Wahlund effect

Named after Swedish geneticist Sten Wahlund who described the effect in 1928.

(genetics) A reduction of heterozygosity in a population caused by subpopulation structure.


Warburg effect

Named after Otto Heinrich Warburg who first published the observation.

oxidative phosphorylation
oxidative phosphorylation

(oncology) The observation that most cancer cells release energy predominantly not through the 'usual' citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria as observed in normal cells, but through a less efficient process of 'anaerobic glycolysis' consisting of a high level of glucose uptake and glycolysis followed by lactic acid fermentation taking place in the cytosol, not the mitochondria, even in the presence of abundant oxygen.


Windkessel

From German, Wind (“wind”) + Kessel (“solid metal container, chamber”).

com

(cardiology) A model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles.


Arndt-Schulz law

Named after Hugo Paul Friedrich Schulz and Rudolf Arndt.

(homeopathy) A claimed law which suggests that highly diluted pharmaca or poisons enhance life processes, while strong concentrations may inhibit these processes and even terminate them.


startle reflex

en-noun

startle reflex (plural startle reflexes)

(physiology) A brainstem reflectory reaction that serves to protect vulnerable parts, such as the back of the neck and the eyes and facilitates an escape from sudden stimuli.


primitive reflex

primitive reflex (plural primitive reflexes)

(physiology) A reflex action originating in the central nervous system that is exhibited by normal infants, but not neurologically intact adults, in response to particular stimuli.


posterior cingulate cortex

posterior cingulate cortex (plural posterior cingulate cortices)

(neuroanatomy) The hind part of the cingulate cortex: it controls mind-wandering and rumination.


collar stud abscess

collar stud abscess (plural collar stud abscesses)


sexual dysfunction

(medicine, sexology) A difficulty experienced by an individual or partners during any stage of normal sexual activity.


eufunction

(chiefly medicine, obsolete) A function that is working or contributing.


emissary vein

(anatomy) A vein that connects the extracranial venous system with the intracranial venous sinuses.


body-focused repetitive behavior disorder (plural body-focused repetitive behavior disorders)

(psychiatry) A mental disorder characterized by uncontrolled manipulation on the body up to physiological damage and psychosocial impairment.

身體為中心的重複行為障礙 /身体为中心的重复行为障碍

shēntǐ wéi zhōngxīn de chóngfù xíngwéi zhàng'ài


posthectomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all or part of the foreskin.


posthectomize

en-verb

posthectomize (third-person singular simple present posthectomizes, present participle posthectomizing, simple past and past participle posthectomized)

posthectomizes (present singular third-person)
posthectomizing (participle present)
posthectomized (participle past)
posthectomized (past)


posthioplastician

(surgery) One who carries out a posthioplasty.


posthetomize

posthetomize (third-person singular simple present posthetomizes, present participle posthetomizing, simple past and past participle posthetomized)

posthetomizes (present singular third-person)
posthetomizing (participle present)
posthetomized (participle past)
posthetomized (past)


posthiotomize

posthiotomize (third-person singular simple present posthiotomizes, present participle posthiotomizing, simple past and past participle posthiotomized)

posthiotomizes (present singular third-person)
posthiotomizing (participle present)
posthiotomized (participle past)
posthiotomized (past)


pamoic

(chemistry, pharmacology) Of or relating to pamaquine.


rachicentesis

By surface analysis, rachi- + -centesis.

(medicine, uncommon) Synonym of lumbar puncture.


rhachicentesis

By surface analysis, rhachi- + -centesis.

surf

(medicine, uncommon) Alternative spelling of rachicentesis.


primordial phallus

en-noun

primordial phallus (plural primordial phalluses or primordial phalli)

primordial phalluses (plural)
primordial phalli (plural)

(anatomy, reproductive system) The clitoris of a female or the penis of a male, particularly during embryonic development of the urinary and reproductive organs, before sexual differentiation is evident.


genital tubercle

genital tubercle (plural genital tubercles)

(anatomy, reproductive system) A body of tissue that develops into the penis or clitoris in the reproductive system of amniotes.


ISAC

Immune stimulating Antibody Conjugate
w:Immune stimulating Antibody Conjugate

(medicine) Initialism of Immune stimulating Antibody Conjugate (a monoclonal antibody).


canalostomy

canalostomy (countable and uncountable, plural canalostomies)

We employed an AdV- and AAV-carrying green fluorescent protein using a semicircular canal approach (via a canalostomy) and round window approach. AAV injection via canalostomy induced gene expression at the hair cells, supporting cells, and fibrocytes at the vestibular organs without auditory or balance dysfunction, suggesting it was the most suitable transfection method.

2013, Issues in Otorholaryngology, Audiology, and Speech Pathology Research and Practice, page 592:

A recent study of dye tracking following round-window membrane injection and PSCC canalostomy injection in mice showed that the cochlear aqueduct dictates dye diffusion in the inner ear, by ensuring a pressure shunt to the cranial cavity (Talaei et al., 2019).

2022, Berta Alsina, Stefan Heller, Isabel Varela-Nieto, Inner Ear Biology, page 55:

(medicine) Injection through the semicircular canals.


EMPD

extramammary Paget's disease
extramammary Paget's disease#English

extramammary Paget disease
extramammary Paget disease#English

(medicine) Initialism of extramammary Paget's disease / extramammary Paget disease.


Paget cell

Compound of Paget + cell, named after British pathologist James Paget (1814–1899).

named-after

mammary Paget's disease
mammary Paget's disease

(pathology) A malignant cell, considered to be a telltale sign of mammary Paget's disease.


preventive healthcare

(medicine) The application of healthcare measures in order to prevent diseases.


health education

(education, medicine) The profession of educating people about health.


Colombian cold

(slang, somewhat humorous, drugs) A cold or sinus infection resulting from the use of cocaine.


seat out

en-verb

seat out (third-person singular simple present seats out, present participle seating out, simple past and past participle seated out)

seats out (present singular third-person)
seating out (participle present)
seated out (participle past)
seated out (past)

(equestrianism, veterinary medicine) To modify a horseshoe to relieve pressure from the sole.


root disease

(phytopathology) Any of several plant diseases affecting the root system.


NCGS

(gastroenterology) Initialism of non-celiac gluten sensitivity.


amalgamist

From amalgam + -ist. Compare German Amalgamist.

(dentistry, historical) An advocate for or an expert on using amalgams to fill tooth cavities.


felinosis

cat scratch disease
cat scratch disease#English

(medicine, uncommon) Synonym of cat scratch disease.


dummy foal

From dummy + foal, due to their tendency to wander aimlessly.

(veterinary medicine, informal) A foal suffering from neonatal maladjustment syndrome.


dummy foal syndrome

From dummy foal + syndrome, due to its sufferers being dubbed dummy foals.

(veterinary medicine, informal) Neonatal maladjustment syndrome.


orthoped

/ˈɔːθəˌpiːd/

(medicine, informal, humorous) Synonym of orthopod.


ulcerative colitis

en-noun

ulcerative colitis (usually uncountable, plural ulcerative colitides)

Coordinate term: Crohn's disease

Submucosal thickening further contributes to luminal narrowing. Additionally, the lamina propria is thickened because of round-cell infiltration in both acute and chronic ulcerative colitides [7, 12].

1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 167, number 1, →DOI, page 5:

inflammatory bowel disease
inflammatory bowel disease

(pathology) A chronic disease, characterized by abdominal pain and diarrhea mixed with blood, that results in inflammation and ulcers of the colon and rectum; one of the two main types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).


salazopyrin

Modern drug treatment with salazopyrin is very effective and will usually control the symptoms. If the disease proves severe, the colon or a portion of it can be removed.

1987, “Colon and colitis”, in Trevor Weston, editor, The Complete Illustrated Book of Family Health, Toronto: York Press, →ISBN, page 93:

(pharmacology) Synonym of sulfasalazine.


SSZ

(pharmacology) Abbreviation of sulfasalazine.


emerging adult

Near-synonym: young adult

(psychology, sociology, medicine, often attributive) In some conceptions of human life phases, a member of the subset of adults who, although postadolescent (having passed the age of majority), retain some aspects of mental or emotional immaturity.


EMLA

A tradename: initialism of eutectic mixture of local anesthetics.

init

(medicine) A eutectic mixture of lidocaine and prilocaine.


anorectum

Transrectal sonography has proven superior to CT in determining the depth of mural involvement in the anorectum and the integrity of the anal sphincter in patients with Crohn’s disease [59, 60].

1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 167, number 1, →DOI, page 10:

(anatomy) The rectum and anus, considered as a single entity.


jejunization

Contrast-enhanced CT scans often show hypervascularity of the involved mesentery, manifesting as vascular dilatation, tortuosity, prominence, and wide spacing of the vasa recta (Fig. 11). These distinctive vascular changes have been called vascular jejunization of the ileum or the comb sign [33].

1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 167, number 1, →DOI, page 7:

These ASBT/GLP data, together with the histological and ILBP/GATA4 changes, suggest that the interposed ileal segment underwent a selective jejunization postsurgery.

2010 September, Rohit Kohli, Michelle Kirby, Kenneth D. R. Setchell, Pinky Jha, Kori Klustaitis, Laura A. Woollett et al., “Intestinal adaptation after ileal interposition surgery increases bile acid recycling and protects against obesity-related comorbidities”, in American Journal of Physiology – Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, volume 299, number 3, →DOI, →PMID, page G656:

(medicine) An adaptive process by which a part of the intestine (usually the ileum) assumes certain structural or functional features typical of the jejunum.


enterospinal

enterospinal fistula

Fistulas and sinus tracts are hallmarks of Crohn’s disease, affecting approximately 20–40% of patients [7]. The morphology and anatomic sites of fistulas are protean: enteroenteric, enterocolic, colocolic, enterovesical, enterovaginal, enterocutaneous, anorectal, duodenopancreatic, gastrocolic, colobronchial, and enterospinal [48–54].

1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 167, number 1, →DOI, page 9:

(anatomy) Relating to the intestine and the spine.


supralevator

Coordinate term: infralevator

The findings on computed tomographic (CT) scans were reviewed in 42 patients with perirectal inflammatory disease and suspected perirectal abscesses. CT was reliable for use in distinguishing perirectal abscesses from cellulitis and in localizing both supralevator and infralevator abscesses.

1986 October, Elizabeth Guillaumin, Brooke Jeffrey, Jr., William J. Shea, C. Willet Asling, Henry I. Goldberg, “Perirectal Inflammatory Disease: CT Findings”, in Radiology, volume 161, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, page 153:

(anatomy) Superior to the levator ani muscle.


infralevator

Coordinate term: supralevator

(anatomy) Inferior to the levator ani muscle.


chloremic

In the chloremic form there may occur pharyngolaryngeal edema, pulmonary edema, hydrothorax, digestive troubles, including vomiting and diarrhea, headache, eclampsia, coma, Cheyene-Stokes respiration, and visual troubles.

1912, “Renal Functions in the Course of Nephritis of Childhood”, in Charlotte Medical Journal, volume 65, page 428:

One rarely sees however, a pure azotemic, or chloremic form, but usually a combination of these various forms is present.

1915, A. Sachs, M.D. Omaha, “Nephritis”, in Western Medical Review, volume 20, number 8, page 469:

(medicine) Pertaining to illnesses involving difficulties in processing chlorides, especially nephritis in which the kidneys have trouble excreting chlorides.


target timing

(medicine) The choice of an optimal window or moment for administering treatments, interventions, or medications to achieve the desired therapeutic outcomes.


vein valve

(anatomy) A small, crescent-shaped flap of tissue that is located in a vein and operates as a one-way valve to direct blood flow towards the heart and to prevent backflow.


antimirror neuron

en-noun

antimirror neuron (plural antimirror neurons)

This "antimirror neuron" activity, as some researchers call it, appears to deactivate the brain's propensity to imitate another person."

2012, Andrew Newberg, Mark Robert Waldman, Words Can Change Your Brain:

Another interesting finding was that there exists what can be called "antimirror" neurons (Keysers & Gazzola, 2010). Eleven neurons increased their firing when the patient performed a certain action but decreased their firing when the patient observed someone else performing this same action. These "antimirror" neurons may help us distinguish our own actions from those of others, and allow us to prevent unwanted imitation when we observe someone else engaging in some action.

2014, Holly C. Matto, Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, PhD, Michelle S. Ballan, Neuroscience for Social Work: Current Research and Practice, pages 41-42:

They also pointed out that fMRI recordings would be blind to the difference between mirror and anti-mirror neurons, because the fMRI is sensitive to changes in metabolism and both excitation and inhibition consume energy..

2014, Ross Buck, Emotion: A Biosocial Synthesis, page 121:

(neuroscience) A neuron that fires when someone performs an action and reduces its firing when that person observes another performing the action, or vice versa.


duodenoileal

Coordinate term: jejunoileal

duodenoileal fistula

duodenoileal bypass

(medicine) Pertaining to or (usually) connecting the duodenum and the ileum.


dysnomic

However, little research has explored whether naming tests of different semantic categories would be useful in differentiating language-disordered from non-language-disordered learning-disabled children. It is this lack of data on the naming performance of dysnomic children on tests of varying semantic categories that prompted this investigation.

1985 September, Diane J. German, “The use of specific semantic word categories in the diagnosis of dysnomic learning-disabled children”, in British Journal of Disorders of Communication, volume 20, number 2, →DOI, page 146:

(medicine) Pertaining to or affected by dysnomia.


dysnomic

One possible as yet empirically unexplored but provocative explanation links the similarities between young children’s defective colour naming and that of colour dysnomics (see Oxbury, Oxbury & Humphrey 1969).

1985 June, Marc H. Bornstein, “Colour-name versus shape-name learning in young children”, in Journal of Child Language, volume 12, number 2, →DOI, page 392:

(medicine) A person affected by dysnomia.


regular insulin

regular insulin (countable and uncountable, plural regular insulins)

(medicine, pharmacology) A type of short-acting medical insulin.


hyperglycemically

Coordinate term: hypoglycemically

Impaired microcirculatory perfusion appears to be crucial to the pathogenesis of both neuropathy and retinopathy in diabetics. This in turn reflects a hyperglycemically mediated perturbation of vascular endothelial function that entails overactivation of protein kinase C, reduced availability of nitric oxide […]

1998 May, M. F. McCarty, “Nitric oxide deficiency, leukocyte activation, and resultant ischemia are crucial to the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy/ neuropathy — preventive potential of antioxidants, essential fatty acids, chromium, ginkgolides, and pentoxifylline”, in Medical Hypotheses, volume 50, number 5, →DOI, page 435:


hypoglycemically

Coordinate term: hyperglycemically

The mechanism of hypoglycemia that predisposes to all-cause mortality/CVD incidence remains unclear. This mechanism may be explained by sympathetic-adrenal activations (15), prolonged cardiac repolarization and increased cardiac arrhythmia risk (15), hypoglycemically induced coagulation abnormalities (29), inflammatory reactions (30), and endothelial dysfunctions (29).

2016 September, Chin-Li Lu, Hsiu-Nien Shen, Susan C. Hu, Jung-Der Wang, Chung-Yi Li, “A Population-Based Study of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease in Association With Prior History of Hypoglycemia Among Patients With Type 1 Diabetes”, in Diabetes Care, volume 39, number 9, →DOI, page 1577:


mesonephric duct

mesonephric duct (plural mesonephric ducts)

Coordinate term: paramesonephric duct


hypoferritinemic

en-adj

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

more hypoferritinemic (comparative)
most hypoferritinemic (superlative)

From hypoferritinemia + -ic or hypo- + ferritinemia + -ic.

(pathology, medicine) Exhibiting or relating to hypoferritinemia.


snowflake baby

en-noun

snowflake baby (plural snowflake babies)

Once Caroline and Jeffrey gave their consent--or Caroline gave it for them--the eleventh embryo could become the snowflake baby it was meant to be.

2007, Katherine Stone, Caroline's Journal, page 24:

Brownback's presentation included a series of following the development of a child, the result of a discarded embryo, a so-called snowflake''' baby.

2009, Jason Holt (editor), The Daily Show and Philosophy - Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News, page 125:

The first snowflake baby was born in the late 1990s, but even with the President's public push, only a couple hundred snowflake children have been born in the United States during the past 10 years

2010, Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, Meg Schneider, Stem Cells For Dummies, page 272:

It is possible to implant one of these embryos in the womb of a woman, letting her bear the child. This is called having a "snowflake" baby.

2012, Gene Edward Veith Jr., Mary J. Moerbe, Family Vocation - God's Calling in Marriage, Parenting, and Childhood, page 114:

reproductive medicine
reproductive medicine

in vitro fertilization
in vitro fertilization

(medicine, reproductive medicine) A baby that is born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor.


snowflake child

snowflake child (plural snowflake children)

(medicine, reproductive medicine) A child resulting from an embryo adoption, and whose parents are not the original reproductive cell donors.


in-vitro fertilisation

in vitro-fertilisation (countable and uncountable, plural in-vitro fertilisations)

in vitro -fertilisation (canonical)
in-vitro fertilisations (plural)

in vitro fertilization
in vitro fertilization#English

(medicine) Alternative spelling of in vitro fertilization


in-vitro fertilization

in-vitro fertilization (countable and uncountable, plural in-vitro fertilizations)

(medicine) Alternative form of in vitro fertilization


superinject

en-verb

superinject (third-person singular simple present superinjects, present participle superinjecting, simple past and past participle superinjected)

superinjects (present singular third-person)
superinjecting (participle present)
superinjected (participle past)
superinjected (past)

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Through the needle-hole thus stained with dye it was possible to "superinject" antitoxin, using a slightly wider needle avoid back leak along the old needle track, and thus to ensure a distribution of both toxin and antitoxin solutions from the same point the skin.

1949 August 7, The British Journal of Experimental Pathology 1949-08: Vol 30 Iss 4:

Since it was inconvenient to superinject at an interval shorter than 30 min. and since longer periods of up to 2 hr. between injection and superinjection gave no greater reduction, […]

1958, British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy 1958: Vol 13:

[…] by the introduction into test sites of histamine with the production of a wealing reaction or the superinjection of saline into the test site.

2012, G. Dick, Immunological Aspects of Infectious Diseases:

(medicine, transitive) To administer a successive injection.


Subutex

Marketing coinage, perhaps based on sublingual (“administered through placement under the tongue”).

He was a Subutex addict. Subutex is supposedly used to wean people off heroin but, from what I have seen, there are more Subutex addicts in jail than there are heroin addicts (and there are a lot of heroin addicts).

2010, Simon Eddisbury, Lowlife, London: John Blake, →ISBN, page 22:

She'd seen a doctor who’d prescribed Subutex, a drug-replacement treatment designed to wean the user off heroin. It had made her throw up. I was so relieved and told her how proud I was of her for taking control.

2013, Mitch Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 120:

(pharmacology) A (now discontinued) brand name for buprenorphine, used to treat opiate addictions.


combination drug

en-noun

combination drug (plural combination drugs)

(pharmacology) A medicine that includes two or more active ingredients combined in a single dosage form.


food noise

By a metaphor in which mental preoccupation is portrayed as noise inside one's head that cannot be turned off, somewhat like an earworm. Widely used since the early 2020s, when indications for using the GLP-1 receptor agonist medication class expanded beyond diabetes treatment into weight control for anyone with or without diabetes; not in widespread use before that. Attested since 2007.

[…] the concept that once the meal is over, it's time to move on to other tasks. When you use one or more of them at the end of a meal or snack, you help to quiet the part of your mind that distracts you with thoughts about food, thus creating more mental energy for work, hobbies, and other tasks. Without all of the "food noise" in your head, you'll find you are much more productive. Consider using any or all of the following strategies to add closure to your meals. / • Light a candle for your meal and blow it out once you've finished. This simple strategy effectively says, "The meal is over." / • Brush your teeth after meals. Besides creating a mentally reinforcing ritual, brushing your teeth offers two side benefits. […]

2007, Joy Bauer, Prevention's 3-2-1 Weight Loss Plan: Eat Your Favorite Foods to Cut Cravings, Improve Energy, and Lose Weight, Rodale Press, →ISBN, page 98:

(medicine, nutrition, idiomatic, figurative) A mental preoccupation with food that is differentiable from hunger and from cravings but tends to urge people to overeat.


intraossal

Nevertheless, there are exceptions where good anaesthesia is not achieved. The intraossal branches of the nasopalatine nerve are responsible for this.

2008, Baart, J. A. (Jacobus Andries), 1950-, Brand, H. S, Local anaesthesia in dentistry:

In case of a high pressure and a venous stases, a core biopsy with intraossal decompression is indicated.

1986 June 1, NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19860017325: Aerospace Medicine and Biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes:

The localization of the disease in the bones is accounted for by the distribution of the intraossal vessels[…]

1868, The American journal of obstetrics and diseases of women and children:


areata

(medicine, pathology) A localized area or patch.


atrophia areata

macular degeneration
macular degeneration

(medicine) A rare genetic disease reported only in Icelandic families characterized by bilateral macular degeneration and early onset choroidal atrophy.


stomatitis areata migrans

(medicine) A disorder characterized by continuously changing red patchy lesions on the buccal stomatodysodia; migratory mucositis; ectopic geographic tongue.


keratosis palmoplantaris areata

keratosis palmoplantaris areata (uncountable)

(medicine) A genetic disorder characterized by linear bands of keratoderma affecting the palmar surfaces of the palms and fingers and patches of hyperkeratosis on the soles of the feet; striate palmoplantar keratoderma, Brünauer-Fuchs-Siemens syndrome; acral keratoderma.


anauralia

(psychology, pathology) A condition where one does not possess an internal monologue.


controlled-release

(pharmacology) Of a drug or medicine, involving the gradual release of an active component.


eyelash forceps

(cosmetics, ophthalmology) An implement used to apply eyelash extensions and to remove eyelashes during an ophthalmologic procedure.


high-fat diet

(medicine, nutrition) A diet consisting of at least 35% of total calories that are consumed from saturated and unsaturated fats.


low-carbohydrate diet

low-carbohydrate diet (plural low-carbohydrate diets)

(medicine, nutrition) A type of diet that restricts the consumption of carbohydrates relative to the average diet.


ketogenic diet

(medicine, nutrition) A high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate dietary therapy used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children.


low-calorie diet

low-calorie diet (plural low-calorie diets)

(medicine, nutrition) A dietary regimen that reduces the energy intake from foods and beverages without incurring malnutrition.


low-sugar diet

(medicine, nutrition) A type of diet that aims to reduce both natural and added sugars in one's meals.


hypoglycemic diet

hypoglycemic diet (plural hypoglycemic diets)

(medicine, nutrition) A type of diet that focuses on foods that have a minimal effect on blood sugar levels.


weight-loss diet

weight-loss diet (plural weight-loss diets)

(medicine, nutrition) Any type of diet that assists in losing weight by consuming fewer calories than one burns.


positive airway pressure

positive airway pressure (countable and uncountable, plural positive airway pressures)

(medicine) A mode of respiratory ventilation used in the treatment of sleep apnea.


prostatic acid phosphatase

prostatic acid phosphatase (usually uncountable, plural prostatic acid phosphatases)

(biochemistry, oncology) An enzyme produced by the prostate, which may be found in increased amounts in men who have prostate cancer or other diseases.


tweak freak

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From tweak + freak. Chosen for the rhyme.

(slang, derogatory, drugs) A regular user of methamphetamine.


septagliptin

dipeptidyl peptidase-4
dipeptidyl peptidase-4

(pharmacology) A dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor used as a drug to treat diabetes


glifozin

(pharmacology) A sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor used to treat type-2 diabetes.


small animal

(veterinary medicine) A cat or dog, as opposed to large or exotic pets.


LLL

(medicine) Initialism of left lower lobe (one of two lobes of the left lung).


extensor pollicis longus

(anatomy) A skeletal muscle located dorsally on the forearm.


extensor pollicis brevis

abductor pollicis longus
abductor pollicis longus

(anatomy) A skeletal muscle on the dorsal side of the forearm, lying on the medial side of, and is closely connected with, the abductor pollicis longus.


abductor pollicis longus

(anatomy) One of the extrinsic muscles of the hand.


Halcion

Halcion (countable and uncountable, plural Halcions)

[…]I'm experiencing a major-league anxiety attack, searching my pockets for Valium, Xanax, a leftover Halcion, anything, and all I find are three faded Nuprin in a Gucci pill-box, so I pop all three into my mouth and swallow them down with a Diet Pepsi and I couldn’t tell you where it came from if my life depended on it.

1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 148:

(pharmacology) Brand name for triazolam.


Nuprin

Nuprin (countable and uncountable, plural Nuprins or Nuprin)

(pharmacology) Brand name for ibuprofen.


(pathology) Initialism of type 1 diabetes.


kwolu-aatmwol

From Simbari, literally, a female thing changing into a male thing.

Coordinate term: guevedoce

(medicine, endocrinology) In Papua New Guinea, a person born with male gonads, but who appears to have female external genitalia, as a result of a 5-alpha-reductase deficiency.


type 3 diabetes

Coordinate term: type 1 diabetes

Coordinate term: type 2 diabetes

(medicine, neurology) A proposed pathological linkage between Alzheimer's disease and certain features of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.


Coordinate term: T1D

(pathology) Initialism of type 2 diabetes.


forced medicine

(medicine, psychology, psychiatry) The application or administration of treatment for an illness or a disorder without the patient's consent or authorization; the unauthorized medical intervention of a patient.


whiteheaded

(dermatology) Of the skin, having or consisting of many whiteheads.


labile affect

(psychology, psychiatry) The presence of rapid, unpredictable, and uncontrollable shifts in one's emotions, which can be a symptom of some psychiatric conditions.


dermoidectomy

(surgery) Surgical removal or excision of the dermoid cyst.


rhinommectomy

(surgery) Surgical removal or excision of part of the internal canthus.


acetabulo-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from acetabulum (which see for more).

(anatomy, medicine) acetabulum; acetabular.

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary


orbitofrontal cortex

orbitofrontal cortex (countable and uncountable, plural orbitofrontal cortices or orbitofrontal cortexes)

orbitofrontal cortices (plural)
orbitofrontal cortexes (plural)

(neuroanatomy) A prefrontal cortex region in the frontal lobes of the brain which is involved in the cognitive process of decision making.


xevinapant

(pharmacology) A drug candidate targeting head and neck cancer.


healing art

(medicine, sciences) The practice of any branch of medicine or surgery, or any method of diagnosis of a human mental or physical condition.


collateral artery

collateral artery (plural collateral arteries)

(anatomy) A type of artery connecting two other arteries to form a natural bypass that restores blood flow after a vascular occlusion.


collateral vein

collateral vein (plural collateral veins)

Coordinate term: collateral vessel

(anatomy) A venous structure that is not located in its normal position next to an artery, but is instead tortuous, and connects to a main blood vessel and remains unused until needed.


collateral vessel

collateral vessel (plural collateral vessels)

Coordinate term: collateral vein

(anatomy) A small blood vessel that connects to a main blood vessel and provides an alternate route of perfusion, and not used by the circulatory system until needed.


mind cure

mind cure (usually uncountable, plural mind cures)

(medicine, psychology) A method or act of treating a disease using a mental procedure to treat it like a neurosis.


esquillectomy

(surgery) Surgical removal or excision of bone fragments.


sphenosalpingostaphylinus

tensor veli palatini
tensor veli palatini#English

(anatomy) Synonym of tensor veli palatini


MCHC

Labs […] RBC [red blood cells] 5.0×10⁶/mm³ ¶ MCH [mean corpuscular hemoglobin] 28 pg ¶ MCHC 34 g/dL ¶ MCV [mean corpuscular volume] 90 µm³ ¶ Plts [platelets] 192×10³/mm³

2009, Julia M. Koehler, Carrie Maffeo, “Chronic Asthma”, in Terry L. Schinghammer, Julia M. Koehler, editors, Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach, 7th edition, McGraw Hill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 79:

mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration#English

(hematology) Initialism of mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration.

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration


serodeconversion

serodeconversion (countable and uncountable, plural serodeconversions)

(biology, medicine) The reversion to seronegativity after seropositivity: the undoing of previous seroconversion (the process of this change or an instance of it), as a result either of recovery from illness or of loss of vaccination's effects.


actinopathy

(medicine) An abnormality of actin in muscles.


mastadenoviral

(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by a mastadenovirus.


MME

morphine milligram equivalent
morphine milligram equivalent#English

(medicine) Abbreviation of morphine milligram equivalent.


TTN

(genetics) The gene that encodes for the protein titin.


lipomobilisation

(physiology) The mobilisation of fat, especially by movement into the bloodstream


abortifactive

[…] abortifactive agents such as Brucella abortus and Tritrichomonas foetus are not present in the Swedish bovine population […]

2003, Susanne Stenlund, Hans Kindahl, Arvid Uggla, Camilla Björkman, “A Long-Term Study of Neospora caninum Infection in a Swedish Dairy Herd”, in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, volume 44, number 2, pages 63-71:

Complete necropsies, abortion panels to rule out other abortifactive agents, serum Ig levels, and aoEBA-specific immunohistochemistry (IHC) were performed on each fetus to confirm EBA diagnosis.

2011, Roxann S. Brooks, Myra T. Blanchard, Mark L. Anderson, Mark R. Hall, Jeffery L. Stott, “Quantitative duplex TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction for the assessment of the etiologic agent of epizootic bovine abortion”, in Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, volume 23, number 6, pages 1153-1159:

[…] a high degree of seropositivity to N. caninum was diagnosed after evaluating for various abortifactive agents.

2015, Priya Bapodra, Barbara A Wolfe, “Investigation of Neospora caninum seroprevalence and potential impact on reproductive success in semi-freeranging Père David’s deer (Elaphurus davidianus)”, in Veterinary Record Open, volume 2, number 1:

Abortion panels were conducted to identify fetal/neonatal losses due to other abortifactive agents.

2022, Myra T. Blanchard, Mike B. Teglas, Mark L. Anderson, Peter F. Moore, Bret R. McNabb, Kassidy M. Collins, Bret V. Yeargan, Jeffrey L. Stott, “Protection of Cattle against Epizootic Bovine Abortion (EBA) Using a Live Pajaroellobacter abortibovis Vaccine”, in Vaccines (Basel), volume 10, number 2, page 335:

REMINDER: Steroids may be abortifactive for gravid females; be willing to live by the consequences. Use only in life threatening circumstances for pregnant females.

2024, “Chemical Immobilization, Capture and Handling:”, in Yellowstone Grizzly Project, archived from the original on 2024-08-26:

(pharmacology) Inducing abortion or miscarriage, abortifacient.


pelvi-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin pēlvis (“basin”).

pelvimeter

pelviureteric


Duret hemorrhage

Duret hemorrhage (plural Duret hemorrhages)

Named after French neurologist Henri Duret (1849–1921), its discoverer.

(medicine) A small hemorrhage in the brainstem, typically in the midbrain and upper pons, as a result of the traumatic downward displacement of the brainstem (i.e. descending transtentorial herniation).


critical brain hypothesis

(neuroscience) The hypothesis that certain biological neuronal networks work near phase transitions.


SGL

SGL (countable and uncountable, plural SGLs)

(surgery) Initialism of superficial gluteal lipofilling.


pseudomyiasis

(medicine) The presence of fly larvae in the body but without a true infestation, for example when larvae have been ingested with food.


cattle trucking

Angiographic findings associated with CRAO and BRAO include delayed filling of the affected vessels, reduced arterial calibre and “cattle-trucking” of the blood column in the branch arteries.

2000, S Beatty, K G Au Eong, “Acute occlusion of the retinal arteries: current concepts and recent advances in diagnosis and management”, in Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine, volume 17, number 5, →DOI, page 326:

(ophthalmology) A diagnostic feature of retinal artery occlusion caused by the segmentation of the blood column within the retinal vessels, as seen on fundoscopy, fundus photography, or fluorescein angiography.


paramastoid process

paramastoid process (plural paramastoid processes)

(anatomy) A small bony projection located on the temporal bone of the skull, near the mastoid process.


quality-adjusted

Quality-adjusted life expectancy is a preferred outcome measure because it takes into account the patient's preferences for the quality of life in each outcome state.

2007, Harold C. Sox, Medical Decision Making, page 300:

In tandem with efforts to improve governance systems and enhance participation, accountability and the rule of law, this appears the most appropriate approach for advancing quality-adjusted human development.

2021, What Drives Quality-adjusted Human Development Achievements?:

Adjusted to take into account differences in quality.

(medicine, economics) Adjusted to take into account certain negative factors affecting a person's overall well-being.


intravenous drip

intravenous drip (plural intravenous drips)

(medicine) Synonym of intravenous (“a dose of medicine administered from a drip”)


random glucose

Coordinate term: fasting glucose

(medicine, hematology) A sample of glucose that has been collected during a blood test at a random time, prior to any fasting or dietary changes.


fasting glucose

Coordinate term: random glucose

(medicine, hematology) A sample of glucose that has been collected during a blood test, after a period of fasting or dietary changes.


diabetic ketoacidosis

(medicine, pathology) An acute, major, life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus characterized by hyperglycemia, ketoacidosis, and ketonuria.


P-A

Coordinate term: A-P (“anteroposterior”)

Alternative form: PA

(medicine) Initialism of posteroanterior.


U&E

(medicine) Initialism of urea and electrolytes (blood tests).


C&S

(medicine) Initialism of culture and sensitivity (urine tests).


G&S

(medicine) Initialism of group and save (blood test).


personal crisis

personal crisis (plural personal crises)

Coordinate term: psychological crisis

(psychology, psychiatry) A type of crisis in which a person can no longer cope with a situation, preceded by an event of an extraordinary nature triggering extreme tension and stress within a person.


psychological crisis

psychological crisis (plural psychological crises)

Coordinate term: personal crisis

(psychology, psychiatry) A type of crisis in which a person is threatening to harm themselves or others, or is substantially out of touch with reality.


semi-palindrome

From the prefix "semi-" meaning "half" and "palindrome," indicating a partial or variant form of a palindrome.

(genetics) A sequence of DNA that can be superimposed with its reverse complement.


MSK

MSK pain

(medicine) Abbreviation of musculoskeletal.


anemiated

en-adj

anemiated (comparative more anemiated, superlative most anemiated)

more anemiated (comparative)
most anemiated (superlative)


angiotensin receptor blocker

en-noun

angiotensin receptor blocker (plural angiotensin receptor blockers)

renin-angiotensin system
renin-angiotensin system

(medicine, pharmacology) A type of pharmaceutical that binds to and inhibits AT1 and thereby blocks the arteriolar contraction and sodium retention effects of the renin-angiotensin system.


acute renal failure

(medicine, nephrology, pathology) A potentially fatal condition in which the kidneys suddenly lose their ability to filter waste from the blood.


multispined

Posterior tibiæ multispined; spines alternately long and short.

1872, F.V. Hayden, Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Μontana and Portions of Adjacent Territories Being a Fifth Annual Report of Progress, Washington: Government Printing Office, page 437:

It is channeled through multispined copper fins which warm the air and release it into the air ducts of the house.

1946 December, “Trunk-Size Oil-Burning Furnace Heats Five-Room House”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 86, number 6, →ISSN, page 170:

Male red-sided garter snakes have a multispined hemipenis with a sizeable basal spine that is inserted into the female during the reproductive bout.

2024 May 15, Kevin Lee Teather, The Evolution of Sex: Strategies of Males and Females, Oxford University Press, page 131:

(anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to a structure having multiple spines.


-dronic

From etidronic acid, itself from et(hyl) + (h)ydr(oxy-) + (di-) + (phosph)onic.

af

(pharmacology, organic chemistry) describes derivatives of etidronic acid, used as calcium metabolism regulators


AHR

assisted human reproduction
assisted human reproduction#English

(medicine) Initialism of assisted human reproduction.


case file

All the correspondence regarding the case can also be filed directly in the case file, thus making it possible to have a complete history of the case at hand whenever the case is being looked up.

1896, New York. State School, Rome, Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Rome State Custodial Asylum At Rome, N.Y., Issues 1-12, page 62:

he had gone into the case, seen the case file, and knew that the coroner and police investigations had identified the drowned child of so many years age as her son.

1957, Gwendoline Butler, Coffin on the Water, page 62:

A typical case file contains the following types of documents: agreement to arbitrate, correspondences regarding the selection of arbitrators, digest of case, transcript of proceedings of the arbitration board, exhibits, award, and related correspondence.

1974, Mary-Jane M. Dowd (editor and compiler), Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the National Mediation Board Record Group 13, page 33:

(law, medicine) A file detailing a legal or medical case.


-antel

From anthelmintic (“against parasitic worms”), with simplification of the -nth- and truncation.

(pharmacology) Forms names of anti-worm drugs, often pyrantel derivatives.


atracotoxin

Derived from Atrax, the genus of the spider, + -o- + toxin

Sydney funnel-web spider
Sydney funnel-web spider

(toxicology) A toxin from the Sydney funnel-web spider.


robustoxin

Derived from the species name Atrax robusta + toxin

(toxicology) The lethal toxin from the Sydney funnel-web spider.


robustotoxin

Derived from the species name Atrax robusta + -o- + toxin

(toxicology) Alternative spelling of robustoxin


urogenital sinus

en-noun

urogenital sinus (plural urogenital sinuses)

(embryology) A body part present in the embryos of mammals during development of the urinary and reproductive systems that gives rise to the bladder, urethra, lower vagina, prostate gland, vulval vestibule, vestibular glands, and bulbourethral glands.

(anatomy, zoology) An internal structure where the vagina and urethra open into in many female mammals.


labioscrotal swelling

labioscrotal swelling (plural labioscrotal swellings)

(anatomy, reproductive system) One half of a paired embryonic structure that develops into half of the scrotum in most male placentals or a labium majus in female primates.


labia vulvae

(anatomy, zoology) The vulva's pair of thin lip-like structures that protect the urogenital sinus/vulval vestibule.


myogelotic

In clinical practice, muscle areas that are painful on pressure and are strikingly resistant to therapy are very common. These myogelotic changes are even palpable postmortem.

1999 July 1, A. Windisch, A. Reitinger, H. Traxler, H. Radner, C. Neumayer, W. Feigl, W. Firbas, “Morphology and Histochemistry of Myogelosis”, in Clinical Anatomy, volume 12, number 4, Wiley-Liss, Inc., →DOI, →PMID, page 266:

(medicine, rare) Of or pertaining to a myogelosis.


myogelosis

myogelosis (countable and uncountable, plural myogeloses)

Borrowed from German Myogelose, coined by German physician Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Schade in 1921. By surface analysis, myo- + gelosis.

Myogelosis is a common diagnosis in the case of chronic pain conditions, especially in the region of the pectoral girdle musculature, the glutei muscles, and the erector spinae muscle. Although such indurative areas continue to be palpable even on the cadaver, few studies concerning the morphological substrate of these areas have been undertaken.

(medicine, uncommon) A palpable area of hardening, stiffness or swelling in a muscle, usually painful on pressure, now considered to be correlated with a myofascial trigger point.


vulvar opening

(anatomy, zoology) Orifice between the labia vulvae where offspring and urine exit from; opening of the urogenital sinus.


lithokelyphos

(medicine, pathology) A rare complication of ectopic pregnancy, which manifests as a calcified mass in a part of the abdominal or pelvic cavity, but not the fetus.


sugar-coated spleen

(medicine, pathology) Hyaloserositis of the spleen.


sugar-coated liver

(medicine, pathology) Hyaloserositis of the liver.


frosted heart

(medicine, pathology) Hyaloserositis of the pericardium.


caec-

(biology, medicine) Alternative form of caeco-


NEMT

(medicine) Initialism of non-emergency medical transportation.


cypro

(pharmacology, informal) Clipping of cyproterone.


extimous

The heat of the Stomack is more intense, and vigorous to concoct what it requires or receives, then it will be when the Sun with his nearer neighbourhood calls forth that now self-centered heat to the extimous and cutaneous parts of the body.

1661, Matthew Stevenson, The Twelve Moneths:

Hence it is, that whatever ſhe intensively fixes her Eyes upon, or conceives and impreſſes in her Mind, the Infant repreſents the ſame in its extimous parts: And particularly whatever Object ſhe directs her Eyes or Thoughts upon, in the Interval between the Embrace and the Charm, its Effigies is afterwards manifeſt in the Child.

1724, John Maubray, chapter 8, in The Female Physician, page 63:

(anatomy, obsolete, rare) Pertaining to or near the outside of the body.


CVRF

(medicine) Initialism of cardiovascular risk factor.


risk factor

Something that increases risk or susceptibility.

(medicine) A variable associated with an increased risk of a medical condition.


ovarian cancer

ovarian cancer (countable and uncountable, plural ovarian cancers)

(oncology) A cancerous tumor of an ovary.


cyclitic

The retina, together with cyclitic bands, encloses completely the posterior section of the eye.

1899, Louis Stricker, The Crystalline Lens System:

The frequency distributions of cell areas in the cyclitic eyes and the normal ones skewed similarly to the right (Fig. 4).

1986, Anja Ihalainen, Acta Ophthalmologica - Volume 64, page 627:

One patient presented with cyclitic glaucoma which was found to be due to toxoplasmic chorioretinitis and was therefore excluded from the series.

1989, Anne M. V. Brooks, “Cyclitic glaucoma”, in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, page 161:

This operation has already been repeatedly performed with favorable results (Ed. Meyer, Laurence, Secondi), but iis unreliable (Critchett, Mooren), leads in half the cases to phthisis bulbe (Ed. Meyer), and succeeds only in those cases in which one or the other bundle of ciliary nerves is manifestly irritated, and the second eye is becoming involved; it must, however, necessarily fail where the ciliary body is completely involved in the cyclitic process , and where this is indicated by the sensitiveness to palpation at every single point of the anterior scleral zone.

2023, Carl Stellwag, Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye, page 302:

(ophthalmology) Pertaining to inflammation of the ciliary body of the eye; Related to or involving cyclitis.


levacetylleucine

Niemann-Pick disease
Niemann-Pick disease

(pharmacology) A drug for the treatment of neurological manifestations of Niemann-Pick disease type C.


WBV

(medicine) Initialism of whole body vibration.


vaccine-injured

(medicine, pathology) Of a person, having experienced either a temporary or permanent adverse event following a vaccination.


noci-

From Latin noceo (“hurt”). First used in nociception.

(physiology) Relating to pain and its perception.


pookie

(slang, drugs) A glass pipe designed for freebasing cocaine, methamphetamine, or other drugs.


ABPA

(medicine) Initialism of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.


glasdegib

(pharmacology) A drug targeting the smoothened protein of the hedgehog signaling pathway, used for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.


shermed

(slang, drugs) Under the influence of phencyclidine.


sherm stick

(slang, US, drugs) A cigarette or joint laced with phencyclidine.


dysgenesic

en-adj

dysgenesic (comparative more dysgenesic, superlative most dysgenesic)

more dysgenesic (comparative)
most dysgenesic (superlative)

(genetics) Of, pertaining to, or causing dysgenesis.


dysgenetics

(medicine, genetics) A theory linking the induction of persistent delayed genomic instability with disturbed cellular aging.


attack rate

(epidemiology) the proportion of people in a population exposed to a disease who fall ill. (Ill people divided by total population)


trismus pseudocamptodactyly syndrome

en-noun

trismus pseudocamptodactyly syndrome (plural not attested)

(medicine, medical genetics) A rare genetic disorder whose defining feature is the inability to open the mouth completely (trismus).


pseudocamptodactyly

(medicine, pathology) The curvature of the fingers at all interphalangeal joints on dorsiflexion of the wrist.


nonmycotic

en-adj

nonmycotic (comparative more nonmycotic, superlative most nonmycotic)

more nonmycotic (comparative)
most nonmycotic (superlative)

nonmycotic aneurysm

(medicine, specifically, only of aneurysms, uncommon) Not infectiously caused.


conicotine

(medicine, biochemistry) The metabolic product of nicotine that is detectable in serum, formed when nicotine decomposes in the liver.


tunica serosa

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin as codified by Terminologia Anatomica and previously by its predecessors (e.g., Nomina Anatomica).

(anatomy, medicine) Synonym of serous membrane.


tunica mucosa

(anatomy, medicine) Synonym of mucous membrane.


PARQ

(medicine) Initialism of procedures, alternatives, risks, and questions.


anteropalatal

anteropalatal (comparative more anteropalatal, superlative most anteropalatal)

more anteropalatal (comparative)
most anteropalatal (superlative)

(anatomy) Pertaining to the anterior (front) of the palate.


VCF

compression fracture
compression fracture#English

(medicine) Initialism of vertebral compression fracture.


exfoliative cytology

en-noun

exfoliative cytology (countable and uncountable, plural exfoliative cytologies)

(medicine, dermatology) A microscopic examination of cells that are either shed by the body or scraped from tissue in order to diagnose a medical condition.


deltoidus

Like deltoid, ultimately from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta), the triangular fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, and the suffix -(ο)ειδής (-(o)eidḗs, “-like”), the source of English -oid. This suffix has usually been adapted in Neo-Latin as -oīdēs or -oīdeus (giving Latin deltoīdēs or deltoīdeus), but the variant or misspelling -oīdus is attested in some Latin texts. As an English word, the form deltoidus might have been taken from such Latin variants, or may have been created analogically within English by simply combining deltoid with the ending -us (seen in some other muscle names such as trapezius).

The deltoid muscle of the human raises the arm. Its anterior section pulls the arm forward and rotates it inward while its posterior section pulls it backward and rotates it outward. The same muscle in the animal, known as the deltoidus, abducts the upper portion of the forelimb and flexes the shoulder.

1983, Fredric Sweney, The Art of Painting and Drawing Animals, page 37:

The deltoidus is a thick, large triangular muscle that covers the shoulder joint in the front, behind and laterally. It encircles the cap of the shoulder. The muscle fibers converge to unite in a thick tendon which inserts into the middle lateral side of the upper arm bone. The muscle's basic action is to lift the arm away from the body. It makes sense then that forward, lateral, and backward movements are necessary to work the muscle fully. ¶ The trapezius is a flat triangular muscle that covers parts of the neck, shoulders and upper back.

2012, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Douglas Kent Hall, Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder:

The muscles involved in the external rotation are: Infraspinatus, Teres minor, Deltoidus and Supraspinatus.

2013, Mihaela Manisor, Cosmin Marcu, Gheorghe Tomoaia, Liviu Miclea, “Comparison between Titan and Cobalt Hydroxyapatite-Coated Shoulder Prosthesis”, in Advances in Intelligent Control Systems and Computer Science, page 194:

Other muscles appear less affected by fatigue in the movement with amplitude increase during the cocking phase for the biceps brachii, and frequency decrease for the extensor digitorum and duration increase for deltoidus during the strike phase.

2017, Annie Rouard, Thomas Robert, Ludovic Seifert, “Biomechanics of ice tool swinging movement”, in The Science of Climbing and Mountaineering, page 173:


concatenation tree

concatenation tree (plural concatenation trees)

Martin and colleagues recently reported a lack of correspondence between individual protein trees and the concatenation tree in several datasets of archaeal and bacterial proteins (Thiergart et al., 2014).

2016, Sonja-Verena Albers, Mecky Pohlschroder, Archaeal Cell Envelope and Surface Structures, page 42:

For example, in the analyses of the full CDS data, the coalescent tree supports a Neohymenopogon + Mouretia clade (Supplementary Figure 1), and the concatenation tree was inconclusive (i.e., support values were below 95%) for several relationships (Supplementary Figure 2) and inconsistent with the coalescent tree.

2023, Olle Thureborn, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Niklas Wikström, Catarina Rydin, “Target capture data resolve recalcitrant relationships in the coffee family (Rubioideae, Rubiaceae)”, in Stefan Wanke, Susann Wicke, editor, Phylogenomic Discordance in Plant Systematics, page 227:

Similarly, in the genome sequency analysis of C. salicifolius, Lv et al. (2020) constructed an amino acid sequence-based concatenation tree of 103 single-copy gene sets and coalescent tree of 1,420 low-copy gene sets from 17 species, all of which support that magnoliids are sister plants to eudicots.

2024, Yunpeng Cao, Hui Song, Muhammad Abdullah, Multi-omics and Computational Biology in Horticultural Plants, page 63:

(genetics) A phylogenetic tree constructed from concatenated alignments.


tree-maker

Alfred S. Romer, a paleontologist at Harvard, was one of the great tree makers of the midcentury, and his reached a broad audience of young scientists-in-training through his influential textbooks, most notably Vertebrate Paleontology.

2019, David Quammen, The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, page 186:

(biology, genetics, genealogy) One who makes or constructs a tree, i.e., a branching diagram or a family tree.


urogenital fold

urogenital fold (plural urogenital folds)

(anatomy, reproductive system) One half of a paired embryonic structure in placental mammals that develops into the labium minus/labium vulvae in females and the ventral penile skin in males.


urogenital duct

urogenital duct (plural urogenital ducts)

(anatomy) Structure in the body pertaining to urinary and/or reproductive functions that exits the penis, vulva, cloaca, or urogenital papillae.


FemLar

feminization laryngoplasty
w:feminization laryngoplasty

(surgery) Abbreviation of feminization laryngoplasty.


semi-eidetic

Subject Q: Little, if any, inner speech. He is, according to his own statement, predominantly visual. Says he gets things by memorizing how they look in the book. Said he had difficulty getting the reading given to him because he could not read it over once or twice more." After that I would remember just how it looks." Is apparently semi-eidetic.

1927, Clarence Whitford Young, A Study of the Function of Inner Speech in Reading and Thought, page 77:

A friend with a semi-eidetic memory remembers seeing an article in Neural Computation about the role of noise in neural function but doesn't remember the title or authors. The journal doesn't seem to be listed in Current Contents and I can't find anything about it on CARL.

1994 May 11, John Edstrom, “looking for a reference”, in comp.ai.neural-nets (Usenet):

He continued to be tolerated because Karu and Laudsepp managed to get some use out of him, but Ullo felt instinctively that as soon as they managed to find some semi-eidetic fool like himself with a prodigious memory, he would be out on his ear.

2003, Jaan Kross, Treading Air, page 122:

Image of white flame traced against rose-red field (the "overblown scarlet flowers" of this "chamber"'s wallpaper [P221-22; Gottfried 2002, 70]) then fades into its semi-eidetic reversed-color after-image: the flame continues burning-it is still ardens, "ardent," but now rose-colored.

2004, John Gordon, Joyce and Reality, The Empirical Strikes Back, page 28:

A.S. Byatt, one of the subjects of our volume, primarily a writer of fiction, and a former full-time academic and literature specialist, admits to a semi-eidetic mind and incorporates in her novels discussion of scientific research on the mind and eidetic phenomena and the relations between visual and conceptual memory and analytical thought;

2005, Anthony John Harper, Ingrid Höpel, Susan Sirc (editors), Emblematic Tendencies in the Art and Literature of the Twentieth Century, page xxv:

However, after his analysis of "The Reality of Daily Life" in "On Multiple Realities," when Schutz (1962b, 230) discusses the features of a "cognitive style" that a set of experiences shares insofar as they pertain to a finite province of meaning, his account appears to be semi-eidetic.

2017, Michael Barber, Religion and Humor as Emancipating Provinces of Meaning, page 7:

"Semi-eidetic memory? How is that possible? Either you have an eidetic memory or you don't. You smell bread and it provokes a memory of bread baking. Are you calling that 'semi-eidetic memory'?"

2018, Daron Malmborg, The Plan for Darkness, page 203:

(neuroscience, rare) Partly or partially eidetic.


honeycomb lung

honeycomb lung (countable and uncountable, plural honeycomb lungs)

(medicine, radiology) Synonym of honeycombing (“an appearance of the presence of small cystic spaces with irregularly thickened walls composed of fibrous tissue”)


pulmonary fibrosis

pulmonary fibrosis (countable and uncountable, plural pulmonary fibroses)

(medicine, pathology, pulmonology) A condition in which the lungs become scarred over time.


contact shot

(firearms, pathology) A gunshot wound incurred while the muzzle of the firearm is in direct contact with the body at the moment of discharge.


hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

(cardiology) A condition where muscle tissue of the heart becomes enlarged.


hypersplenia

By surface analysis, hyper- + splen- + -ia.

surf

(medicine, uncommon) Synonym of hypersplenism.


hypersplenomegalic

en-adj

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

more hypersplenomegalic (comparative)
most hypersplenomegalic (superlative)

By surface analysis, hyper- + splenomegalic, or, by surface analysis, hypersplenomegal(y) + -ic.

surf

(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or (especially) having hypersplenomegaly (severe enlargement of the spleen).


nonirradiating

In this situation, a nonirradiating imaging mode, such as MRI or ultrasonography, is preferred over CT.

(sciences, medicine, of an imaging mode) That does not irradiate: that does not apply any irradiation.


tunica media

Borrowed from Latin tunica (“tunic”) + media (“middle”)

(anatomy) The middle layer of a blood vessel, located between the tunica intima and tunica externa.


medical journal

en-noun

medical journal (plural medical journals)

(medicine) A peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians and other health professionals.


micturition syncope

(medicine, urology) The phenomenon of fainting shortly after or during urination.


vaginal opening

vaginal opening (plural vaginal openings)


postchiasmic

en-adj

postchiasmic (comparative more postchiasmic, superlative most postchiasmic)

more postchiasmic (comparative)
most postchiasmic (superlative)


prechiasmic

prechiasmic (comparative more prechiasmic, superlative most prechiasmic)

more prechiasmic (comparative)
most prechiasmic (superlative)


VATS

video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
w:video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

(surgery) Initialism of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.


lysable

the lysable cells

(sciences, medicine, uncommon) That can be lysed (lyzed).


lyzable

(sciences, medicine, rare) Alternative spelling of lysable.


gastroduodenal artery

(anatomy) A small abdominal artery that supplies blood to the pylorus.


leaky brain syndrome

en-noun

leaky brain syndrome (usually uncountable, plural leaky brain syndromes)

(medicine, pathology) A condition where the blood-brain barrier becomes more permeable than normal, allowing harmful substances to enter the brain.


split brain

(medicine, pathology) A type of disconnection syndrome when the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres of the brain is severed to some degree.


SAMA

Coordinate term: LAMA

(pharmacology) Initialism of short-acting muscarinic antagonist.


Lortab

en-proper noun

Lortab (countable and uncountable, plural Lortabs)

After my second day at the Cold Drink, I knew why Misty worked so hard: she was high every night. Lortab, Oxycontin, coke, Ecstasy, meth.

2017, Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing, Bloomsbury Circus, page 32:

(pharmacology) A brand name for an analgesic combination drug containing hydrocodone and paracetamol, often used for recreational purposes.


medical glove

(medicine) A disposable glove used during medical examinations and procedures to help prevent cross-contamination between caregivers and patients.


TEVAR

(surgery) Initialism of thoracic endovascular aortic repair.


post-SSRI sexual dysfunction

en-noun

post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (uncountable)

I've since discovered this side-effect isn't uncommon and has a name: PSSD (post-SSRI sexual dysfunction). I know men who also suffer with PSSD and struggle with the same genital numbness and anorgasmia, coupled with erectile dysfunction.

2018 June 8, anonymous author, “My life in sex: ‘After taking antidepressants, my genitals felt numb’”, in The Guardian:

(medicine, pathology) A permanent condition of physical and psychological sexual anhedonia, among other symptoms, that occurs in around 1 in 200 people who have consumed SRI drugs (SSRIs, SNRIs, etcetera), more often afflicting introverts and autism-spectrum individuals, and which is caused by the permanent desensitization of some serotonin receptors.


post-SSRI syndrome

post-SSRI sexual dysfunction
post-SSRI sexual dysfunction

(medicine, pathology) An alternate term for post-SSRI sexual dysfunction, which emphasizes the inclusion of the broader, non-sexual symptoms, including amorous anhedonia and other psychological anhedonia, among other symptoms.


AREDYLD

(medicine) Abbreviation of acral renal ectodermal dysplasia lipoatrophic diabetes.


ROHHAD

(pathology) Abbreviation of rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysregulation, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation.


talk and die syndrome

(pathology) The situation where a patient experiences a lucid interval of normal speech before relapsing and dying.


snapping scapula syndrome

(pathology) The presence of a grating, grinding or popping sensation of the scapula onto the back side of the ribs or thoracic area of the spine.


snapping hip syndrome

(pathology) A condition characterized by a snapping sensation when the hip is flexed and extended.


Janz syndrome

(pathology) Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.


MAGIC syndrome

w:mouth and genital ulcers with inflamed cartilage syndrome

(pathology) Abbreviation of mouth and genital ulcers with inflamed cartilage syndrome.


steroid dementia

(pathology) Signs and symptoms of hippocampal and prefrontal cortical dysfunction, such as memory and attention deficits, induced by glucocorticoids.


sticky skin syndrome

(pathology) A condition where the skin becomes sticky and objects may adhere to it, sometimes caused by certain pharmaceutical drugs.


stiff skin syndrome

(pathology) A cutaneous condition characterized by thickening of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, limited joint mobility, and mild hypertrichosis in infancy or early childhood.


indoluria

(medicine) The presence of indole in the urine.


Good's syndrome

(pathology) Thymoma with immunodeficiency.


twiddler's syndrome

(pathology) Symptoms resulting from the malfunction of a pacemaker that has been manipulated so as to dislodge the leads.


memory distrust syndrome

(pathology) The condition of doubting the accuracy of one's own memories, believed to be related to amnesia.


vanishing bile duct syndrome

vanishing bile duct syndrome (uncountable)

(pathology) A loose collection of diseases leading to hepatic bile duct injury and eventual ductopenia.


RAPADILINO

Formed from shortened versions of many of the words describing its symptoms. See Wikipedia article.

(pathology) An autosomal recessive disorder characterized by various deformations, often including underdeveloped or absent bones in the forearms, thumbs and kneecaps, and by diarrhea.


ambulatory care

ambulatory care (usually uncountable, plural ambulatory cares)

(healthcare, medicine) A form of medical care provided on an outpatient basis.


PRSD

(medicine, pathology) Initialism of post-retinoid sexual dysfunction.


post-retinoid sexual dysfunction

post-retinoid sexual dysfunction (uncountable)

(medicine, pathology) A condition of permanent sexual dysfunction, of unknown etiology, which is caused by the consumption of isotretinoin or other retinoids.


CHDFIDD

(pathology) Initialism of congenital heart defects, dysmorphic facial features and intellectual developmental disorder.


FSS

functional somatic syndrome
w:functional somatic syndrome

(pathology) Initialism of functional somatic syndrome.


lap chole

She underwent a lap chole in 2021 to treat recurrent biliary colic.

(medicine, informal) Clipping of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.


lap appy

She underwent a lap appy in 2021 to treat acute appendicitis.

(medicine, informal) Clipping of laparoscopic appendectomy.


lap appe

(medicine, informal) Alternative spelling of lap appy.


fecal occult blood

fecal occult blood (countable and uncountable, plural fecal occult bloods)

(gastroenterology, hematology) The presence of blood in the feces that is not visibly apparent.


Kanner's syndrome

Named after American psychiatrist Leo Kanner (1894–1981).

named-after

Meronyms: autism, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability

(dated, uncountable, neurology) A developmental disorder of the autism spectrum with relatively marked symptoms.


Trilene

From trichloroethylene, trade name by Imperial Chemical Industries, 1930s

We gave the mother some Trilene right before she went into labour.

(tradename, medicine) a common Tradename of trichloroethylene in anaesthesia, often dyed blue


non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder

en-noun

non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder (uncountable)

(pathology) A chronic circadian rhythm sleep disorder involving daily delays in sleep onset and wake times in an individual living in a society.


non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder
non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder#English

(pathology) Abbreviation of non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder.


ill-thrift

(veterinary medicine) An animal's failure to thrive.


Patau syndrome

(pathology) A syndrome caused by a chromosomal abnormality in which some or all of the cells of the body contain extra genetic material from chromosome 13, leading to multiple and complex organ defects.


starvation marrow

gelatinous bone marrow transformation
GMT#English

(medicine) Synonym of gelatinous bone marrow transformation


muta-

From mutation, itself from Latin mūtātiō, by analogy with other Graeco-Latin prefixes.

(genetics, linguistics) Relating to mutation.


DW-MRI

(medicine) Synonym of DWI (“diffusion-weighted imaging”)


levator prostatae

levator prostatae (plural levatores prostatae)

Borrowed from New Latin levātor prostatae (“lifter of the prostate”).

bor

(anatomy) A portion of the pubococcygeus muscle that helps to support the prostate gland.


basal lamina

en-noun

basal lamina (usually uncountable, plural basal laminae or basal laminas)

basal laminae (plural)
basal laminas (plural)

extracellular matrix
extracellular matrix

(biology, anatomy, medicine) The thin layer of extracellular matrix upon which epithelial cells reside.


letter blindness

(medicine, neurology) A reading disorder in which someone cannot recognize individual letters.


echogenous

en-adj

echogenous (comparative more echogenous, superlative most echogenous)

more echogenous (comparative)
most echogenous (superlative)

These advantages are more prominent in the obese patient in whom uniformly echogenous ovaries were often described with little added value to the diagnosis of PCOS.

2007, Gautam Allahbadia, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, page 59:

The echostructure is mixed, cystic with more or less echogenous zones that are connective, fatty, or calcic structures.

2012, Gabriel Kalifa, Pediatric Ultrasonography, page 304:

The frontal scan on the left side of the image shows the EMJ as a low echogenous seam surrounding the middle and lower part of the endometrium.

2017, Ibrahim Alkatout, Liselotte Mettler, Hysterectomy: A Comprehensive Surgical Approach, page 92:

(medicine) Able to reflect ultrasound waves; visible under ultrasonography.


personalized medicine

precision medicine
precision medicine#English

(medicine) Synonym of precision medicine.

en:as distinguished from precision medicine

(medicine) An approach to medicine tailored for individual patients but technically distinguished from precision medicine.


aporrhea

en-noun

aporrhea (countable and uncountable, plural aporrheas)

(medicine) The absence of a discharge or secretion.


IPAP

(medicine) Initialism of inhalation positive airway pressure.


EPAP

(medicine) Initialism of exhalation positive airway pressure.


bag and tag

en-verb

bag and tag (third-person singular simple present bags and tags, present participle bagging and tagging, simple past and past participle bagged and tagged)

bags and tags (present singular third-person)
bagging and tagging (participle present)
bagged and tagged (participle past)
bagged and tagged (past)

(military and medicine, slang, transitive) To place (a corpse) in a body bag and attach an identification tag to the bag.


doc-in-a-box

"What about a doc in a box, strip-mall medicine, cash out of pocket for primary care stuff?" Marla asked, with a glint of hope in her tear-filled eyes.

"But we're finding a doc-in-a-box. Jesus, you're bleeding all over. Let me get a towel."

2020, Deb Caletti, A Heart in a Body in the World, page 58:

(medicine, slang) A small medical clinic.


hypersideremia

By surface analysis, hyper- + sider(o)- + -emia.

surf

(physiology, medicine) The presence of excess iron in the blood serum.


medial palpebral artery

en-noun

medial palpebral artery (plural medial palpebral arteries)

(anatomy) An artery branching off of the ophthalmic artery that delivers blood to the eyelids.


CPEO

w:chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia

(pathology) Initialism of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia.


osteonecrosis of the jaw

(rheumatology, pathology) A severe bone disease where a portion of the jawbone undergoes necrosis, causing exposed bone tissue to become visible through the gums, often due to a lack of blood supply to the area.


CD4+ (countable and uncountable, plural CD4+s)


immune cell

(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell that assists the body in fighting off infections and diseases.


SCIWORA

(medicine) Acronym of spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality.


ALTE

apparent life-threatening event
apparent life-threatening event#English

(medicine) Acronym of apparent life-threatening event.


supratympanal

en-adj

supratympanal (comparative more supratympanal, superlative most supratympanal)

more supratympanal (comparative)
most supratympanal (superlative)

Upper parts brownish olive; a triangular dark spot on the crown of the head; a brown spot below the eye, and a brown band along and below the supratympanal fold.

1864, ALBERT C.L.G. GÜNTHER, THE REPTILES OF BRITISH INDIA., London: R.Y. SOCIETY, page 415:

In grasshoppers the auditory nerve, after entering the tibia, divides into two branches, one forming the supratympanal ganglion, the other descending into the tympanum and forming a ganglion known as Siebold’s organ.

1899, Jame Weir, Jr., The Dawn of Reason of Mental Traits in the Lower Animals, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 21:

The outer chamber contains the supratympanal organ together with leucocytes and adipose cells.

1977, O. W. Richards, R. G. Davies, Imms' General Textbook of Entomology, Tenth edition, Volume I: Structure, Physiology and Development, London: Chapman and Hall, page 133:

(anatomy, zootomy) Describes something situated over or above the tympanum, or tympanic cavity, of the ear.


diabetic stiff hand syndrome

en-noun

diabetic stiff hand syndrome (uncountable)

(pathology) A form of cheiroarthropathy associated with diabetes mellitus.


enterographic

en-adj

enterographic (comparative more enterographic, superlative most enterographic)

more enterographic (comparative)
most enterographic (superlative)

As a result CT and MR imaging—particularly when coupled with the enteroclysis or enterographic techniques – have become the preferred choice for diagnostic imaging of the small intestine.

2014, Arumugam Rajesh, Rakesh Sinha, Crohn's Disease: Current Concepts, page 75:

However, since that analysis, a prospective, randomized study showed a similar diagnostic sensitivity for MRE versus MR enteroclysis (88% versus 88%), and recommended enterographic examinations for follow-up of established CD [3].

2015, Richard Kozarek, Jonathan A. Leighton, Endoscopy in Small Bowel Disorders, page 67:

However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).

2024, Jennifer Davidson, Beth Shepherd, Sunderarajan Jayaraman, Practice Long Cases for the Part B Final FRCR Examination:


epistrophic

epistrophic (comparative more epistrophic, superlative most epistrophic)

more epistrophic (comparative)
most epistrophic (superlative)

The union of the atlas and epistropheus is described in this section because (1) there is often a direct communication between the synovial cavity of the transverse epistropic and the occipito-atlantal joints; (2) the rotatory movements of the head take place around the dens (odontoid process); and (3) important ligaments from the dens pass over the atlas to the occiput.

1914, Human Anatomy: A Complete Systematic Treatise, page 215:

(anatomy) Pertaining to the epistropheus.


sigmalike

This is at least defensible, for the twisting of the chela is in itself a structural feature that is sigmalike; that is, the twisted chela is intermediate, in respect to the shape of the spicular axis, between the sigma and the normal chela, although in other respects it is a perfectly differentiated chela.

1921, W.C. George and and H.V. Wilson, “Sponges of Beaufort (N.C.) Harbor and Vicinity”, in Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, volume 36, page 150:

They predicted that there should be other sigmalike factors that would select other classes of promoters in response to the cell's needs.

1976, E.W. Caspari (editor), Advances in Genetics, Volume 18, page 36:

agents which stimulate transcription suggest that sigmalike factors also exist for the eukaryotic polymerases.

2013, Harry Harris (editor), Advances in Human Genetics, page 291:

(cytology, molecular biology) Characteristic of a structure composed of sigma bonds.


physical exam

physical examination
physical examination#English

(medicine) Clipping of physical examination.


clinical exam

physical examination
physical examination


pseudosite

(genetics) An incorrect binding site that resembles the desired one.


primordial cell

en-noun

primordial cell (plural primordial cells)

(biology, cytology) In a vertebrate, a germline stem cell that develops into a gamete, such as a spermatozoon or an oocyte.


F2 hybrid

(genetics) A cross between two F1 hybrids.


clofibric

The last compound, gemfibrozil is the sole antilipidemic compound found (up to 3 ng/L) in a USA survey of 18 DWTPs whereas atorvastatin, simvastatin and their metabolites, the other studied compounds, were absent (Benotti et al., 2009). In our study, the two statins identified at the intake of the DWTP were eliminated by dioxychlorination (>99%) whereas bezafibrate, clofibric acid and gemfibrozil were only moderately removed with percentages of 37%, 68% and 11%, respectively although it has been reported that gemfibrozil and clofibric acid are readily oxidized with chlorine dioxide in spiked drinking water whereas bezafibrate remains unchanged (Huber et al., 2005a).

2011 June 7, Ma Rosa Boleda, Ma Teresa Galceran, Francesc Ventura, “Behavior of pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse in a drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) using combined conventional and ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis (UF/RO) treatments”, in Environmental Pollution, volume 159, number 6, →DOI, pages 1584-1591:

(pharmacology) Pertaining to clofibrate or clofibric acid.


misokinesia

2024. Michelle Roberts, BBC Digital health editor, in BBC News article "Jiggling thighs and hair twiddling among triggers for those who hate fidgeting" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ewl757d2ko
"Sound familiar? If so, perhaps you too have a condition called misokinesia - a diagnosable hatred of fidgeting."

(medicine) An extreme psychological aversion to observing small repetitive movements, such as another person's fidgeting.


hyphemia

hyphemia (countable and uncountable, plural hyphemias)

(medicine) A hemorrhage of the anterior chamber of the eye.


apatinib

vascular endothelial growth factor
vascular endothelial growth factor

(pharmacology) A tyrosine kinase inhibitor that selectively inhibits the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2.


givosiran

(pharmacology) A medication used for the treatment of adults with acute hepatic porphyria.


luspatercept

(pharmacology) A medication used for the treatment of anemia in beta thalassemia and myelodysplastic syndromes.


netupitant

(pharmacology) A particular antiemetic drug.


zanubrutinib

(pharmacology) An anticancer medication used for the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma.


polatuzumab vedotin

diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

(pharmacology) A CD79b-directed antibody-drug conjugate medication used for the treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.


racotumomab

(pharmacology) A therapeutic cancer vaccine for the treatment of solid tumours.


reservoir control

reservoir control (plural reservoir controls)

Coordinate term: target control

(epidemiology, public health) The management of the locations where pathogens reside and spread to infect other hosts.


target control

Coordinate term: reservoir control

(epidemiology, public health) A management or technique which is aimed at controlling an infection within a target population.


elexacaftor

(pharmacology) A medication that acts as cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator corrector.


lirentelimab

(pharmacology) A humanized nonfucosylated monoclonal antibody that targets sialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin 8.


bebtelovimab

(pharmacology) A treatment for COVID-19.


GFJ

(medicine) Initialism of grapefruit juice. (known to interact with various drugs)


fibrohemorrhagic

en-adj

fibrohemorrhagic (comparative more fibrohemorrhagic, superlative most fibrohemorrhagic)

more fibrohemorrhagic (comparative)
most fibrohemorrhagic (superlative)

Intraperitoneal injections of a strong solution produce fibrohemorrhagic peritonitis of varying intensity, according to the strength of the solution; while intraperitoneal injections of small quantities of a diluted solution of formalin induce a chronic peritonitis with great connective tissue proliferation, and a striking eosinophilia.

1901 December, E. Q. THORNTON M.D., “PRACTICAL THERAPEUTIC REFERENDUM”, in PROGRESSIVE MEDICINE. A QUARTERLY DIGEST OF ADVANCES DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SCIENCES., volume IV, page 363:

If a large fibrohemorrhagic complex had to be removed via a large retinectomy, a silicon oil tamponade is preferable.

2014 October 1, J. Sebag, editor, Vitreous: in Health and Disease, Springer, page 555:

A finrinous or fibrohemorrhagic can develop the second or third day following a transmural infarct and usually will resolve.

2020, Larry F. Chu, Andrea J. Traynor, Viji Kurup, Manual of Clinical Anesthesiology, 2 edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 1349:

(pathology, physiology) Describes a condition or process involving both fibrous tissue formation and bleeding.


Graves' ophthalmopathy

(medicine, ophthalmology) An autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the orbit and periorbital tissues.


pneumonorrhagia

The sputa, during pneumonorrhagia and peripneumony, is often yellow also, not from bile, but from the guttulæ of blood; […]

1822, The Quarterly Journal of Foreign and British Medicine and Surgery, volume 4, page 341:

(medicine) Alternative form of pneumorrhagia


third spacing

(biology, medicine) The abnormal accumulation of fluid (watery liquid) into an extracellular and extravascular space or potential space (i.e., outside vessels and outside cells).


honeycomb ringworm

en-noun

honeycomb ringworm (usually uncountable, plural honeycomb ringworms)

(medicine) Synonym of favus (“a severe, chronic infection of ringworm”)


honeycomb scall

honeycomb scall (usually uncountable, plural honeycomb scalls)


refistulization

(medicine) The formation again of a fistula.


grief counselor

grief counselor (plural grief counselors)

(psychology, psychiatry) A trained professional who assists a person in coping with the normal feelings of sorrow that arise after a loss or a tragedy.


uterus bicornis

(embryology, anatomy) Synonym of bicornuate uterus


craze line

(dentistry) A small, vertical crack in the outer enamel of a tooth.


narrow-spectrum

(microbiology, pharmacology) Of an antibiotic, that is only able to kill or inhibit limited species of bacteria.


evolutionary genetics

(genetics) The study of evolutionary processes in an ecological context in order to account for phenotypic patterns observed in nature.


quantitative genetics

(genetics) The study of the genetic basis of continuously varying phenotypic traits in a population.


communication disorder

communication disorder (countable and uncountable, plural communication disorders)

(neurology, psychiatry) Any disorder that affects an individual's ability to comprehend, detect, or apply language and speech to engage in dialogue effectively with others.


neurodevelopmental disorder

neurodevelopmental disorder (countable and uncountable, plural neurodevelopmental disorders)

This supports the broad hypothesis that many of the neurodevelopmental disorders are, to a certain extent, aetiologically linked.

2015 August 5, Michael O’Donovan, “Novel genetic advances in schizophrenia: an interview with Michael O’Donovan”, in BMC Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:

(neurology, psychiatry) A group of mental conditions affecting the development of the nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord.


psychotic disorder

psychotic disorder (countable and uncountable, plural psychotic disorders)

(psychology, psychiatry) A severe mental disorder that causes abnormal thinking and perceptions.


periodontal ligament

periodontal ligament (plural periodontal ligaments)

(dentistry, anatomy) A specialized soft connective tissue that attaches the tooth to the alveolar bone socket.


persufflation

From Latin persufflāre (“to blow through or upon”).

der

In venous oxygen persufflation, cold, humidified, oxygen-rich gas is supplied at hypothermic termeratures and low controled pressure via the venious system (e.g. in the kidney via the renal vein).

2006, John G. Baust, John M. Baust, Advances in Biopreservation, illustrated edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 226:

In a porcine model, gaseous oxygen persufflation prevented primary non-function of livers after extended cold-storage times and improved one week survival of the recipient from 0% to 83%.

2019, Luc J.W. Van der Laan, Bart Spee, Monique M. A. Verstegen, editors, Bioengineering Liver Transplantation, illustrated edition, MDPI, →ISBN, page 34:

Although there are some conflicting data, the majority of evidence suggests that persufflation, by enhancing oxygenation, can improve preservation and even rescue organs, including organs with prior warm ischema.

2021, Giuseppe Orlando, Shaf Keshavjee, editors, Organ Repair and Regeneration: Preserving Organs in the Regenerative Medicine Era, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 162:

(medicine) The technique of gently streaming oxygenated air through the blood vessels of a chilled organ for the purpose of organ preservation.


raise the line

en-verb

raise the line (third-person singular simple present raises the line, present participle raising the line, simple past and past participle raised the line)

raises the line (present singular third-person)
raising the line (participle present)
raised the line (participle past)
raised the line (past)

(healthcare, epidemiology, idiomatic) To take measures to increase healthcare capacity.


decement

decement (third-person singular simple present decements, present participle decementing, simple past and past participle decemented)

decements (present singular third-person)
decementing (participle present)
decemented (participle past)
decemented (past)

(dentistry) to remove adhesive cement from restorations or orthodontics.


decementation

(dentistry) The loss or removal of adhesive cement.


subglenoid

en-adj

subglenoid (comparative more subglenoid, superlative most subglenoid)

more subglenoid (comparative)
most subglenoid (superlative)

The patient was a cellarman, aged 58, who had eight weeks fallen on his elbow and received a subglenoid dislocation of the humerus, which, however, was not detected at the time.

1878 November, Thos F. Rumbold M.D., editor, THE SAINT LOUIS Medical and Surgical Journal, volume XXXV FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER 1878, page 303:

As in types of forward dislocation the differentiation between subglenoid and subcoracoid luxations may be merely a matter of slight difference in position of the head.

1928, Kellogg Speed, A Text-book of Fractures and Dislocations: Covering Their Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment, 2 edition, Lea & Febiger, page 392:

This is distinct from anteroinferior / subglenoid glenohumeral dislocations for which alternative techniques should be used.

2025 January 15, Wikipedia contributors, “Cunningham shoulder reduction”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:

(anatomy) Located immediately below the glenoid fossa.


disquieted dependent

dependent personality disorder
dependent personality disorder

avoidant personality disorder
avoidant personality disorder

(historical, psychiatry) One of the four subtypes of dependent personality disorder, including features of avoidant personality disorder.


selfless dependent

self-defeating personality disorder
self-defeating personality disorder

(historical, psychiatry) One of the four subtypes of dependent personality disorder, including features of self-defeating personality disorder.


immature dependent

(historical, psychiatry) One of the four subtypes of dependent personality disorder, "pure" pattern which doesnt share features from other personality disorders.


accommodating dependent

histrionic personality disorder
histrionic personality disorder

(historical, psychiatry) One of the four subtypes of dependent personality disorder, including features of histrionic personality disorder.


ineffectual dependent

schizoid personality disorder
schizoid personality disorder

(historical, psychiatry) One of the four subtypes of dependent personality disorder, including features of schizoid personality disorder.


schizoid psychopathy

(historical, psychiatry) someone with schizoid personality disorder


peritendonous

I shall divide synovial cysts into two categories—a, into periarticular; b, peritendinous cysts.

1858, RICHARD BARWELL ESQ., “ON SYNOVIAL TUMOURS IN THE NEIGH BOURHOOD OF JOINTS”, in THE LONDON LANCET; A JOURNAL OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDICAL, SURGICAL, AND CHEMICAL SCIENCE, CRITICISM, LITERATURE, AND NEWS. (Medicine and Sport Science Series), volume 2, page 427:

The chances for any sort of inflamation produced by frictional interaction between the tendon and the peritendonous tissue are small.

1988, B. van Gheluwe, J. Atha, editors, Current Research in Sports Biomechanics: Selected Topics (Medicine and Sport Science Series; Volume 25), illustrated edition, Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, page 77:

Fluid accumulation and/or swelling are almost always found in the peritendonous / periligamentous tissues in curb, often with no additional underlying injuries.

2025 January 15, Wikipedia contributors, “Curb (horse)”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:


voluntary movement

en-noun

voluntary movement (plural voluntary movements)

(medicine, neurology) A willed physical action that is the result of a cognitive process.


involuntary movement

involuntary movement (plural involuntary movements)

(medicine, neurology) An abnormal, unintended or uncontrollable movement of the body.


ball joint

ball-and-socket joint
ball-and-socket joint


ischemicity

(pathology) The quality of being ischemic.


narcissistic supply

narcissistic supply (countable and uncountable, plural narcissistic supplies)

narcissistic personality disorder
narcissistic personality disorder

(psychology, psychiatry) The constant need for attention, admiration, and validation that is pathologically or excessively demanded from one suffering from narcissistic personality disorder.


biomolecular condensate

biomolecular condensate (plural biomolecular condensates)

Do you remember learning about cell diagrams in high school biology? The cell wall, the organelles, the nucleus. The real picture is turning out to be much more complicated, and interesting, than we were taught. Cells are filled with teensy, phase-shifting blobs that often contain protein and RNA, and in the past several years they’ve taken over cellular biology. In our cover story on page 22, science writer Philip Ball dives into the world of these specks, known as biomolecular condensates, which play astounding roles in cellular functioning across all domains of life.

2025 February 1, Jeanna Bryner, “In this issue: From the editor: Blobs and Green Monsters”, in Scientific American, page 4:

(biology, medicine) Any of a class of membraneless organelles and organelle subdomains that carry out specialized functions within a cell; many contain proteins and RNAs.


choriocarcinomatosis

choriocarcinomatosis (countable and uncountable, plural choriocarcinomatoses)

(pathology) The condition of having choriocarcinomas.


Authorities said the discovery of H5N9 bird flu in poultry came alongside the detection of the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced county, California, and that almost 119,000 birds on the farm had been killed since early December.

2025 January 27, Edward Helmore, “First outbreak of rare bird flu strain reported at California poultry farm”, in The Guardian:


nullectomy

I don’t know how much more of this our culture can take. “Gender-affirming” surgeries are growing increasingly extreme. A source sent me links to websites operated by doctors who perform “bottom surgeries” advertising “genital nullification” — a.k.a. “nullectomy” — procedures that remove genitalia in order to create a “smooth” appearance in the groin.

2022 November 2, Wesley J. Smith, “‘Nullectomy’: Physician-Assisted Mutilation”, in National Review:

I’d rather be born the way I am now, but flat and nippleless chest, and having a nullectomy. Maybe a slightly different face shape too

2024 September 16, u/AroAceMagic, Reddit, r/NonBinaryTalk:

If you are interested a person who got their body exactly like you described created a sub for this kind of surgery, it's called "nullectomy"

2024 October 30, u/MystiqueAnza, Reddit, r/asexuality:

(surgery) Plastic surgery to remove external genitalia in order to create a smooth groin appearance; a person who has undergone this surgery is a nullo.


nonaneuploidy

(genetics) The condition of being nonaneuploid.