mandibular canal

mandibular canal (plural mandibular canals)

(anatomy) A bony canal within the mandible that gives passage to blood vessels and nerves supplying the lower teeth.


inferior dental artery

en-noun

inferior dental artery (plural inferior dental arteries)

inferior alveolar artery
inferior alveolar artery#English

(anatomy) Synonym of inferior alveolar artery.


mandibular artery

mandibular artery (plural mandibular arteries)


posterior superior alveolar artery

posterior superior alveolar artery (plural posterior superior alveolar arteries)

posterior superior alveolar arteries (plural)

(anatomy) A branch of the maxillary artery that supplies the upper molar and bicuspid teeth.


Vidian artery

(anatomy) A branch of the maxillary artery passing through the pterygoid canal of the sphenoid bone.


autoinsufflation

(medicine, otolaryngology) The action of forcing air from the throat into the middle ear with one's nose plugged.


bulbocerebellar

(anatomy) Relating to the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum


schizotypal personality

schizotypal personality (plural schizotypal personalities)

schizotypal personality disorder
schizotypal personality disorder

(psychiatry) A personality affected by schizotypal personality disorder.


subthalamonigral

(anatomy) Relating to the subthalamus and the substantia nigra


ascending palatine artery

ascending palatine artery (plural ascending palatine arteries)

(anatomy) An inferior artery that arises from the facial artery and divides into two branches of which one supplies the soft palate and the palatine glands and the other supplies especially the tonsils and the eustachian tube.


facial artery

external carotid artery
external carotid artery

(anatomy) An artery that arises from the external carotid artery just superior to the lingual artery and gives off a number of branches supplying the neck and face.


palatine gland

(anatomy) Any of numerous small mucous glands in the palate opening into the mouth.


palatine artery

palatine artery (plural palatine arteries)

Meronyms: ascending palatine artery, descending palatine artery, greater palatine artery, lesser palatine artery

(anatomy) Any of the arteries supplying the hard and soft palates.


althiazide

(organic chemistry, medicine) The thiazide diuretic 6-chloro-1,1-dioxo-3-(prop-2-enylsulfanylmethyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1λ⁶,2,4-benzothiadiazine-7-sulfonamide


mirincamycin

(medicine) A lincosamide used in the treatment of malaria


greater palatine artery

greater palatine artery (plural greater palatine arteries)

(anatomy) A superior artery that arises from the descending palatine artery and sends branches to the soft palate, the palatine glands, the mucous membrane of the hard palate, and the gums.

顎大動脈 /颚大动脉

branch of the descending palatine artery


carotid sinus

(anatomy) A small but richly innervated arterial enlargement that is located near the point in the neck where either carotid artery divides to form its main branches and that functions in the regulation of heart rate and blood pressure.


central retinal artery

central retinal artery (plural central retinal arteries)

(anatomy) A branch of the ophthalmic artery that passes to the retina in the middle of the optic nerve and branches to form the arterioles of the retina.


root extraction

root extraction (plural root extractions)

(dentistry) The process of extracting the root of a tooth from the gum.


common carotid artery

common carotid artery (plural common carotid arteries)

Meronyms: external carotid artery, internal carotid artery

external carotid arteries
external carotid artery

(anatomy) The part of either carotid artery between its point of origin and its division into the internal and external carotid arteries.


external carotid artery

external carotid artery (plural external carotid arteries)

Coordinate term: internal carotid artery

(anatomy) The outer branch of the carotid artery that supplies the face, tongue, and external parts of the head.


arch of the aorta

arch of the aorta (plural arches of the aortas or arches of the aortae)

arches of the aortas (plural)
arches of the aortae (plural)

aortic arch
aortic arch#English:_anatomic


hysteroannessiectomy

(surgery) A combined hysterectomy and annessiectomy


annessiectomy

annessiectomy (usually uncountable, plural annessiectomies)

From Italian annessiectomia, from annessi (“appendages”) + -ectomia (“-ectomy”), so called because the appendages of the uterus are removed. Doublet of adnexectomy.

(surgery) The removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.


costocervical trunk

costocervical trunk (plural costocervical trunks)

(anatomy) A branch of the subclavian artery that divides to supply the first or first two intercostal spaces and the deep structures of the neck.


auricular artery

auricular artery (plural auricular arteries)

Meronyms: deep auricular artery, posterior auricular artery

(anatomy) Either of the two arteries supplying the auricle of the ear.


posterior auricular artery

posterior auricular artery (plural posterior auricular arteries)

Coordinate term: deep auricular artery

(anatomy) A small branch of the external carotid artery that supplies or gives off branches supplying the back of the ear and the adjacent region of the scalp, the middle ear, tympanic membrane, and mastoid cells.


cervical artery

cervical artery (plural cervical arteries)

Meronyms: ascending cervical artery, deep cervical artery, transverse cervical artery

(anatomy) Any of the three arteries supplying the neck.


ascending cervical artery

ascending cervical artery (plural ascending cervical arteries)

inferior thyroid artery
inferior thyroid artery

(anatomy) A small branch of the inferior thyroid artery.


inferior thyroid artery

inferior thyroid artery (plural inferior thyroid arteries)

superior thyroid artery
superior thyroid artery

(anatomy) One of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the thyrocervical trunk and that divides to form branches supplying the inferior portion of the thyroid gland and anastomosing with the superior thyroid artery or with a corresponding branch from the opposite side.


transverse cervical artery

transverse cervical artery (plural transverse cervical arteries)

(anatomy) An inconstant branch of the thyrocervical trunk or of the subclavian artery that when present supplies or divides into branches supplying the region at the base of the neck and the muscles of the scapula.

頸橫動脈 /颈横动脉

branch of the thyrocervical trunk or the subclavian artery


thyrocervical trunk

thyrocervical trunk (plural thyrocervical trunks)

inferior thyroid
inferior thyroid artery

transverse cervical arteries
transverse cervical artery

(anatomy) A short thick branch of the subclavian artery that divides into the inferior thyroid, suprascapular, and transverse cervical arteries.


deep temporal artery

deep temporal artery (plural deep temporal arteries)

(anatomy) Either of two arterial branches that supply a large muscle on each side of the head involved in raising the lower jaw and that arise from the cerebral artery supplying the deep structures of the face.


temporal artery

temporal artery (plural temporal arteries)

Meronyms: deep temporal artery, middle temporal artery, superficial temporal artery

(anatomy) Any of the three arteries supplying the temporal region and adjacent parts of the head.

(anatomy) Any of the three branches of the artery supplying the lateral surfaces of the cerebral cortex.


middle temporal artery

middle temporal artery (plural middle temporal arteries)

superficial temporal artery
superficial temporal artery

deep temporal artery
deep temporal artery

(anatomy) A branch of the superficial temporal artery that arises just above the zygomatic arch, sends branches to the temporalis muscle, and anastomoses with a deep temporal artery.


superficial temporal artery

superficial temporal artery (plural superficial temporal arteries)

(anatomy) Either of the two terminal branches of each external carotid artery that pass upward over the zygomatic process of the temporal bone, and are distributed by way of branches especially to the more superficial parts of the forehead and sides of the head and face.


lingual artery

lingual artery (plural lingual arteries)

superior thyroid
superior thyroid artery

(anatomy) An artery arising from the external carotid artery between the superior thyroid and facial arteries and supplying the tongue.


CCB

calcium channel blocker
calcium channel blocker#English

(pharmacology) Abbreviation of calcium channel blocker.


labial artery

Meronyms: inferior labial artery, superior labial artery

(anatomy) Either of two branches of the facial artery of which one is distributed to the upper and one to the lower lip.


inferior laryngeal artery

inferior laryngeal artery (plural inferior laryngeal arteries)

Coordinate term: superior laryngeal artery

(anatomy) A branch of the inferior thyroid artery that supplies the muscles and mucous membranes of the dorsal part of the larynx.


laryngeal artery

laryngeal artery (plural laryngeal arteries)

Meronyms: inferior laryngeal artery, superior laryngeal artery

(anatomy) Either of two arteries supplying blood to the larynx.


superior laryngeal artery

superior laryngeal artery (plural superior laryngeal arteries)

Coordinate term: inferior laryngeal artery

(anatomy) A branch of the superior thyroid artery or sometimes of the external carotid artery that supplies the muscles, mucous membranes, and glands of the larynx and anastomoses with the branch from the opposite side.


thyroid artery

thyroid artery (plural thyroid arteries)

(anatomy) Either of two or three arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck.


superior thyroid artery

superior thyroid artery (plural superior thyroid arteries)

common carotid artery
common carotid artery

(anatomy) One of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the external carotid artery or sometimes from the common carotid artery at the level of the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and that gives off branches to nearby muscles and to the thyroid gland.


infraorbital artery

infraorbital artery (plural infraorbital arteries)

infraorbital foramen
infraorbital foramen

(anatomy) A branch or continuation of the maxillary artery that runs along the infraorbital groove with the infraorbital nerve and passes through the infraorbital foramen to give off branches which supply the face just below the eye.

眶下動脈 /眶下动脉

kuàngxià dòngmài, (Taiwan) kuāngxià dòngmài


infraorbital groove

infraorbital groove (plural infraorbital grooves)

(anatomy) A groove in the middle of the posterior part of the bony floor of the orbit that gives passage to the infraorbital artery, vein, and nerve.


infraorbital foramen

infraorbital foramen (plural infraorbital foramina)

(anatomy) An opening in the maxilla just below the lower rim of the orbit that gives passage to the infraorbital artery, nerve, and vein.


lacrimal artery

lacrimal artery (plural lacrimal arteries)

(anatomy) A large branch of the ophthalmic artery that arises near the optic foramen, passes along the superior border of the lateral rectus, and supplies the lacrimal gland.


ophthalmic artery

ophthalmic artery (plural ophthalmic arteries)

internal carotid artery
internal carotid artery

(anatomy) A branch of the internal carotid artery following the optic nerve through the optic foramen into the orbit and supplying the eye and adjacent structures.


long posterior ciliary artery

long posterior ciliary artery (plural long posterior ciliary arteries)

long posterior ciliary arteries (plural)

short posterior ciliary arteries
short posterior ciliary artery

(anatomy) Either of usually two arteries of which one arises from the ophthalmic artery on each side of the optic nerve, passes forward along the optic nerve accompanying the short posterior ciliary arteries, pierces the sclera passing forward on the same side of the eyeball between the sclera and the choroid to the ciliary muscle, and at the junction of the ciliary process and the iris divides into upper and lower branches which anastomose with the branches of the contralateral artery to form a ring of arteries around the iris.


ciliary artery

ciliary artery (plural ciliary arteries)

Meronyms: anterior ciliary artery, long posterior ciliary artery, short posterior ciliary artery

(anatomy) Any of several arteries that arise from the ophthalmic artery or its branches and supply various parts of the eye.


short posterior ciliary artery

short posterior ciliary artery (plural short posterior ciliary arteries)

short posterior ciliary arteries (plural)

(anatomy) Any of 6 to 10 arteries that arise from the ophthalmic artery or its branches, pass to the posterior part of the eyeball while surrounding the optic nerve, and enter or divide into branches entering the sclera to supply the choroid and the ciliary processes.


ciliary process

ciliary process (plural ciliary processes)

Holonym: pars plicata

(anatomy) Any of the vascular folds on the inner surface of the ciliary body that produce the aqueous humor and between which pass the zonule of Zinn joining the ciliary muscle to the lens.


mental artery

inferior alveolar artery
inferior alveolar artery

(anatomy) A branch of the inferior alveolar artery on each side that emerges from the mental foramen and supplies blood to the chin.


mental foramen

(anatomy) A foramen for the passage of blood vessels and a nerve on the outside of the lower jaw on each side near the chin.


occipital artery

occipital artery (plural occipital arteries)

(anatomy) An artery that arises from the external carotid artery opposite to the origin of the facial artery, that passes posteriorly to the base of the skull where it turns upward and ascends within the superficial fascia of the scalp, and that supplies or gives off branches supplying structures and especially muscles of the back of the neck and head.


superficial fascia

superficial fascia (plural superficial fasciae)

(anatomy) The thin layer of loose fatty connective tissue underlying the dermis and binding it to the parts beneath.


onchodermatitis

(pathology) A form of dermatitis caused by filarial worms of the genus Onchocerca


stylomastoid foramen

stylomastoid foramen (plural stylomastoid foramina)

(anatomy) A foramen that occurs on the lower surface of the temporal bone between the styloid and mastoid processes and that forms the termination of the facial canal.


Caesareanized

(medicine, archaic) Having undergone Caesarean section.


cardaissin

(medicine, historical) A cardiac accelerator extracted from the suprarenal glands of cows.


supraorbital artery

supraorbital artery (plural supraorbital arteries)

(anatomy) A branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying the orbit and parts of the forehead.

眶上動脈 /眶上动脉

kuàngshàng dòngmài, (Taiwan) kuāngshàng dòngmài


supratrochlear artery

supratrochlear artery (plural supratrochlear arteries)

(anatomy) One of the terminal branches of the ophthalmic artery that ascends upon the forehead from the inner angle of the orbit.


frontal artery

frontal artery (plural frontal arteries)

supratrochlear artery
supratrochlear artery#English

(anatomy) Synonym of supratrochlear artery.


suprascapular artery

suprascapular artery (plural suprascapular arteries)

suprascapular ligament
suprascapular ligament

(anatomy) A branch of the thyrocervical trunk that passes obliquely from within outward and over the suprascapular ligament to the back of the scapula.


transverse facial artery

transverse facial artery (plural transverse facial arteries)

(anatomy) A large branch of the superficial temporal artery that arises in the parotid gland and supplies or gives off branches supplying the parotid gland, masseter muscle, and adjacent parts.


external maxillary artery

external maxillary artery (plural external maxillary arteries)

Coordinate term: internal maxillary artery


internal maxillary artery

internal maxillary artery (plural internal maxillary arteries)

Coordinate term: external maxillary artery

maxillary artery
maxillary artery#English


colomycin

Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa#Translingual

(medicine) An antibiotic, colistimethate sodium, used to treat respiratory infections, especially those caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa


osteoskeletal

(anatomy) Relating to the bones of the skeleton


cavernous sinus

cavernous sinus (plural cavernous sinuses)

(anatomy) Either of a pair of large venous sinuses situated in a groove at the side of the body of the sphenoid bone in the cranial cavity and opening behind into the petrosal sinuses.


plecanatide

(medicine) A peptide used to treat constipation


keratosis obturans

(medicine, otorhinolaryngology) An ear disease where a dense plug of keratin is present in the deep meatus of the ear.


napabucasin

(medicine) A drug that induces apoptosis in cancer cells


carotid triangle

carotid triangle (plural carotid triangles)

sternocleidomastoid muscle
sternocleidomastoid muscle

(anatomy) A space in each lateral half of the neck that is bounded in back by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, below by the omohyoid muscle, and above by the stylohyoid and digastric muscles.

Meronyms: inferior carotid triangle, superior carotid triangle

(anatomy, dated) Either of the two spaces in the anterolateral neck.


superior carotid triangle

superior carotid triangle (plural superior carotid triangles)

Coordinate term: inferior carotid triangle

carotid triangle
carotid triangle#English


venous sinus

(anatomy) A large vein or passage (as the canal of Schlemm) for venous blood.

(anatomy) Alternative form of sinus venosus.


sinus venosus

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin sinus vēnōsus (“venous hollow”).

ubor

(anatomy) An enlarged pouch that adjoins the heart, is formed by the union of the large systemic veins, and is the passage through which venous blood enters the heart in lower vertebrates and in embryos of higher forms.


posterior naris

en-noun

posterior naris (plural posterior nares)


confluence of sinuses

confluence of sinuses (plural confluences of sinuses)

(anatomy) The junction of several of the sinuses of the dura mater in the internal occipital region.


torcular Herophili

Unadapted borrowing from Latin torcular Hērophilī (“Herophilos' winepress”), named after Greek physician Herophilos, while torcular was the Latin calque of Ancient Greek ληνός (lēnós, “anything shaped like a tub or trough; wine vat”), originally described by Herophilos.

cal

confluence of sinuses
confluence of sinuses#English

(anatomy) Synonym of confluence of sinuses.


LFD

lateral flow device
lateral flow device#English

(medicine) Initialism of lateral flow device.


acne conglobata

(dermatology) An uncommon and unusually severe form of acne characterized by burrowing and interconnecting abscesses and irregular scars.


apocrinitis

(dermatology) The formation of abscesses in the sweat glands.


cable theory

(neurology, mathematics) The use of mathematical models to calculate the electric current and accompanying voltage along passive neurites, particularly the dendrites that receive synaptic inputs at different sites and times.


pyoderma fistulans sinifica

en-noun

pyoderma fistulans sinifica (uncountable)

(dermatology) A distinct chronic infectious disease in which epithelialized tracts form within the subdermal fatty tissue.


dural venous sinus

dural venous sinus (plural dural venous sinuses)

Meronyms: cavernous sinus, confluence of sinuses, inferior petrosal sinus, inferior sagittal sinus, occipital sinus, sigmoid sinus, sphenoparietal sinus, straight sinus, superior petrosal sinus, superior sagittal sinus, transverse sinus

internal jugular vein
internal jugular vein

(anatomy) Any of numerous venous channels (as the sagittal sinuses, straight sinus, and transverse sinuses) that are situated between the two layers of the dura mater, that have no valves, and that drain blood from the brain and the bones forming the cranium and empty it into the internal jugular vein.

硬腦膜靜脈竇 /硬脑膜静脉窦

venous channel between two layers of the dura mater


sagittal sinus

sagittal sinus (plural sagittal sinuses)

Holonym: dural venous sinus

Meronyms: inferior sagittal sinus, superior sagittal sinus

(anatomy) Either of two venous sinuses of the dura mater.


straight sinus

straight sinus (plural straight sinuses)

Holonym: dural venous sinus

inferior sagittal sinus
inferior sagittal sinus

confluence of sinuses
confluence of sinuses

(anatomy) A venous sinus of the brain that is located along the line of junction of the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli, is formed by the junction of the great cerebral vein and the inferior sagittal sinus, and passes posteriorly to terminate in the confluence of sinuses.


transverse sinus

transverse sinus (plural transverse sinuses)

Holonym: dural venous sinus

(anatomy) Either of two large venous sinuses of the cranium that begin at the bony protuberance on the middle of the inner surface of the occipital bone at the intersection of its bony ridges and that terminate at the jugular foramen on either side to become the internal jugular vein.


internal jugular vein

internal jugular vein (plural internal jugular veins)

common carotid arteries
common carotid artery

brachiocephalic vein
brachiocephalic vein

(anatomy) A vein that collects the blood from the interior of the cranium, the superficial part of the face, and the neck, runs down the neck on the outside of the internal and common carotid arteries, and unites with the subclavian vein to form the brachiocephalic vein.


dural sinus

dural venous sinus
dural venous sinus#English

(anatomy) Synonym of dural venous sinus.


HAR

Coordinate term: HAQER

human accelerated region
human accelerated region#English

(genetics, evolutionary theory) Acronym of human accelerated region.


adenocarcinofibroma

(pathology) A cancerous form of adenofibroma


epicondylopathy

epicondylopathy (countable and uncountable, plural epicondylopathies)


tracheosternal

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the trachea and the sternum


pain relief

(medicine) The alleviation of pain, typically by means of medication.


Favre-Racouchot syndrome

Named after the French dermatologist Maurice Favre and his pupil Jean Racouchot.

(medicine, dermatology) A solar elastotic disorder consisting of multiple open comedones that occurs in skin damaged by sunlight.


frontal process

frontal process (plural frontal processes)

(anatomy) A long plate that is part of the maxilla and contributes to the formation of the lateral part of the nose and of the nasal cavity.

(anatomy) A process of the zygomatic bone articulating superiorly with the frontal bone, forming part of the orbit anteriorly, and articulating with the sphenoid bone posteriorly.


incisive fossa

(anatomy) A depression on the front of the maxilla above the incisor teeth.


cholethiasis

cholethiasis (countable and uncountable, plural cholethiases)


inferior orbital fissure

inferior orbital fissure (plural inferior orbital fissures)

Coordinate term: superior orbital fissure

(anatomy) One of two openings transmitting nerves and blood vessels to or from the orbit, situated inferiorly between the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.

眶下裂

opening between the sphenoid bone and the maxilla


superior orbital fissure

superior orbital fissure (plural superior orbital fissures)

Coordinate term: inferior orbital fissure

(anatomy) One of two openings transmitting nerves and blood vessels to or from the orbit, situated superiorly between the greater wing and the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone.

眶上裂

opening between the greater and lesser wings of the sphenoid bone


orbital fissure

orbital fissure (plural orbital fissures)

Meronyms: inferior orbital fissure, superior orbital fissure

(anatomy) Either of two openings transmitting nerves and blood vessels to or from the orbit.


quizartinib

(medicine) The kinase inhibitor 1-(5-tert-butyl-1,2-oxazol-3-yl)-3-[4-[6-(2-morpholin-4-ylethoxy)imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]benzothiazol-2-yl]phenyl]urea.


vamorolone

(medicine) A synthetic steroid drug used to treat some muscular dystrophy


inferior petrosal sinus

inferior petrosal sinus (plural inferior petrosal sinuses)

Coordinate term: superior petrosal sinus

(anatomy) The larger of the two petrosal sinuses that is situated inferiorly in a sulcus on each side formed by the junction of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the basilar portion of the occipital bone and that extends from the posterior inferior end of the cavernous sinus through the jugular foramen to join the internal jugular vein of the same side.

岩下竇 /岩下窦

sinus between the temporal and occipital bones


petrosal sinus

petrosal sinus (plural petrosal sinuses)

Meronyms: inferior petrosal sinus, superior petrosal sinus

(anatomy) Either of two venous sinuses on each side of the base of the brain.


superior petrosal sinus

superior petrosal sinus (plural superior petrosal sinuses)

Coordinate term: inferior petrosal sinus

(anatomy) The smaller of the two petrosal sinuses that is situated superiorly and connects the cavernous and transverse sinuses of the same side.

岩上竇 /岩上窦

sinus connecting the cavernous and transverse sinuses


inferior sagittal sinus

inferior sagittal sinus (plural inferior sagittal sinuses)

Coordinate term: superior sagittal sinus

(anatomy) One of two venous sinuses of the dura mater lying in the posterior two thirds of the concave free inferior margin of the falx cerebri and ending posteriorly by joining the great cerebral vein to form the straight sinus.


falx cerebri

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin falx cerebrī (“the sickle of the brain”).

ubor

(anatomy) The larger of the two folds of dura mater separating the hemispheres of the brain that lies between the cerebral hemispheres and contains the sagittal sinuses.


great cerebral vein

en-noun

great cerebral vein (plural great cerebral veins)

internal cerebral vein
internal cerebral vein

(anatomy) A broad unpaired vein formed by the junction of internal cerebral veins and uniting with the inferior sagittal sinus to form the straight sinus.

大腦大靜脈 /大脑大静脉

unpaired vein formed by the junction of the internal cerebral veins


superior sagittal sinus

superior sagittal sinus (plural superior sagittal sinuses)

Coordinate term: inferior sagittal sinus

internal occipital protuberance
internal occipital protuberance

(anatomy) One of two venous sinuses of the dura mater passing backward in the convex attached superior margin of the falx cerebri and ending at the internal occipital protuberance by fusion with the transverse sinus.


autotolerance

(immunology) immunological tolerance of ones own tissue


inotuzumab

(medicine) A monoclonal antibody used to treat some cancers


prezygomatic

(anatomy) Located in front of the zygoma


NIPT

(obstetrics) Initialism of noninvasive prenatal testing.


TNF inhibitor

tumor necrosis factor
tumor necrosis factor

(pharmacology) A pharmaceutical drug that suppresses the physiologic response to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF).


sonlicromanol

(medicine) A free radical inhibitor that inhibits cancer development


autoinsufflate

en-verb

autoinsufflate (third-person singular simple present autoinsufflates, present participle autoinsufflating, simple past and past participle autoinsufflated)

autoinsufflates (present singular third-person)
autoinsufflating (participle present)
autoinsufflated (participle past)
autoinsufflated (past)

(transitive, medicine, otolaryngology) To force air from the throat into the middle ear with one's nose plugged; to perform the Valsalva manoeuvre.


entrance wound

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

Most entrance wounds, no matter the range, are surrounded by a reddish, reddish-brown zone of abraded skin—the abrasion ring (Figure 4.16).

1998, Vincent J. M. Di Maio, Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 83:

(pathology, forensics) Synonym of entry wound


vNAR

(immunology) Abbreviation of variable domain of IgNAR.


IgNAR

(immunology) Abbreviation of immunoglobulin new antigen receptor.


lonomiasis

(pathology) poisoning by the venom of caterpillars of the genus Lonomia


thorn-apple crystal

en-noun

thorn-apple crystal (plural thorn-apple crystals)

(medicine) An ammonium urate crystal having a rounded form with many projecting points.


infratemporal fossa

infratemporal fossa (plural infratemporal fossae)

(anatomy) A fossa that is bounded above by the plane of the zygomatic arch, laterally by the ramus of the mandible, and medially by the pterygoid plate, and that contains the masseter and pterygoid muscles and the mandibular nerve.


ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens

ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens (uncountable)

(medicine, dermatology) A type of familial, autosomal dominant ichthyosis, a rare skin disorder.


laryngeal saccule

laryngeal saccule (plural laryngeal saccules)

(anatomy) A saccular expansion of the lateral wall cavity of the larynx between the true and false vocal cords that is greatly developed in certain primates (as the orangutan).


laryngeal pouch

laryngeal pouch (plural laryngeal pouches)

laryngeal saccule
laryngeal saccule#English


rhesusize

en-verb

rhesusize (third-person singular simple present rhesusizes, present participle rhesusizing, simple past and past participle rhesusized)

rhesusizes (present singular third-person)
rhesusizing (participle present)
rhesusized (participle past)
rhesusized (past)

(genetics, of an antibody) To substitute a rhesus sequence for a human sequence into a nucleic acid


central canal

(neuroanatomy) A minute canal running through the gray matter of the whole length of the spinal cord and continuous anteriorly with the ventricles of the brain.

中央管

canal through the gray matter of the spinal cord


cryonecrosis

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, cryo- + necrosis = cryo- + necro- + -osis.

(biology, medicine, surgery) Necrosis caused by extreme cold, whether as trauma (in frostbite) or as a method of cryoablation in research or in cryosurgery.


anterior triangle

en-noun

anterior triangle (plural anterior triangles)

Meronyms: carotid triangle, muscular triangle, submandibular triangle, submental triangle

(anatomy) A triangular region that is a landmark in the neck, has its apex at the sternum pointing downward, and is bounded in front by the anterior midline of the neck, behind by the anterior margin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, and above by the inferior margin of the lower jaw.


posterior triangle

posterior triangle (plural posterior triangles)

Meronyms: occipital triangle, supraclavicular triangle

(anatomy) A triangular region that is a landmark in the neck, has its apex above at the occipital bone, and is bounded in front by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, behind by the anterior margin of the trapezius, and inferiorly by the middle third of the clavicle.


omoclavicular

From omo- (“relating to the shoulder”) + clavicular.

af

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the clavicle.

肩鎖 /肩锁

relating to the shoulder and the collarbone


vaginal process

en-noun

vaginal process (plural vaginal processes)

(anatomy, now rare) A projecting lamina of bone on the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone that is continuous with the tympanic plate and surrounds the base of the styloid process.

(embryology) An outpouching of peritoneum through the inguinal canal, from which the serous membrane (tunica vaginalis) covering the testicle is derived.

(anatomy) Either of a pair of projecting plates on the inferior surface of the sphenoid bone which articulate with the alae of the vomer.


temperature-humidity index

temperature-humidity index (plural temperature-humidity indices)

(meteorology, physiology) A measure of the reaction of the human body to a combination of heat and humidity.


lithoclasty

(surgery) The crushing of stones in the bladder.


piriform aperture

piriform aperture (plural piriform apertures)

(anatomy) The anterior opening of the nasal cavities in the skull.


pyriform aperture

pyriform aperture (plural pyriform apertures)

piriform aperture
piriform aperture#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of piriform aperture.


piriform sinus

piriform sinus (plural piriform sinuses)

(anatomy) A small cavity or pocket between the lateral walls of the pharynx on each side and the upper part of the larynx.

梨狀竇 /梨状窦

cavity between the pharynx and the larynx


pyriform sinus

pyriform sinus (plural pyriform sinuses)

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of piriform sinus.


pyriform fossa

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of piriform fossa.


piriform recess

piriform recess (plural piriform recesses)


acropodion

From acro- + Ancient Greek πούς (poús, stem pod-) + -ion.

af

(anatomy) The most anterior point of the foot (in humans, the tip of either the first or the second toe) when used as an anatomical landmark.


agnogenesis

(pathology) The unknown cause of a disease


corticokinematic

(physiology) Relating to the brain and kinematics of the hand


pterygomaxillary fissure

en-noun

pterygomaxillary fissure (plural pterygomaxillary fissures)

lateral pterygoid plate
lateral pterygoid plate

inferior orbital fissure
inferior orbital fissure

(anatomy) A vertical gap between the lateral pterygoid plate of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the maxilla that descends at right angles to the medial end of the inferior orbital fissure and gives passage to part of the maxillary artery and vein.

翼上頜裂 /翼上颌裂

gap between the sphenoid bone and the maxilla


maxillary vein

superficial temporal vein
superficial temporal vein

external jugular vein
external jugular vein

(anatomy) A short venous trunk of the face that is formed by the union of veins from the pterygoid plexus and that joins with the superficial temporal vein to form a vein which contributes to the formation of the external jugular vein.

上頜靜脈 /上颌静脉

shànghé jìngmài, (Taiwan) shànggé jìngmài


TOFI

(medicine) Acronym of thin-outside-fat-inside.


plastogene

(genetics) The equivalent of a simple gene in plastids


orbital process

orbital process (plural orbital processes)

(anatomy) A process of the palatine bone that forms part of the floor of the orbit.


pterygomaxillary fossa

pterygomaxillary fossa (plural pterygomaxillary fossae)

pterygopalatine fossa
pterygopalatine fossa#English

(anatomy) Synonym of pterygopalatine fossa.


sphenomaxillary fossa

sphenomaxillary fossa (plural sphenomaxillary fossae)


sphenopalatine fossa

sphenopalatine fossa (plural sphenopalatine fossae)


rima glottidis

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin rīma glōttidis (“the cleft of the glottis”).

ubor

(anatomy) The passage in the glottis between the true vocal cords.


true vocal cord

en-noun

true vocal cord (plural true vocal cords)

Coordinate term: false vocal cord

(anatomy, colloquial) Synonym of vocal fold.


electropharmacogram

(physiology) A graphical representation of the effect of a drug on electrical activity in the brain


sigmoid sinus

Holonym: dural venous sinus

internal jugular vein
internal jugular vein

(anatomy) A sinus on each side of the brain that is a continuation of the transverse sinus on the same side, follows an S-shaped course to the jugular foramen, and empties into the internal jugular vein.


jugular foramen

jugular foramen (plural jugular foramina)

posterior cranial fossa
posterior cranial fossa

inferior petrosal sinus
inferior petrosal sinus

(anatomy) A large irregular opening from the posterior cranial fossa that is bounded anteriorly by the petrous part of the temporal bone and posteriorly by the jugular notch of the occipital bone and that transmits the inferior petrosal sinus, the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves, and the internal jugular vein.


timentin

(medicine) A sterile injectable antibacterial combination of ticarcillin and clavulanate


gain-of-function research

gain-of-function research (plural gain-of-function researches)

(medicine, virology) Medical research that alters an organism or disease in a way that increases pathogenesis, transmissibility, or host range.


sphenoethmoidal recess

sphenoethmoidal recess (plural sphenoethmoidal recesses)

superior nasal concha
superior nasal concha

(anatomy) A small space between the sphenoid bone and the superior nasal concha into which the sphenoid sinus opens.


sphenoethmoid recess

sphenoethmoid recess (plural sphenoethmoid recesses)

sphenoethmoidal recess
sphenoethmoidal recess#English

(anatomy) Synonym of sphenoethmoidal recess.


superior nasal concha

superior nasal concha (plural superior nasal conchae)

(anatomy) The upper of two thin bony processes of the ethmoid bone on the lateral wall of each nasal fossa that forms the upper boundary of the superior meatus of the nose.


tentorium cerebelli

tentorium cerebelli (plural tentoria cerebellorum)

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin tentōrium cerebellī (“the tent of the cerebellum”).

ubor

(anatomy) An arched fold of dura mater that covers the upper surface of the cerebellum, supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum, and has its posterior and lateral border attached to the skull and its anterior border free.


subdural space

(anatomy) A fluid-filled space or potential space between the dura mater and the arachnoid mater.


antimosan

(medicine) A material containing trivalent antimony that is used in the treatment of trypanosomiasis


lesser wing

(anatomy) An anterior triangular process on each side of the sphenoid bone in front of and much smaller than the corresponding greater wing.


casimersen

(medicine) An oligonucleotide medication used to treat muscular dystrophy


internal occipital protuberance

en-noun

internal occipital protuberance (plural internal occipital protuberances)

internal occipital protuberances (plural)

(anatomy) A prominence on the inner surface of the occipital bone between the upper border and the foramen magnum.


temporal fossa

(anatomy) A broad fossa on the side of the skull of higher vertebrates behind the orbit that contains muscles for raising the lower jaw and that in humans is occupied by the temporalis muscle, is separated from the orbit by the zygomatic bone, is bounded laterally by the zygomatic arch, and lies above the infratemporal crest of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.


infratemporal crest

infratemporal crest (plural infratemporal crests)

(anatomy) A transverse ridge on the outer surface of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that divides it into a superior portion that contributes to the formation of the temporal fossa and an inferior portion that contributes to the formation of the infratemporal fossa.


lateral sinus

transverse sinus
transverse sinus#English


extracorporeal shockwave therapy

extracorporeal shockwave therapy (plural extracorporeal shockwave therapies)

extracorporeal shockwave therapies (plural)

(medicine) A treatment mostly used to treat kidney stones and in physical therapy and orthopedics.


Fc

(immunology) Initialism of fragment crystallizable.


premaxillary agenesis

(medicine, pathology) A rare anomaly consisting of a midline vertical cleft through the upper lip.


nasopharyngeal tonsil

nasopharyngeal tonsil (plural nasopharyngeal tonsils)


on the district

Midwives working on the district rarely saw women die because, on the whole, they would transfer to hospital any women with severe problems.

2013, Nicky Leap, Billie Hunter, The Midwife's Tale:

Pethidine, a synthetic opioid developed in Germany during the war, was used in 75 per cent of hospital labours by 1948. In contrast midwives working on the district were not able to offer it to their women until 1951.

2013, Tania McIntosh, A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth, page 96:

(UK, medicine, historical) Of a midwife: associated with a particular hospital, and travelling to attend patients in the nearby area.


olecranial

(anatomy) Of or relating to the olecranon.


jugular trunk

right lymphatic duct
right lymphatic duct

(anatomy) Either of two major lymph vessels that drain the head and neck: the one on the right empties into the right lymphatic duct or into the right subclavian vein where it joins the right internal jugular vein, and the one on the left empties into the thoracic duct.


right lymphatic duct

right lymphatic duct (plural right lymphatic ducts)

(anatomy) A short vessel that receives lymph from the right side of the head, neck, and thorax, the right arm, right lung, right side of the heart, and convex surface of the liver and that discharges it into the right subclavian vein at its junction with the right internal jugular vein.


subclavian vein

subclavian vein (plural subclavian veins)

brachiocephalic vein
brachiocephalic vein

(anatomy) The main vein conveying blood from the arm or forelimb, which is a continuation of the axillary vein and joins with the internal jugular vein to form the brachiocephalic vein.


elephantous

(medicine, obsolete) Of or relating to elephantiasis.


identical by state

(genetics) Being two identical alleles or two identical segments or sequences of DNA; being segments which are not identical by descent and therefore do not share a recent common ancestor.


functional disorder

functional disorder (plural functional disorders)

(pathology) A medical condition that impairs normal functioning of bodily processes that remains largely undetected under examination, dissection or even under a microscope.


structural disorder

structural disorder (plural structural disorders)

(pathology) A medical condition that impairs normal functioning of bodily processes in which some part of the body can be seen to be abnormal.


jugulo-

From jugular (“relating to the jugular vein”).

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein, especially the internal jugular vein.


jugulo-omohyoid

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the internal jugular vein and the omohyoid muscle.

頸靜脈肩胛舌骨肌 /颈静脉肩胛舌骨肌

relating to the internal jugular vein and the omohyoid muscle


monoparalogous

(genetics) That has resulted from a single paralogous diversion from a common ancestor


phenodominant

(genetics) Relating to a dominant phenotype


phenodominate

en-verb

phenodominate (third-person singular simple present phenodominates, present participle phenodominating, simple past and past participle phenodominated)

phenodominates (present singular third-person)
phenodominating (participle present)
phenodominated (participle past)
phenodominated (past)

(genetics) To act in a phenodominant manner


diachysis

en-noun

diachysis (countable and uncountable, plural diachyses)

From Ancient Greek διάχυσις (diákhusis, “diffusion”), from διαχέω (diakhéō).

der

peritoneal diachysis
peritoneal diachysis

(medicine) Use of this method for removal of waste products from the blood in the case of liver failure: hemodiachysis or peritoneal diachysis.


telokinetic

(genetics) That migrates toward the telomere of a chromosome


avdoralimab

(medicine) An antibody used to treat covid infections


blepharogel

(medicine) A preparation used to prevent or to treat inflammation of the eyelids


milkborne

(pathology, of a pathogen) carried in milk


perilymphadenitis

(pathology) inflammation of the tissue surrounding a lymph gland


hyperediting

(genetics) Excessive editing (of nucleic acid)


Gartner's duct

It was discovered and described in 1822 by Hermann Treschow Gartner.

(anatomy) A potential embryological remnant in human female development of the mesonephric duct, located in the broad ligament of the uterus.


glossoepiglottidean

(anatomy) Synonym of glossoepiglottic (“Relating to the tongue and the epiglottis”).


glossolaryngeal

(anatomy) Relating to the tongue and the larynx.


glossolabial

(anatomy) Relating to the tongue and the lips.


gnathalgia

[…] a dysfunctional temporomandibular joint, accompanied by gnathalgia.

2014, Betsy J. Shiland, Medical Terminology & Anatomy for ICD-10 Coding - E-Book, page 104:


motor nerve

(anatomy) A nerve that carries impulses from the brain and spinal cord to muscles.


balanoblennorrhœa

(medicine, obsolete) blennorrhea of the glans


barosmin

(medicine, obsolete) A resinous product of buchu (from Barosma species), used as a diuretic.


brachiofacial

(anatomy) Relating to the arm and the face.


parabronchiolitis

(pathology) inflammation of the parabronchia


telacebec

(medicine) A drug used to treat tuberculosis


subrisk

en-noun

subrisk (countable and uncountable, plural subrisks)

Risk that is subordinate or subsidiary to other risk; thus:

(epidemiology, medicine, public health, occupational health, environmental health) Subsidiary risk as opposed to primary risk, as with risk factors that are less important than others, that exist only when certain others are present, or that matter more when certain others are present (for example, condomless sex and sex work).

public health; occupational health; environmental health; public health; occupational health; environmental health


ORR

(medicine) Initialism of overall response rate or objective response rate.


nociplastic

Blend of nociceptive + neuroplastic, or perhaps noci- + plastic.

Patients with rheumatic conditions often have mixed pain states, with varying degrees of nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic mechanisms, which exist on a continuum. When individuals with any chronic pain have a nociplastic component to their symptoms, they are less likely to respond to treatments (eg, injections, surgery, biologics, and opioids) that work better for acute or purely nociceptive pain.

2021, Deeba Minhas, Daniel Joseph Clauw, “Pain Mechanisms in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases”, in Maripat Corr, editor, Pain in Rheumatic Diseases, Elsevier, unnumbered page:

Pain can be classified as nociceptive, neuropathic, or nociplastic as per the International Association for the Study of Pain [6, 7]. Fibromyalgia falls within the nociplastic classification.

2023, George Deng, “9: Fibromyalgia”, in Brian W. Blakley, Joan E. Blakley, editors, Functional Illness of the Head and Neck, Springer, page 75:

Peripheral sensitisation of nociceptive neurons can enhance or prolong the pain experience, even without sensitisation of central neurons (i.e. nociplastic or central sensitisation).

2024, Elaine Atkins, Emily Goodlad, Sharon Braddock, A Practical Approach to Musculoskeletal Medicine, 5th edition, Elsevier, page 5:

central nervous system
central nervous system

(physiology) Of, pertaining to, or resulting from plasticity, of a kind analogous to neuroplasticity, in parts of the central nervous system concerned with nociception.

nociplastique

pertaining to or resulting from plasticity in the central nervous system


cervicospinal

(anatomy, zoology) Relating to the neck and the spine.


dengoid

a dengoid rash

a dengoid fever


crotaphitic

(anatomy) Relating to the temple or temporal fossa.


crurogenital

(anatomy) Relating to the leg and the genitals.


cruroinguinal

(anatomy) Relating to the leg and the groin.


cubitocarpal

(anatomy) Relating to the cubit and carpus.


TAU

(medicine) Abbreviation of treatment as usual.


viburnin

(medicine, obsolete) A substance derived from the black haw viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium), used to treat uterine disease.


continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (plural continuous erythropoietin receptor activators)

(pharmacology) A generic term for drugs in a new class of third-generation erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs).


pregenome

(genetics) A collection of pregenomic RNA


midsystole

(biology, medicine) The middle portion of systole, during which midsystolic events can occur, such as midsystolic murmur, midsystolic ejection, and midsystolic click.


IPL

IPL (countable and uncountable, plural IPLs)

intense pulsed light
intense pulsed light#English

(dermatology) Initialism of intense pulsed light.


TdP

torsades de pointes
torsades de pointes#English

(cardiology) Initialism of torsades de pointes.


loncastuximab tesirine

(medicine) A monoclonal antibody conjugate medication used to treat large B-cell lymphoma.


sleep terror

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hemopathogen

(pathology) A pathogen present in the bloodstream


spirocercosis

(pathology) Any disease caused by nematodes of the genus Spirocerca


stibamine

stibamine (countable and uncountable, plural stibamines)

(medicine) A salt or glucoside of stibanilic acid used to treat several tropical diseases


inflammophilic

(pathology) Associated with (as if attracted to) inflammation


rhinocnesmus

(pathology) rhinitis or other itchy condition of the nose


polyalgia

(pathology) The presence of multiple pains


urinalist

(medicine) A specialist in medical conditions of the urine.


phacoanaphylaxis

(pathology) anaphylaxis to proteins released from the lens of the eye; the inflammation caused by this


phacocyst

(rare, anatomy) The capsule of the lens of the eye


phalangitis

(pathology) inflammation of the phalanges of the digits


Pagenstecher thread

Pagenstecher thread (countable and uncountable, plural Pagenstecher threads)

(medicine, historical) A thread of linen treated with celluloid, used for sutures.


normozincemic

(pathology) Having a normal level of zinc in the bloodstream


polyguanosine

(genetics) A long string of guanosine residues in a nucleic acid


occipitothalamic

(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the thalamus.


occipitoscapular

(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the scapula.


occipitofacial

(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the face.


occipitonuchal

(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the back of the neck.


occipitoiliac

(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the ilium.


occipitobregmatic

(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the bregma.


splenauxe

The principal findings were splenauxe, pulmonary congestion and extravasation of blood.

1929, Japanese Journal of Medical Sciences, page 324:

His health was failing; splenauxe and tremblings afflicted him constantly.

2006, Jo-Shui Chen, Liu Tsung-yüan and Intellectual Change in T'ang China, 773-819, page 82:


hypertriglyceremia

(pathology) Alternative form of hypertriglyceridemia


fragmentomics

(genetics) The genomics of DNA fragments produced by apoptotic and necrotic cells


precalcarine

(anatomy) In front of the calcarine sulcus


retrocalcarine

(anatomy) Behind the calcar of the brain


viscocanalostomy

Viscocanalostomy is a non-penetrating procedure aimed at increasing the outflow facility by creating significant morphologic changes at the trabecular meshwork level.

2011 October 8, Roberto G. Carassa, “Comparing Viscocanalostomy with Trabeculectomy”, in touchOPTHALMOLOGY:

Viscocanalostomy is a glaucoma surgical procedure that restores normal physiology by internal filtration of aqueous flow, Dr. [John R.] Kearney said.

2000 October 15, Bob Kronemyer, “Viscocanalostomy highly successful, with enduring results”, in Healio News:

Viscocanalostomy is performed under retrobulbar or peribulbar anesthesia and usually requires 25 to 40 minutes depending on bleeding control.

2010, Ashok Garg, Surgical Techniques in Ophthalmology: Glaucoma Surgery, New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 143, →ISBN:

(surgery) A treatment for glaucoma that bypasses the flow of tears from the trabecular meshwork.


managed isolation

(epidemiology) The isolation for a set time period of incoming travellers in a dedicated facility to prevent the spread of any infectious diseases they may be carrying, typically managed by a government.


bright lights and cold steel

bright lights and cold steel pl (plural only)

[W]ith stent technology always improving, we have seen a decline in patients that must be sent to the OR. Now, with the JoStent, even a perforation can be saved from the bright lights and cold steel!

2006, October, Sandi Skrobiszewski, Mercy Health Partners Mercy Hospital, CathLabDigest (retrieved 7 Sept 2021)

On this visit, doctor supports the surgical treatment plan and will read the patient his rights before moving on to bright lights and cold steel.

2012, August 11, Dr. Charles Sternbergh, Life of a neurosurgeon after neurosurgery, Tennessee Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting (retrieved 7 Sept 2021)

There is a saying amongst physicians that when all else fails, it may be time for "bright lights and cold steel." This is doctor speak for surgery.

2013, November 9, Jon Myers, Life of a neurosurgeon after neurosurgery Bright Lights & Cold Steel, Fry-Pan Jones (retrieved 7 Sept 2021)

(informal, medicine) Surgery (procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body).


intestino-

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from intestine + -o-.

Coordinate term: gastro-

Near-synonyms: enter-, entero-

intestinointestinal

intestinovesical

(biology, medicine) Of or relating to an intestine.


allotetrapolyploidization

(genetics) Modification to allotetrapolyploid form


flight nurse

(aviation, medicine, occupations) A medical nurse specialized in working aboard air ambulances, medevac aircraft.


erdafitinib

(organic chemistry, medicine) An inhibitor of some tyrosine kinases that is used to treat some cancers


subhaplogrouping

subhaplogrouping (countable and uncountable, plural subhaplogroupings)

(genetics) The assignment of subhaplogroups


sotrovimab

(medicine) A monoclonal antibody used to treat COVID-19


bicoxofemoral

(anatomy) Relating to the hips and the femur


MSSA

Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus#Translingual

(microbiology, medicine) Initialism of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; a skin infection that is not resistant to certain antibiotics


sinistrolateral

(anatomy) On the left side of, toward the animal or human's left.


Camurati-Engelmann disease

(medicine) Progressive diaphyseal dysplasia: a very rare autosomal-dominant genetic disorder that causes characteristic skeletal anomalies


Borggreve rotation

From the surname of the person who in 1927 first performed the operation.


Van Nes rotation

After Dutch orthopedist Cornelis Pieter van Nes, who popularized the procedure.


S-plasty

S-plasty (countable and uncountable, plural S-plasties)

Coordinate term: Z-plasty

(surgery) A surgical technique to repair skin defects by means of a long, approximately S-shaped incision.


lazy S

(surgery) The long scar shape, with slightly curved ends, involved in S-plasty.


spegatrine

(medicine, biochemistry) An adrenergic receptor antagonist isolated from Rauvolfia verticillata.


vaginopathogenicity

(pathology) The condition of being vaginopathogenic


episio-

From Ancient Greek ἐπίσιον (epísion, “pubic region”).

der

(medicine) Refers to the vulvar or perineal area in relation to the surgical procedures episiotomy, episiorrhaphy, or episioplasty.


cystodiathermy

(medicine, surgery) A procedure for excising small lesions of the bladder, or for obtaining hemostasis after biopsy of the bladder.


sub-internship

(US, medicine) an acting internship; a clinical rotation of a fourth-year medical student in the United States medical education system


alicochlear

(anatomy) The greater wing of the cochlear bone


transcranial Doppler

en-noun

transcranial Doppler (plural transcranial Dopplers)

(medicine) A type of Doppler ultrasonography that measures the velocity of blood flow through the brain's blood vessels.


neoskipping

neoskipping (usually uncountable, plural neoskippings)

(genetics) The skipping of new exons in the construction of epitopes.


ontotype

(genetics) The hierarchical form of a genotype


vagabondismus

(medicine, obsolete) A dark brown discoloration of the skin resulting from uncleanliness and prolonged exposure to the weather.


cordiform uterus

(medicine, pathology) An incomplete uterus bicornis with a wedge-shaped depression located at the fundus.


myasthenia gravis

(medicine) Weakness and rapid fatigue of muscles under voluntary control.


cacotrophic

en-adj

cacotrophic (comparative more cacotrophic, superlative most cacotrophic)

more cacotrophic (comparative)
most cacotrophic (superlative)

(medicine, obsolete) Exhibiting or relating to cacotrophy.


cryptocephal

(genetics) A coactivator of transcription


GOF

en-noun

GOF (countable and uncountable, plural GOFs)

gain of function
gain of function#English

(genetics) Abbreviation of gain of function.


gain of function

gain of function (countable and uncountable, plural gains of function or gains of functions)

gains of function (plural)
gains of functions (plural)

(genetics) An increase in virulence or transmissibility


peripheral oxygen saturation

peripheral oxygen saturation (uncountable)

(medicine) An estimation of the oxygen saturation level usually measured with a pulse oximeter device.


Bachmann's bundle

(medicine, cardiology) A branch of the anterior internodal tract that resides on the inner wall of the left atrium.


AV node

(medicine) A small structure in the heart, located in the Koch's triangle, near the coronary sinus on the interatrial septum.


Ribot's law

(medicine) the hypothesis that there exists a time gradient in retrograde amnesia, where recent memories are more likely to be lost than more remote ones


bismosol

(medicine, historical) A sterilized solution of potassium sodium bismuthotartrate, used to treat syphilis.


auditory processing disorder

auditory processing disorder (plural auditory processing disorders)

(pathology) an umbrella term for a variety of disorders that affect the way the brain processes auditory information; it is generally differentiable from aphasia in that aphasia is by definition caused by acquired brain injury, whereas auditory processing disorder is principally neurodevelopmental.


Koch's triangle

Named after the German pathologist and cardiologist Walter Karl Koch.

(anatomy) An area located in the superficial paraseptal endocardium of the right atrium.


ORSA

(microbiology, medicine) Initialism of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; synonym of MRSA, now seldom used


Disprin

Trademark genericization, from the brand name Disprin.


alveloz

(medicine, obsolete) The milky exudation of Euphorbia hetrodoxa, formerly used to treat ulcers.


hypersensitive avoidant

en-adj

hypersensitive avoidant (not comparable)

avoidant personality disorder
avoidant personality disorder

paranoid personality disorder
paranoid personality disorder

(psychiatry) Exhibiting one of the four subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by the American psychiatrist Theodore Millon. Includes features of paranoid personality disorder


self-deserting avoidant

self-deserting avoidant (not comparable)

depressive personality disorder
depressive personality disorder

(psychiatry) Exhibiting one of the four subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by the American psychiatrist Theodore Millon. Includes features of depressive personality disorder


hepatolobular

(anatomy) Relating to a lobe of the liver


Müllerian agenesis

(pathology) A congenital malformation characterized by a failure of the Müllerian duct to develop, resulting in a missing uterus and variable degrees of vaginal hypoplasia of its upper portion.


besifovir

(medicine) An acyclic nucleotide phosphonate used to treat hepatitis B infection


pseudosilent

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(genetics) Apparently, but not actually, silent.


aspiculamycin

(medicine) A particular cytosine nucleoside antibiotic


multidisease

(pathology) Relating to, or suffering from multiple diseases


tectonic keratoplasty

en-noun

tectonic keratoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural tectonic keratoplasties)

(surgery) The surgical grafting of corneal material in an area where corneal tissue has been lost.


transversus abdominis

transversus abdominis (plural transversi abdominis)

internal oblique muscle
internal oblique muscle

(anatomy) A flat muscle with transverse fibers that forms the anterolateral abdominal wall and is layered below the internal oblique muscle.

腹橫肌 /腹横肌

muscle of the anterolateral abdominal wall


transversalis fascia

transversalis fascia (plural transversales fasciae)

transverse abdominal muscle
transverse abdominal muscle

(anatomy) A thin aponeurotic membrane which lies between the inner surface of the transverse abdominal muscle and the parietal peritoneum.


cervicoaural

(anatomy) Relating to the neck and the ear or auditory canal.


dextraural

(medicine, otorhinolaryngology) Hearing more distinctly with the right ear than with the left.


sinistraural

(medicine, otorhinolaryngology) Hearing more distinctly with the left ear than with the right.


cervicicardiac

(anatomy) Relating to the neck and the heart.


cervicooccipital

(anatomy) Relating to the neck and the occiput.


cervicobrachialgia

(medicine) Pain in the neck radiating to the arm, due to compression of nerve roots of the cervical spinal cord.


cervicovaginitis

(medicine) Inflammation of the squamous epithelium of the vagina and cervix.


cervimeter

(medicine) A device designed to accurately monitor cervical dilation during labor.


cervimetry

(medicine) A method of measuring cervical dilatation.


mastidion

mastidion (plural mastidions or mastidia)

From Ancient Greek μαστίδιον (mastídion), diminutive of μαστός (mastós, “breast(-shaped object”). Compare mastoid.

(anatomy) A projection or bump on the chelicerae.


depersonalization-derealization disorder (plural depersonalization-derealization disorders)

(psychiatry) A mental disorder in which a person has persistent or recurrent feelings of depersonalization or derealization.


DPDR

(pathology) Initialism of depersonalization-derealization disorder.


major depressive disorder

major depressive disorder (countable and uncountable, plural major depressive disorders)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-major depressive disorder.wav

(psychiatry) A mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of pervasive low mood, low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities.


cytokine release syndrome

cytokine release syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural cytokine release syndromes)

(medicine) An acute systemic inflammatory syndrome characterized by fever and multiple organ dysfunction.


immunoglobulin A

(immunology) An antibody that plays a crucial role in the immune function of mucous membranes.


immunoglobulin D

(immunology) an antibody isotype that makes up about 1% of proteins in the plasma membranes of immature B lymphocytes


immunoglobulin G

(immunology) the most common type of antibody found in human blood circulation


immunoglobulin M

(immunology) one of several isotypes of antibodies produced by vertebrates


pIg

(medicine, biology) Abbreviation of polyclonal immunoglobulin.


tinctura myrrhae

(medicine, archaic) A preparation made by macerating or digesting myrrh with alcohol and filtering.


cold antibody

(immunology) a red cell antibody that optimally binds its target antigen at levels below body temperature


warm antibody

(immunology) a red cell antibody that optimally binds its target antigen at levels near body temperature


fibular hemimelia

fibular hemimelia (plural fibular hemimelias)

(pathology) a congenital condition where the fibular bone is partially or completely missing in the lower leg


angionecrosis

angionecrosis (countable and uncountable, plural angionecroses)

(pathology) necrosis of blood vessel tissue


head pressing

(veterinary medicine) The condition, in certain mammals, of pressing the head or face against a wall or into a corner for no apparent reason, usually a sign of neurological disorder.


pulse pressure

pulse pressure (countable and uncountable, plural pulse pressures)

systolic blood pressure
systolic blood pressure

diastolic blood pressure
diastolic blood pressure

(physiology) The difference between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure.


cytotoxic reaction

cytotoxic reaction (plural cytotoxic reactions)

(medicine, biology) An immunological reaction in which a noncytotropic antibody combines with a specific antigen on the surface of a cell.


frontal eminence

frontal eminence (plural frontal eminences)

(anatomy) Either of two rounded elevations on the frontal bone of the skull.


micromelus

(archaic, medicine) A person with micromelia.


cyclophosphamidum

(medicine) A preparation containing cyclophosphamide


mutual aid

From mutual + aid. Popularised by the anarcho-communist philosopher, Peter Kropotkin.

(emergency medicine) An agreement among emergency responders to lend assistance across jurisdictional boundaries.


vaporary

(medicine, archaic) Synonym of vaporarium (“a steam bath”)


variolovaccine

(medicine, historical) A vaccine against smallpox.


ECF

extracellular fluid
extracellular fluid#English

(cell biology, physiology) Initialism of extracellular fluid.


hematooncological

(pathology) Relating to cancer of the blood


immunofocus

en-verb

immunofocus (third-person singular simple present immunofocuses or immunofocusses, present participle immunofocusing or immunofocussing, simple past and past participle immunofocused or immunofocussed)

immunofocuses (present singular third-person)
immunofocusses (present singular third-person)
immunofocusing (participle present)
immunofocussing (participle present)
immunofocused (participle past)
immunofocused (past)
immunofocussed (participle past)
immunofocussed (past)

Attention was primary antiserum by non-immune serum all immunofocussed on neurocytes.

1989, Journal für Hirnforschung, page 314:

Continued efforts to understand and map the most antibody-susceptible epitopes should enable the development of a highly immunofocussed vaccine, designed to neutralize specific and vulnerable regions of the complex.

2020 June, Robert J. Ragotte, Matthew K. Higgins, Simon J. Draper, “The RH5-CyRPA-Ripr Complex as a Malaria Vaccine Target”, in Trends in Parasitology, volume 36, number 6:

(immunology) To engineer antigens in order to produce antibodies with desired characteristics


bitesticular

(anatomy, pathology) Relating to, or affecting both testicles


pathozoospermia

(pathology) Decreased zoospermia, typically associated with another condition


lesser sac

(anatomy) A portion of the peritoneal cavity that lies posterior to the stomach and the lesser omentum.


pubic tubercle

(anatomy) A prominent forward-projecting tubercle on the upper border of of the medial portion of the superior ramus of the pubis bone.


falciform ligament

en-noun

falciform ligament (plural falciform ligaments)

(anatomy) A fold of peritoneum separating the right and left lobes of the liver and attaching it to the diaphragm and the anterior abdominal wall.


EVALI

(medicine, pathology) Initialism of e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury.


VAPI

(medicine, pathology) Initialism of vaping-associated pulmonary injury.


eukaryocentric

(cytology) Having a bias towards eukaryotes


prostatic urethra

prostatic urethra (plural prostatic urethras or prostatic urethrae)

prostatic urethras (plural)
prostatic urethrae (plural)

(anatomy) The part of the male urethra that runs almost vertically through the prostate gland from its base to its apex.


spermatic cord

(anatomy) The cord, consisting of the vas deferens, nerves, and blood vessels, that runs from the abdominal cavity to the testicle in the scrotum.


inguinal ligament

inguinal ligament (plural inguinal ligaments)

anterior superior iliac spine
anterior superior iliac spine

external oblique muscle
external oblique muscle

(anatomy) A ligament in the groin that extends from the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle and is formed by the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle of the abdomen.


lithium oxybutyrate

(pharmacology) An antimanic drug that possesses a neurotropic activity similar to that of lithium carbonate.


comedo extraction

comedo extraction (plural comedo extractions)

(medicine, dermatology) A method of treatment for acne vulgaris, by means of an incision with a large needle or a blade.


renal artery

(anatomy) Either of two branches of the abdominal aorta of which each supplies one of the kidneys.


common iliac artery

common iliac artery (plural common iliac arteries)

(anatomy) Either of the two large arteries arising from the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta which occurs at the level of the fourth lumbar vertebra.


renal vein

(anatomy) Either of the two large veins of which each drains blood from one of the kidneys and empties into the inferior vena cava.


external iliac artery

external iliac artery (plural external iliac arteries)

(anatomy) The outer branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body that passes beneath the inguinal ligament to become the femoral artery.


internal iliac artery

internal iliac artery (plural internal iliac arteries)

(anatomy) The inner branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body.


solar comedo

(medicine, dermatology) A small skin-colored papule found on the face as a result of aging and long-term exposure to sunlight


common iliac vein

common iliac vein (plural common iliac veins)

(anatomy) Either of two veins, of which one is formed on each side of the body by the union of the external and internal iliac veins, and which unite to form the inferior vena cava at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra.


superior mesenteric artery

superior mesenteric artery (plural superior mesenteric arteries)

(anatomy) A large unpaired artery that arises from the abdominal aorta just below the celiac artery at the level of the first lumbar vertebra, and supplies the intestine from the distal half of the duodenum through two-thirds of the transverse colon, as well as the head of the pancreas.


celiac artery

common hepatic artery
common hepatic artery

(anatomy) An unpaired short artery arising from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and dividing almost immediately into the left gastric artery, splenic artery and common hepatic artery.


inferior mesenteric artery

inferior mesenteric artery (plural inferior mesenteric arteries)

(anatomy) The third major branch of the abdominal aorta, supplying the distal one-third of the transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon and the proximal part of the rectum, i.e. the organs of the hindgut.


aseptolin

(medicine, historical) A drug formerly used to treat tuberculosis, malaria, etc.


Affenspalte

(anatomy) A major sulcus defining the primary visual cortex in apes and other monkey species.


corticobasal syndrome

(medicine) a rare, progressive atypical Parkinsonism syndrome, related to frontotemporal dementia


alumnol

(medicine, archaic) A naphthol-sulphonic-acid salt of aluminum, used to treat wounds, etc.


anaspalin

(medicine, archaic) A mixture of lanolin and vaseline, used as a basis for ointments.


anaudia

(medicine) Inability to speak; loss of one's voice.


anopubic

(anatomy) Relating to the anus and pubis.


elimination diet

elimination diet (plural elimination diets)

(medicine) A diagnostic procedure used to identify foods that a person cannot consume without adverse effects.


caudatolenticular

(anatomy) Relating to the caudate and lenticular nuclei of the corpus striatum in the brain.


Morquio syndrome

Morquio syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural Morquio syndromes)

(medicine, endocrinology) A rare metabolic disorder in which the body cannot process certain types of sugar molecules known as glycosaminoglycans.


crochetage

(medicine, cardiology) A pattern on an electrocardiogram with a fancied resemblance to the work of a crochet needle; it is a notch near the apex of the R wave in inferior limb leads of atrial septal defects of the ostium secundum type (patent ostium secundum, that is, patent foramen secundum).


hepatonecrosis

(medicine, pathology) The death or destruction of liver cells.


hepatopexy

(surgery) Surgical anchoring of a displaced liver to the abdominal wall.


hepatostomy

hepatostomy (countable and uncountable, plural hepatostomies)

(surgery) Surgical establishment of a fissure into the liver.


hepatotherapy

hepatotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural hepatotherapies)

(medicine) The treatment of liver disease.

(medicine) The use of liver or liver extract for therapeutic purposes.


polydigital

a polydigital hand prosthesis

(anatomy) Having or relating to multiple digits.


postvesical

en-adj

postvesical (comparative more postvesical, superlative most postvesical)

more postvesical (comparative)
most postvesical (superlative)

(anatomy) Behind a bladder, especially the urinary bladder.


postnephritic

(pathology) After the onset of nephritis.


postmental

(anatomy, zoology) Posterior to the mentum.


sapronosis

en-noun

sapronosis (countable and uncountable, plural sapronoses)

(pathology) Any disease that is transmitted from an abiotic environment


brain imaging

Brain imaging provides methods for studying the human brain.

2016, Richard Passingham, James B. Rowe, A Short Guide to Brain Imaging: The Neuroscience of Human Cognition, Oxford University Press, page 1:

(neuroscience) The use of various techniques to image the structure and function of the nervous system.


brain scanner

Fortunately all this was superseded in the 1970s, by the invention of the first brain scanner.

2006, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Martin R. Turner, R. Shane Delamont, The Brain: A Beginner's Guide, Oneworld Publications, published 2011, page 208:

(neuroscience) A device used to perform brain imaging.


molnupiravir

From -vir. Coined by Merck in 2020, named after Thor's Hammer; from Old Norse Mjǫllnir

(pharmacology) An antiviral drug developed to treat COVID-19, the first to obtain regulatory approval in the Western World, from the MHRA in the United Kingdom.


femoral artery

femoral artery (plural femoral arteries)

external iliac artery
external iliac artery

(anatomy) The main artery of the thigh that originates as the continuation of the external iliac artery distal to the inguinal ligament and terminates as the popliteal artery as it passes through the adductor hiatus.


testicular artery

testicular artery (plural testicular arteries)

(anatomy) Either of a pair of arteries which supply blood to the testes, and of which one arises on each side from the front of the abdominal aorta a little below the corresponding renal artery and passes downward to the spermatic cord of the same side and along it to the testis.


femoral triangle

femoral triangle (plural femoral triangles)

(anatomy) An anatomical space in the superior and medial aspect of the anterior thigh, bounded superiorly by the inguinal ligament, laterally by the sartorius muscle, and medially by the adductor longus muscle.


brachial artery

brachial artery (plural brachial arteries)

(anatomy) The main artery of the upper arm that is a direct continuation of the axillary artery beginning at the inferior border of the teres major muscle, runs along the medial aspect of the upper arm, and divides into the radial and ulnar arteries at the cubital fossa.


axillary artery

axillary artery (plural axillary arteries)

(anatomy) An artery that originates as the continuation of the subclavian artery after crossing the first rib to enter the axilla, and becomes the brachial artery upon passing the inferior border of the teres major muscle.


ERAA

ERAA (countable and uncountable, plural ERAAs)

estrogen receptor agonist/antagonists
w:estrogen receptor agonist/antagonists

(pharmacology) Initialism of estrogen receptor agonist/antagonists.


SERD

SERD (countable and uncountable, plural SERDs)

selective estrogen receptor degrader
w:selective estrogen receptor degrader

(pharmacology) Initialism of selective estrogen receptor degrader.


sphenovomerine

(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid bone and the vomer.


sphenomaxillary

(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.


TEE

(Canada, US, medicine) Initialism of transesophageal echocardiogram.

(pathology) Initialism of thromboembolic event.


MIQ

managed isolation
managed isolation#English

(New Zealand, epidemiology) Initialism of managed isolation and quarantine (facilities).


cardiofundal

From cardia ± fundus + -al = cardial ± fundal.

cardiofundal varices

In practice, most gastroenterologists use the Sarin classification with the main distinction being cardiofundal vs lesser curvature GV.

2021, Zachary Henry, Kalpesh Patel, Heather Patton, Wael Saad, “AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Bleeding Gastric Varices: Expert Review”, in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, volume 19, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1098–1107.e1:

A multicenter retrospective study [Romero-Castro et al 2013] evaluated 30 patients with gastric varices who were poor candidates for, refused, or had failed transjugular portosystemic intrahepatic shunts and who had cardiofundal varices fed by a single large vessel.

2017, Maple JT et al, ASGE Technology Committee, “Interventional EUS (with videos). Status evaluation report.”, in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, volume 85, number 3, →DOI, pages 465–481:

(biology, medicine) Of or pertaining to the cardia and/or fundus of the stomach; being cardial, fundal, or both.


defensive wound

defensive wound (plural defensive wounds)

(pathology) An injury received by the victim of an attack while trying to defend against the assailant.


self-defense wound

self-defense wound (plural self-defense wounds)


otosteon

(zoology, anatomy, medicine) Synonym of otolith.


fibroepithelial polyp

fibroepithelial polyp (plural fibroepithelial polyps)

(medicine, dermatology) A benign, often solitary, rubbery, polypoid outgrowth of epidermal and dermal fibrovascular tissue protruding from the skin surface.


FND

(pathology) Initialism of functional neurologic (or neurological) disorder.


FNsD

w:functional neurological symptom disorder

(pathology) Initialism of functional neurological symptom disorder.


heterotolerant

(immunology) That displays heterotolerance


linguodistal

(anatomy) Relating to the lingual and distal part of a tooth


splenic artery

splenic artery (plural splenic arteries)

(anatomy) The branch of the celiac artery that supplies blood to the spleen and sends branches also to the pancreas and the cardiac end of the stomach.


portal hypertension

portal hypertension (countable and uncountable, plural portal hypertensions)

(pathology) Increased blood pressure in the hepatic portal system (the system of veins comprising the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries).


splenic vein

(anatomy) A vein that drains blood from the spleen and empties into the hepatic portal vein.


impatent

(medicine, usually) obstructed; Synonym of atretic.

Not patent: not open; as:
obstructed; Synonym of atretic.


quadratomandibular

the quadratomandibular joint

quadratomandibular articulation

(anatomy) Relating to the quadrate bone and the mandible.


ulnar artery

(anatomy) The main artery of the medial aspect of the forearm that is one of the two branches of the brachial artery and enters the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb.


vesosomal

(medicine) Of or relating to a vesosome.


trachealess

(genetics) A gene whose mutation affects the trachea of certain insects


membrane-bone

(anatomy) A bony element covered by cartilaginous tissue; an endochondral bone.


terai fever

(archaic, medicine) A severe form of malaria.


congenital contractural arachnodactyly

congenital contractural arachnodactyly (uncountable)

(medicine) A rare autosomal-dominant congenital disorder of the connective tissue, characterized by contractures of varying degrees, mainly involving the large joints, and usually camptodactyly.


cecectomize

en-verb

cecectomize (third-person singular simple present cecectomizes, present participle cecectomizing, simple past and past participle cecectomized)

cecectomizes (present singular third-person)
cecectomizing (participle present)
cecectomized (participle past)
cecectomized (past)


idiopathic hypersomnia

en-noun

idiopathic hypersomnia (countable and uncountable, plural idiopathic hypersomnias)

(medicine) A neurological disorder characterized primarily by excessive need for sleep, even during the day, without obvious external cause such as a physical brain injury.


atypical antipsychotic

atypical antipsychotic (plural atypical antipsychotics)

Coordinate term: typical antipsychotic

(pharmacology) Any of a group of antipsychotic drugs largely introduced after the 1970s and used to treat mental disorders.


sebopsoriasis

sebopsoriasis (countable and uncountable, plural sebopsoriases)


hypercorticoidism

(pathology) Excessive secretion of corticoid hormones


andrum

(medicine, archaic) A form of hydrocele common in south India.


omum water

(India, medicine, archaic) A common domestic medicine in south India, made from the strong-smelling carminative seeds of ajwain.


lower surgery

lower surgery (countable and uncountable, plural lower surgeries)

It's anyway so that the lower surgery opens the doors to those women only spaces where you must be naked.

1994 November 15, Aaro <lh85414@proffa.cc.tut.fi>, “Re: This gender thing (was Why SRS?)”, in alt.transgendered (Usenet):

Jeff's (FtM) concerns after his surgery included "keeping the dick in straight and not falling out of my underpants that annoys me, [and] having to come to come out [as trans], because is not good enough like the MtF lower surgery."

2008, Lori B. Girshick, Transgender Voices, →ISBN, page 85:

This is my story of going through lower surgery, specifically phalloplasty, and the adventures I have had with changing my genitals along the way.

2021, Finlay Games, Top to Bottom, →ISBN, page 12:

(LGBTQ, surgery) Synonym of bottom surgery


upper surgery

upper surgery (countable and uncountable, plural upper surgeries)

She [my therapist] _is_ actually willing to be flexible about guidelines, is pushing for allowing upper surgery for FtM's to be allowed on an informed consent basis, disdains DSM-IV type diagnostic categories for clients...

1997 April 25, Dale, “The Gender Clinic from Hell”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet), retrieved 2021-11-25:

Witnessing these former butches strut around, super male. Flat chests, muscular arms; deep voices. Some had the money to get upper surgery.

2014, Red Jordan Arobateau, Difficult Journey, →ISBN, page 41:

With hormones and upper surgery (Sam also had a hysterectomy), it didn't take very long until Sam stopped looking like a female.

2018, Linda DeFruscio-Robinson, “Sam”, in Transgender Profiles, →ISBN, page unnumbered page:


chest surgery

chest surgery (countable and uncountable, plural chest surgeries)

Kevin (who's had chest surgery, and may or may not choose to have genital surgery later on).

1994 October 27, Kevin Wilson <70641.507@CompuServe.COM>, “tala's raves”, in alt.transgendered (Usenet), retrieved 2021-11-25:

This reaction usually relates to alteration of the body through hormone therapy and chest surgery.

2007, Walter Bockting, Eli Coleman, edited by Randi Ettner, Stan Monstrey, and A. Evan Eyler, Principles of Transgender Medicine and Surgery, →ISBN, page 199:

Unfortunately, there is a paucity of data guiding decision making for asymptomatic, average risk transgender men who have undergone chest surgery.

2020, Tamar Reisman, edited by Marianne J. Legato, The Plasticity of Sex, →ISBN, page 202:


ejection fraction

ejection fraction (plural ejection fractions)

Isoproterenol produced vasodilatation and increased rate, with reduction of EDV and increase in ejection fraction in normal subjects.

1964 January 7, William C. Elliott, Francis J. Lane, Richard Gorlin, “Measurement of left ventricular volume in man by thermodilution”, in The American Journal of Cardiology, volume 13, number 1, page 106:

(cardiology) The proportion of blood ejected out of the left ventricle with each heartbeat.


premonitory urge

premonitory urge (plural premonitory urges)

(medicine) A sensory phenomenon associated with Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders.


Omicron

(virology, pathology, uncountable) Ellipsis of Omicron variant.


ultrascaffold

(genetics) A very large genetic scaffold


cystic mastitis

(medicine) the presence of one or more cysts in a breast


SAHA

(medicine) Initialism of seborrhea, acne, hirsutism, and alopecia. (used only in the medical term SAHA syndrome)


HAIR-AN syndrome

HAIR-AN syndrome (plural HAIR-AN syndromes)

polycystic ovary syndrome
polycystic ovary syndrome

(medicine, endocrinology) A rare disease in women which is a subset of polycystic ovary syndrome.


insulin resistance

(endocrinology) A pathological condition in which cells fail to respond normally to the hormone insulin.

inzulinrezisztencia

a pathological condition in which cells fail to respond normally to the hormone insulin


cardiac board

cardiopulmonary resuscitation
cardiopulmonary resuscitation

(medicine) A rigid board on which a patient is laid to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation.


juniper tar

Juniperus oxycedrus
Juniperus oxycedrus#Translingual

western prickly juniper
western prickly juniper

(medicine) A liquid used topically in the treatment of skin diseases and obtained by distillation from the wood of trees of the species Juniperus oxycedrus (western prickly juniper), of the Mediterranean and the Middle East.


thyrohyoid membrane

thyrohyoid membrane (plural thyrohyoid membranes)

(anatomy) A broad fibroelastic sheet that connects the upper margin of the thyroid cartilage to the hyoid bone.


lactic acidosis

(pathology) Excessive plasma acidity due to an accumulation of lactic acid.


femurotibial

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the femur and the tibia


HVP

(medicine) Abbreviation of high volume plasma.


multimutation

(genetics) The presence of multiple mutations


suturability

(surgery) The condition of being suturable


cytorachia

(cytology) differential behaviour of a population of cells


CTG

CTG (countable and uncountable, plural CTGs)

(medicine) Initialism of cardiotocography.

(countable, medicine) Initialism of cardiotocogram.


QRNG

Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria gonorrhoeae#English

(medicine, bacteriology, pathology) Abbreviation of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae.


effervescent tablet

effervescent tablet (plural effervescent tablets)

(pharmacology) A tablet of compressed powder, designed to dissolve in water and release carbon dioxide.


carbon tablet

effervescent tablet
effervescent tablet#English

(pharmacology) Synonym of effervescent tablet


cholangioblast

(oncology) a blastoma composed of cholangiocytes


dermatovenerology

(pathology) The medical speciality that deals with disease of the skin in relation to venereal disease


radiosynoviorthesis

(medicine) Treatment of synovitis with radioactive isotopes


zelkovamycin

(medicine) A cyclic peptide antibiotic isolated from a species of Streptomyces


angiotensin converting enzyme 1

angiotensin converting enzyme 1 (uncountable)

renin-angiotensin system
renin-angiotensin system

(endocrinology) A central component of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), which controls blood pressure by regulating the volume of fluids in the body.


angiotensin converting enzyme 2

angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (uncountable)

(endocrinology) An enzyme attached to the membrane of cells in various organs and lowers blood pressure by catalyzing the hydrolysis of angiotensin II into angiotensin (1-7).


angiotensin (1-7)

cardiovascular system
cardiovascular system

(endocrinology) An active heptapeptide of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and a vasodilator agent that plays an important role in the cardiovascular system.


reactive attachment disorder

reactive attachment disorder (plural reactive attachment disorders)

(medicine, psychology, pediatrics) A rare but serious condition in which an infant or young child fails to establish healthy attachments with parents or caregivers.


respiratory therapist

respiratory therapist (plural respiratory therapists)

(medicine) a specialized healthcare practitioner trained in critical care and cardiopulmonary medicine


vaper's tongue

(informal, medicine) A diminution of the sense of taste as a result of excessive vaping.


NSCLC

non-small-cell lung cancer
w:Non-small-cell lung carcinoma

non-small-cell lung carcinoma
w:non-small-cell lung carcinoma

(oncology) Initialism of non-small-cell lung cancer or initialism of non-small-cell lung carcinoma.


seroanaphylaxis

seroanaphylaxis (countable and uncountable, plural seroanaphylaxes)

(medicine, uncommon) Anaphylaxis as a result of an injection of a foreign serum, usually conducted under experimental conditions.


hamartochondroma

hamartochondroma (plural hamartochondromas or hamartochondromata)

hamartochondromas (plural)
hamartochondromata (plural)

(pathology) A chondroma having characteristics of a hamartoma


hypercytosis

(pathology) An excessive number of cells in the blood or the tissues


kaolin clotting time

kaolin clotting time (countable and uncountable, plural kaolin clotting times)

(hematology) (The result of) a sensitive test used to detect lupus anticoagulants.


Hamilton-Norwood scale

Named after Drs. James Hamilton and O'Tar Norwood.

male pattern baldness
male pattern baldness

(dermatology) A scale used to classify the stages of male pattern baldness.


Ludwig scale

female pattern baldness
female pattern baldness

(dermatology) A scale used for classifying female pattern baldness.


FLS

FLS (countable and uncountable, plural FLSs)

The major drivers of synovial inflammation are cytokines and chemokines. Among these molecules, TNF activates fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs), which leads to the production of inflammatory mediators. Here, we show that TNF regulates the expression of the transcription factor interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) in human FLSs as well as in a TNF transgenic arthritis mouse model.

2019 July 8, Michael BonelliKarolina DalwigkAlexander PlatzerIsabel Olmos CalvoSilvia HayerBirgit Niederreiteret al., “IRF1 is critical for the TNF-driven interferon response in rheumatoid fibroblast-like synoviocytes”, in Experimental & Molecular Medicine, volume 51, →DOI, page 1:

fibroblast-like synoviocyte
w:fibroblast-like synoviocyte

(cytology) Initialism of fibroblast-like synoviocyte.


silicoating

(dentistry) A technique for resin-metal bonding in dental prosthetics, involving silicon.


AIDS-related complex

AIDS-related complex (plural AIDS-related complexes)

human immunodeficiency virus
human immunodeficiency virus

(medicine, pathology) A prodromal phase of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus.


crommyoxyregmia

(medicine, dated, very rare) Sour, fetid eructations, resembling the taste of onions.


acroposthitis

(medicine, rare) Inflammation of the akroposthion.


haematosepsis

(pathology) A septic infection of the bloodstream


alopecia totalis

(medicine, dermatology) Loss of hair from the entire scalp and face.


alopecia symptomatica

(medicine, dermatology) Loss of hair due to systemic or psychological causes.


alopecia capitis totalis

(medicine, dermatology) Loss of hair from the entire scalp, with normal hair elsewhere on the body remaining.


alopecia pityrodes

(medicine, dermatology) Hair loss of the body as well as of the scalp, accompanied by the shedding of the epidermis in the form of fine scales.


alopecia liminaris frontalis

alopecia liminaris frontalis (uncountable)

(medicine, dermatology) Hair loss occurring at the hairline, usually resulting from friction or trauma but occasionally from seborrheic dermatitis.


alopecia medicamentosa

(medicine, dermatology) Diffuse hair loss of the scalp, caused by administration of various types of drugs, particularly chemotherapy.


alopecia adnata

(medicine, dermatology) Underdevelopment of the eyelashes.


alopecia universalis

(medicine, dermatology) The most severe form of alopecia areata, involving the loss of hair from the entire body.


alopecia congenitalis

(medicine, dermatology) Congenital absence of scalp hair, which may occur with or without an underlying disorder.


defurfuration

(medicine, dermatology) The shedding of the epidermis in the form of fine scales.


nirmatrelvir

(pharmacology, neologism) An antiviral drug developed to treat COVID-19, the second to obtain regulatory approval in the Western World, from the FDA in the United States of America.

Paxlovid

trade name compounded drug containing nirmatrelvir and ritonavir


Pfizermectin

Blend of Pfizer + ivermectin.
Coined by conspiracy theorists in 2021. From the drug pharmacokinetics of nirmatrelvir being similar to ivermectin, and thus supposedly being evidence that Pfizer blocked ivermectin from use by issuing a newly patented medicine of the same function, similar to how drug companies block generic drugs by issuing minor variants of drugs soon to come off patent and receiving a new patent extension.

(pharmacology, slang, conspiracism, neologism) Synonym of nirmatrelvir (Paxlovid)


flumatinib

(medicine) The kinase inhibitor 4-[(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methyl]-N-[6-methyl-5-[(4-pyridin-3-ylpyrimidin-2-yl)amino]pyridin-3-yl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzamide


hexatrione

(medicine) A particular glucocorticoid hormone


MDOT

(medicine) Abbreviation of modified directly observed therapy.


hair plug

(dermatology, surgery) A kind of hair transplant consisting of a portion of hair surgically punched out from one part of the scalp and positioned on another part.


carbon dioxide snow

(inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, medicine) A solid form of carbon dioxide used in cryotherapy and also as a refrigerant.


complementophile

Coordinate term: cytophile

With the means at present at our disposal it is impossible, except in a few favorable cases, to determine whether this plurality of complementophile groups corresponds exactly to a like plurality of cytophile groups.

1910, Paul Ehrlich, Studies in Immunity, page 112:

(immunology, dated) Having a tendency to react with and bind to the complements in the blood.


scoop and run

Coordinate term: stay and play

(medicine, informal) The removal of casualties from the scene of an accident or injury, so that they can be treated at a hospital or other facility.


stay and play

Coordinate term: scoop and run

(medicine, informal) The treating of casualties at the scene of an accident or injury, rather than transporting them to a hospital or other facility.


overinstrumentation

(dentistry, surgery) Use of excessively large surgical instruments in a surgical procedure or the damage caused thereby.


ophiasis

(dermatology) a form of alopecia areata characterized by the loss of hair in the shape of a wave at the circumference of the head


pharyngomalacia

(pathology) A condition of the lungs in which the pharyngeal wall collapses during breathing


oculopalpebral

(anatomy) Relating to the eye and the eyelid.


long COVID

/ˌlɒŋ ˈkəʊvɪd/

Blend of long-term + COVID, coined by Elisa Perego, an archaeologist working in London and sufferer of the condition who used the term in tweets on the online social networking service Twitter as a hashtag and in running text in May 2020 (see the quotations), leading to its widespread use.

In Italy this is not much discussed for now. But the long covid is here, too, of course. I think drs [doctors] will slowly come to understand it, as they see patients fail to recover properly.

2020 May 15, Elisa Perego (@elisaperego78), Twitter, archived from the original on 2020-05-15:

The #LongCovid #COVID19 is starting to be addressed on major newspapers in Italy 🇮🇹 too:[…]

[2020 May 21, Elisa Perego (@elisaperego78), Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-07-27:

There is also absolutely no doubt of the severity of the consequences of long Covid.

2020 September 8, Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, “Oral Evidence: Social Care: Funding and Workforce, HC 206”, in UK Parliament: Committees (Health and Social Care Select Committee, House of Commons of the United Kingdom), London: Parliament of the United Kingdom, archived from the original on 2022-10-27, question 185:

There are strong reasons to argue that Long Covid is the first illness to be made through patients finding one another on Twitter and other social media. Both of us have Long Covid and have contributed to making it.

2021 January, Felicity Callard, Elisa Perego, “How and Why Patients Made Long Covid”, in Ichiro Kawachi, S. V. Subramanian, editors, Social Science & Medicine, volume 268, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, article number 113426, page 2, column 1:

As many as 1 in 7 children may have symptoms linked to the coronavirus months after testing positive for COVID-19, the authors of an English study on long COVID in adolescents said on Wednesday. Children rarely become severely ill with COVID-19 but they can suffer lingering symptoms, and the study is one of the largest of its kind on how common so-called long COVID is in the age group.

2021 September 1, “English Study Finds Long COVID Affects up to 1 in 7 Children Months after Infection”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-08-18:

Her consultant had been matter of fact: 'Post-viral fatigue,' he had said briskly. 'We see a lot of it after the flu, or viral pneumonia like yours …' he'd shrugged, 'it's similar to long COVID, that tail of symptoms that carry on after the initial infection has gone. I'll prescribe you some steroid treatment, but you need to rest.'

2022, Nicola Cornick, “Lucy”, in The Winter Garden, London: HQ, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

The Omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause long COVID than previous variants, according to the first peer-reviewed study of its kind from the United Kingdom. Researchers at King's College London, using data from the ZOE COVID Symptom Study app, found that the odds of developing long COVID after infection were 20 per cent to 50 per cent lower during the Omicron wave in the United Kingdom compared to Delta.

2022 June 17, “Omicron Less Likely to Cause Long COVID: UK Study”, in CNA, Singapore, archived from the original on 2022-06-17:

We believe that, whenever possible, long-COVID therapy should be initiated in a specialty center and evaluated as part of a collaborative, controlled, clinical trial. Every healthcare provider must familiarize themselves with long COVID. If just 5% of patients have symptoms for more than two months following COVID-19, then about 7 million people in the United States are currently suffering from long COVID.

2023, Don Goldenberg, Marc Dichter, “The Way Forward: For Patients, Healthcare Providers, and Research”, in Unravelling Long COVID, Hoboken, N.J., Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 192:

(pathology) Long-term sequelae or symptoms (such as brain fog, extreme fatigue, or shortness of breath) following a COVID-19 infection, which persist after the SARS-CoV-2 virus is no longer active.

Covid-i kronik

long-term sequelae or symptoms following a COVID-19 infection