glossology

en-noun

glossology (countable and uncountable, plural glossologies)

/ɡlɔˈsɑləd͡ʒi/

From Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue; language”) + -ology.

der

To those who doubt the value of a well-defined system of Glossology I would say—let them account for the different appearances of the tongue in scarlet-fever and measles: why in the former it is red, and in the latter limaceous, or white; […]

1843 November 4, Benjamin Ridge, “Preface”, in Glossology: Or The Additional Means of Diagnosis of Disease to be Derived From Indications and Appearances of the Tongue. Read before the Senior Physical Society of Guy’s Hospital, 4th November, 1843, London: John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, published 1844, →OCLC, pages 8–9:

He [Benjamin Ridge] professes to have reduced the examination of the tongue for purposes of diagnosis to a system. […] [H]e describes the dyspeptic, febrile, inflammatory, cerebral, rheumatic, pulmonary and cardiac tongue, &c., and he argues that the nature and seat of diseases may be detected and discriminated by cultivating this new science of glossology, even when neither the other physical or rational signs are suffcient for a true diagnosis.

1844 April 24, “New Medical Works”, in Jerome V[an] C[roninsfield] Smith, editor, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume XXX, number 12, Boston, Mass.: D. Clapp, Jr. proprietor and publisher, corner of Washington and Franklin Streets, →OCLC, page 248:

Had we, from our public hospitals, numerous photographs of tongues exhibiting a connexion between their unclean phases and the diseases of their possessors, we should have considered Glossology as a valuable element of diagnosis; […]

1863, Norman Macleod, editor, Good Words and Sunday Magazine, volume IV, London: A. Strahan and Co., →OCLC, page 11, column 2:

With the medical renaissance of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, observations on the state of the tongue and the mouth became as important as the taking of the pulse. Indeed, by 1844, glossology had become so important a part of the medical art that a Dr. Benjamin Ridge proposed the fantastic theory that the viscera were represented by definite areas on the tongue and that an abnormality in a viscus was reflected in this predetermined area.

1952, Richard W. Vilter, “Sore Tongue and Sore Mouth”, in Cyril Mitchell MacBryde, editor, Signs and symptoms: Applied Pathologic Physiology and Clinical Interpretation, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: J. B. Lippincott Company, →OCLC, page 57:

Moreover, the Classic of Internal Medicine recorded that tongue diagnosis, or glossology, can be used to predict the prognosis of a disease.

1989, Zelin Chen, Mei-Fang Chen, The Essence and Scientific Background of Tongue Diagnosis [舌診研究], Long Beach, Calif.: Oriental Healing Arts Institute, →ISBN, page 4:

(medicine) The diagnosis of disease by examination of the tongue.


mesogastric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesogastrium.


subsacral

(anatomy) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the sacrum.


ainhum

(medicine) A painful constriction of the base of the fifth toe, frequently followed by autoamputation, occurring predominantly in black Africans and their descendants.


ankyloglossia

/ˌæŋkɪləˈɡlɒsi.ə/

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos) + γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). By surface analysis, ankylo- + -glossia.

compound

(medicine) A congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.


angiomyolipoma

en-noun

angiomyolipoma (plural angiomyolipomas or angiomyolipomata)

angiomyolipomas (plural)
angiomyolipomata (plural)

(medicine) A common benign tumour of the kidney.


antiphobic

It has been suggested that antidepressants are effective as antipanic and antiphobic agents only in depressed patients[…]

2006, Paul J. Perry, Psychotropic drug handbook, page 314:

(psychology, pharmacology) Counteracting a phobia.


antihypotensive

(pharmacology) Any drug etc. that combats hypotension.


antihypotensive

(pharmacology) That counters hypotension.


anginiform

en-adj

anginiform (comparative more anginiform, superlative most anginiform)

more anginiform (comparative)
most anginiform (superlative)


angioblastoma

en-noun

angioblastoma (plural angioblastomas or angioblastomata)

angioblastomas (plural)
angioblastomata (plural)

(medicine) A tufted angioma; an ill-defined dull red macule developing usually in infancy on the neck or upper trunk.


anthelix

anthelix (plural anthelices or anthelixes)

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of antihelix.


angioendotheliomatosis

(medicine) A cutaneous condition characterized histologically by a dense proliferation of small capillaries.

angioendoteliomatose

condition characterized by a dense proliferation of small capillaries


amniorrhexis

(medicine) A rupture of the amniotic sac during pregnancy.


denutrition

(physiology) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition, causing the breakdown of tissue.


exanthesis

From New Latin exanthesis, from Ancient Greek ἐξάνθεσις (exánthesis). See exanthema.

(medicine) An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence.


mesobronchium

(anatomy) The main bronchus of either lung.


haematoblast

(anatomy) One of the minute disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles.


monocrotism

From mono- + Ancient Greek κρότος (krótos, “a rattling, beating”) + -ism.

der

(physiology) A condition in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows only a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.


hox gene

(genetics) Any of the genes in the vertebrate homeobox.


ganglionary

ganglionary cells

ganglionary tumours of the neck


epineurium

en-noun

epineurium (plural epineuriums or epineuria)

From New Latin epineurium, from Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”).

(anatomy) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium; The outermost layer of dense irregular connective tissue surrounding a peripheral nerve.


cheiropterygium

From New Latin cheiropterygium, from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερύγιον (pterúgion, “wing, fin”).

All anatomists are agreed that the limbs of the higher Vertebrata are derived from those of Fishes, but the gulf between the two types of limbs is so great that there is room for a very great diversity of opinion as to the mode of evolution of the cheiropterygium.

1885, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Vertebrata, page 621:

The relation of the ichthyopterygium to the cheiropterygium is also at present obscure; the structure of the latter is fundamentally identical in all those animals in which it occurs.

1887, Alfred Cort Haddon, An Introduction to the Study of Embryology, page 204:

If the limbs of Ceratodus may be taken as a pattern of an ichthyopterygium there has been a secular shortening of some, and suppression of other, axial parts or internodes: thus we get the shortened radiating fan-shaped limb—the propert cheiropterygium; that, in turn, had to be transformed into the avian fore limb or wing .

1891, William Kitchen Parker, On the Morphology of the Reptilian Bird, Opisthocomus Cristatus, page 82:

The chiridial appendage (cheiropterygium) is primarily a walking leg (Fig. 50, a), designed to aid in pushing the body along the ground or, when extremely developed, to support the body above the surface and assume the entire function of locomotion.

1909, Harris Hawthorne Wilder, The History of the human body, page 183:

While all these differences may be simply primitive characters, separating members of two distinct classes, nevertheless they raise the question whether the tetrapod resembles in the pectoral fin of rhizodonts may not be fortuitous, and without phylogenetic significance; but in view of the differences in function of the Sauripterus paddle and a true cheiropterygium such underlying similarities as may exist can hardly be attributed to convergence, and when taken in connection with the resemblances in the skull above noted (pp. 332-337) they gain in importance.

1915, William King Gregory, Present Status of the Problem of the Origin of the Tetrapoda, page 362:

(anatomy) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.


bloodstroke

From blood + stroke. Compare French coup de sang.

All other measures relative to the bloodstroke have an equal reference to those cases where the patient.

1829, George Warren, A commentary, with practical observations on disorders of the head:

(medicine, obsolete) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.


superfrontal

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

(anatomy) Relating to the upper part of the frontal lobe of the brain.


central dogma

(genetics, singular only) The principle that genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to protein.


metapophysis

(anatomy) A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebrae; a mammillary process.


rheumic

en-adj

rheumic (comparative more rheumic, superlative most rheumic)

more rheumic (comparative)
most rheumic (superlative)

(medicine, archaic) rheumy; rheumatic (pertaining to, or characterized by, rheum).


pleurodynia

(medicine) A painful condition of the side of the body, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism.


polythelism

(anatomy) polythelia (the condition of having more than two nipples)


metacone

(anatomy) A cusp in the corner of an upper molar tooth in mammals


paracone

(anatomy) A cusp in the buccal corner of an upper molar tooth in mammals


paramedian

a left paramedian incision; a paramedian lumbar puncture

(surgery) to one side of the median position


chymify

en-verb

chymify (third-person singular simple present chymifies, present participle chymifying, simple past and past participle chymified)

chymifies (present singular third-person)
chymifying (participle present)
chymified (participle past)
chymified (past)

From chyme + -ify: compare French chymifier.

(physiology, archaic) To form into chyme.


blackwater fever

(pathology) A complication of malaria in which red blood cells burst in the bloodstream, consequently coloring the urine dark red or black.


molluscum contagiosum

From Latin inflected forms of molluscus (“soft”), + contagiosus (“contagious”) (from contagio (“contact”)).

The virus causing molluscum contagiosum is a member of the DNA pox family. It is particularly prevalent in underdeveloped countries, and afflicts over 20% of the population in some South Pacific regions. Children are its prime target, but adults can be affected as well.

2002, Mark B. Mengel, Warren Lee Holleman, Scott A. Fields, Fundamentals of Clinical Practice, page 774:

Molluscum contagiosum is a viral infection caused by the large poxvirus, and, as the name implies, it is spread by direct contact. In older adolescents and adults, it is most often passed by sexual contact.

2002, Richard B Birrer, Mary B. Cataletto, Pediatric Sports Medicine for Primary Care, page 156:

Molluscum contagiosum is a benign lesion usually seen on the skin and caused by a poxvirus.[…]An increased incidence of molluscum contagiosum has been observed in patients with HIV infection.[…]Molluscum contagiosum is extremely rare in the oral cavity.

2003, George Laskaris, Color Atlas of Oral Diseases, page 154:

It has been estimated that in the United States, office visits for molluscum contagiosum account for about 0.2% of total outpatient visits (22).

2010, Libby Edwards, Peter J. Lynch, Genital Dermatology Atlas, page 203:

(dermatology, pathology) A viral infection of the skin or (occasionally) mucous membranes, caused by Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), a DNA poxvirus.

傳染性軟疣 /传染性软疣

skin infection caused by Molluscum contagiosum virus


hypocapnia

From hypo- + capn- + -ia; more at capno- § Etymology.

The patient Ms. Gompert seemed both to be fighting for breath and to be breathing rapidly enough to induce hypocapnia […]

1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 69:

(medicine) A state of diminished carbon dioxide in the blood.

гіпакапнія

state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood


hypercarbia

(pathology) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood


heptavalent

(medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 7.


nephrolithic

en-adj

nephrolithic (comparative more nephrolithic, superlative most nephrolithic)

more nephrolithic (comparative)
most nephrolithic (superlative)

(medicine) Of or relating to gravel, or renal calculi.


caecostomy

(surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.


hepatosis

en-noun

hepatosis (countable and uncountable, plural hepatoses)

(pathology) any functional disorder of the liver


euthyroidism

(physiology) Normal functioning of the thyroid or the physiological state as a result thereof, usually determined by the level of TSH and other thyroid-related functions.


nuclear membrane

nuclear membrane (plural nuclear membranes)

(cytology) A double lipid bilayer that surrounds the nucleus in eukaryotic cells; it contains the genetic material (DNA).

kernemembran

double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells


enthetic

an enthetic disease like syphilis

(medicine) Caused by a morbific pathogen implanted in the system.


ramollescence

From French ramollir (“to make soft, to soften”), from re- (“re-”) + amollir (“to soften”), from a (Latin ad) + mollir (“to soften”), from Latin mollire, from mollis (“soft”).

der

(archaic, medicine) A softening or mollifying; softness


squamozygomatic

(anatomy) Relating to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; applied to a bone, or a centre of ossification, in some foetal skulls.


ecchymotic

en-adj

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

more ecchymotic (comparative)
most ecchymotic (superlative)

The twelfth day found the area on the left more ecchymotic and the temperature rising.

1921, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, volume 2, page 563:

1991, James T. Stevens, Darryl D. Sumner, Chapter 20: Herbicides, Wayland J. Hayes, Jr., Edward R. Laws, Jr. (editors), Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology, Volume 3: Classes of Pesticides, page 2013,
Nine hours later the hands were more ecchymotic, and more vesicles were present.

2016, Samuel M. Lam, Chapter 21: Lipocontouring, Anthony P Sclafani (volume editor), Robert T Sataloff (series editor), Sataloff's Comprehensive Textbook of Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery: Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, page 328,
I explain that the donor areas in particular can be more ecchymotic in my experience and that the patient should not be concerned.

(pathology) Pertaining to, characterised by or showing signs of ecchymosis.


orthodeoxia

(pathology) accentuation of arterial hypoxemia upon standing upright


cephalalgic

Latin cephalalgicus, from Ancient Greek.

the cephalalgic phase of simple migraine

1993, Frederick Andermann, Occipital Seizures and Epilepsies in Children:

(medicine) Relating to, or affected with, headache.


Goulard's extract

Named after French surgeon Thomas Goulard (1697–1784).

named-after

(medicine, dated) An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, formerly used as a lotion to treat inflammation.


ischiocapsular

the ischiocapsular ligament

(anatomy) Of or relating to the ischium and the capsule of the hip joint.


psychopathist

Of late years the opinion has been gaining ground among the best psychopathists, that, with few exceptions, the embarrassment of the intellect is secondary to, and consequent upon the disorder and perversion of the emotive faculties.

(medicine, dated) One who studies mental illness.


Hatschek's pit

Named for its discoverer, Berthold Hatschek (1854–1941).

If the preoral (Hatschek's) pit be regarded as a gland, it has been suggested by v. Wijhe that it is comparable to the neural gland of the Tunicata, and that the ciliated groove is comparable to the opening of that gland, the dorsal tubercle, the edges of which are frequently drawn out in a manner very similar to the course of the ciliated groove of Amphioxus.

1905, Adam Sedgwick, A Student's Text-book of Zoology, page 21:

[…] that most authorities now accept the possibility that Hatschek's pit might be the homologue - in some ancestral form, the precursor - of Rathke's pouch, and so of the adenohypophysis.

1974, R. L. Holmes, The Pituitary Gland: A Comparative Account, page 339:

It is known as Hatschek's pit and has been found to react positively to antibodies against substance P, met-enkephalin, cholecystokinin (CCK), mammalian luteinizing hormone (LH), and the enzyme aromatase (P450ₐᵣₒ), which converts certain androgens into estrogens (see Chapter 3).

2013, David O. Norris, Vertebrate Endocrinology, page 151:

(anatomy) A deep ciliated fossa on the dorsal midline of the buccal cavity in lancelets.


mesogaster

From New Latin mesogastrium, from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”).


SILS

(medicine, surgery) Initialism of single-incision laparoscopic surgery.


single-incision laparoscopic surgery

en-noun

single-incision laparoscopic surgery (countable and uncountable, plural single-incision laparoscopic surgeries)

single-incision laparoscopic surgeries (plural)

(medicine, surgery) A laparoscopy technique where only a single incision of between 1½ and 5 centimetres is made, mostly through the umbilicus.


pampiniform

From Latin pampinus (“a tendril”) + -form.


meatoscope

(medicine, archaic) A speculum for examining a natural passage, such as the urethra.


mesognathous

(anatomy) having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous


antistrumous

Scrofula[…]calls for preparations of iodine and other antistrumous remedies.

1861, Freeman J Bumstead, The Pathology and Treatment of Venereal Diseases:

(medicine) Acting against scrofulous disorders.


suppositor

(medicine) An apparatus for the introduction of suppositories into the rectum.


mucigenous

en-adj

mucigenous (comparative more mucigenous, superlative most mucigenous)

more mucigenous (comparative)
most mucigenous (superlative)

The mucigenous basis is manufactured at the expense of the ordinary protoplasm of the cell.

1876, Michael Foster, A Textbook of Physiology:

(physiology) Connected with the formation of mucin or mucus; resembling mucin.


subvaginal

the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve

(anatomy) Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane.


apepsy

The causes of an Anorexy , and Apepsy are the fame , that is , whatsoever hinders or diminishes the motions of the muscular coats of the stomach

1768, John Ball, The Modern Practice of Physic:

(medicine, archaic) defective digestion; indigestion


Reissner's membrane

en-noun

Reissner's membrane (plural Reissner's membranes)

Named after German anatomist Ernst Reissner (1824–1878).

(anatomy) The thin membrane that separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the inner ear.


hiera picra

From New Latin hiera picra, from Ancient Greek ἱερᾱ́ πίκρᾱ (hierā́ píkrā, literally “sacred bitterness”).

der

His hiera picra formula called for aloes, spices and herbs; the compound was made into an electuary.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 77:

(pharmacology, now historical) A warming cathartic medicine made from aloes and canella.


dementia praecox

en-noun

dementia praecox (usually uncountable, plural dementiae praecoces)

A Latin phrase coined by Arnold Pick in 1891, first used in German and later adopted into English. From the Latin dēmentia (“madness; insanity”) + praecox (“premature; untimely”, whence English precocious), together meaning “untimely madness” or “premature dementia”. Here, dēmentia carries the connotation of senile dementia.

af

whence English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">precocious</i>


polysurgery

en-noun

polysurgery (usually uncountable, plural polysurgeries)

(medicine) Multiple surgical operations, especially when part of a morbid condition where the patient desires unnecessary surgery.


preoblongata

The preoblongata is reinforced by the pons. Part of the epicale is a dorso-ventral extension into the massive cerebellum

1893, Burt Green Wilder, Physiology Practicums:

(anatomy) The anterior part of the medulla oblongata.


ectal

en-adj

ectal (comparative more ectal, superlative most ectal)

more ectal (comparative)
most ectal (superlative)

Note on the ectal ("apparent”) origin of the N. trigeminus in the cat

1883, Burt Green Wilder, On the Brain of a Cat Lacking the Callosum, Preliminary Notics:

(anatomy) Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer.


diallel

Nine varieties were chosen for a diallel crossing

1970, David William Burrows, Snap-back and Lodging Studies of a Nine Barley Variety Diallel Cross, page 15:

The main difference with design II is that the same individuals are used as parents for the diallel mating design (individuals are used both as male and female).

1988, Arnel R. Hallauer, Marcelo J. Carena, J.B. Miranda Filho, Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding, second edition, →ISBN, page 119:

A series of diallel analyses (cf. Mather and Jinks, 1982) were performed to test for heterogeneity among lines of a given type.

1990, David E. Harrison, Genetic Effects on Aging, page 73:

The diallel mating design is particularly well suited to characterizing genetic effects of inbred lines and their hybrid combinations .

(genetics) Involving crosses between several or all possible combinations.


intercentrum

(anatomy) The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.


apozem

From Latin apozema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόζεμα (apózema, “to extract by boiling”), from the root ζέω (zéō, “to boil, seethe”), q. v.

bor

a draught of her purging Apozem in the Morning

1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:

(medicine, obsolete) A decoction or infusion.


spermosphere

(physiology) A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a spermospore, each spermoblast of which is converted into a spermatozoid.


peripneumonic

Latin peripneumonicus, Ancient Greek: compare French péripneumonique. peripneumonia + -ic

(medicine, obsolete) pneumonic (of or pertaining to pneumonia (an inflammation of the lungs))


staphylomatous

(medicine) Relating to, or affected with, staphyloma.


maxillomandibular

the maxillomandibular nerve

(anatomy) Relating to the maxilla and mandible.


recto-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, indirectly from Latin rectum by the same path whence also English rectum (which see).

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary


subintestinal

(anatomy) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the intestine.


delirifacient

en-adj

delirifacient (comparative more delirifacient, superlative most delirifacient)

more delirifacient (comparative)
most delirifacient (superlative)

From delirium + Latin faciens, facientis, present participle of facere (“to make”).

(medicine) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium.


delirifacient

(medicine) Any substance that tends to cause delirium.


tarsometatarsal

the tarsometatarsal articulations

tarsometatarsal joint

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus.

tarsometatarsiano

of or pertaining to the tarsus and metatarsus

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus.


pleurapophysial

(anatomy) Relating to the pleurapophysis.


subcranial

(anatomy) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial.


antevert

en-verb

antevert (third-person singular simple present anteverts, present participle anteverting, simple past and past participle anteverted)

anteverts (present singular third-person)
anteverting (participle present)
anteverted (participle past)
anteverted (past)

From Latin antevertere, from ante + vertere (“to turn”).

(medicine, obsolete) To displace by anteversion.


antephialtic

(medicine, rare) Acting against nightmares.


popeye

en-noun

popeye (countable and uncountable, plural popeyes)


exophthalmia

exophthalmia (countable and uncountable, plural exophthalmias)

(medicine) protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.


xenophthalmia

(medicine) Ophthalmia caused by foreign matter in the eye.


cervicectomy

(medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.


decadron

(medicine) The glucocorticoid drug dexamethasone


electrition

(physiology) The ability to determine the electrical condition of an external body.


electroanaesthesia

(medicine) anesthesia produced by passage of an electric current


electroanalgesia

(medicine) A form of analgesia in which pain is reduced by passage of an electric current


electrocholecystectomy

(surgery) The removal of the gall bladder using electrosurgery


electrocholecystocausis

(surgery) cauterization of the gall bladder using electrosurgery


cholecystocausis

(surgery) cauterization of the gall bladder


dextrolateral

Mehlis' gland is dextrolateral to the ovary.

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


immunoinformatics

(immunology, computing) The branch of bioinformatics that deals with immunology


immunointensity

immunointensity (countable and uncountable, plural immunointensities)

(immunology) The intensity of an immune response.


sphacelate

en-verb

sphacelate (third-person singular simple present sphacelates, present participle sphacelating, simple past and past participle sphacelated)

sphacelates (present singular third-person)
sphacelating (participle present)
sphacelated (participle past)
sphacelated (past)

From sphacel (“gangrene”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

af

(transitive, medicine) To affect with gangrene, cause to gangrene, mortify.

(intransitive, medicine) To become gangrenous.


pneumatogram

(physiology) A tracing of the respiratory movements, obtained by a pneumatograph or stethograph.


cerebripetal

(physiology, of nerve fibers) Going from the spinal cord to the brain, so as to transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.


multiepitope

(immunology, genetics) Involving multiple epitopes


normolipidemic

(pathology) Having the normal amount of lipid in the blood.


lipidemic

en-adj

lipidemic (comparative more lipidemic, superlative most lipidemic)

more lipidemic (comparative)
most lipidemic (superlative)


tetrandrine

From translingual Stephania tetrandra (“a plant in which it is found”) + -ine.

suffix

calcium channel blocker
calcium channel blocker

Stephania tetrandra
Stephania tetrandra#Translingual

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid that is a calcium channel blocker and isolated from Stephania tetrandra - C₃₈H₄₂N₂O₆.


derepressible

(biochemistry, genetics) Able to cause, or to undergo derepression


eRNA

(genetics) Abbreviation of enhancer RNA.


exencephaly

(pathology) A condition in which part of the brain protrudes through a defect in the skull


extragenic

(genetics) Occurring outside of a gene, or as a result of a different gene.


hepatoblastoma

(pathology) A blastoma situated in the liver


osmoresponsive

(genetics) whose transcriptional expression is altered by changes in the osmolarity of the environment


schwannomatosis

(pathology) A form of neurofibromatosis characterized by multiple cutaneous schwannomas


trapoxin

(medicine) A cyclic tetrapeptide, of fungal origin, that is an antitumor agent


ultrabithorax

(genetics) A particular homeobox protein and associated gene.


mesodont

(dentistry) Having teeth of moderate size.

(dentistry, of a tooth) of moderate size.


sustentacular

A sustentacular tissue

1998 [Kluwer Academic], Julian Lombardi, Comparative Vertebrate Reproduction, 1998, Softcover reprint, Springer, page 122,
During spermiogenesis, the highly specialized sustentacular cells provide support and protection during the transformative process.

Normal paraganglionic tissue contains two types of cell: chief or type I cells, which are neuroendocrine cells, and sustentacular or type II cells, which are not neuroendocrine, but contain S-100 protein.

2001, Leslie Michaels, Henrik B. Hellquist, Ear, Nose and Throat Histopathology, 2nd edition, Springer, page 72:

The sustentacular facet is anteroposteriorly elongate and, in some specimens, achieves very broad contact with the navicular facet, while in others only with the cuboid facet.

2008, Lilian P. Bergqvist, “6: Postcranial Skeleton of the Upper Paleocene (Itaboraian) "Condylarthra" (Mammalian) of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil”, in Eric J. Sargis, Marian Dagosto, editors, Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology, Springer, page 128:

(anatomy) Serving to support or sustain.


levator ani

He had not mentioned suture of the levatores ani muscles, as he considered it a minor part of the operation.

1921, The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the British Empire, page 279:

The levatores ani muscles originate Anal Triangle along the internal aspects of the os coxae.

1986, Bernard Liebgott, The Anatomical Basis of Dentistry, page 72:

Supports of the Uterus The uterus is supported mainly by (1) the tone of the levatores ani muscles and (2) the condensations of pelvic fascia, which form three important ligaments.

1992, Richard S. Snell, Clinical Anatomy for Medical Students, page 361:

(anatomy) a broad, thin muscle, situated on the side of the pelvis, that forms part of the pelvic floor. In humans it supports the viscera in pelvic cavity and in quadruped animals with tails it is the muscle used to wag the tail.


coccygeus

(anatomy) A muscle of the pelvic wall, that in combination with the levator ani forms the pelvic diaphragm.


pelvic diaphragm

en-noun

pelvic diaphragm (plural pelvic diaphragms)

(anatomy) The pelvic diaphragm is composed of muscles that separate the pelvic cavity above from the perineal region below.


apneumatic

an apneumatic lung

an apneumatic operation

(medicine) Devoid of air; free from air, or effected by or with exclusion of air.


proctodynia

(medicine) A condition of episodic rectal pain, caused by spasm of the levator ani muscle. Also known as levator ani syndrome or as levator syndrome.


brown rot

(phytopathology) A fungal disease of stone fruit such as peaches and nectarines, caused by the fungus Monilinia fructicola


syphilitically

en-adv

syphilitically (comparative more syphilitically, superlative most syphilitically)

more syphilitically (comparative)
most syphilitically (superlative)

(medicine) In a syphilitic manner; with venereal disease.


pneumotherapy

(medicine) The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied gases.


chiragra

From Latin chīragra, from Ancient Greek χειράγρα (kheirágra).


medicommissure

Latin medius (“middle”) + English commissure.

interthalamic adhesion
interthalamic adhesion

(anatomy, archaic) The interthalamic adhesion


pseudohypertrophic

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In pseudohypertrophic paralysis, the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat.


mesoseme

From meso- + Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign, mark”). Compare French mésosème.

(archaic, anatomy) Having a medium orbital index, between megaseme and microseme.


pharyngotome

(surgery) An instrument for incising or scarifying the tonsils, etc.


spermospore

1880-1881, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology
The spermatozoa are formed either by the direct division of the spermospores into a number of cells , spermoblasts , each of which grows into a spermatozoon ; or by the nucleus of the spermospore becoming subdivided within the cell body

(physiology) The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids.


prediastolic

prediastolic friction sound

prediastolic murmur

(archaic, physiology) Preceding the diastole of the heart.


prochordal

(anatomy) Situated in front of the notochord; applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.


ampullary

(biology, anatomy, medicine) Relating to the ampulla of Vater.

Of or pertaining to an ampulla, as:
Relating to the ampulla of Vater.

(biology, anatomy, medicine) Relating to the rectal ampulla.

Of or pertaining to an ampulla, as:
Relating to the rectal ampulla.

(biology, anatomy, medicine) Relating to the ampulla chyli.

Of or pertaining to an ampulla, as:
Relating to the ampulla chyli.

(biology, anatomy, medicine) Relating to the ampullae osseae.

Of or pertaining to an ampulla, as:
Relating to the ampullae osseae.


ampulla of Vater

en-noun

ampulla of Vater (plural ampullas of Vater or ampullae of Vater)

ampullas of Vater (plural)
ampullae of Vater (plural)

ampulla + Abraham Vater, a German anatomist who first published a description of it in 1723.

(anatomy) A swelling that marks the union of the pancreatic duct and the common bile duct.

肝胰管壶腹

swelling marking the union of the pancreatic duct and the common bile duct


conotruncus

From cono- + truncus, referring to the conus arteriosus and truncus arteriosus.

(anatomy) The superior end of the bulbus cordis.


bulbus cordis

Naturalized loanword, from international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin.

(anatomy) A transitory dilation in the embryonic heart that gives rise to the ventricle

bulbus cordis
international scientific vocabulary


stylo-

stylohyoid

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the styloid process of the temporal bone.


haematogenesis

(physiology) The origin and development of blood.

(physiology) The transformation of venous arterial blood by respiration; haematosis.


entoplastic

From ento- + Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “mouldable”) + -ic.

der

the entoplastic products of some Protozoa

the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced


perityphlitis

en-noun

perityphlitis (countable and uncountable, plural perityphlitides)

(medicine) inflammation of the connective tissue around the caecum


scleroskeleton

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“hard”) + English skeleton.

(obsolete, anatomy, rare) That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses.


hypogenesis

hypogenesis (usually uncountable, plural hypogeneses)

(pathology) A congenital defect characterized by underdevelopment of parts or organs of the body


immunoexpression

(biochemistry, immunology) The expression of a protein as a result of an immune response


immunopotentiator

(immunology) Anything that provokes immunopotentiation; an immunostimulant


losartan

From (ch)lo(ro)- + -sartan (“selective angiotensin receptor antagonist”).

af

(pharmacology) An antihypertensive drug that is taken orally in the form of its potassium salt C₂₂H₂₂ClKN₆O and blocks the action of the physiologically active form of angiotensin.


nanoformulation

(medicine) The formulation of a nanomedicine


lithotome

From Ancient Greek λιθοτόμον (lithotómon, “instrument for cutting the bladder”), neuter of λιθοτόμος (lithotómos, “stone-cutting”), equivalent to litho- + -tome.

der

(surgery, archaic) An instrument used for cutting the bladder to remove a calculus; a cystotome. [from 18th c.]


phosphatome

(biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of phosphatases found in a biological sample; especially that found in a person's body under normal conditions, and when suffering from a disease


tumorsphere

(cytology) A spheroid composed of tumor stem cells


excrementitial

(physiology) Pertaining to, consisting of, or of the nature of excrement


parturifacient

From Latin parturire (“to desire to bring forth”) + facere (“to make”).

(medicine) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbirth.


antileukemia

(oncology) That is used to treat leukemia


catagmatic

From Ancient Greek καταγμα (katagma, “fracture”).

"The principal catagmatics were Armenian bole, tragacanth, osteocolla, Cyprus nuts, frankincense, aloes, and acacia."

1728, E[phraim] Chambers, “CATAGMATIC”, in Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […] In Two Volumes, volumes I (A–H), London: […] James and John Knapton [et al.], →OCLC:

(medicine, dated) Having the quality of consolidating broken bones.


counterirritate

en-verb

counterirritate (third-person singular simple present counterirritates, present participle counterirritating, simple past and past participle counterirritated)

counterirritates (present singular third-person)
counterirritating (participle present)
counterirritated (participle past)
counterirritated (past)


chemoprotective

en-adj

chemoprotective (comparative more chemoprotective, superlative most chemoprotective)

more chemoprotective (comparative)
most chemoprotective (superlative)

(medicine) That protects patients from the toxic effects of anticancer drugs


cyanobactin

(biochemistry, medicine) Any of a family of small, cyclic peptides produced by cyanobacteria, many of which show antimalarial or antitumor activity.


occupational disease

en-noun

occupational disease (plural occupational diseases)

(pathology) Any ailment that occurs as a result of work or occupational activity.


heterophilic

(immunology) Having an affinity for antigens or antibodies other than the one for which it is specific.

(cytology) That is stained by more than one class of stain.


hypodiploid

(genetics) Having fewer than the diploid number of chromosomes


immunocyte

(immunology) A leukocyte that is able to induce an immune response by creating antibodies.


lipectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of fat from the body


lipocyte

(cytology) An adipocyte in connective tissue that stores and metabolizes fat


microphthalmia

microphthalmia (countable and uncountable, plural microphthalmias)

(pathology) The presence of abnormally small eyes.


photocarcinogenesis

(oncology) The creation of cancer cells by the action of light


chloasma

chloasma (countable and uncountable, plural chloasmas or chloasmata)

From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”)

der

(medicine) melasma; a cutaneous condition with yellow or yellowish-brown pigmented spots


sarcosis

en-noun

sarcosis (countable and uncountable, plural sarcoses)

(medicine) The abnormal formation of flesh.


anapophysis

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“back”) + -physis.

(anatomy) An accessory process in many lumbar vertebrae.


prevascular

(anatomy) In front of the chest, between the lungs


spondyloarthropathy

spondyloarthropathy (countable and uncountable, plural spondyloarthropathies)

(pathology) Any joint disease of the vertebral column


lobulation

lobulation (countable and uncountable, plural lobulations)

(pathology) The presence of lobules (in a place where there are normally none)


synoviocyte

(cytology) A form of fibroblast cell that occurs in the synovial membrane


tofacitinib

Tofacitinib was the first jakinib to be approved for the treatment of a rheumatic disease, specifically for patients with RA with an incomplete response to a conventional synthetic DMARD (csDMARD), either as tofacitinib monotherapy or in combination with a csDMARD (7-11). Subsequently, tofacitinib has been approved for PsA (12, 13) and ulcerative colitis (UC) (14).

2021 December, Christine Liu, Jacqueline Kieltyka, Roy Fleischmann, Massimo Gadina, John J. O’Shea, “A Decade of JAK Inhibitors: What Have We Learned and What May Be the Future?”, in Arthritis & Rheumatology, volume 73, number 12, →DOI, page 2168:

rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis

(pharmacology) A medication belonging to the class of Janus kinase inhibitors, used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ulcerative colitis.


vesnarinone

From [Term?] + -rinone (“amrinone derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) A particular cardiotonic agent.


anhepatic

(surgery) Lacking a liver (especially at a stage during a transplant operation)

(pathology, of jaundice) That is not due to hepatocyte failure


dideoxythymidine

en-noun

dideoxythymidine (countable and uncountable, plural dideoxythymidines)

(biochemistry, genetics) The nucleoside consisting of a combination of dideoxyribose and thymine


nalmefene

From nal- (“opioid receptor antagonist/agonist”) + [Term?] + -ene.

af

(pharmacology) An opiate derivative used mainly to manage alcoholism.


diploidization

en-noun

diploidization (countable and uncountable, plural diploidizations)

(genetics) The repeated loss of chromosomes by a tetraploid organism to become diploid


gambogenic acid

(organic chemistry, medicine) A xanthonoid anticancer agent that induces apoptosis


glycoproteome

(biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of glycoproteins encoded by a particular genome.


iteron

(genetics) A repetitive sequence of DNA in some plasmids that is involved in the control of replication.


disassimilate

en-verb

disassimilate (third-person singular simple present disassimilates, present participle disassimilating, simple past and past participle disassimilated)

disassimilates (present singular third-person)
disassimilating (participle present)
disassimilated (participle past)
disassimilated (past)

(physiology) To subject to disassimilation.


proximad

en-adv

proximad (comparative more proximad, superlative most proximad)

more proximad (comparative)
most proximad (superlative)

(anatomy) Toward a proximal part; on the proximal side of; proximally.


subcorneous

(anatomy) Situated under a horny part or layer.


lankacidin

(organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a family of macrolide tetraenes, isolated from Streptomyces, that are antitumor antibiotics.


epencephalic

(anatomy, archaic) Pertaining to, or located in, the hindbrain.

(anatomy) Situated on or over the brain.


preaortic

preaortic lymph node

preaortic gland

(anatomy) In front, or on the ventral side, of the aorta.


melanagogue

(medicine, obsolete) A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.


thyrohyal

From thyro- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

uder

the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">upsilon</i>

(anatomy) One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in humans.


methylprednisone

(biochemistry, pharmacology) Alternative form of methylprednisolone


macroreentrant

(physiology) Describing a reentrant circuit that covers a large area of the atrium


microreentrant

(physiology) Describing a reentrant circuit that is restricted to a small area of the atrium


microtentacle

(anatomy) A structure of microtubules found in some tumor cells


multiploid

(genetics) Having multiple copies of each chromosome; polyploid.


multiploid

(genetics) A cell or organism having multiple copies of each chromosome.


myolysis

en-noun

myolysis (countable and uncountable, plural myolyses)

(pathology) dissolution of muscular tissue

(surgery) laparoscopic myoma coagulation


peptidome

(biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of peptides encoded by a particular genome, or present within a particular cell type or organism


polyphyllin

(organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a class of saponins, isolated from the herb Paris polyphylla, that has anticancer activity


anallantoic

anallantoic embryos

(archaic, anatomy) Without an allantois.


promonocyte

(cytology) A cell, arising from a monoblast, that develops into a monocyte


proteogenomics

(genetics) A field of study that encompasses proteomics and genomics.


thiopeptide

(biochemistry, medicine) Any of a family of antibiotics composed of a ring structure containing highly modified amino acids and a linear peptide containing dehydroalanines extending from the ring at a pyridyl group


triptolide

(organic chemistry, medicine) A diterpenoid triepoxide lactone that is immunosuppressive with antiinflammatory and antitumor activity


prosopalgia

prosopalgia (countable and uncountable, plural prosopalgias)

From Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”) + -algia. By surface analysis, prosop- + -algia.


cardiograph

cardiographe

an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements


epipubis

(anatomy) A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.


xeropthalmia

en-noun

xeropthalmia (countable and uncountable, plural xeropthalmias)


grindelia

grindelia (countable and uncountable, plural grindelias)

(medicine) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.


kalafungin

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

af

(pharmacology) A particular antifungal antibiotic.


Lisfranc ligament

en-noun

Lisfranc ligament (plural Lisfranc ligaments)

Named after Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin (1790–1847), pioneering French surgeon.

(anatomy) A ligament that connects the base of the medial cuneiform to the base of the second metatarsal.

Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin
Lisfranc ligament


Lisfranc fracture

Lisfranc fracture (plural Lisfranc fractures)

(medicine) A fracture of the foot in which one or all of the metatarsals are displaced from the tarsus.

Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin
Lisfranc fracture


Lisfranc joint

(anatomy) Any of the arthrodial joints in the foot.

Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin
Lisfranc joint


zygomaticofacial

(anatomy, relational) Relating to the zygomatic bone and face.


zygomaticofrontal

(anatomy) Relating to the zygomatic bone and frontal bone.


zygomaticosphenoid

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


nanaomycin

(organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a group of pyranonaphthoquinone antibiotics and antifungal agents isolated from an actinomycete


thysanone

(organic chemistry, medicine) A fungal benzoisochromanequinone with potent human rhinovirus protease inhibitory activity


pentalongin

(organic chemistry, medicine) A pyranonaphthoquinone antibiotic isolated from the East African medicinal plant Pentas longiflora


eleutherin

(organic chemistry, medicine) A benzoisochromanequinone, extracted from bulbs of Eleutherine bulbosa, that has limited antibiotic activity


karwinaphthol

karwinaphthol (usually uncountable, plural karwinaphthols)

(organic chemistry, medicine) Any of several benzoisochromanequinones, extracted from bulbs of Eleutherine bulbosa, that have limited antibiotic activity.


chondrification

chondrification (countable and uncountable, plural chondrifications)

By surface analysis, chondr- + -ification

surf

(physiology) The formation of, or conversion into, cartilage; a cartilaginous formation resulting from this process.


anticomplementary

en-adj

anticomplementary (comparative more anticomplementary, superlative most anticomplementary)

more anticomplementary (comparative)
most anticomplementary (superlative)

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(immunology) That diminishes the action of an immunological complement

αντισυμπληρωματικός

that diminishes the action of an immunological complement


aspermy

(pathology) The condition in which no seminal fluid is ejected from the urethra at orgasm

a viral disease in which tomatoes fail to set seed


bioresorbable

bioresorbable (comparative more bioresorbable, superlative most bioresorbable)

more bioresorbable (comparative)
most bioresorbable (superlative)

(surgery, of sutures etc.) That can be broken down and absorbed by the body, and thus does not need to be removed manually


melanaemia

(medicine) A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment, either floating freely or embedded in the white blood cells.


collosol

(medicine) A colloidal preparation of an insoluble material


craniocerebral

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the skull and the brain


decomplemented

(immunology) From which the immunological complement has been removed


paracmastic

From Ancient Greek παρακμαστικός (parakmastikós). By surface analysis, para- + acme + -astic.

der

παρακμαστικός

surf

(pathology, archaic) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis.


epitrochlearis

(anatomy) A slip of muscle that sometimes runs from the border of the latissimus dorsi to the ulna at or near the elbow


gliotoxin

From the fungi species Gliocladium fimbriatum + toxin.

(toxicology) A mycotoxin, originally isolated from Albifimbria verrucaria (syn. Gliocladium fimbriatum), that causes apoptosis of certain cells.


prolapsion

en-noun

prolapsion (countable and uncountable, plural prolapsions)

/pɹəʊˈlæpʃən/

anal prolapsus


immunobinding

(immunology) The direct binding of an antigen to an antibody


immunocapture

/ɪˈmjuːnəʊˌkæpt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

/ˈɪmjʊnəʊˌkæpt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

(immunology) The direct capture of an antibody spore on the surface of a small bead.


immunocapture

en-verb

immunocapture (third-person singular simple present immunocaptures, present participle immunocapturing, simple past and past participle immunocaptured)

immunocaptures (present singular third-person)
immunocapturing (participle present)
immunocaptured (participle past)
immunocaptured (past)

/ɪˈmjuːnəʊˌkæpt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

/ˈɪmjʊnəʊˌkæpt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

(immunology) To capture an antibody by using this technique


cephalotripsy

en-noun

cephalotripsy (countable and uncountable, plural cephalotripsies)

From cephalo- + τρῖψις (trîpsis, “rubbing”) + -y.

(medicine) The act or operation of crushing the head of a dead foetus in the womb in order to ease its extraction from the womb.


entonic

en-adj

entonic (comparative more entonic, superlative most entonic)

more entonic (comparative)
most entonic (superlative)

From Ancient Greek ἔντονος (éntonos, “strained”), from τείνω (teínō).

der

(medicine) Having great tension, or exaggerated action.


septomaxillary

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla.


septomaxillary

(anatomy) septomaxilla (small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.)


ossiculum

Borrowed from Latin ossiculum (“little bone”), from os (“bone”) + -culum, neuter of -culus (diminutive suffix).


staphyline

From Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “a bunch of grapes”).

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.


subnotochordal

the subnotochordal rod

(anatomy) Situated on the ventral side of the notochord.


sarcotic

en-adj

sarcotic (comparative more sarcotic, superlative most sarcotic)

more sarcotic (comparative)
most sarcotic (superlative)

From Ancient Greek; compare French sarcotique. By surface analysis, sarc- + -otic.

(medicine) Producing or promoting the growth of flesh.


sarcotic

(medicine) Any medicine that promotes the growth of flesh.


synangium

From New Latin, from syn- + Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “a vessel”).

der

(anatomy) The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart.


maxilloturbinal

(anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.


mesorectum

(anatomy) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum.


monomyelocyte

(cytology) A form of monocyte found in bone marrow


multiploidization

(genetics) The process of becoming multiploid


neurectoderm

(anatomy) ectoderm that will develop to become nervous tissue


nonthienopyridine

(medicine) Any antiplatelet drug that is not a thienopyridine


oncosuppressive

en-adj

oncosuppressive (comparative more oncosuppressive, superlative most oncosuppressive)

more oncosuppressive (comparative)
most oncosuppressive (superlative)

(medicine) That suppresses the formation and development of tumours


perisinusoidal

(anatomy) Surrounding the sinusoids of the liver


sural

From Latin sura (“the calf of the leg”). Compare French sural.

sural artery

sural nerve

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg.


ureteropelvic

Holonym: nephrourinary

ureteropelvic junction

(anatomy, medicine) Relating to the ureter and renal pelvis.


subendocardial

(anatomy) Situated under the endocardium; relating to the subendocardium


intort

en-verb

intort (third-person singular simple present intorts, present participle intorting, simple past and past participle intorted)

intorts (present singular third-person)
intorting (participle present)
intorted (participle past)
intorted (past)

Latin intortus, past participle of intoquere (“to twist”) equivalent to in- (“in-”) + torquereto (“twist”).

2002, Sunita Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, David J. Apple, Textbook of Ophthalmology, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, India, psge 338,
If we tilt the head to the right, the right eye will intort and the left eye will extort. […] So, if the right eye intorts, it means the superiors in that eye (RSR and RSO) work and if the left eye extorts it means the inferiors of that eye (LIO and LIR) work.

For the right labyrinth, however, both vertical semicircular canals produce clockwise slow phases (ipsilateral eye intorts, contralateral eye extorts).

2003, Thomas Brandt, Vertigo: Its Multisensory Syndromes, page 194:

Figure 18.12. The needles are withdrawn from the sclera, and the sutures are pulled to advance the anterior tendon laterally, while the eye is intorted by rotating it with the large hook.

2007, Kenneth Weston Wright, Color Atlas of Strabismus Surgery: Strategies and Techniques, page 185:

These conditions are reversed after every hemicycle, i.e. the previously higher intorted eye is then lowered and extorted, and the previously lowered extorted eye becomes higher and intorted (Fig. 3.7).

2011, Peter Urban, Louis R. Caplan, Brainstem Disorders, page 124:

(medicine, ophthalmology) To twist inwards.


pseudorecombined

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(genetics) Formed by pseudorecombination


pseudorecombination

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(genetics) The exchange of nucleic acid between two organisms (typically viruses)


sternothyroid

/ˌstɝ.noʊˈθaɪˌɹɔɪd/

Borrowed from New Latin sternothyreoīdēs, from sternum (“the breastbone”) + -o- + thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”); equivalent to sterno- + thyroid. Doublet of sternothyroideus.

af

(anatomy) Relating to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.

sternothyroid muscle
sternothyroid muscle

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sternothyroid muscle.


sternothyroid

/ˌstɝ.noʊˈθaɪˌɹɔɪd/

sternothyroid muscle
sternothyroid muscle#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of sternothyroid muscle..


mesopterygium

(anatomy) The middle one of the three main basal plates in the fins of certain fishes.


transplastomic

genetically modified
genetically modified

(genetics) Having genetically modified chloroplasts


amphiploid

(genetics) Having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.


amphiploid

(genetics) Any organism having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.


amentoflavone

(organic chemistry, medicine) A biflavonoid, found in several plants, that has some medicinal properties


antivenomics

(genetics) The study of the proteome of antivenoms


venomics

(genetics) The study of the proteome of venoms


coagglutinin

(biochemistry, immunology) Any material that causes conglutination


chemotransport

(physiology) The transport of chemical species through an organism


chloromycetin

For example, in treating gram positive cocci, a combination of penicillin, streptomycin and Chloromycetin has been recommended, while, in treating gram negative cocci, streptomycin, aureomycin or chloromycetin seem to be the best combination.

1951 July, Richard D. Reekie, “Critical Analysis of Recent Advances in Gynecology”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 7, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 508:

(pharmacology) The antibiotic chloramphenicol.

cloromicetina

chloramphenicol — see also chloramphenicol


entoperipheral

1870-1880, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Psychology
On comparing these three great orders of feelings , we found that whereas the epiperipheral are relational to a very great extent , the entoperipheral , and still more the central , have but small aptitudes for entering into relations

(physiology) Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances.


antiplastic

en-adj

antiplastic (comparative more antiplastic, superlative most antiplastic)

more antiplastic (comparative)
most antiplastic (superlative)

(medicine) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.


antiplastic

(medicine) Any substance that prevents the process of healing, or granulation.


edematogenic

edematogenic (comparative more edematogenic, superlative most edematogenic)

more edematogenic (comparative)
most edematogenic (superlative)


septulum

Test small, elongate, subfusiform, with bluntly rounded poles, septa thin and widely spaced, thin and short transverse septula alternating with foramina, thickened at the lower ends where they join with the tops of the parachomata, one or two axial septula between adjacent septa, outer whorls may also have a secondary transverse septulum between adjacent primary transverse septula;

2015, Alfred R. Loeblich Jr., Helen Tappan, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification, page 739:

(zoology, anatomy) A little septum; a division between small cavities or parts.


immunoprotection

en-noun

immunoprotection (countable and uncountable, plural immunoprotections)

(immunology) protection against the affects of an antigen


immunoprotective

en-adj

immunoprotective (comparative more immunoprotective, superlative most immunoprotective)

more immunoprotective (comparative)
most immunoprotective (superlative)

(immunology) That protects against the affects of an antigen


immunoproteome

(immunology) The proteome consisting of all the proteins involved in a particular immune response


immunoscreening

en-noun

immunoscreening (usually uncountable, plural immunoscreenings)

(immunology) The detection of expressed proteins by reaction with a library of antibodies


immunosorbed

(immunology) Removed from a mixture by means of an immunosorbent.


rhonchial

(medicine) Of or pertaining to a rhonchus


procerebrum

The cerebral hemispheres, with their bentricular hollows or lateral ventricles, the corpora striata, and the olfactory lobes,—a set of parts to which, as a whole, the name of procerebrum or prosencephalon may be given.

1882, Jones Quain, Quain's Elements of Anatomy, page 826:


miRNAome

(genetics) All the microRNA segments coded by a genome


hemisect

en-verb

hemisect (third-person singular simple present hemisects, present participle hemisecting, simple past and past participle hemisected)

hemisects (present singular third-person)
hemisecting (participle present)
hemisected (participle past)
hemisected (past)

(anatomy, transitive) To divide along the mesial plane.


sulcation

en-noun

sulcation (countable and uncountable, plural sulcations)

Lissencephaly refers to a diffusely smooth-surfaced cerebral hemisphere without sulcation.

2004, Devin K. Binder, Helen E. Scharfman, Recent Advances in Epilepsy Research, page 146:

Since the appearance and development of sulci in the fetal brain follows a predictable pattern, the degree of sulcation may be used as an indicator of gestational age-related cortical development, both at autopsy and in vivo with fetal MRI.

2011, Denise Pugash et al., “Fetal MRI of Normal Brain Development”, in Fetal MRI, →ISBN, page 155:

Gyration and sulcation occur during neuronal migration and continue until after birth.

2014, Dario Paladini, Paolo Volpe, Ultrasound of Congenital Fetal Anomalies: Differential Diagnosis and Prognostic Indicators, page 66:

(neuroscience) The development of or resulting formations of sulci in a brain cortex.


rosedrop

(medicine) A ruddy eruption on the nose caused by drinking; a grog-blossom.


transpalatine

Some reptiles have a transpalatine bone.

(anatomy) Situated beyond, across, or outside the palatine bone.


modificomics

(biochemistry, genetics) The study of posttranslational modifications of the proteins associated with a particular genome


nipradilol

(pharmacology) The beta blocker 8-(2-hydroxy-3-(isopropylamino)propoxy)-3-chromanol 3-nitrate that has a nitric oxide donative action


pathomolecular

(pathology, biochemistry) Describing the molecular (biochemical) origins of disease


postcornu

In man there are three extensions of the cella: cephalic, PRECORNU, ventral, MEDICORNU, and caudal, POSTCORNU; the last is wanting in the sheep as in most other mammals.

1893, Burt Green Wilder, Physiology Practicums:

(anatomy) The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.


uncasted

the uncasted leg


pseudolobule

(pathology) A structure, resembling a lobule, found in hepatic fibrosis.


anetic

en-adj

anetic (comparative more anetic, superlative most anetic)

more anetic (comparative)
most anetic (superlative)

From Latin aneticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνετικός (anetikós, “relaxing, remitting”), from ἄνεσις (ánesis, “relaxation, abatement”).

der

The anetic property is also an important factor in its [sc. antipyrine] use—in fact, that element surpasses those of heat elimination and is more often considered when the drug is prescribed by therapeutists.

1899, Samuel C. James, “Therapeutics in Continued Fevers”, in Merck's Archives, volume 1, page 465:

(medicine, obsolete, rare) Soothing; helping to relieve a malady.


spiperone

From spi(ro) + -perone (“4’-fluoro-4-piperidinobutyrophenone derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) A psychoactive drug structurally related to butyrophenone.


vibriosis

State health officials said that recent high temperatures and low tides were most likely to blame for the outbreak of the disease, vibriosis, which has sickened at least 52 people this month, the most ever recorded in July.

2021 July 22, Michael Levenson, “After Recent ‘Heat Dome,’ Washington Issues Warning Not to Eat Raw Shellfish”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(pathology) Infection by bacteria of the genus Vibrio.


cryptal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).


epiplastron

en-noun

epiplastron (plural epiplastrons or epiplastra)

epiplastrons (plural)
epiplastra (plural)

(anatomy) Either of the foremost pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles


suburethral

(anatomy) Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice.


sebiferous

en-adj

sebiferous (comparative more sebiferous, superlative most sebiferous)

more sebiferous (comparative)
most sebiferous (superlative)

the sebiferous, or sebaceous, glands


prepubic

prepubic bone

prepubic tendon

(anatomy) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; relating to the prepubis.


mercurialize

en-verb

mercurialize (third-person singular simple present mercurializes, present participle mercurializing, simple past and past participle mercurialized)

mercurializes (present singular third-person)
mercurializing (participle present)
mercurialized (participle past)
mercurialized (past)

(obsolete, medicine) To treat with a mercury ointment


tellurism

(medicine, obsolete) The supposed influence of emanations from the soil in producing disease.


siphonium

(anatomy) A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanum with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible


stegnosis

From Ancient Greek στέγνωσις (stégnōsis), from στεγνός (stegnós, “watertight”).

The nasal passages should be carefully examined for symptoms of stegnosis, enlargement of the turbinated bones, polypi, etc.

(medicine, archaic) constriction of the vessels or ducts


ectoantigen

(immunology) Any antigen that is attached to the outside of a bacterium


ectocardia

(pathology) A congenital displacement of the heart


ectochoroidea

(anatomy) Loose, pigmented connective tissue that forms the outer layer of the choroid


esodic

From Ancient Greek εἴσοδος (eísodos, “way in”) + -ic.

der

(physiology) Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; said of certain nerves.


neurenteric

In many vertebrates, the neurenteric canal connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine.

gastrointestinal tract
gastrointestinal tract

(anatomy) Of or relating to the neuron and the enteron (the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract)


cystogastrostomy

(surgery) The drainage of a pancreatic cyst into the stomach


adenoacanthoma

en-noun

adenoacanthoma (plural adenoacanthomas or adenoacanthomata)

adenoacanthomas (plural)
adenoacanthomata (plural)

(pathology) An adenocarcinoma characterised by the presence of squamous cells


adenoameloblastoma

(pathology) A benign adenomatoid odontogenic tumour


adenoblast

(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma


lithaemia

lithaemia (usually uncountable, plural lithaemias)


adenocellulitis

(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue


adenochondroma

(pathology) A hamartoma consisting of glandular and cartilaginous tissue


adenocystoma

(pathology) An adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts


adenofibroma

adenofibroma (plural adenofibromas or adenofibromata)

adenofibromas (plural)
adenofibromata (plural)

(pathology) A benign glandular and fibrous (connective) neoplasm


fibromyoma

fibromyoma (plural fibromyomas or fibromyomata)

fibromyomas (plural)
fibromyomata (plural)

(pathology) A benign uterine tumour; a fibroid.


perilymphangial

(anatomy) Around, or at the side of, a lymphatic vessel.


pterygopodium

(anatomy) A modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper.


endomyocardial

(anatomy) Relating to the endocardium and the myocardium


omosternum

(anatomy) The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many frogs or toads and is usually tipped with cartilage.

(anatomy) In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.


opisthotic

From opistho- (“posterior”) + otic (“ear”).

(zoology, anatomy) The inferior and posterior of the three elements forming the periotic bone.


subhyaloid

(anatomy) Situated under the hyaloid membrane.


salt rheum

salt rheum (countable and uncountable, plural salt rheums)

(medicine, dated, chiefly US) Any of various cutaneous eruptions, especially eczema.


cranioclasm

cranioclasm (usually uncountable, plural cranioclasms)

(medicine) The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery.


cerebrifugal

(physiology) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.


supraglottic

(anatomy) Situated above the glottis; related to the supraglottis


cheliped

(anatomy) A leg bearing a chela, or pincer-like claw.


chylopoetic

From chylo- + -poetic, from Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, “juice of an animal”) + ποιητικός (poiētikós, “making, producing”).

der

the chylopoetic organs

(physiology) Involved in the formation of chyle; chyle-producing.


metanephros

en-noun

metanephros (plural metanephroi or metanephroses)

metanephroi (plural)
metanephroses (plural)

(anatomy) The most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in many vertebrates.


intervenous

intervenous yellowing in leaves


intercoccygeal

(anatomy) Between segments of the coccyx.


interdigit

(anatomy) The area of a hand or foot between adjacent fingers or toes


palpebrate

From New Latin palpebratus (“eyebrowed”), from Latin palpebra (“an eyelid”) + -atus.

Lateral canthoplasty to reduce the size of the palpebrate fissure.

1979, Kirk N. Gelatt, Robert L. Peiffer, R. M. Gwin, Manual of External Ophthalmic Surgery, page 98:

These data have encouraged us to apply some of the procedures used for correcting blepharoespasm(10,11,12) to palpebrate aesthetic surgery, by changing some of the existing techniques, moderately resecting the orbicular muscle on the external lateral portion of the palpebral commissure, attenuating its contraction, and thus diminishing skin wrinkles at this site ("crow's feet").

2002, Antenor Bonatto Júnior, André Gonçalves de Freitas, José Marcos Mélega, “Myectomy of the Orbicularis Oculi Muscle: A New Procedure Associated to Bleroplasty”, in Brazilian Journal of Plastic Surgery, volume 17, number 1:

The vesicles on his palpebrate conjunctivae and the Tzanck stain (or smear) revealing multinucleated giant cells are almost pathognomonic for a herpes simplex infection.

2011, Pamela Scott, Cases in Clinical Medicine, page 162:

There were also observed double, triple and palpebrate movements that differed by brief returns to the inspiratory phase during the expiratory phase.

2015, GV Fedynchuk, VV Malyar, VA Malyar, “Haemodynamic changes in utero-placental-fetal complex on the background of the complex therapy of preeclampsia in combination with hypothyroidism”, in The Pharma Innovation Journal, volume 4, number 7:


preopercular

(anatomy) Situated in front of the operculum.


hypocleidium

From hypo- + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “clavicle”) + -ium.

af

(anatomy) A median process on the furculum of many birds, where it is connected with the sternum.


interoperculum

(anatomy, ichthyology, archaic) interopercle


parasphenoid

(anatomy) A bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many vertebrates.


sacrotuberous

(anatomy) Pertaining to, or connecting, the sacrum and the tuberosity of the ischium.


nasopalatine

the nasopalatine artery, the nasopalatine nerve

(anatomy) Relating to the nasal cavity and the palate.


sphenopalatine

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone.

蝶顎 /蝶颚

relating to the sphenoid and palatine bones


phallodeum

(anatomy) A penis-like organ in male caecilians, which is inserted into the cloaca of the female for several hours.


contraindicant

Throughout it was full of contraindicants. On one hand Government, daily growing more invidious for an apparent increase of the means of strength, was every day growing more contemptible by real weakness.[…] On the other hand[…]

1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, […], London: […] J. Owen, […], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC:


teretial

en-adj

teretial (comparative more teretial, superlative most teretial)

more teretial (comparative)
most teretial (superlative)

/təˈɹiːʃiəl/

the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes

the teretial, postpyramidal, and cerebellar tracts

1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:


detorsion

en-noun

detorsion (countable and uncountable, plural detorsions)

(medicine, surgery) The reduction of torsion, such as in correction of volvulated bowel.


supersphenoidal

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

(anatomy) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.


paxwax

From Middle English paxwax, a modification of faxwax (“nuchal ligament”), from fax (“head hair”) + waxen (“to grow”). See wax (“to grow”), and compare faxed.

(anatomy, obsolete) A strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds, connecting the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae; the nuchal ligament.


introsusception

introsusception (countable and uncountable, plural introsusceptions)


favose

en-adj

favose (comparative more favose, superlative most favose)

more favose (comparative)
most favose (superlative)

(medicine) Of or pertaining to the disease favus.


plethory

Alteration of Latin plethora after + -y.

[T]he appetite falls down like a horseleech, when it is ready to burst with putrefaction and an unwholesome plethory […].

1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC:

The disease of the state is a plethory, / Who so fit to reduce it as I?

1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus:


pterygoquadrate

(anatomy) Of or relating to the pterygoid and quadrate bones or cartilages.


tonicize

en-verb

tonicize (third-person singular simple present tonicizes, present participle tonicizing, simple past and past participle tonicized)

tonicizes (present singular third-person)
tonicizing (participle present)
tonicized (participle past)
tonicized (past)

(medicine) To produce tone or tension in (e.g. a muscle).


electronystagmogram

(medicine) A recording of electrical involuntary eye activity known as nystagmus.


croupous

croupous laryngitis  croupous pneumonia

[Carl Reinhold August] Wunderlich, who has made probably more observations with the thermometer than any other living man, has determined, for example, that in simple croupous pneumonia, where the temperature does not exceed 104°, Fahrenheit, the pulse 120, and the respiration 40 in the minute, the case may be considered a favorable one; will surely reach its crisis in from six to ten days, and defervesce, without any medical treatment, except proper attention to the ordinary hygienic and dietetic rules.

1867 March 29, W. H. Draper, “The Thermometer in the Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment, of Disease: Extract from Address … Read before the New York Medical Journal Association, March 29th, 1867. Reported by E. S. Belden, M.D.”, in S. W. Butler, D[aniel] G[arrison] Brinton, editors, The Medical and Surgical Reporter: A Weekly Journal, volume XVI, number 531, Philadelphia, Pa.: Alfred Martien, printer, […], published 4 May 1867, →OCLC, page 377, column 2:

(medicine) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup.


peltidium

(anatomy) A prodorsal shield in chelicerates


prorhinal

(anatomy) Situated in front of the nasal chambers.


parumbilical

(anatomy) Near, or connected to the navel (predominantly referring the small veins which, in human beings, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen).


modiolar

en-adj

modiolar (comparative more modiolar, superlative most modiolar)

more modiolar (comparative)
most modiolar (superlative)

From Latin modiolus, diminutive of modius (“the Roman corn measure”).

modiolar artery

modiolar defect

modiolar vein

modiolar wall

(anatomy, not comparable) Related to the modiolus


intrafusion

From intra- + Latin fundere, fusum (“to pour”).

intrafusion of blood

(medicine) The operation of introducing a substance into a blood vessel.


strangurious

Learned borrowing from Latin stranguriosus.

lbor

[I]n about ſix VVeeks or tvvo Months, the Dyſentery gave Truce, in vvhich Time I vvas often fretted vvith ſtrangurious Symptoms.

1732 October 1 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Dr. Cranstoun, “The Objections against a Regimen, Especially a Milk, Seed, and Vegetable Diet, Considered. The Case of the Learned and Ingenous Dr. Cranstoun, in a Letter to the Author at His Desire, in Dr. Cranstoun’s Own Words.”, in George Cheyne, The English Malady: Or, A Treatise of Nervous Diseases of All Kinds, […], London: […] G[eorge] Strahan […]; Bath, Somerset: J. Leake, published 1733, →OCLC, part III (Containing Variety of Cases that Illustrate and Confirm the Foregoing Method of Cure. […]), page 321:

(medicine) Of or pertaining to strangury.


lymphangial

lymphangial module

lymphangial structure

lymphangial tract


capillament

From Latin capillamentum, from capillus (“hair”). Compare French capillament.

(anatomy) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fibre or filament, as of the nerves.


sudoral

sudoral eruptions

If an individual sweat profusely, even though he is in the plenitude of health, these special sudoral efflorescences will be observed: they will at times be very painful, and may bear the aspect of measles, roseola, urticaria &c.

1869, Armand Trousseau, translated by John Rose Cormack, Lectures on Clinical Medicine, Volume 2, Lindsay & Blakiston, page 299:

1875, Prof. Vulpian, Physiology—The Action of Jaborandi and of Atropine upon the Perspiration, Saint Louis Clinical Record, Volumes 1-2, page 38 (of volume 2),
I think that the same reasoning applies to the action of atropine and jaborandi upon the sudoral secretion.

The average duration of sudoral typhoid is therefore about five weeks.

1897, John A. Robison, “Medical Progress: Medicine”, in John H. Hollister, editor, The North American Practitioner, The J. Harrison White Company, page 213:

(dated, medicine) Of or pertaining to sweat; caused by sweat; characterised by the production of sweat.


helicotrema

en-noun

helicotrema (plural helicotremata or helicotremas)

helicotremata (plural)
helicotremas (plural)

Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “coil”) + τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”).

These openings may be respectively named the cochlear and vestibular helicotremata, the latter being many degrees larger than the former; so that, should a fluid be poured into the cupola, it will pass into the vestibular rather than the tympanic scala.

1849, J. D. Macdonald, “Development and comparative anatomy of the organ of hearing”, in London Journal of Medicine, page 870:

The lower tympanic scala begins at the crest of the cochlear fenestra and courses up spirally below the osseous spiral lamina, while the upper vestibular scala begins at the vestibular recess and passes above the spiral membrane to the helicotrema.

1907, Johannes Sobotta, Atlas and Text-book of Human Anatomy: Vascular system, lymphatic system, nervous system and sense organs:

We have made measurements on the size of the helicotrema two ways, either by reconstructing the helicotremas from serial sections, or directly in osmium-fixed preparations.

2012, Peter Dallos, The Auditory Periphery Biophysics and Physiology, page 183:

cochlear labyrinth
cochlear labyrinth#English

(anatomy) The part of the cochlear labyrinth where the scala tympani and the scala vestibuli meet.


phlyctenular

phlyctenular conjunctivitis

phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis

phlyctenular ophthalmia

(medicine) Characterized by the presence of small pustules, or whitish elevations resembling pustules.


retrocardiac

(anatomy, medicine) Located behind the heart.


leucophlegmacy

leucophlegmacy (countable and uncountable, plural leucophlegmacies)

From leuco- + phlegm + -acy; compare French leucophlegmasie.

(medicine, archaic) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness with oily sweating.


sinistrad

From Latin sinistra (“the left hand”) + -ad.

read sinistrad

(dated, chiefly anatomy, zoology) Toward the left side; right to left; sinistrally.


discussive

(medicine, archaic) A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humours; a discutient.


discussive

en-adj

discussive (comparative more discussive, superlative most discussive)

more discussive (comparative)
most discussive (superlative)

(medicine, archaic) Able or tending to discuss, or disperse, tumors or coagulated matter.


rheobase

(neuroscience) The minimum electric current amplitude that results in an action potential.


hyfrecator

Shortening of high frequency eradicator, originally a trademark.

(medicine) A low-powered single-electrode device that destroys tissue in electrosurgery.


lateropulsion

en-noun

lateropulsion (usually uncountable, plural lateropulsions)

(medicine) a tendency to tilt or move sideways involuntarily


hemiballismus

(medicine) A rare movement disorder with involuntary flinging motions of the extremities on one side of the body.


kyphotic

en-adj

kyphotic (comparative more kyphotic, superlative most kyphotic)

more kyphotic (comparative)
most kyphotic (superlative)

Ancient Greek κύφος (kúphos, “humpback, bent”) + -otic.

uder

Kyphosis is an increase of the spinal curve in the sagittal plane that results in a greater than normal posterior convexity (anterior concavity). An increased kyphotic curve is encountered more often in the thoracic spine, where it produces a rounded upper back, or 'humped back'.

2007, Nicette Sergueef, Cranial Osteopathy for Infants, Children and Adolescents:

(anatomy, pathology) Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.


vas rectum

/ˈvɑːs ˈɹɛktəm/

First attested in 1750; Latin: vās (“vessel”) + rēctum (neuter nominative singular of rēctus, “straight”) = “straight vessel”.

A yellowiſh ſemen is generated in the vaſcula ſerpentina, is ſent down into the vasa recta, and thence depoſited in the rete under the albuginea.

1750, Albert Haller, “Of the paſſages of the ſemen” in The Philoſophical Tranſactions (1743–1750) Abridged X (1756), ed. John Martyn, page 1,092

One single, straight duct termed vas rectum, which joins the rete testis at a right angle. The vasa recta are very slender, and easily give way when injected.

1843, Thomas Blizard Curling, “A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Testis”, in The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, LX:ii, page 216:

tubulus seminiferus contortus
tubulus seminiferus contortus#English

tubulus seminiferus rectus
tubulus seminiferus rectus#English

(anatomy, usually in the plural) One of a number of straight vasa (tubes), specifically:

(somewhat dated) A straight seminiferous tubule conveying semen from its pertaining tubulus seminiferus contortus (convoluted seminiferous tubule) to the rete testis of the testicle that contains it; now more commonly called the tubulus seminiferus rectus (straight seminiferous tubule).

Long and almost straight vessels (vasa recta), into which the efferent vessel of those tufts situated at the bases of the pyramids, divides.

1858, Lionel Smith Beale, Illustrations of the Constituents of Urine, Urinary Deposits, and Calculi, Fig. 1. g., page 3

The vasa recta are capillaries, mostly derived from the efferent arterioles of juxtamedullary nephrons, which have a ‘hairpin’ arrangement and dip far down into the renal medulla.

2000, Christopher J. Lote, Principles of Renal Physiology, fourth edition, § 6.4, page 78:

vas rectum renis
vas rectum renis#English

arteriolae efferentes
arteriola efferens#English

(sometimes more fully, “vas rectum renis”) Any one of many straight capillaries in the kidney that branch off from the arteriolae efferentes (efferent arterioles) of juxtamedullary nephrons, enter the medulla, and surround the loop of Henle, where they function to absorb water and to secrete salt and urea into the renal interstitium, thereby facilitating the production of concentrated urine.

Bleeding from colonic diverticula is caused by rupture of the underlying vas rectum.

1990, Jay H. Stein, Internal Medicine, third edition, page 395:

Any one of numerous straight arteries that branch off from the arcades of the mesentery of the jejunum and ileum whence they head toward the small intestine.


lateralward

en-adv

lateralward (comparative more lateralward, superlative most lateralward)

more lateralward (comparative)
most lateralward (superlative)

(anatomy) In a lateral direction; towards the side of the body.


thalamotomy

(surgery) An invasive procedure, primarily effective for tremors such as those associated with Parkinson's disease, where a selected portion of the thalamus is surgically destroyed.


mannerize

en-verb

mannerize (third-person singular simple present mannerizes, present participle mannerizing, simple past and past participle mannerized)

mannerizes (present singular third-person)
mannerizing (participle present)
mannerized (participle past)
mannerized (past)

She experiences violent drives, but she herself is 'above' them. Her affects are never neuroticized, as her tics are never mannerized.

(transitive, medicine) To adopt (a behaviour) as a mannerism; to convert into a mannerism.


splenoid

en-adj

splenoid (comparative more splenoid, superlative most splenoid)

more splenoid (comparative)
most splenoid (superlative)

From Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) + -oid.


spleenlike

spleenlike (comparative more spleenlike, superlative most spleenlike)

more spleenlike (comparative)
most spleenlike (superlative)

(anatomy) Resembling the spleen; splenoid.


dermohaemal

the dermohæmal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes

(anatomy) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and haemal structures.


tarsectomy

That no less than eleven different forms of tarsectomy have been described for the cure of club-foot would seem to show that surgeons have not found any one of these operations giving perfectly satisfactory results.

1890, Transactions of the American Surgical Association, volume 8, page 82:

In the rigid foot with fixed deformity, a wedge tarsectomy or triple arthrodesis with tibialis posterior transfer is necessary.

1995, J.P. Ivory, I.M. Nugent, A.C. Ross, Key Topics in Orthopaedic Surgery, published 2005, page 189:

Transverse incisions are used best for wedge tarsectomy.

2012, Piet deBoer, Richard Buckley, Stanley Hoppenfeld, Surgical Exposures in Foot & Ankle Surgery: The Anatomic Approach, page 170:

(surgery) The operation of removing one or more of the bones of the tarsus (cluster of bones in the foot).

An important advantage of using Whitnall's sling procedure or the superior tarsectomy modification is that the other alternatives are still available if these procedures should give unacceptable results.

1995, Bhupendra C. K. Patel, Richard L. Anderson, “Levator aponeurosis repair”, in Thomas C. Naugle, Jr., Richard J. Hesse, Constance L. Fry, editors, Diagnosis and Management of Oculoplastic and Orbital Disorders: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Symposium, page 25:

One of the more radical treatments, tarsectomy, removes the eyelid's cartilage plate and the result can be inability to fully elevate the lids, just as you feel now.

2005, Edwina A. McConnell, Teddy Jones, A Stone for Every Journey: Traveling the Life of Elinor Gregg, R.N., page 215:

As parents are often opposed to surgery on the normal eye, considerable improvement may be obtained and further surgery deferred or avoided if a maximal aponeurotic resection (Whitnall's sling) procedure with a superior tarsectomy is performed first.

2011, David T. Tse, Color Atlas of Oculoplastic Surgery, 2nd edition, page 94:

(surgery) The operation of removing one or more tarsi (plates of connective tissue, one found in each eyelid).


blepharoclonus

He showed a rather unblinking, lizard-like stare, except when grimacing, or during his rare paroxysms of blepharoclonus.

(medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.


myelocoele

(anatomy) The central canal of the spinal cord.


emprosthotonus

From Ancient Greek ἔμπροσθεν (émprosthen) + τόνος (tónos, “tension”). See further at opisthotonos.

(medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.


chemopallidectomy

(surgery) A pallidectomy that uses a chemical to destroy the globus pallidus.


chemothalamectomy

(surgery) A thalamectomy that uses a chemical to destroy a portion of the thalamus.


cushingoid

cushingoid (comparative more cushingoid, superlative most cushingoid)

more cushingoid (comparative)
most cushingoid (superlative)

(medicine) Presenting symptoms like those of Cushing's syndrome (weight gain, sweating, moon face, etc.).


deligation

Deligation of the Part : and in this case Bandages are to be made of softer and broader Linen than we use in Fractures without a Wound

1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:


sclerotical

sclerotical (comparative more sclerotical, superlative most sclerotical)

more sclerotical (comparative)
most sclerotical (superlative)


petromastoid

petrmastoid bone

petrmastoid canal

petrmastoid portion of the bone

(anatomy) Of or relating to the petrous and mastoid parts of the temporal bone


plicidentine

(dentistry) A form of dentin which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.


epichordal

(anatomy) Upon or above the notochord; applied especially to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.


interstapedial

interstapedial cartilage

(anatomy) Relating to part of the columella of the ear, between the stapes and the mediostapedial.


gastroraphy

Ancient Greek stomach + a sewing: compare French gastrorrhaphie.

There is a kind[…][of suture] in the belly, called Gastrophie[…]

1612, Peter Lowe, A Discourse of the Whole Art of Chyrurgerie:

(surgery, dated) The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.


ephippium

From Latin ephippium (“saddlecloth”), from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion), from ἐπῐ́ (epĭ́) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).

(anatomy) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.


autophony

(medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.


oneirophrenia

en-noun

oneirophrenia (countable and uncountable, plural oneirophrenias)

From oneiro- (“dream”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”) + -ia.

(psychiatry) A hallucinatory, dream-like state caused by sleep deprivation, drugs, etc.


amphistylic

From amphi- + Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + -ic

af

(anatomy, of a skull) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks.


subaxillary

(anatomy) Situated under the axilla, or armpit.


pharyngobranchial

(anatomy) Of or relating to the pharynx and the branchiae; applied especially to the dorsal elements in the branchial arches of fishes.


pharyngobranchial

(anatomy) A pharyngobranchial, or upper pharyngeal, bone or cartilage.


contrastimulant

(pharmacology) Any agent that counteracts a stimulant.


contrastimulant

en-adj

contrastimulant (comparative more contrastimulant, superlative most contrastimulant)

more contrastimulant (comparative)
most contrastimulant (superlative)

(pharmacology) That reverses the effect of a stimulant.


tentaculum

From New Latin tentāculum. See the doublet tentacle.

(anatomy) One of the stiff hairs situated around the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs.


protovertebral

-ɜː(ɹ)tɪbɹəl

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the protovertebrae.


gigerium

Latin gigeria (“(plural) the cooked entrails of poultry”).

uder

The gigerium, in situ, is far back in the abdomen, its middle about opposite the last rib and to the left side, lying nearly apposed to the abdominal parietes

1874, Elliott Coues, Birds of the Northwest, LARUS ARGENTATUS, page 650:


prehallux

(anatomy) An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the big toe.


sibilant rhonchus

en-noun

sibilant rhonchus (plural sibilant rhonchi)

The sonorous rhonchus is heard in the larger tubes; but when the inflammation extends to the smaller tubes, a sibilant rhonchus is produced, which is caused by the same physical condition as the sonorous, but difi'ers from it on account of the smaller calibre of the tubes in which it occurs.

1841, The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 23, page 7:

There is a copious eruption of small papular and partly vesicular spots upon the thorax; the heart's sounds are somewhat flat, without murmur; a sibilant rhonchus is heard over all parts of the chest.

1864 January 16, Thomas B. Peacock, “Cases of unusual slowness of pulse, with remarks”, in The Medical Times and Gazette, volume 1, page 56:

Sonorous rhonchi are produced in the larger bronchi, and are often spoken of as large rhonchi, while sibilant rhonchi, originating in the smaller air tubes, are also known as small rhonchi.

1907, Henry Lawrence McKisack, A Dictionary of Medical Diagnosis:


labored breathing

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respiratory distress
respiratory distress

(medicine) Breathing at less than 12 or more than 20 breaths per minute with poor or irregular quality, rhythm, or tidal volume; a sign of respiratory distress.


amphetaminism

Later still, her images became highly stylized, intricate, with obsessed, repetitive motifs, labyrinthine, until they resembled Louis Wain's crystalline cats. Such drawings are also rather characteristic of Tourette's syndrome — the original form, the original thought, lost in a jungle of embellishment — and in the so-called 'speed-art' of amphetaminism.

(medicine) Behaviour caused by taking amphetamines.


postencephalitic

(medicine) Of or relating to postencephalitis.


respiratory distress

(medicine) The quality and symptom of having a heightened level of carbon dioxide in the blood stream; hypoxia.


postencephalitis

postencephalitis (usually uncountable, plural postencephalitides)

(medicine) A form of parkinsonism, believed to be caused by a viral illness, that triggers degeneration of the nerve cells in the substantia nigra and leads to encephalitis.


omphalotomy

(surgery) The cutting of the umbilical cord.


cicatrizant

Compare French cicatrisant, properly the present participle of cicatriser.

used as a cicatrizant and analgesic

(medicine) A medicine, ointment or similar application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a scar.


mylohyoid

/ˌmʌɪ.lə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/

Borrowed from New Latin mylohȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μῠ́λη (mŭ́lē, “a molar”) + Latin hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to mylo- (“molar”) + hyoid.

af

the mylohyoid nerve

(anatomy) Relating to or in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus, or the mylohyoid muscle.


mylohyoid

/ˌmʌɪ.lə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/

mylohyoid muscle
mylohyoid muscle#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of mylohyoid muscle..


eucrasy

From Ancient Greek εὐκρασία (eukrasía, “well-temperedness”). By surface analysis, eu- + -crasy. Compare French eucrasie.

der

a good digestion should follow; and it will be some days before the stomach recover its eucrasy again , and perform its office well

1683, Everard Maynwaringe, The Method and Means of Enjoying Health, Vigour and Long Life:

(medicine, archaic) A mixture of qualities that constitutes health or soundness.


scrotocele

From scroto- + Ancient Greek κήλη (kḗlē, “hernia, tumour”).

(medicine, obsolete, rare) A rupture or hernia in the scrotum.


limbous

There are two types of squamous sutures: limbous sutures have mutual ridges or serrations, and the more common plane sutures, which exhibit less structured surfaces which are mutually roughened, such as the temporoparietal suture, the suture between the two maxillae, or the meeting of the zygomatic and palatine bones.

1996, Don Cohen, An Introduction to Craniosacral Therapy: Anatomy, Function, and Treatment:

(anatomy, of a suture) With slightly overlapping borders.


basihyoid

Both sutures are passed dorsal to the basihyoid bone, with the most dorsal suture exiting on the ipsilateral side of the lingual process (asterisk) and the most ventral suture on the contralateral side of the lingual process.

2009, Norman Edward Robinson, Kim A. Sprayberry, Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, page 259:

From the basihyoid, however, it extends dorsally to wrap around the M. sternothyroideus before returning ventrally and curving under the M. episternocleidomastoideus toward the scapula (Herrel et al., 2001b; Meyers et al., 2002)

2013, Krystal A. Tolley, Anthony Herrel, The Biology of Chameleons, page 21:

(anatomy) The central part of the hyoid bone, which is found at the base of the tongue.


acrotism

From New Latin acrotismus, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, privative a) + κρότος (krótos, “a rattling, beating”) + -ismus.

(medicine) A lack or defect of the pulse.


aortoarteritis

(medicine) A condition involving inflammation of the aorta and arteries.


bimastism

From bi- + Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós, “breast”) + -ism.

affix

(anatomy, dated, rare) The condition of having two mammae or teats.


scirrhosity

(medicine) A morbid induration, as of a gland


entastic

From Ancient Greek ἔντασις (éntasis, “tension, straining”) + -tic.

af

(medicine) Of or relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.


pustulant

en-adj

pustulant (comparative more pustulant, superlative most pustulant)

more pustulant (comparative)
most pustulant (superlative)

From Latin pustulans, present participle. See pustulate (verb).


pustulant

Croton oil is a pustulant.

(medicine) Any medicine that produces pustules.


ideasthesia

/ʌɪˈdɪəɛsˈθiːʒə/

From Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”) + -aesthesia, modeled after synaesthesia, and introduced by Danko Nikolić in.

der

(neurology, psychology) A neurological or cognitive phenomenon in which activation of a particular concept triggers a sensory-like experience.


ecphractic

From Ancient Greek ἐκφράσσω (ekphrássō, “to open or unblock”), from φράσσω (phrássō). Compare French ecphractique.

(medicine, dated) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so remove obstructions; deobstruent.


ichorhaemia

(medicine, dated) infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances


spondylolisthetic

In the spondylolisthetic pelvis, the body of the last lumbar vertebra is dislocated forward and downward over the anterior surface of the sacrum.

1910, Alfred Lewis Galabin, George Blacker, The Practice of Midwifery, page 785:

We aim to determine the incidence of this non-spondylolisthetic cause of instability in conservatively managed patients and operated groups of patients.

2018 April 4, Ashok K Rathod, Rakesh P Dhake, “Radiographic Incidence of Lumbar Spinal Instability in Patients with Non-spondylolisthetic Low Backache.”, in Cureus Journal of Medical Science, →DOI:

Our findings imply that the Caudad insertion of pedicle screws facilitated interbody distraction during the restoration of spondylolisthetic vertebrae.

2021 September 15, Xin Xi et al., “Caudad Insertion of Pedicle Screws Facilitates Interbody Distraction During Spondylolisthetic Vertebrae Restoration: A Retrospective Study”, in Pain and Therapy, →DOI:

(medicine) Relating to or affected by the spine condition spondylolisthesis.


hypapophysis

en-noun

hypapophysis (countable and uncountable, plural hypapophyses)

Haemal spines and chevron bones are examples of hypapophysis.

(anatomy) A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum.


larmier

From French larme (“tear, drop”), from Latin lacrima. See lachrymose.


epichorial

en-adj

epichorial (comparative more epichorial, superlative most epichorial)

more epichorial (comparative)
most epichorial (superlative)

/ˌɛpɪˈkɔːɹiəl/

From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + χώρα (khṓra, “countryside”) + -ial.