS

(pathology) Acronym of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections: a neuropsychiatric disorder occurring in children.


cancriform

cancriform (comparative more cancriform, superlative most cancriform)

more cancriform (comparative)
most cancriform (superlative)

From Latin cancer, cancr- (“crab; cancer”) + -iform.


cancroid

en-adj

cancroid (comparative more cancroid, superlative most cancroid)

more cancroid (comparative)
most cancroid (superlative)

(medicine, oncology, pathology) Of or pertaining to cancer, especially to squamous cell carcinoma


cancroid

(pathology) Any disease that resembles cancer


aortography

(medicine) an arteriography of the aorta


antivenereal

antivenereal (comparative more antivenereal, superlative most antivenereal)

more antivenereal (comparative)
most antivenereal (superlative)

(medicine) That is used to treat or cure venereal disease

antivénérien

that is used to treat or cure venereal disease


capsulation

(medicine) The enclosing of (typically) a drug in a capsule


algidity

en-noun

algidity (usually uncountable, plural algidities)


capsuliferous

en-adj

capsuliferous (comparative more capsuliferous, superlative most capsuliferous)

more capsuliferous (comparative)
most capsuliferous (superlative)


capsulotomy

(surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts


vasopressor

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary

To international scientific vocabulary from New Latin as a classical compound: vaso- + press + -or; the word is attested in its adjectival sense in a 1913 article of the Journal of the American Medical Association (1913;60[1]:47-48). The cognate word vasopressin seems to have arisen circa 1927; it is clearly inspired by its earlier cognate (surface analysis, vaso- + press + -in), and there are indications that it was coined in a certain pharmaceutical company's research laboratory, possibly with the plan to use it as the trade name for a preparation, but it became the common noun for the endogenous hormone (that is, antidiuretic hormone) immediately in the medical literature, and that company then used another name as its trade name. Compare also the morphologic parallels of angiotensin.

(medicine) Of or relating to the constriction of blood vessels, which usually causes a rise in blood pressure.


vasopressor

(medicine) An agent that causes such constriction: a medication that tends to increase blood pressure.


make the rounds

en-verb

make the rounds (third-person singular simple present makes the rounds, present participle making the rounds, simple past and past participle made the rounds)

makes the rounds (present singular third-person)
making the rounds (participle present)
made the rounds (participle past)
made the rounds (past)

The doctors at the hospital check on the patients when they make the rounds at nine o'clock.

(medicine) To go from one place to another for a particular reason.


cellulifugal

(cytology, neurology) That carries nerve impulses away from a neuron.


cellulipetal

(cytology, neurology) That carries nerve impulses towards a neuron.


cervicitis

en-noun

cervicitis (usually uncountable, plural cervicitides or cervicites)

cervicitides (plural)
cervicites (plural)


cervicoscapular

(anatomy) Pertaining to, or joining the neck and the shoulder bone


cervicovesical

(anatomy) Pertaining to the cervix and the bladder


chancriform

en-adj

chancriform (comparative more chancriform, superlative most chancriform)

more chancriform (comparative)
most chancriform (superlative)

(pathology) Having the form of a chancre


cefadroxil

Blend of cephalosporanic acid + hydroxy(phen)yl.

blend

(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic.


cuneonavicular

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cuneiform bones and the navicular.

cuneonavicular

of or pertaining to the cuneiform bones and the navicular


aciclovir

From acyclo(guanosine) + -vir (“antiviral”).

In cells infected with the herpes virus, acyclovir is converted to a metabolic blocking agent, thereby largely overcoming the old and plaguing problem of toxicity to the host.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 443:

From the description, Letha felt sure Jane had herpes zoster, or shingles, which often strikes cancer patients or others with depressed immune systems. Jane spent another week in the Bubble, treated with acyclovir.

2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 98:

(pharmacology) A cyclic synthetic nucleoside C₈H₁₁N₅O₃ used as an antiviral drug (trademarks Avirax, Zovirax) chiefly in the treatment of chicken pox, shingles, the genital form of herpes simplex, and AIDS.


chemoreflex

(physiology) A reflex in response to a chemical stimulus


exoccipital

(anatomy) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foramen of the skull.


granisetron

/ɡɹəˈnɪs.əˌtɹɑn/

From [Term?] + -setron (“serotonin receptor 5-HT₃ antagonist”).

af

(pharmacology) A serotonin 5-HT₃ receptor antagonist used as an antiemetic following chemotherapy.


midface

(anatomy) The middle portion of the face.


acephalgic

(medicine) That occurs without headache, especially of migraine.


crossmatched

units were both typed and crossmatched

(medicine, of donated blood) Shown to be compatible with that of a recipient, not only in blood type (ABO) but also regarding various antigens.


grepafloxacin

From [Term?] + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).

(pharmacology) An oral broad-spectrum quinoline antibacterial drug, no longer used because of cardiac side effects.


decloak

en-verb

decloak (third-person singular simple present decloaks, present participle decloaking, simple past and past participle decloaked)

decloaks (present singular third-person)
decloaking (participle present)
decloaked (participle past)
decloaked (past)


claustral

en-adj

claustral (comparative more claustral, superlative most claustral)

more claustral (comparative)
most claustral (superlative)

Based on Latin claustrum (“cloister”). Doublet of cloistral.

(anatomy) Relating to the claustrum of the brain.


coagulometer

(medicine) A device used to measure the ability of the blood to coagulate (and the time taken to do so).


neuroarchitecture

en-noun

neuroarchitecture (countable and uncountable, plural neuroarchitectures)

(anatomy) The structure of systems of neurons and their interconnection


glome

Borrowed from Latin glomus (“a ball”). Compare globe.

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(anatomy) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.


shiftlike

en-adj

shiftlike (comparative more shiftlike, superlative most shiftlike)

more shiftlike (comparative)
most shiftlike (superlative)

shiftlike progressive schizophrenia

(psychiatry) Characterised by shifts from one state to another.


dermatopathophobia

(medicine, rare) A fear of skin disease.


sternocleidomastoid muscle

en-noun

sternocleidomastoid muscle (plural sternocleidomastoid muscles)

(anatomy) A long thick superficial muscles on each side of the anterior neck which arises by one head from the first segment of the sternum and by a second from the inner part of the clavicle, that inserts into the mastoid process of the temporal bone and that acts especially to bend, flex, rotate and extend the head.


coarticulate

en-verb

coarticulate (third-person singular simple present coarticulates, present participle coarticulating, simple past and past participle coarticulated)

coarticulates (present singular third-person)
coarticulating (participle present)
coarticulated (participle past)
coarticulated (past)

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(anatomy) To unite to form an articulation (joint)


cervical cancer

en-noun

cervical cancer (countable and uncountable, plural cervical cancers)

(pathology, oncology) A type of cancer of the cervix of the uterus which can afflict some female mammals including humans. The term usually does not refer to cancer of the neck or other parts of the anatomy which use the term cervix.


osteoderm

(anatomy) A bony deposit in the dermal layers of the skin


coindicant

coindicant symptoms


mitmachen

(psychiatry) A state in which a person's body can be put into any posture, although the person has been instructed to resist any movement.


trochlear

(anatomy) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea.

滑車的 /滑车的

shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea

(neuroanatomy) Of or pertaining to the trochlear nerve.


trochlear

The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum.

1949, Herbert Eugene Walter, Leonard Perkins Sayles, Biology of the Vertebrates: A Comparative Study of Man and His Animal Allies, page 741:

At 90° of flexion, the patella enters the condylar fossa, where the contact areas are on both the lateral and medial trochlears of the femur.

2014, Joanne K. Singleton, Robert V. DiGregorio, Carol Green-Hernandez, Primary Care, Second Edition: An Interprofessional Perspective, →ISBN, page 593:

Using three-dimensional printing, they replaced the native trochlear in four cadaveric knees with dysplastic trochlears and then subjected them to squat simulation, open chain extension, and a patella stability test.

2017, W. Norman Scott, Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee, 6th edition, →ISBN, page 917:

(anatomy, neuroanatomy) A trochlear muscle or nerve.


photuria

fōtyo͝oəʹrĭə

/fəʊˈtjʊəɹɪə/

Formed as phot- + -uria; equivalent to the Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) + οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

Various animal matters possess an acid reaction; urine, sweat, some portions of dead bodies, whether of men or animals have been luminous, and the presence of this microscopic algæ is the long mistaken cause of photuria.

1855, John Watt, Charles Watt, editors, The Chemist, volume 2, page 695:

(obsolete, rare, medicine, specifically pathology) Luminous or phosphorescent urine.


colliquation

colliquation (countable and uncountable, plural colliquations)

(medicine) The wasting-away of parts of the body; consumption.

riutuminen

in medicine: the wasting-away of parts of the body; consumption


fire blight

fire blight (countable and uncountable, plural fire blights)

Pear growers also often reported scab and fire blights as the most damaging diseases.

1949, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Bulletin, page xv:

This paper reports on the transformation of apple aimed on an improvement of resistance to fire blight. Fire blight is a serious disease, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, affecting apple, pear and other members of the Rosaceous family.

2003, Viola Hanke, Klaus Geider, Klaus Richter, “Transgenic Apple Plants Expressing EPS-depolymerase: Evaluation of resistance to the phytopathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora”, in Indra K. Vasil, editor, Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond: Proceedings of the 10th IAPTC&B Congress, page 153:

A very serious bacterial disease in North America and Europe is fire blight, which can be most destructive to pears. In the past, fire blight led to big losses in the USA, destroying established pear orchards in one season.

2008, A. T. G. Elzebroek, Guide to Cultivated Plants, page 82:

(phytopathology) A bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family.


cubitus

Borrowed from Latin cubitus. Doublet of cubit.

(anatomy) The elbow, or the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.

(anatomy) The forearm; the arm from the elbow to fingertip, or the corresponding portion of a jointed limb of an animal that uses the limb for locomotion or grasping.


mucopurulent

a mucopurulent discharge

(medicine) Characterized by mucus and pus.


bistratose

The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings[…]; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts[…]

1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:

(anatomy, botany) Composed of two cell layers.


coxalgia

coxalgia (countable and uncountable, plural coxalgias)


coxitis

coxitis (usually uncountable, plural coxitides)

(pathology) Inflammation of the hip joint.


lenticula

lenticula (plural lenticulas or lenticulae)

From Latin lenticula. See lenticel. Doublet of lentil.

(medicine) A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.


colostration

(obsolete, medicine) Any disorder of infants attributed to the effects of the colostrum


iontotherapy

(medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis


emerg

These EMS people, who should just walk into the emerg, drop their patient off, and then leave, are frozen in the emerg for a long period of time, because there aren't enough resources there.

2009 January 17, Daniel Dale, “Ambulance waits get longer”, in Toronto Star::

“Rather than going to emerg and getting admitted and having the condition over a period of time, we understand that the event happened fairly quickly.

2009 May 26, Theresa Boyle, Tanya Talaga, “Swine flu Factor Probed in death”, in Toronto Star::

“What we've seen in the last few days is a number of cases that have come to emerg departments.

2009 October 1, Theresa Boyle, “Second swine-flu wave hits Toronto, southern Ontario”, in Toronto Star::

(Canada, slang, medicine) The emergency department of a hospital.


crenotherapy

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

(alternative medicine) The therapeutic use of mud, mineral waters and steam.


crepature

From Latin crepātūra (“fissure, crack”), from Latin crepāre (“to crack, creak”).


somatic nervous system

somatic nervous system (plural somatic nervous systems)

peripheral nervous system
peripheral nervous system

central nervous system
central nervous system

(anatomy, neurology) The part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits signals from the central nervous system to skeletal muscles, and from receptors of external stimuli, thereby mediating sight, hearing and touch.

σωματικό νευρικό σύστημα

part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits signals from central nervous system to skeletal muscles


crystal healing

Demonstrated by experienced professionals, the fair will provide the opportunity to learn about unique healing methods such as Chakra Healing, Sound Therapy, Reiki, Kinesiology and Crystal Healing.

2023 December 21, The Central Coast Community News, NSW, page 16, column 2:

(alternative medicine) The practice of using the supposed therapeutic effects of crystals to cure illness.


margo

Learned borrowing from Latin margō. Doublet of marge and margin.

The colpi are bordered by prominent margos or lips. Тhe margo is separated from the remainder of the heavily sculptured surface by a narrow channel.

1969, Geological Survey Professional Paper, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 49:


response time

vasteaika

time between step change and instrument display update

Professor G. Fano (Florence), after accurately determining the "latent period," or "response time," following faradic stimulation of a given motor area

(biology, medicine) The period of time between the application of a stimulus and the associated response from a cell or tissue.

tiempo responsivo

time between stimulus and cell or tissue response


cupremia

(physiology, especially in combination) The presence of copper (Cu) in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration).

natremia

types of biometallic cation concentration in blood


cutireaction

From Latin cuticula (“cuticle, skin”) + reaction.

(medicine) Any inflammation or other skin reaction to an irritant.

cutireazione

any inflammation or other skin reaction to an irritant


calcaneum

calcaneum (plural calcaneums or calcanea)


truncus

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From Latin truncus. Doublet of tronk and trunk.

(medicine) The trunk (torso) of the human body or other animal body.

(medicine) An arterial trunk, such as the truncus arteriosus.


triceps surae

From the fact that the medial and lateral heads of the gastrocnemius along with the soleus muscle together share a common insertion at the calcaneous, creating a group of three heads (triceps) on the posterior lower leg (sural).

(anatomy) The combination of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles.


ferrugo

Borrowed from Latin ferrūgō (“iron rust”), from ferrum (“iron”).


auctrix

Under the class of natural faculties, we find three principal sorts; to wit, a facultas generatrix, an auctrix, and a nutrix.

1826, “Article XII. – Retrospective Review. – Tractatus de Ventriculo et Intestinis, cui præmittitur alius…”, in The North American Medical and Surgical Journal, page 145:

(medicine, archaic) A class of natural faculty.


progredient

en-adj

progredient (comparative more progredient, superlative most progredient)

more progredient (comparative)
most progredient (superlative)

(medicine) Of the course of an illness, progressive.


oxaluria

(physiology, medicine) The presence of oxalic acid and oxalate in the urine (which is often true, in some amount or other).

en:any degree of oxalate in the urine
en:excess oxalate in the urine

(physiology, medicine) The presence of excess oxalic acid and oxalate in the urine (as can happen with an oxalate-rich diet and/or metabolic problems).


AMI

myocardial infarction
myocardial infarction#English

(cardiology) Initialism of acute myocardial infarction.

(anatomy) Initialism of agonist-antagonist myoneural interface.


resus

en-noun

resus (usually uncountable, plural resuses or resusses)

Some patients survived such resuses – the slim chances of you making it back from a cardiorespiratory arrest are slightly better if it happens while you're in hospital.

2022, Dr Lachlan McIver, Life and Death Decisions:

(colloquial, medicine) Clipping of resuscitation.


valdecoxib

(pharmacology) A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug formerly used to treat osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and menstrual pain.


miglitol

Probably from (a)mi(ne) + gli- (“antihyperglycemic”) + -itol.

af

(pharmacology) An antidiabetic drug C₈H₁₇NO₅ that is taken orally as a tablet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and acts to slow the absorption of glucose in the small intestine by inhibiting enzymes that break down complex carbohydrates.


antidepression

en-adj

antidepression (comparative more antidepression, superlative most antidepression)

more antidepression (comparative)
most antidepression (superlative)


anticaries

(dentistry) Preventing or countering caries.


antirabies

(pharmacology) Preventing or countering rabies.


spontaneous abortion

en-noun

spontaneous abortion (countable and uncountable, plural spontaneous abortions)


secondary infection

secondary infection (plural secondary infections)

(pathology) Any infection that arises subsequent to a pre-existing infection; but especially a nosocomial infection


overgo

Mixtures of such specific "overgo" probes can be used to screen arrayed library filters by DNA-DNA hybridization [...].

1999, Birren & Green, Genome Analysis, page 207:

Hybridization of multiple overgoes produces many clones, perhaps 40 clones at a time.

2004, Detrich, Westerfield & Zon, The Zebrafish: Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, page 318:

(genetics) A sequence of overlapping oligonucleotides, used to design hybridization.


NKDA

(medicine) Initialism of no known drug allergies.


presphenoid

(anatomy) Situated in front of the sphenoid bone


presphenoid

(anatomy) The anterior part of the sphenoid bone (a separate bone before being fused)


pannicle

From Middle French pannicle, and its source, Late Latin panniculus (“membrane”), from Latin panniculus (“small rag”), from pannus (“cloth”).

(anatomy, zoology) A membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal.


coronal plane

(anatomy) Any vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior (belly and back) sections.


transverse plane

transverse plane (plural transverse planes)

(anatomy) Any plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts, roughly perpendicular to spine.

transversaalitaso

anatomy: plane that divides the body into upper and lower parts


axillary vein

(anatomy) A large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla (armpit) and upper limb toward the heart.


immunodegradation

The inhibition of immunodegradation was most pronounced at low temperature […]

1975 May 1, Joel F. Habener, “Radioimmunoassay of Human Proparathyroid Hormone: Analysis of Hormone Content in Tissue Extracts and in Plasma”, in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism:

A special group must be mentioned: 4. artificial immunodegradation (immunosuppression)

1983, Franz Schmid, Cell Therapy: A New Dimension of Medicine, page 168:

These mechanisms include enzymatic degradation, immunodegradation, sequestration by the reticuloendothelial system (RES) in the bloodstream, acid hydrolysis in the stomach, mucociliary clearance in the lungs, etc.

2016 January 22, Guanying Chen, “Nanochemistry and Nanomedicine for Nanoparticle-based Diagnostics and Therapy”, in Chemical Reviews:

(immunology, rare) Degradation of or by the immune system.


prostatism

prostatism (usually uncountable, plural prostatisms)

(pathology) Any of various minor disorders of the prostate gland, typically causing obstructed urination; also called lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).


appendiceal

By surface analysis, appendix + -al; formed in a way that reflects the appendic- of the Latin declension's inflections, reflecting the fact that English got appendix from New Latin.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the appendix.


dilaceration

dilaceration (countable and uncountable, plural dilacerations)

(dentistry) An angular distortion affecting a tooth.


merogony

merogony (usually uncountable, plural merogonies)

(medicine, embryology) The development of part of an ovum after damage.


vacuum aspiration

vacuum aspiration (countable and uncountable, plural vacuum aspirations)

(medicine) A method of inducing abortion, during the first trimester of pregnancy, in which the embryo and placenta are drawn off through a narrow tube.


phosphosite

(biochemistry, genetics) A site (on a protein etc) responsible for, or associated with, phosphorylation


antilithiatic

en-adj

antilithiatic (comparative more antilithiatic, superlative most antilithiatic)

more antilithiatic (comparative)
most antilithiatic (superlative)

(medicine) That prevents the formation of, or relieves the symptoms of kidney stones


antipathogenic

antipathogenic (comparative more antipathogenic, superlative most antipathogenic)

more antipathogenic (comparative)
most antipathogenic (superlative)


cholestasis

en-noun

cholestasis (countable and uncountable, plural cholestases)

(pathology) The suppression of the flow of bile caused by an obstruction associated with the liver.


gastroduodenal

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the stomach and the duodenum


hematobiochemical

(biochemistry, medicine) Of or pertaining to the biochemistry of blood


icteric

en-adj

icteric (comparative more icteric, superlative most icteric)

more icteric (comparative)
most icteric (superlative)

From icterus (“jaundice”) + -ic, or Latin ictericus.

(medicine) Jaundiced (having icterus); having yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes of the sclerae of the eyes, or other parts of the body.


hypercholesterolemic

hypercholesterolemic (comparative more hypercholesterolemic, superlative most hypercholesterolemic)

more hypercholesterolemic (comparative)
most hypercholesterolemic (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hypercholesterolemia.


hypocholesterolemic

hypocholesterolemic (comparative more hypocholesterolemic, superlative most hypocholesterolemic)

more hypocholesterolemic (comparative)
most hypocholesterolemic (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hypocholesterolemia


hypocholesterolemic

(medicine) Any drug that lowers the amount of cholesterol in the blood


hyperinsulinaemic

hyperinsulinaemic (comparative more hyperinsulinaemic, superlative most hyperinsulinaemic)

more hyperinsulinaemic (comparative)
most hyperinsulinaemic (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hyperinsulinaemia


hyperinsulinaemia

(pathology) The presence of an unusually high level of insulin in the bloodstream


juxtaglomerular

(anatomy) Near, or adjoining a renal glomerulus.


microcytosis

(pathology) A condition characterized by the presence of microcytes in the blood


microglobulinuria

(pathology) The presence of microglobulins in the urine.


normochromic

(pathology) Describing erythrocytes that have a fairly normal hemoglobin content.


normocytic

(pathology) Describing erythrocytes of fairly normal size.


stomatocyte

(cytology) erythrocyte with an oval or rectangular central pallor.


antiatherosclerotic

antiatherosclerotic (comparative more antiatherosclerotic, superlative most antiatherosclerotic)

more antiatherosclerotic (comparative)
most antiatherosclerotic (superlative)

(medicine) That counters the effects of atherosclerosis

ateroskleroosia torjuva

that counters the effects of atherosclerosis


antischistosomal

(immunology, pharmacology) that counters the effects of schistosomiasis


chemosensitizer

(medicine) Any material that makes cells sensitive to chemotherapeutic agents, often by inhibiting the action of a glycoprotein


cotreatment

en-noun

cotreatment (countable and uncountable, plural cotreatments)

(medicine) treatment with two or more agents simultaneously


marry-in

* (genetics): From the verb to marry in.
* (protest): From marry + -in.

(genetics) A person who is on a family tree because he has married someone on the tree, and is not related by blood to anyone on the tree except his own descendants.


desferrioxamine

desferrioxamine (countable and uncountable, plural desferrioxamines)


fatty liver

fatty liver (countable and uncountable, plural fatty livers)

(pathology, uncountable) The abnormal retention of triglycerides within the vacuoles of the liver.


phytomedicine

(medicine) Any medicine of plant origin.


somatomotor

(anatomy) Relating to the region of the brain responsible for such movements


sudanophilia

In this study the Cebus monkeys had very low levels of aortic sudanophilia.

2012, Robert A. Harris, Feeding and Nutrition of Nonhuman primates, page 165:

(cytology) An affinity for (and ability to be stained by) Sudan Red.


intranight

(astronomy, medicine) Within a single night.


halofantrine

(medicine) A particular antimalarial agent that is a derivative of a halogenated phenanthrene


cytoanalysis

(cytology) The analysis of cell samples, especially when used for diagnostic purposes


con-sensual

Emotional sensibility, he thinks, induces its own reactions upon the muscular system, independently of the movements denominated con-sensual.

1854, “Review”, in Journal of psychological medicine, volume 7, Three Lectures on the Correlation of Psychology and Physiology, by Daniel Noble, M.D., page 515:

(physiology) Occurring simultaneously, or almost so, with sensory perception.


oligonucleosome

(genetics) A series of several nucleosomes


cleidocranial

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the clavicle and the cranium.


microcephalin

(genetics, biochemistry) A protein and associated gene responsible for microcephaly.


minicontig

(genetics) A fragment of DNA whose content is known, especially one of many such overlapping fragments that are analyzed in gene mapping


nonrecombining

(genetics) That does not undergo recombination


immunoadhesin

The study builds on previous research which has shown that immunoadhesins can prevent HIV from spreading to new cells and can also kill infected cells while leaving healthy cells alone..

1990 April 28, Kelly Gaines, “New Drug Fights Perinatal HIV Infection”, in Gay Community News, page 2:

(immunology, biochemistry) Any of a family of recombinant fusion proteins


actinorhodin

actinorhodin (countable and uncountable, plural actinorhodins)

(medicine) A benzoisochromanequinone antibiotic produced by Streptomyces coelicolor


antibiogram

(medicine) A table reporting a bacterial isolate’s susceptibility to different antibiotics.


antiendotoxin

(medicine) Any substance (especially an antibody) that counteracts the effect of an endotoxin

antiendotoxina

any substance that counteracts the effect of an endotoxin


antimutagenic

en-adj

antimutagenic (comparative more antimutagenic, superlative most antimutagenic)

more antimutagenic (comparative)
most antimutagenic (superlative)

(pharmacology) Serving to counter a mutagen


antimutagenic

(pharmacology) A drug or other material that counters a mutagen


posological

posological (comparative more posological, superlative most posological)

more posological (comparative)
most posological (superlative)

(pharmacy, pharmacology) Of or pertaining to posology.


urtication

en-noun

urtication (countable and uncountable, plural urtications)

Ultimately from Latin urtīca (“nettle”).

(pathology) The development of urticaria (hives).

(medicine) Beating the skin with nettles (formerly used to treat paralysis).


amylophagia

(pathology) The pathological desire to eat excessive starch, starchlike or carbohydrate-rich foods.

amilofagia

pathologic desire to eat excessive starch


bacteremic

en-adj

bacteremic (comparative more bacteremic, superlative most bacteremic)

more bacteremic (comparative)
most bacteremic (superlative)

(pathology) Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia (having bacteria in the blood)


candidemia

en-noun

candidemia (usually uncountable, plural candidemias)

(pathology) The presence of Candida fungi in the blood


cefazolin

From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + azole + -in.

af

(pharmacology) A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.


cefotetan

From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + -o- + (di)th(i)etan(e).


cefoxitin

From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + (meth)oxy + thi(ophe)n(e).


cefpodoxime

From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + [Term?] + oxime.


cephamycin

en-noun

cephamycin (countable and uncountable, plural cephamycins)

(medicine) A particular cephalosporin antibiotic


colistin

colistin (usually uncountable, plural colistins)

It's the first time this colistin-resistant strain has been found in a person in the United States.

2016, "The superbug that doctors have been dreading just reached the U.S.", Washington Post, Lena H. Sun and Brady Dennis, May 26

(medicine) A polymixin antibiotic effective against a range of gram-negative bacteria, sometimes considered a last-resort antibiotic.

a bacterial gene conferring resistance to colistin and polymyxins


comedication

(medicine) A second medication used to alleviate the side-effects of another


comobilization

(genetics) The mobilization of two genes simultaneously


surgical spirit

surgical spirit (usually uncountable, plural surgical spirits)

(UK, medicine) Ethanol with small quantities of additives (typically 2% castor oil and 0.5% methyl salicylate), used primarily as a topical antiseptic.

leikkaussprii

ethanol with small quantities of additives


antimicrotubule

(pharmacology) Describing any agent that interferes with microtubules during mitosis and thus inhibits cell growth and division.


etabonate

etabonate (countable and uncountable, plural etabonates)

(pharmacology) Any salt or ester of the hypothetical etabonic acid.


vasoconstrictive

en-adj

vasoconstrictive (comparative more vasoconstrictive, superlative most vasoconstrictive)

more vasoconstrictive (comparative)
most vasoconstrictive (superlative)

(physiology, pharmacology) That causes vasoconstriction


reduction division

en-noun

reduction division (countable and uncountable, plural reduction divisions)

(biology, genetics, cytology) the first of the two divisions of meiosis, a type of cell division.

diviziune reducțională

(biology, genetics, cytology) meiosis as a whole, a type of cell division.


leucism

(zoology, pathology) An animal condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes (caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin).


cryptococcal

People with AIDS tend to die after years of suffering, often screaming from the agony of cryptococcal meningitis or choking on thrush fungus.

2009 September 27, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “If AIDS Went the Way of Smallpox”, in New York Times:

(pathology) Of or pertaining to cryptococcus fungi or cryptococcosis.

criptococótico

of or pertaining to cryptococcus fungi or cryptococcosis


aldosteronism

aldosteronism (countable and uncountable, plural aldosteronisms)

(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties

ալդոստերոնիզմ

condition marked by excessive aldosterone secretion


fixator

(anatomy) Any muscle that fixes, or limits the movement, of a bone or joint


fusariosis

fusariosis (countable and uncountable, plural fusarioses)

(pathology) Infection with fungi of the genus Fusarium.


gatifloxacin

From [Term?] + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) A particular fluoroquinolone antibiotic.


hemodiafiltration

(medicine) A combination of hemofiltration and dialysis


hemofiltration

en-noun

hemofiltration (usually uncountable, plural hemofiltrations)

(medicine) A form of renal replacement therapy similar to hemodialysis


hyperoxygenation

(medicine) The administration of a higher than usual concentration of oxygen, or the condition of having such a concentration of oxygen.


integron

(genetics) A system of gene capture and dissemination


kasugamycin

Streptomyces kasugaensis
Streptomyces kasugaensis

(medicine) An aminoglycoside antibiotic, originally isolated from Streptomyces kasugaensis


miniplasmid

(genetics) A plasmid that has been reduced in size


latamoxef

(medicine) A particular oxacephem antibiotic


moxifloxacin

From m(eth)oxy + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).


mupirocin

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A particular antibiotic applied topically


adenomyosis

The consultant suspected adenomyosis after a scan, and advised Sarah to undergo a hysterectomy, which she did a few weeks later. “They said it was the only solution, but they could only confirm I had adenomyosis after I’d had the surgery.”

2023 May 23, Jedidajah Otte, “‘I’m glad my symptoms have a name’: three women on their struggles with adenomyosis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(pathology) A medical condition characterized by the presence of ectopic glandular tissue in the surrounding muscles, often and especially of the endometrial tissue of the uterus in the myometrium (endometriosis).


argyrotic

en-adj

argyrotic (comparative more argyrotic, superlative most argyrotic)

more argyrotic (comparative)
most argyrotic (superlative)

(pathology) Of or pertaining to argyrosis.


norfloxacin

From nor- + fl(uor)- + -oxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) A synthetic fluoroquinolone antibiotic structurally related to nalidixic acid, which is used topically to treat conjunctivitis and orally for the treatment of bacterial infections of the urinary tract; 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(1-piperazinyl)-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid, C₁₆H₁₈FN₃O₃.


piperacillin

From pipera(zine) + -cillin (“6-aminopenicillanic acid derivative”).

(pharmacology) A particular ureidopenicillin antibiotic.


ureidopenicillin

en-noun

ureidopenicillin (countable and uncountable, plural ureidopenicillins)

(medicine) Any of a class of penicillin antibiotics in which an amino group has been replaced by a urea moiety.


pseudarthrosis

(pathology) A bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture

valenivel

bony, flexible structure resembling a joint

(surgery) A failed fusion after an arthrodesis surgery


religate

en-verb

religate (third-person singular simple present religates, present participle religating, simple past and past participle religated)

religates (present singular third-person)
religating (participle present)
religated (participle past)
religated (past)

Partly from Latin religātus, the perfect passive participle of religō (“to bind back or behind”) and partly formed in English as re- + ligate.


ristocetin

Amycolatopsis lurida
Amycolatopsis lurida

(medicine) A toxic antibiotic, obtained from Amycolatopsis lurida, previously used to treat staphylococcal infections


sparfloxacin

(pharmacology) A particular fluoroquinolone antibiotic.


subinhibitory

en-adj

subinhibitory (comparative more subinhibitory, superlative most subinhibitory)

more subinhibitory (comparative)
most subinhibitory (superlative)

(medicine) Describing a concentration or dosage less than an inhibitory level


supragingival

(anatomy, dentistry, prosthodontics) Above the gumline (gingival margin).


thiostrepton

(medicine) A cyclic oligopeptide antibiotic, derived from several strains of Streptomyces bacteria.


zygomycosis

en-noun

zygomycosis (countable and uncountable, plural zygomycoses)

From Zygomycota (“obsolete phylum of fungi”) + -osis.

suffix

(pathology, mycology) An infection caused by bread mold fungi.


anopsia

(ophthalmology) A defect in the visual field


stratum corneum

From Latin strātum ("blanket, bedspread") + corne∙us -a -um ("made of horn; horn-like"), from corn∙ū -ūs ("horn") + -eus.

The outermost surface of the epidermis, called the stratum corneum, is made up entirely of dead cells.

2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 4:

(anatomy) The outer layer of the epidermis, composed of dead cells that continually flake away.


costatolide

(medicine) An isomer of calanolide that is specific to HIV


croscarmellose

(medicine) A form of cross-linked carboxymethylcellulose that is used as a disintegrant in pharmaceutical formulations.


disintegrant

(medicine) Any material that is added to a pharmaceutical preparation to make it disintegrate (and thus release the active ingredient) on contact with water


laryngopharyngeal

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to or connecting the larynx and the pharynx


leucoderma

en-noun

leucoderma (countable and uncountable, plural leucodermas or leucodermata)

leucodermas (plural)
leucodermata (plural)

(pathology) A loss of skin pigmentation, often in patches


nimodipine

Probably from ni(tro)- + m(eth)o(xy) + -dipine (“nifedipine derivative”).

af

calcium channel blocker
calcium channel blocker

(pharmacology) A dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker originally developed for the treatment of high blood pressure and now mostly used to prevent vasospasm.


superarachnoid

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superarachnoid.wav

(medicine) Located or occurring above the arachnoid mater.


brain cancer

en-noun

brain cancer (countable and uncountable, plural brain cancers)

(oncology) Any of various types of cancer associated with brain tumors.


pancreatic cancer

pancreatic cancer (countable and uncountable, plural pancreatic cancers)

(oncology, pathology) A malignant neoplasm of the pancreas.


transsphenoidal

(surgery) Through the nose and the sphenoid bone.


antihepatotoxic

en-adj

antihepatotoxic (comparative more antihepatotoxic, superlative most antihepatotoxic)

more antihepatotoxic (comparative)
most antihepatotoxic (superlative)

(pharmacology) That acts against hepatotoxicity


antispasmolytic

antispasmolytic (comparative more antispasmolytic, superlative most antispasmolytic)

more antispasmolytic (comparative)
most antispasmolytic (superlative)


spasmolytic

spasmolytic (comparative more spasmolytic, superlative most spasmolytic)

more spasmolytic (comparative)
most spasmolytic (superlative)


sexlinked

(genetics, of an allele) Whose phenotypic expression is related to the chromosomal sex of the individual.


indandione

(medicine) Any of several derivatives of 1,3-indandione that have anticoagulant properties


hypomodification

en-noun

hypomodification (usually uncountable, plural hypomodifications)

(genetics) An abnormally small modification.


post-oral

en-adj

post-oral (comparative more post-oral, superlative most post-oral)

more post-oral (comparative)
most post-oral (superlative)

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of postoral


pre-oral

pre-oral (comparative more pre-oral, superlative most pre-oral)

more pre-oral (comparative)
most pre-oral (superlative)

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of preoral