endocytose

en-verb

endocytose (third-person singular simple present endocytoses, present participle endocytosing, simple past and past participle endocytosed)

endocytoses (present singular third-person)
endocytosing (participle present)
endocytosed (participle past)
endocytosed (past)

(cytology) Of a cell, to ingest material by folding the plasma membrane inwards around it.


brachycephalic

en-adj

brachycephalic (comparative more brachycephalic, superlative most brachycephalic)

more brachycephalic (comparative)
most brachycephalic (superlative)

From brachy- + cephalic, literally “short-headed”, via New Latin brachycephalus, from Ancient Greek βραχυκέφαλος (brakhuképhalos), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

der

βραχυκέφαλος

af

"Round-headed," he muttered. "Brachycephalic, gray-eyed, black-haired, with suggestion of the negroid. Celtic, I presume?"

1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

Just how cosmopolitan the town was is clear from the fact that two different races are found buried in the graves: the dolichocephalic Eurafrican, and the brachycephalic Proto-Mediterranean.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 153:

Also a subject of extensive investigation was the cephalic index, a measurement of the general shape of the skull, defined as the ratio of its breadth to its length multiplied by one hundred to eliminate the decimal point. Ratios below seventy-five indicated skulls that were long and narrow, termed “dolichocephalic”; those between seventy-five and eight, slightly broader or “mesocephalic”; and even rounder heads with ratios above eighty were called “brachycephalic.”

1996, William H. Tucker, The Science and Politics of Racial Research, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 23:

(anatomy, of a person or animal) Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right); having a broad skull with a cephalic index over 80.

lyhytkalloinen

having a head that is short from front to back


sartorius

From Latin sartor (“tailor, mender”) + -ius. The connection with this occupation follows from the fact that tailors typically worked in a seated position with fabric spread out in their lap, resting the ankle of one lower leg on the opposite knee for support. The sartorius muscle is important to maintaining this posture.

(anatomy) A long, slender muscle that runs from the iliac crest along the anterior and medial aspects of the thigh to the proximal tibia, superficial to the quadriceps musculature; the longest muscle in the human body.


trichoma

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρίχωμα (tríkhōma), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) + -μα (-ma). Doublet of trichome.

(medicine, rare) Ingrown eyelash; trichiasis.

(medicine, rare) A trichomatose condition of the hair; plica.


trichiasis

en-noun

trichiasis (countable and uncountable, plural trichiases)


footrot

footrot (countable and uncountable, plural footrots)

(veterinary medicine) A hoof infection, infectious pododermatitis, that is commonly found in sheep, goat, and cattle.


chimerism

chimerism (countable and uncountable, plural chimerisms)

(genetics) The property of being a genetic chimera.


rouleau

(medicine, chiefly in the plural) A stack of aggregated red blood cells, as seen in certain haematological and other diseases.


cellomics

(cytology) The study of cell phenotypes and functions


electroconvulsive

Electroconvulsive therapy is virtually a last-resort technique.

(medicine) Causing seizures or convulsions by means of strong electrical shocks.

elektrokonvulzivní

causing seizures or convulsions by means of strong electrical shocks


congestive heart failure

congestive heart failure (countable and uncountable, plural congestive heart failures)

(medicine) A syndrome marked by weakness, edema and shortness of breath, due to the inability of the heart to circulate the blood adequately to the lungs and other tissues.


polyscope

(obsolete, medicine) A device for viewing the cavities of the body.


polyserositis

From poly- + serositis or poly- + seros(ae) + -itis.

serous membranes
serous membrane#English

(biology, medicine) Inflammation of multiple serosae (serous membranes), as a component of a disease process that is either inherently systemic or has some systemic sequelae.


leukorrhea

leukorrhea (countable and uncountable, plural leukorrheas)

From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + ῥοία (rhoía, “flow, flux”). By surface analysis, leuko- + -rrhea.

(pathology) Thick, whitish vaginal discharge.


renal corpuscle

renal corpuscle (plural renal corpuscles)

(anatomy) the blood-filtering structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and a Bowman's capsule.


Malpighian corpuscle

Malpighian corpuscle (plural Malpighian corpuscles)


kidney corpuscle

kidney corpuscle (plural kidney corpuscles)


dermoid cyst

(pathology) A type of teratoma or tumour, usually benign. It is in the form of a cyst or sac, and contains skin and sometimes hair, nails, teeth or other tissue.


pancreaticoduodenectomy

From pancreatico- + duoden- + -ectomy or pancreatico- + duodenectomy.

(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of part of the pancreas, part of the stomach and the duodenum.


pancreatoduodenectomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of part of the pancreas and part of the stomach including the duodenum.


Whipple procedure

Whipple procedure (plural Whipple procedures)

Named after the surgeon Dr. Allen Whipple, who devised the procedure in 1935.


oesophagectomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the oesophagus.


gastrostomy

gastrostomy (countable and uncountable, plural gastrostomies)

(surgery) The surgical procedure for making an opening in the stomach as part of an operation


micropenis

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The jury has heard claims that Clifford has a "micropenis" measuring two and half inches, while one woman told the court the publicist's penis was "enormous".

2014 March 26, “Max Clifford's penis 'neither freakishly small nor enormous', lawyer tells court”, in The Guardian, sourced from Press Association, →ISSN:


calotte

(anatomy) The upper (superior) or lower (inferior) half of the globe of the eye.


gastroenterostomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure for making a connection between the stomach and the jejunum, usually as part of an operation, performed at the same time as a partial gastrectomy.


laparotomy

Itʼs known as a laparotomy, which involves cutting open your whole abdomen.

2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 262:

(surgery) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.


coeliotomy

By surface analysis, coel- + -i- + -otomy.

surf

(surgery) A surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.


angulus

Borrowed from Latin angulus (“an angle”). Doublet of angle.

(anatomy) An angle or corner, such as the angular portion of the stomach between the lesser curvature and the pylorus.


cardioplegia

en-noun

cardioplegia (usually uncountable, plural cardioplegias)

(surgery) The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery

cardioplegia

deliberate cessation of cardiac activity


celoma

(anatomy) A cavity in the mesoderm of a vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavities


destrocardia

(medicine) A congenital cardiac malformation in which the heart is facing to the right instead of the left


cordotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure for selectively disabling pain-conducting nerve paths in the spinal cord to relieve chronic pain.


chordotomy

(surgery) Alternative spelling of cordotomy


craniotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the operation.


craniectomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, to relieve intracranial pressure


omoplate

From French omoplate, from Ancient Greek ὠμοπλάτη (ōmoplátē, “shoulder blade”), from ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) + πλάτη (plátē, “something flat or broad”).


enchondroma

en-noun

enchondroma (plural enchondromas or enchondromata)

enchondromas (plural)
enchondromata (plural)

(medicine, pathology) A cartilage cyst found in the bone marrow.

enkondrooma

a cartilage cyst found in the bone marrow


phrenic

en-adj

phrenic (comparative more phrenic, superlative most phrenic)

more phrenic (comparative)
most phrenic (superlative)

From New Latin phrenicus, from Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “diaphragm”).

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the diaphragm

(physiology) Relating to the mind or mental activity


interatrial

(anatomy) Located between the atria of the heart.


fistulotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure of opening, or removal of a fistulous tract.


hysterotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure of making an incision in the uterus, commonly combined with a laparotomy during a caesarean section.


laminotomy

(surgery) The neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a lamina of the vertebral arch in order to decompress the spinal cord


vertebral arch

en-noun

vertebral arch (plural vertebral arches)

(anatomy) The posterior part of a vertebra.


antianginal

(pharmacology) Any drug used in the treatment of angina pectoris, a symptom of ischaemic heart disease.


antianginal

(pharmacology) Used in the treatment of angina pectoris.

antianginal

used in the treatment of angina pectoris


steatotic

en-adj

steatotic (comparative more steatotic, superlative most steatotic)

more steatotic (comparative)
most steatotic (superlative)

(medicine) Pertaining to or affected by steatosis: infiltrated with fatty nodules (used especially of the liver).

fatty

strictly hypernymic; sometimes loosely synonymous in medical usage


arbovirus

(pathology, virology) Any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod.

arbovirus

any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod


neurogenin

en-noun

neurogenin (countable and uncountable, plural neurogenins)

(biology, genetics) A transcription factor involved in the differentiation of neurons


interventricular

(anatomy) Located between the ventricles of the heart.

(anatomy) Related to comparison of the two ventricles.


supraventricular

en-adj

supraventricular (comparative more supraventricular, superlative most supraventricular)

more supraventricular (comparative)
most supraventricular (superlative)

I was called to see a patient in supraventricular tachycardia – a very fast heart rhythm, which if left untreated can be fatal.

2020, Louise Curtis with Sarah Johnson, A Nurseʼs Story: My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis, Pan Books, page 204:

(anatomy) Located above the ventricles of the heart.

sovraventricolare

located above the ventricles of the heart


tricuspid

(dentistry) Having three cusps, e.g. a molar tooth

(anatomy) Describing the valve, between the right atrium and ventricle of the heart, that has three triangular segments


vasoformative

vasoformative (comparative more vasoformative, superlative most vasoformative)

more vasoformative (comparative)
most vasoformative (superlative)

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the formation and development of blood vessels and blood cells


pericranium

en-noun

pericranium (plural pericraniums or pericrania)

pericraniums (plural)
pericrania (plural)

/pɛɹɪˈkɹeɪnɪəm/

From late Latin pericranium, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek περικράνιον (perikránion), noun use of the neuter form of περικράνιος (perikránios, “around the skull”), from περί (perí, “around”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”).

After making the incision, the pericranium must be raised a little from the bone with the edge of the knife, to clear the bone, and the scalprum employed.

1819, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary:

(anatomy) The membrane (or periosteum) which covers the outer surface of the skull.


microtrauma

microtrauma (countable and uncountable, plural microtraumas or microtraumata)

microtraumas (plural)
microtraumata (plural)

(medicine) Any small, insignificant injury, but especially one of a series (such as suffered by athletes) that can lead to major injury


tracheomalacia

(pathology) A condition in which the cartilaginous tissue in trachea is soft, such that the trachea partly collapses during respiration.


myotomy

If a hyperdeviation is present in an eye treated with such a myotomy of a horizontal rectus, the proximal myotomy should begin above to shift the insertion downward and make the horizontal rectus more effective as a depressor.

1993, Eugene M. Helveston, Surgical Management of Strabismus: An Atlas of Strabismus Surgery, page 235:

(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ.


myringotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure of making a tiny incision in the eardrum, to relieve pressure caused by the excessive buildup of fluid, or to drain pus.


nephrotomy

nephrotomy (countable and uncountable, plural nephrotomies)

(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney.


osteotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting a bone. This is often performed to either lengthen, shorten, or straighten a bone.

截骨術 /截骨术

surgery: the surgical procedure of cutting a bone


pneumonotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure of making an incision in the lung.


birthing chair

Two nurse-midwives at the Milwaukee Birth Center (MBC), Milwaukee, OR, designed a new birthing chair that has received rave reviews from the first 25 women who used it for labor and delivery.

1984, “Clinical News: Rebirth of the Birthing Chair,”, in The American Journal of Nursing, volume 84, number 7, page 872:

(obstetrics) A chair designed to place a woman who is in labor in a position which facilitates childbirth.


dorsalgia

dorsalgia (usually uncountable, plural dorsalgias)


gentamycin

(pharmacology) Alternative spelling of gentamicin.


aristolochic

/əˌɹɪstəˈloʊkɪk/

(pathology) Caused by aristolochic acid.


sympatric

en-adj

sympatric (comparative more sympatric, superlative most sympatric)

more sympatric (comparative)
most sympatric (superlative)

There is some evidence of sympatric speciation of cichlid fish in small African crater lakes.

2004, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, Phoenix, published 2005, page 349:

(biology, genetics) Occurring in the same, or in overlapping, territory, especially of species that do not interbreed.

speciation

living in same territory without interbreeding


peripatric

peripatric (comparative more peripatric, superlative most peripatric)

more peripatric (comparative)
most peripatric (superlative)

peripatrinen

living in overlapping territories wothout interbreeding

(genetics, biology) Living in overlapping territories without interbreeding.


cardioectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of the heart


rachiotomy

From Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “spine, ridge”) + -otomy.

der

(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.


sclerotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in the sclera


sphincterotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure for treating fissures in the mucosa of the anal canal, or sphincter.


strabotomy

From Ancient Greek στραβός (strabós, “squinting”) + -tomy.

(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or tendon of the eye to correct strabismus, or squint.


tenotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a tendon


thoracotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure of making an incision into the chest, normally as a first step to gain access to the thoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the esophagus.


tonsillotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision into a tonsil.


varicotomy

From varico- + -tomy or varic- + -otomy.

(surgery) The surgical procedure of removing varicose veins.


anhidrosis

(medicine) The reduced ability or inability to sweat.


anoopsia

(medicine) A condition in which one eye gazes upward while the other looks straight ahead.


antihelix

en-noun

antihelix (plural antihelices or antihelixes)

antihelices (plural)
antihelixes (plural)

(anatomy) The curved prominence of cartilage of the external ear, within or in front of the helix.


hypopnea

hypopnea (countable and uncountable, plural hypopneas)

(pathology) A disorder which involves episodes of overly shallow breathing or an abnormally low respiratory rate


epipteric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to supernumerary bones (Wormian bones) occasionally present in the pterion region of the human skull.


Wormian bone

Named after Ole Worm, Professor of Anatomy at Copenhagen, 1624–1639, who was erroneously believed to have given the first detailed description of these bones.

(anatomy) Any small irregular bone occasionally occurring in the cranium in addition to the normal bones.


SRS

SRS (countable and uncountable, plural SRSes)

sex reassignment surgery
sex reassignment surgery#English

(medicine) Initialism of sex reassignment surgery.


aphagia

aphagia (usually uncountable, plural aphagias)

Coined based on Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + φάγος (phágos, “glutton”) + -ία (-ía).

(medicine) The condition of difficulty in swallowing.


aphakia

aphakia (countable and uncountable, plural aphakias)

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, privative prefix) + φᾰκός (phăkós, “lentil”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, noun suffix). Equivalent to a- + phakia.

af

(ophthalmology) The absence of the lens of the eye, causing hypermetropia and a loss of accommodation.


disbudding

en-noun

disbudding (countable and uncountable, plural disbuddings)

(veterinary) In the raising of domesticated animals with horns, such as goats, sheep, and cows, the removal of the undeveloped horns from a young animal.


antigenically

(immunology) In the manner of an antigen


back wall

Because it is a wall and is located at the back of the court.

... back wall of thorax S20.40 Unspecified superficial injuries of back wall of thorax S20.401 Unspecified superficial injuries of right back wall of thorax D , S S20.402 Unspecified superficial injuries of left back wall of thorax D , S[…]

2016 June 16, Carol J. Buck, 2012 ICD-10-CM Draft Standard Edition -- E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1419:

... back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity S21.431 Puncture wound without foreign body of right back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity A , D , S S21.432 Puncture wound without foreign body of left[…]

2015 January 1, Carol J. Buck, 2015 ICD-10-CM Draft Edition - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1319:

... back wall of thorax S20.401 Unspecified superficial injuries of right back wall of thorax S20.402 Unspecified superficial injuries of left back wall of thorax S20.409 Unspecified superficial injuries of unspecified back wall of[…]

2023 September 8, Elsevier, Buck's 2024 ICD-10-CM for Hospitals - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1297:

... back wall of thorax S20.221 Contusion of right back wall of thorax S20.222 Contusion of left back wall of thorax S20.223 Contusion of bilateral back wall of thorax S20.224 Contusion of middle back wall of thorax S20.229 Contusion of[…]

2021 October 9, Elsevier, Buck's 2022 ICD-10-CM for Physicians - E-Book: Buck's 2022 ICD-10-CM for Physicians - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1244:

... back wall of thorax S20.40 Unspecified superficial injuries of back wall of thorax S20.401 Unspecified superficial injuries of right back wall of thorax S20.31 Abrasion of front wall of thorax S20.311 Abrasion of right front wall of[…]

2020 September 25, Elsevier, Buck's 2021 ICD-10-CM for Physicians - E-Book: Buck's 2021 ICD-10-CM for Physicians - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1247:

... back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity A , D , S S21.409 Unspecified open wound of unspecified back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity A , D , S S21.41 Laceration without foreign body of back wall of[…]

2015 November 12, Carol J. Buck, 2016 ICD-10-CM Hospital Professional Edition - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1318:


camptothecin

(medicine) An alkaloid, derived from the tree Camptotheca acuminata, that inhibits DNA topomerase and is used as an anticancer drug


cardiothoracic

(medicine, anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the heart and the chest

cardio-thoracique

of or pertaining to both the heart and the chest


heparinize

en-verb

heparinize (third-person singular simple present heparinizes, present participle heparinizing, simple past and past participle heparinized)

heparinizes (present singular third-person)
heparinizing (participle present)
heparinized (participle past)
heparinized (past)

(medicine, transitive) To treat with heparin, especially so as to prevent coagulation.


immunogenetics

(immunology, genetics) The study of the genetic basis for the immune response, and of the relationships between genetics and immunity from disease


isotype

(immunology) A marker corresponding to an antigen found in all members of a subclass of a specific class of immunoglobulins


clinical death

en-noun

clinical death (countable and uncountable, plural clinical deaths)

The body dies in stages, beginning at clinical death, then brain death, biological death, and finally, cellular death.

1988, Andrea K. Scott, “Death Unto Life: Anencephalic Infants as Organ Donors,”, in Virginia Law Review, volume 74, number 8, page 1533:

(medicine, law) A state in which usual medically observable vital signs—such as respiration, heartbeat, and corneal reflex—are not present, but from which patients are sometimes revived.

vdekja klinike

state in which usual vital signs are not present


clinically dead

Twelve dogs have been brought back to life with no signs of permanent damage after being clinically dead for two hours.

1974, “Natural Sciences: Supercooling dogs,”, in Science News, volume 106, number 23, page 360:

(medicine, law) In a state in which usual medically observable vital signs—such as respiration, heartbeat, and corneal reflex—are not present, but from which patients are sometimes revived.


saburra

(pathology) Foul granular matter deposited in the alimentary canal by the decomposition of food


somatics

(medicine) Any of several holistic approaches to physical therapy that attempt to train both the body and the mind.

somatiikka

medicine: holistic approach to physical therapy


hammerhead ribozyme

hammerhead ribozyme (plural hammerhead ribozymes)

(genetics) Any of a class of self-cleaving RNAs found in some viroids.


chronotherapeutics

(medicine) Any of several forms of therapy that is administered in phase with a person's biological clock

cronoterapêutica

therapy administered in phase with a person’s biological clock


stereocilium

(anatomy) Any of many nonmotile cellular structures resembling long microvilli; those of the inner ear are responsible for auditory transduction


XP

Xeroderma Pigmentosum
xeroderma pigmentosum#English

(medicine) Initialism of Xeroderma Pigmentosum.


merocrine

From mero- (“partial”) + Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate”).

uder

Merocrine cells have several full secretion cycles — the merocrine secretion cell does not die when it secretes into the lumen of the gland.

1982, Vladimir Evgenʹevich Sokolov, Mammal Skin, University of California Press, page 20:

Secretions from glands are produced by merocrine, apocrine and holocrine modes of secretion (Fig. 3.4). In merocrine secretion, membrane bound secretory vesicles are formed and accumulate below the free surface of the cell.[…]There is no loss of cytoplasm in merocrine secretion.

2011, S. M. Kisia, Vertebrates: Structures and Functions, page 53:

The planum rostrale of pigs has tactile (sinus) hairs distributed over the surface and numerous large merocrine sweat glands.

2013, Nancy A. Monteiro-Riviere, “16: Integument”, in Jo Ann Eurell, Brian L. Frappier, editors, Dellmann's Textbook of Veterinary Histology, 6th edition, page 338:

(anatomy, biology, histology) Of or pertaining to certain exocrine glands that secrete without major damage to the secretory cells.

eccrine

of or pertaining to certain exocrine glands


spoligotyping

(genetics) A technique for the identification and analysis of polymorphism in certain types of repeat units in DNA.


spoligotype

(genetics) A form of polymorphism in the repeat units of DNA


blastopore

(embryology) The opening into the archenteron


somatopleuric

(embryology) Pertaining to the somatopleure; somatopleural.


somatopleural

(embryology) Pertaining to the somatopleure; somatopleuric.


somatopleure

From somato- + Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “side”).

(embryology) A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop.


greater alar cartilage

en-noun

greater alar cartilage (plural greater alar cartilages)

(anatomy) A flexible plate-like cartilage that support the tip of the nose


maturant

From Latin maturans, present participle. See maturate.

(medicine, obsolete) A medicine or application which promotes suppuration.


pneumatic bone

(anatomy) Any bone, such as the mastoid process or those of the birds, that contains many hollow cells full of air


CVR

cerebrovascular resistance
cerebrovascular resistance#English

(physiology) Initialism of cerebrovascular resistance.


haptics

(medicine) The study of the sense of touch.


labiaplasty

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Many doctors performing labiaplasties were never taught vulvar anatomy—leaving some patients scarred and unable to feel sexual pleasure.

2019, Suzannah Weiss, The Establishment, The Insidious Reasons Doctors Are Botching Labiaplasties:

Labiaplasty—surgery for reshaping or resizing the inner labia—is the fastest growing type of plastic surgery in the world: in 2016, 45 per cent more labiaplasty procedures were carried out than in 2015, […]

2019, Lynn Enright, Vagina: A Re-Education, Atlantic Books, →ISBN:

When performed poorly, a labiaplasty — a procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora, and one of the fastest-growing cosmetic surgeries worldwide — can also damage nerves, leading to genital pain and loss of sexual sensation.

2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times:

(surgery) The moulding or shaping of the labia minora and/or labia majora.


crepitus

(medicine) Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.

(crepitus of the joints; crepitatio articuli) liðmarr

(crepitus of the joints; crepitatio articuli) liðbrak

(crepitus of a fracture; crepitus fragminum ossis) beinbrotsbrak


bizygomatic breadth

bizygomatic breadth (plural bizygomatic breadths)

(anatomy) The width or breadth of the face from the widest part of one zygomatic arch to the widest part of the other


hypermutator

(genetics) Any agent that causes hypermutation


bosselated

en-adj

bosselated (comparative more bosselated, superlative most bosselated)

more bosselated (comparative)
most bosselated (superlative)

(medicine) Marked or covered with many bosses (protuberances)


pulpotomy

(dentistry) The surgical removal of part of the dental pulp


pulpectomy

(dentistry) The surgical removal of all of the dental pulp.


zinc finger

(biochemistry, genetics) A structure characterized by the coordination of one or more zinc ions, found in some proteins, that typically binds to specific sequences of DNA and regulates genes.


exogeny

(anatomy) A phase in the life cycle of a hair follicle in which a hair exits the follicle.


toxicosis

en-noun

toxicosis (countable and uncountable, plural toxicoses)


heat stroke

heat stroke (countable and uncountable, plural heat strokes)

(medicine, countable or uncountable) An illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature.


articular cartilage

articular cartilage (countable and uncountable, plural articular cartilages)

(anatomy) A tough, elastic, fibrous connective tissue found in various parts of the body, such as the joints, outer ear, and larynx. A major constituent of the embryonic and young vertebrate skeleton, it is converted largely to bone with maturation.


physical map

(genetics) A map showing how much DNA separates two genes, measured in base pairs, as opposed to a genetic map.


radiodiagnosis

radiodiagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural radiodiagnoses)

(medicine) diagnosis by means of X-rays or radiochemical tracers


radiodiagnostics

(medicine) Diagnostics by means of X-rays or radiochemical tracers.

放射診斷學 /放射诊断学

diagnostics by means of X-rays or radiochemical tracers


self report

(medicine, psychology) A report of a respondent of a survey or an interview about their internal state or perception, such as of pain, contrasting to measurement using a measuring device and to observations made by other people.


smear test

(gynaecology) A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix.


cervical smear

(chiefly gynaecology) A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix.


Pap test

From Papanikolaou. Named after Greek-American physician Georgios Papanikolaou.

named-after

(gynaecology) A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample ('smear') of cells from the cervix.


motor neuron

central nervous system
central nervous system

(neuroanatomy) A neuron located in the central nervous system that projects its axon outside the CNS and directly or indirectly control muscles.


selective mutism

social anxiety disorder
social anxiety disorder

(clinical psychology, psychiatry) A severe form of social anxiety disorder characterized by a total inability to speak or communicate orally in certain social settings.

mutismo selectivo

inability to speak in certain social settings


nettle-rash

en-noun

nettle-rash (countable and uncountable, plural nettle-rashes)

Poor kids. Only troubles wildfire and nettlerash.

1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 495:

They and their relatives ate peanuts till they were covered in nettle-rash.

1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 187:

His skin was covered with little bumps as though from a nettle rash. I looked for the tick he had flung away. It was black and swollen from old blood and it seemed clear that this infected blood had got into the wound and caused acute blood poisoning.

1958, Henno Martin, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, The Sheltering Desert, Thomas Nelson & Sons, page 99:

His colour is changing now, he does not have to look in the mirror, it's like a nettle-rash rising, scalding, scalding.

1997, Edna O'Brien, Down by the River, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 242:

(medicine) Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.


brachydactyly

brachydactyly (countable and uncountable, plural brachydactylies)

(pathology) Abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes

braquidactilia

abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes


genotoxicology

(medicine, genetics) The branch of toxicology that deals with the genetic effects of toxic substances, especially to the production of mutation by chemical means


mucolipidosis

(pathology) Any of several inherited lysosomal storage diseases characterized by an accumulation of mucopolysaccharides and lipids in tissues


mucolipin

(genetics, medicine) Any of several genes that have been associated with mucolipidosis.


neoplasia

neoplasia (countable and uncountable, plural neoplasias)

Ingluviotomy may be indicated for determination of crop masses (neoplasia, food impaction, and foreign bodies), repair damaged tissue (especially from predator bite wounds and infection,) and to gain access to the thoracic esophagus.

2014, Cheryl B. Greenacre, Teresa Y. Morishita, Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery, page 230:


oncoprotein

(genetics, oncology, biochemistry) A protein that is coded for by an oncogene.


oropharyngeal

/ˌɔː.ɹəʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/

/ˌɔː.ɹəʊ.fəˈɹɪn.ʒi.əl/

/ˌɔː.ɹəʊˌfa.ɹɪnˈd͡ʒiː.əl/

/ˌɔɹ.əˌfɛɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/

/ˌɔɹ.əˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/

/ˌɔɹ.ə.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/

/ˌɔɹ.ə.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to both the mouth and the pharynx.

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the oropharynx.


oropharyngeal

/ˌɔː.ɹəʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/

/ˌɔː.ɹəʊ.fəˈɹɪn.ʒi.əl/

/ˌɔː.ɹəʊˌfa.ɹɪnˈd͡ʒiː.əl/

/ˌɔɹ.əˌfɛɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/

/ˌɔɹ.əˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/

/ˌɔɹ.ə.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/

/ˌɔɹ.ə.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/

oropharyngeal airway
oropharyngeal airway#English

(informal, medicine) Ellipsis of oropharyngeal airway.: an adjunct device used to open and secure a patient's airway during emergencies.


follicular dendritic cell

follicular dendritic cell (plural follicular dendritic cells)

(anatomy) A specific type of cell, found in lymphoid follicles having filiform dendrites that bind and present immune complexes to B cells.


fossula

From Latin fossula (“small ditch or trench”).


gluteus

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

From Ancient Greek γλουτός (gloutós, “rump, buttock”).

der

(anatomy) Any of the several muscles of the nates, each of which arises from the pelvis and inserts into a femur.

бедрен мускул

(anatomy) one of the several muscles of nates


bica

(pharmacology, informal) Clipping of bicalutamide.


hedgehog signalling pathway

en-noun

hedgehog signalling pathway (uncountable)

(biochemistry, genetics) A key regulator of animal development present in many organisms from flies to humans.


hypovolemia

hypovolemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypovolemias)

(pathology) A state of decreased blood plasma volume.


ciliopathy

(medicine) Any of a range of genetic disorders involving defects in the cilia or flagella of cells


metabola

From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”); μετά (metá, “beyond”) + βολέω (boléō, “throw”).

bor

(medicine) A change or mutation of disease, symptoms, or treatment.


B-52 (cocktail)
B-52 Stratofortress
Boeing

Named for Boeing's B-52 Stratofortress, a bomber aircraft used in the Vietnam War.

(informal, medicine) A combination of diphenhydramine, 5 mg of haloperidol, and 2 mg of lorazepam, widely used for the sedation of acutely agitated patients.


zileuton

Probably from (ben)z(oth)i(ophene) + leu(ko)t(riene) + -on.

af

(pharmacology) An asthma drug that blocks leukotriene synthesis by inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase, an enzyme of the eicosanoid synthesis pathway.


dry powder inhaler

en-noun

dry powder inhaler (plural dry powder inhalers)

(medicine) A device with a canister holding a medicine in a dry powder form, ready to be sucked or sprayed out as aerosols, with the purpose of being inhaled by a patient into the lungs, commonly used for the treatment of asthma and other types of respiratory diseases.


otitis media

(pathology) An inflammation of the middle ear.


immunotherapeutic

en-adj

immunotherapeutic (comparative more immunotherapeutic, superlative most immunotherapeutic)

more immunotherapeutic (comparative)
most immunotherapeutic (superlative)

(immunology, medicine) Of a pharmaceutical, acting on the immune system to treat disease; used in immunotherapy.


peotomy

From Ancient Greek πέος (péos, “penis”) + -tomy.

An attack by the renowned Brazilian fishlet known as candiru, which likes to swim up a man's urine stream and lodge in the urethra with a ring of retrorse spines preventing its removal, is one of the very rare circumstances in which the doctor will perform the operation, known as peotomy.

1999, Simon Winchester, The Professor and the Madman, page 192:


tympanic membrane

en-noun

tympanic membrane (plural tympanic membranes)


myringitis

(pathology) An inflammation of the eardrum.


EBM

evidence-based medicine
evidence-based medicine#English

(medicine) Initialism of evidence-based medicine.


concretization

concretization (countable and uncountable, plural concretizations)

Another [patient] commented on the fact that the consultant had referred to two of them as "boys" in the demonstration. The concretization of a schizophrenic is exemplified here. One man thought this word meant that the consultant, in order "to keep things on the level of boy-girl, wanted everyone else to consider her as a girl, so the boys and girls could communicate."

1969, E. Drage, B. Lange, “Ethical Considerations in the Use of Patients for Demonstration,”, in The American Journal of Nursing, volume 69, number 10, page 2165:

(uncountable, medicine, psychology) An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children.


neural tube

(anatomy) hollow longitudinal dorsal tube formed in the folding and subsequent fusion of the opposite ectodermal folds in the embryo that gives rise to the brain and spinal cord


tret

Important to keep in mind: It usually takes up to three months to see a difference with tretinoin. So don’t expect miracles in a matter of a few weeks. However! Because I had been using tret previously, it really was like I just added the tranexamic acid and topical spiro to my routine.

2024 September 24, Beth Gillette, “I Tested Apostrophe, and I’ll Never Get Acne Meds From My Derm’s Office Again”, in Cosmopolitan:

(pharmacology, informal) Clipping of tretinoin.


cordocentesis

cordocentesis (countable and uncountable, plural cordocenteses)

(surgery) The removal of blood from an umbilical cord in utero for testing.

cordocentèse

(surgery) removal of blood from a umbilical cord in utero for testing


claustrum

Unadapted borrowing from Latin claustrum (“a bolt, bar”). Doublet of cloister.

ubor

For quotations using this term, see Citations:claustrum.

(neuroanatomy) A thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on both sides of the brains of mammals; its exact function is not understood, but it is believed to facilitate coordination between senses


exitus

en-noun

exitus (countable and uncountable, plural exituses)

Borrowed from Latin exitus. Doublet of ejido and exit.

She was brought to the Emergency Room moribund and went on to exitus soon after.

1944 November, John G. Sinclair, N. D. Schofield, “Anomalies of the cardio-pulmonary circuit compensated without a ductus arteriosus”, in The Anatomical Record, volume 90, number 3, →DOI, page 209:


acupoint

Blend of acupuncture + point. By surface analysis, acu- + point.

An important aspect of the "barefoot doctors" treatment is G-Jo. G-Jo rests on the same philosophy as acupuncture, acupressure, Shiatsu and the other acupoint stimulation therapies.

1979, George J. Feiss, Mind Therapies, Body Therapies, page 59:

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

(alternative medicine) A specific point on the body where acupuncture or acupressure is applied.

穴位

a specific point on the body where acupuncture is applied


date rape drug

(informal, pharmacology) A drug with sedative, hypnotic, dissociative, or amnesiac effects which is used to assist in the commission of a sexual assault (a date rape), In particular, the drug flunitrazepam ("roofies").


EUA

This week, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a a monoclonal antibody combination for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients

2021 February 12, “Coronavirus (COVID-19) update”, in U.S. Food & Drug Administration:

emergency use authorization
w:emergency use authorization

(pharmacology) Initialism of emergency use authorization.


sinciput

sinciput (plural sincipita or sinciputs)

Borrowed from Latin sinciput (“half a head”; “smoked hog’s cheek or half-jowl”; (transferred senses): “brain”, “head”), whence also the French sinciput.

bor

The cranial anomalies occurred either in the occiput or the sinciput, approximately twice as often in the occiput as in the sinciput.
Such lesions have been considered to be inoperable when they involved the sinciput.

1964, International Abstracts of Surgery, volume 119, page 629:

Between these two extremes lie the sinciput presentation and the brow presentation. Thus there are four distinct attitudes: vertex, sinciput, brow, and face (Figure 15-7).

1997, Robert K. Creasy, Management of Labor and Delivery, page 375:

I learnt to develop a ‘feel’ for the sinciput and the occiput as these landmarks feel different abdominally, and also their ‘whereabouts’ in relationship to the pelvic brim. Therefore, when descent and flexion were taking place, I learnt to ascertain how the positions of the sinciput and occiput would change in relationship to each other and in relationship to the pelvic brim.

2003, Sara Wickham, Midwifery: Best Practice, volume 1, page 79:

(chiefly anatomy) The front part of the head or skull (as contradistinct from occiput).


splenomegaly

en-noun

splenomegaly (countable and uncountable, plural splenomegalies)

(pathology) Enlargement of the spleen (process); an enlargement of the spleen (instance).


arteritis

arteritis (countable and uncountable, plural arteritides)

In July, 1819, M. Dalbant, of Grenoble, presented to the Faculty of Medicine, of Paris, a Thesis on Arteritis, containing five cases of inflammation of the arterial coats.

1820, “Memoir on Senile Rupture of the Heart”, in The London Medical Repository, Monthly Journal, and Review, volume 14, page 418:

Arteritis has been noticed in variola, especially in the hemorrhagic form of it, sometimes as early as in the period of eruption, at other times later, and, apart from the aorta, the coronary arteries are usually attacked.

1903, Henri Roger, Infectious diseases, page 454:

Bacterial endocarditis or injection of a foreign substance along with the drug cannot fully explain the radiographic and pathologic changes, since the arteritis has been documented after oral or intranasal amphetamine.

2011, E. Steve Roach, Pediatric Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders, page 146:

(pathology) The inflammation of arterial walls, often due to infection or an autoimmune response.


cor pulmonale

Borrowed from New Latin cor pulmōnāle (literally “pulmonary heart”).

bor+

(pathology) A change in structure and function of the right ventricle of the heart as a result of a respiratory disorder.

cœur pulmonaire

change in heart structure due to respiratory disorder


ductus arteriosus

(anatomy) A vessel that connects the pulmonary artery to the aorta during fetal development.

canal arterial

a vessel that connects the pulmonary artery to the aorta


marantic endocarditis

(medicine) A non-bacterial form of endocarditis where small sterile vegetations are deposited on the leaflets of the heart valves.


marantic

en-adj

marantic (comparative more marantic, superlative most marantic)

more marantic (comparative)
most marantic (superlative)

Probably from Koine Greek μαραντικός (marantikós, “wasting away”), from the aorist stem of Ancient Greek μαραίνω (maraínō, “I waste away, wither”).

uder

(medicine) Pertaining to, suffering from or marked by marasmus.


assortative mating

en-noun

assortative mating (countable and uncountable, plural assortative matings)

Underlying all distributions of characters in assortative matings are certain elementary principles based on probabilities and the theory of sampling.

1922, Frank A. Hartman, "The Emergency Function of the Adrenal," Science, New Series, vol. 56, no. 1440, p. 146

A recent New York Times Magazine story that investigated the rise of diagnoses of bipolar disorder in children suggested assortative mating as a possible cause, because parents who are both bipolar—and who may marry because they are more likely to understand one another's symptoms—are more likely to have bipolar children.

2008 September 20, Sarah Barmak, “Social Science: I like you because you're like me”, in Toronto Star, page ID3:

(psychology, genetics) Between males and females of a species, the mutual attraction or selection, for reproductive purposes, of individuals with similar characteristics.


visceral pleura

(anatomy) The portion of pleura that is attached directly to the lungs.


parietal pleura

(anatomy) The portion of the pleura that lines the inner surface of the chest wall and covers the diaphragm.


pneumothorax

pneumothorax (usually uncountable, plural pneumothoraxes or pneumothoraces)

pneumothoraxes (plural)
pneumothoraces (plural)

(medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.

pneumotòrax

presence of air inside the pleural cavity


odynophagia

odynophagia (usually uncountable, plural odynophagias)

From Ancient Greek ὀδύνη (odúnē) + -phagia.

(medicine) Severe pain in the mouth or esophagus when attempting to swallow.


metencephalon

metencephalon (plural metencephalons or metencephala)

metencephalons (plural)
metencephala (plural)

(neuroanatomy) The portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.


lead hopping

(pharmacology) the identification of isofunctional molecular structures with significantly different molecular backbones


physical examination

physical examination (plural physical examinations)

(medicine) The examination of the patient's body with the use of such methods as inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation.

فَحْص طِبِّيّ

type of examination of the patient's body


hyperpyrexia

hyperpyrexia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperpyrexias)

(medicine) An excessive and unusual elevation of set body temperature greater than or equal to 41°C (105.8°F), or extremely high fever.


clinical examination

clinical examination (plural clinical examinations)

physical examination
physical examination


mevastatin

From [Term?] + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”).

af

Penicillium citrinum
Penicillium citrinum

(pharmacology) A statin, produced by the mould Penicillium citrinum, used in the production of pravastatin


pravastatin

From pra- (of unknown origin) + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”).

Among statins, only simvastatin (up to 7.5 ng/L) and pravastatin (up to 40.4 ng/L) were identified in the raw water being these concentrations substantially higher than those found in the literature, 1 ng/L for pravastatin (Miao and Metcalfe, 2003) and 1.4 ng/L for atorvastatin and 1.0 ng/L for its metabolites o- and p-hydroxy atorvastatin in surface waters (Benotti et al., 2009).

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

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A statin used to lower blood cholesterol levels, especially after a heart attack.


activase

(genetics, biochemistry) Any enzyme that activates a gene


renal pelvis

en-noun

renal pelvis (plural renal pelvises or renal pelves)

renal pelvises (plural)
renal pelves (plural)

Holonym: urinary tract

(anatomy) The funnel-like dilated proximal part of the ureter in the kidney.


riboregulator

(biology, genetics) An RNA that regulates expression of itself or another nucleic acid in response to a signaling event.


vitelline

(anatomy) A terminal branch of any of the main arteries connecting the aorta to the yolk sac.


deltoid muscle

Short for deltoideus + muscle. Previously the deltoideus muscle and musculus deltoideus.

(anatomy) A triangular muscle on the human shoulder.


discotomy

From disc + -otomy = disc + -otomy = disco- + -tomy.


disaffectation

From disaffect + -ation, perhaps with influence from (or confusion due to) affectation.

(psychoanalysis) alexithymia, a neurological condition characterized by severe lack of emotional awareness


periodontitis

periodontitis (usually uncountable, plural periodontitides)

From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “a tooth”) + -itis.

An untreated gingivitis may lead to periodontitis, both forms of periodontal disease.

Schlein reports favorable results from the use of Besredka's antivirus in cases of ulcerous stomatitis, acute pulpitis and periodontitides.

1932, The Journal of Periodontology, volume 3, page 29:

(dentistry, periodontology) A serious form or stage of periodontal disease which may lead to loss of bone and falling out of teeth.


thermalism

(medicine) The therapeutic use of hot-water springs


hyposensitization

hyposensitization (countable and uncountable, plural hyposensitizations)

(medicine) A form of immunotherapy in which the patient is vaccinated with progressively larger doses of an allergen to which they have been diagnosed as being sensitive.


MDI

MDI (countable and uncountable, plural MDIs)

metered-dose inhaler
metered-dose inhaler#English

(medicine, initialism) Initialism of metered-dose inhaler.


neuropathic pain

neuropathic pain (countable and uncountable, plural neuropathic pains)

(medicine) Pain caused by damage to nerves or by damage to the brain, brainstem, or spinal cord.

neuropatická bolest

pain caused by damage to nerves or by damage to the brain, brainstem, or spinal cord


nociceptor

Coined by English neurophysiologist Charles Sherrington in 1906, originally in the spelling noci-ceptor, from noceō + clipped form of receptor, signifying pain detection.

coin

He divides receptors into three classes— "nociceptors", such as the nerve-endings for pain and hunger, "beneceptors", such as the nerve-endings stimulated when sugar melts on the tongue, and "neutroceptors", such as the nerve-endings in the eye and ear, called " neutroceptors" because they receive more or less indiscriminately both pleasant and unpleasant messages.

1929, The Australasian Journal of Psychology and Philosophy, page 310:

The “beneceptors,” “nociceptors,” and "neutroceptors” generally signalled stimuli that were, respectively, beneficial, harmful, or neutral as regards the organism or its species.

(anatomy) A sensory receptor that sends signals that cause the perception of pain in response to a potentially damaging stimulus.


atresia

en-noun

atresia (countable and uncountable, plural atresias)

From Latin atresia, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) and τρῆσις (trêsis, “perforation”).

(anatomy, medicine) A condition in which a body orifice or passage in the body is abnormally closed or absent.


quality-adjusted life year

quality-adjusted life year (plural quality-adjusted life years)

The quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) is a generic measure of health-related quality of life that takes into account both the quantity and the quality of life generated by interventions.

2014, Anthony J. Culyer, The Dictionary of Health Economics, 3rd edition, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 516:

(medicine, economics) A unit of measurement, equivalent to one year of life in perfect health, that can be used to decide whether a medical procedure is worthwhile for an individual.


synchondrosis

Borrowed from New Latin synchondrōsis, equivalent to syn- + chondro- + -osis.

(anatomy) A form of only slightly-moveable articulation between bones joined by hyaline cartilage, as in the spinal vertebrae.


lithopedion

From Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + παιδίον (paidíon, “little child”).

(medicine) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.


bromhexine

(pharmacology) A mucolytic agent used in the treatment of respiratory disorders associated with viscid or excessive mucus.


IGF

(medicine) Initialism of insulin-like growth factor.


Ig

(medicine) Abbreviation of immunoglobulin.


stimulon

(genetics) A system of genes that are regulated by the same stimulus


squamosal

en-adj

squamosal (comparative more squamosal, superlative most squamosal)

more squamosal (comparative)
most squamosal (superlative)

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the platelike part of the temporal bone


xeroma

en-noun

xeroma (countable and uncountable, plural xeromas)


seroprevalent

en-adj

seroprevalent (comparative more seroprevalent, superlative most seroprevalent)

more seroprevalent (comparative)
most seroprevalent (superlative)

(medicine) That gives a positive response to a blood test for a specific disease


PrP

(medicine) Abbreviation of prion protein.


PIP

en-noun

PIP (countable and uncountable, plural PIPs)

peak inspiratory pressure
peak inspiratory pressure#English

(medicine) Acronym of peak inspiratory pressure.


rectal varicosity

rectal varicosity (plural rectal varicosities)

(pathology) haemorrhoid (British), hemorrhoid (US)


autolysosome

(cytology) The result of the fusion of an autophagosome and a lysosome


coactivator

(genetics) Any protein that binds to an activator as part of gene transcription


sarcoplasmic

en-adj

sarcoplasmic (comparative more sarcoplasmic, superlative most sarcoplasmic)

more sarcoplasmic (comparative)
most sarcoplasmic (superlative)

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sarcoplasm


sarcoplasm

en-noun

sarcoplasm (countable and uncountable, plural sarcoplasms)

(anatomy) The interfibrillar cytoplasm of striated muscle


oligomenorrhoea

/ɒlɪɡə(ʊ)mɛnəˈɹiːə/

/ɑləɡoʊmɛnəˈɹi.ə/

(medicine) Unusually infrequent menstruation.


PCOS

polycystic ovary syndrome
polycystic ovary syndrome#English

(pathology) Initialism of polycystic ovary syndrome.


polycystic ovary syndrome

(medicine) A syndrome characterised by polycystic ovaries, menstrual disturbance, and high levels of androgens or insulin.


hyperandrogenism

hyperandrogenism (countable and uncountable, plural hyperandrogenisms)

(medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.


NPI

non-pharmaceutical intervention
non-pharmaceutical intervention#English

(medicine) Initialism of non-pharmaceutical intervention.


abciximab

From fragment antigen-binding + -ci- (“cardiovascular”) + -ximab (“chimeric monoclonal antibody”).

af

(pharmacology) A powerful anticlotting drug (trademark ReoPro) that inhibits platelet aggregation by binding to a glycoprotein receptor on human platelets and that consists of the F_(ab) fragment from a chimeric monoclonal antibody prepared from humans and mice.


stertor

en-noun

stertor (countable and uncountable, plural stertors)

(biology, medicine) The act of snoring, especially heavy snoring.

stertorous respirations

(biology, medicine) A snoring sound, as for example even during wakefulness in infants with breathing difficulties.


sensorium

sensorium (plural sensoriums or sensoria)

From Late Latin sensōrium, from Latin sentiō (“feel, perceive”) + Latin -ōrium (suffix denoting a place for a particular function).

der

[…]in all injuries of the spine whereby a communication with the sensorium is cut off, it is the parts below the injury which are deprived of sensation, while those above retain their sensibility.

1820, Henry Matthews, chapter VIII, in The Diary of an Invalid, London: John Murray, page 231:

(physiology) The central part of a nervous system that receives and coordinates all stimuli.


red blood cell cast

en-noun

red blood cell cast (plural red blood cell casts)

(medicine) A matrix of decomposing red blood cells found in the urine as a symptom of glomerular disease


qinghaosu

/ˌt͡ʃɪŋhaʊˈsuː/

Borrowed from Mandarin 青蒿素 (qīnghāosù, “sweet wormwood element”).

bor

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) The drug artemisinin.


procumbent

en-adj

procumbent (comparative more procumbent, superlative most procumbent)

more procumbent (comparative)
most procumbent (superlative)

From Latin pro (“forward”) + cumbĕre (“to lie down”).


presacral

(anatomy) Situated in front of the sacrum.


ovariectomy

(surgery) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries.


amygdalohippocampectomy

en-noun

amygdalohippocampectomy (countable and uncountable, plural amygdalohippocampectomies)

(surgery) Surgical removal of the hippocampus and amygdalae, often used as a treatment for epilepsy.

amígdalo-hipocampectomia

surgical removal of the hippocampus and amygdalae


coccygectomy

(surgery) Surgical removal of the coccyx.


corpectomy

(surgery) Surgical removal of part of the vertebral body


ganglionectomy

(surgery) Surgical removal of a ganglion.


metastasectomy

By examining tumor types individually, however, it is seen that certain histologies (adrenocortical carcinoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma, osteosarcoma) mandate surgical metastasectomy for patient survival.

2006, Mark L. Kayton, “Pulmonary metastasectomy in pediatric patients”, in Thoracic surgery clinics, →DOI:

With the potential for long-term survival, the cost-effectiveness of pulmonary metastasectomy is substantial particularly when compared to chemotherapy alone ($14,357 per life-year gained for PM vs. $104,210 for chemotherapy alone.

2017, Christopher S. Digesu, Ory Wiesel, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Yolonda L. Colson, “Management of Sarcoma Metastases to the Lung”, in Surgical oncology clinics of North America, →DOI:

(surgery) Surgical removal of the metastases (cancerous growths).


lamina propria

(anatomy) A layer of connective tissue under the epithelium of a mucous membrane


azithromycin

(pharmacology) A semisynthetic macrolide antibiotic C₃₈H₇₂N₂O₁₂ (trademarks Zithromax, Z-PAK) that is derived from erythromycin and is used especially as an antibacterial agent.


erythromycin

erythromycin (countable and uncountable, plural erythromycins)

/ɪˌɹɪθ.ɹə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪ.sɪn/

/ɪˌɹɪθ.ɹəˈmaɪ.sn̩/

From Streptomyces erythreus + -o- + -mycin (“antibiotic from a Streptomyces strain”).

af

(pharmacology) An antibiotic similar to penicillin, used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.


pulse oximetry

(medicine) A noninvasive method allowing the monitoring of the oxygenation of a patient's hemoglobin, using a sensor placed on a thin part of the patient's anatomy, usually a fingertip or earlobe.

pols-oksimeter

method of monitoring of the oxygenation of hemoglobin


hepatosplenomegaly

en-noun

hepatosplenomegaly (countable and uncountable, plural hepatosplenomegalies)

(medicine, pathology) Enlargement of both the liver and spleen.

hepatosplenomegalie

enlargement of both the liver and spleen


long-acting

en-adj

long-acting (comparative more long-acting, superlative most long-acting)

more long-acting (comparative)
most long-acting (superlative)

I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.

1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194:

(pharmacology) Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the long term.


haemopoiesis

(medicine) The production of blood cells and platelets, a process which in adults takes place within the bone marrow.


ehrlichiosis

en-noun

ehrlichiosis (countable and uncountable, plural ehrlichioses)

(medicine) A tick-borne disease caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Ehrlichia.


fimbrial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the fimbriae


fimbria

Learned borrowing from Late Latin fimbria (“a border, fringe”), from Latin fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”). Doublet of fringe.

der

When a follicle is mature, the egg within it bursts out of the ovary, and the Fallopian tube's fingerlike fimbria reach out and grab it.

(biology) A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe.

(anatomy, usually in the plural) An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.


introgress

en-verb

introgress (third-person singular simple present introgresses, present participle introgressing, simple past and past participle introgressed)

introgresses (present singular third-person)
introgressing (participle present)
introgressed (participle past)
introgressed (past)

From Latin introgredior (“to step in, enter”).

uder

(biology, genetics) To infiltrate the genes of one species into the gene pool of another through repeated backcrossing of an interspecific hybrid.


multigene family

en-noun

multigene family (plural multigene families)

(genetics) A group of multiple copies of similar genes on the same chromosome, thought to arise from a single, ancestral gene


nephridium

(anatomy) The embryonic excretory organ that develops into the kidney.


paratransgenetics

(genetics) A form of transgenics in which the bacteria within the digestive tract of the target organism are genetically modified


angor animi

(medicine) A symptom, seen mainly in patients with coronary disease, in which the patient has a strong perception that he/she is dying.


plastid

From German Plastid, from Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós), verbal adjective of πλάσσω (plássō).

(cytology) Any of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often used for photosynthesis.


beclomethasone dipropionate

(pharmacology) A potent glucocorticoid steroid use to treat asthma.


trophosome

(anatomy) An organ found in some animals, located in the coelomic cavity, that houses symbiotic bacteria, which in turn provide nutrients to the host animal.


virostatic

en-adj

virostatic (comparative more virostatic, superlative most virostatic)

more virostatic (comparative)
most virostatic (superlative)

(medicine) Tending to inhibit viral replication.


virostatic

(medicine) A drug which inhibits viral replication.


serpinopathy

(medicine) Any of a type of disorders characterized by abnormal accumulation of serpins


spasmogen

When tested on rats, the compound was found to be a spasmogen.

(pharmacology) A substance which induces spasms.


musculotropic

musculotropic (comparative more musculotropic, superlative most musculotropic)

more musculotropic (comparative)
most musculotropic (superlative)

(pharmacology) Acting on muscle tissue, particularly with a stimulating effect.


musculotropic

(pharmacology) An antispasmodic drug which acts upon muscle.


nuchal

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nuchālis, from nucha + -ālis, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ, “spinal cord”).

nuchal translucency scan
nuchal translucency scan#English

(medicine, colloquial) Short for nuchal translucency scan.


peccant

peccant (comparative more peccant, superlative most peccant)

more peccant (comparative)
most peccant (superlative)

The adjective is borrowed from Middle French peccant (“unhealthy”) (modern French peccant), and from its etymon Late Latin peccantis, the genitive singular of peccāns (“offending; sinning, transgressing”, adjective), from Latin peccāns (“wrongdoer”), a noun use of the active present participle of peccō (“to offend; to sin, transgress”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to fall; to stumble; to step; to walk”).
As regards sense 3 (“diseased, unhealthy”) as used in peccant humours, compare Middle French l'umeur peccante, humeurs peccantes, Old French humeurs pechantes, and Late Latin humores peccantes.
The noun is derived from the adjective.

der

Thus haue I deſcribed and opened as by a kinde of diſſection, thoſe peccant humors (the principall of them) vvhich hath not onely giuen impediment to the proficence of Learning, but haue giuen alſo occaſion, to the traducement thereof: […]

1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 27, recto:

It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention.

1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of the Academy. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 82:

It is far from impoſſible to reconcide, […] the ſacredneſs of as hereditary principle of ſucceſſion in our government, vvith a povver of change in its application in caſes of extreme emergency. Even in that extremity (if vve take the meaſure of our rights by our exerciſe of them at the Revolution) the change is to be confined to the peccant part only; to the part vvhich produced the neceſſary deviation; and even then it is to be effected vvithout a decompoſition of the vvhole civil and political maſs, for the purpoſe of originating a nevv civil order out of the firſt elements of ſociety.

1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 29:

I am truly sorry that I cannot accompany you in your ride this morning, owing to a violent pain in my face, arising from a wart to which I by medical advice applied a caustic. Whether I put too much, I do not know, but the consequence is, that not only I have been put to some pain, but the peccant part and its immediate environ are as black as if the printer's devil had marked me for an author.

1823 April 14, Lord Byron, “Letter DXIV. To the Earl of B**.”, in Thomas Moore, editor, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], published 1830, →OCLC, page 640:

And we have a certain instinct, that where is great amount of life, though gross and peccant, it has its own checks and purifications, and will be found at last in harmony with moral laws.

1860, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Essay II. Power.”, in The Conduct of Life, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 52:

[O]ne feels that no community can really be as purged of peccant humours as the typical American has for the most part found itself foredoomed to look.

1906 August, Henry James, “Baltimore”, in The American Scene, London: Chapman and Hall, published 30 January 1907, →OCLC, section II, page 312:

(pathology, historical, also figurative) Especially of humours of the body: diseased, unhealthy; also, causing disease.


pangene

Coined by Dutch geneticist Hugo de Vries in 1889, from pangenesis. By surface analysis, pan- + -gene.

coin

(obsolete, genetics) A supposed particle with which heritable character was transmitted during cell division.


tea and toaster

en-noun

tea and toaster (plural tea and toasters)

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Again, if Father San Browne, tea and toaster to that quaintest of yarnspinners is Padre Don Bruno . . . .

The patients with inadequate diet admitted to ingesting a diet usually devoid of folate-rich food such as liver, kidney, and vegetables other than potatoes. Several probably were "tea and toasters."

1964, B. A. Cooper, L. Lowenstein, “Relative Folate Deficiency of Erythrocytes in Pernicious Anemia and its Correction with Cyanocobalamin,”, in Blood, volume 24, page 505:

Older people with poor dietary habits ("tea and toasters") may develop iron deficiency.

2003, Robert K. Murray et al., Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 586:

(informal, chiefly medicine) A person, usually elderly and frail, with a diet lacking in nutrition.


phthiriasis

phthiriasis (countable and uncountable, plural phthiriases)

(medicine) An infestation with crab lice.


palatine tonsil

palatine tonsil (plural palatine tonsils)

(anatomy) One of the two tonsils that can be seen on the left and right sides at the back of the throat.


lingual tonsil

(anatomy, immunology) A rounded mass or group of small nodules of lymphatic tissue that cover the base of the tongue just anterior to the epiglottis.


pharyngeal tonsil

pharyngeal tonsil (plural pharyngeal tonsils)


lithiasis

From Latin lithiasis, from Ancient Greek λιθίασις (lithíasis, “lithiasis”), from λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

uder

(medicine) The process of forming stone-like deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder.


epiphyseal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the epiphysis


hydrochlorothiazide

en-noun

hydrochlorothiazide (countable and uncountable, plural hydrochlorothiazides)

/ˌhaɪ.dɹəˌklɔɹ.əˈθaɪ.əˌzaɪd/

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A diuretic drug, 6-chloro-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine-7-sulfonamide 1,1-dioxide, that inhibits the kidneys' ability to retain water and lowers blood pressure.


intrafusal

(anatomy) Relating to the striated fibres within a muscle spindle


muscleblind

From muscle + blind. The muscleblind gene in Drosophila flies is necessary to the development of muscles and eye photoreceptors.

(genetics) Any of the genes associated with these proteins.


neurotendinous

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both a nerve and a tendon


osteoclastoma

osteoclastoma (plural osteoclastomas or osteoclastomata)

osteoclastomas (plural)
osteoclastomata (plural)

(oncology) A tumor of bone characterized by the presence of giant, multinucleated cells


pseudoknot

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(genetics) A secondary structure in RNA in which half of one stem is intercalated between the two halves of another stem.


reticuloendotheliosis

reticuloendotheliosis (countable and uncountable, plural reticuloendothelioses)

(medicine) A form of neoplasia characterized by proliferation of the reticuloendothelium in an organ or tissue


thiazide

/ˈθʌɪ.əz.ʌɪd/

From thio- + azine + oxide, or blend of (benzo)thia(di)azine + dioxide.

(pharmacology) Any of a class of sulfur-containing drugs that increase the excretion of sodium and chloride and are used as diuretics and to assist in lowering the blood pressure.


enteropathy

/ɛntəˈɹɒpəθi/

(pathology) An intestinal disorder or disease.


olecranon

olecranon (plural olecranons or olecrana)

/oʊˈlɛkɹəˌnɑn/

/əˈlɛkɹənən/

From an Ancient Greek compound of ὠλένη (ōlénē, “elbow”) and κρανίον (kraníon, “head”).

Mr. Fletcher, of Liverpool, reported a case of bony union of both olecranons, verified by examination after death. The patient, a boy 16 years old, was admitted to the hospital May 19, 1850, having fractured both olecranons a short time before by falling over some timber.

1883, Lewis A. Stimson, A Treatise on Fractures, Volume 1, Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., page 423:

Suspensory animals have extremely small olecrana, because of a minimal need for forearm extension, which is achieved by gravity.

1993, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 13, University of Oklahoma, page 232:

The subcutaneous location of the olecranon makes it vulnerable to trauma.⁷ Isolated fractures of the olecranon comprise approximately 10% of fractures about the elbow,^(26,38) with an estimated incidence of 1.08 per 10,000 person-years.

2009, Julie E. Adams, Scott P. Steinmann, “Chapter 25: Fractures of the Olecranon”, in Bernard F. Morrey, Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, editors, The Elbow and Its Disorders, Saunders Elsevier, page 389:

(anatomy) The bony process at the top of the ulna forming the point of the elbow.


adustion

adustion (countable and uncountable, plural adustions)

some use to apply this to the fat, but in our time it is all out of use, and seeing yet the pains of the hip do rather fall into the thighs, shins, and legs, then ascend up into the Arms and shoulders, Aetius and Cornarius say, that this adustion for the hips was used in the ancient time divers ways, and some on this manner, holding the burning dung in a pair of tongs unto the leg of that side where the pain lyeth, untill the adustion be felt in the hip, and this course used Discorides.

1607, Edward Topsell, History of Four Footed Beasts:

Albucasis adviseth that neither incision nor adustion is to be made in the Neck or Throat; because of the many Vessels, as Arteries, Nerves and Veins, there every where planted;

1703, John Brown, The Surgeon's Assistant, page 88:

The second reason is, the want of some approved and methodised treatise, defining the diseases which would exclusively require the actual cautery, the diagnosis or pathological state of others which might require its application, with comparative statements of the best mode of adustion of materials with which it should be effected;[…]

1818, Samuel Latham Mitchill, The Medical Repository, page 166:


upper respiratory tract

upper respiratory tract (plural upper respiratory tracts)

(anatomy) The part of the respiratory tract consisting of the nose, oral cavity, pharynx and larynx.

(anatomy) The part of the respiratory tract consisting of the nose, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and trachea.


lower respiratory tract

lower respiratory tract (plural lower respiratory tracts)

(anatomy) The part of the respiratory tract consisting of trachea, bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli.


upper airway

(anatomy) The part of respiratory tract consisting of nose, oral cavity, pharynx.

(anatomy) The part of respiratory tract consisting of nose, oral cavity, pharynx and epiglottis.

(anatomy) The part of respiratory tract consisting of nose, oral cavity, pharynx and larynx.


lower airway

(anatomy) The part of the respiratory tract starting at the trachea and ending at the bronchioles.

(anatomy) The part of the respiratory tract starting at the trachea and ending at alveoli.

(anatomy) The part of the respiratory tract starting at the larynx and ending at the alveoli.


neurotropic

en-adj

neurotropic (comparative more neurotropic, superlative most neurotropic)

more neurotropic (comparative)
most neurotropic (superlative)

(pharmacology) Of or pertaining to neurotropism.


microsatellite

(genetics) Any of a group of polymorphic loci in DNA that consist of repeat units of just a few base pairs.


phytoequivalence

From phyto- + equivalence. Calque of the German Phytoäquivalenz, a term of the same meaning which was introduced by the German Commission E, an expert commission on herbal medicine, in the 1980s.

(pharmacology, herbal medicine) A physiological equivalence between the effects of two herbal extracts, the efficacy of one of which has been clinically demonstrated.

Phytoäquivalenz

physiological equivalence between two herbal extracts


NPO

(medicine) "nil per os" (nothing by mouth - nothing may be eaten or drunk)


spondylolisthesis

en-noun

spondylolisthesis (countable and uncountable, plural spondylolistheses)

From Latin spondylolisthesis, equivalent to spondylo- (“spine”) + Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slip, slide”) + -esis.

af

grc:ὀλισθάνω

(medicine) A forward displacement of a vertebra over a lower vertebra, due to a congenital defect or injury.

spondylosyndesis

not to be confused despite the words looking somewhat similar


lymphangiectasia

From lymph + ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”). See ectasia.

(medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels


lymphangioma

en-noun

lymphangioma (plural lymphangiomas or lymphangiomata)

lymphangiomas (plural)
lymphangiomata (plural)

(medicine) A benign tumour of the lymph vessel.


lymphangiopathy

(medicine) Any of several diseases of the lymph vessels


lymphedema

(medicine) The swelling of tissue due to retention of fluid in the lymph vessels.


lymphopenia

lymphopenia (countable and uncountable, plural lymphopenias)

(medicine) The condition of having an abnormally reduced number of lymphocytes in the blood.


myxopyronin

(medicine) Any of several naturally-occurring antibiotics obtained from myxobacteria


telangiectasia

telangiectasia (countable and uncountable, plural telangiectasias or telangiectasiae or (archaic) telangiectasiæ)

telangiectasias (plural)
telangiectasiae (plural)
telangiectasiæ (archaic plural)

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Mid 19th century New Latin, from telo- + angiectasia, reflecting Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “end, telo-”) + Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel, angio-”) + Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis, “stretching out, extension”) + Latin -ia.

af

Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.

2008, Mary E. Klingensmith, The Washington Manual of Surgery, page 327:

(medicine, pathology) A condition characterized by dilatation of the capillaries, causing them to appear as small red or purple clusters, often spidery in appearance, on the skin or the surface of an organ.


cobalt therapy

en-noun

cobalt therapy (countable and uncountable, plural cobalt therapies)

(medicine) radiation therapy that uses radioactive cobalt-60 as a source


pulmonary function test

pulmonary function test (plural pulmonary function tests)

(medicine) A test of the function of lungs, such as spirometry.


gaster

Borrowing from Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (găstḗr, “paunch, belly”).


bradyphrasia

(medicine) A form of aphasia characterized by abnormally slow speech


zeugmatography

Coined in the early 1970s by the chemistry professor Paul Lauterbur.

magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance imaging

(medicine, obsolete) magnetic resonance imaging


herpes simplex

(pathology) A viral disease caused by Human herpesvirus 1 or Human herpesvirus 2 in genus Simplexvirus.


epithalamus

(anatomy, neuroanatomy) The dorsal posterior segment of the diencephalon; it includes the habenula, the stria medullaris and the pineal body.


echography

(medicine) The use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid.

eĥografio

the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid


dihybrid

(genetics) A hybrid that is heterozygous with respect to two independent alleles


ciclosporin

rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis

(pharmacology) An immunosuppressive drug C₆₂H₁₁₁N₁₁O₁₂ that is a cyclic polypeptide obtained as a metabolite from a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum) and is used especially to prevent rejection of transplanted organs and in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.


cross-reactivity

en-noun

cross-reactivity (countable and uncountable, plural cross-reactivities)

(immunology) The degree to which an antigen is effective against an antibody that was generated against a different antigen


connectomics

I believe it is fair to say that the connectome and the nascent field of connectomics are beginning to influence the ways many neuroscientists collect, analyze, and think about their data.

2012, Olaf Sporns, Discovering the Human Connectome, MIT Press, →ISBN:

The giant fiber system provides a particular opportunity for functional connectomics because the functional contributions of elements in the pathway can so readily be assayed from its behavioral output.

2012, Advances in Genetics, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 121:

(neuroscience) The study of the brain in terms of wiring diagrams visualizing neural circuitry, including neurons, synapses, spines, and others.


housemaid's knee

housemaid's knee (countable and uncountable, plural housemaid's knees)

So called because it used to be prevalent among housemaids, who spent time kneeling on floors to clean them.

(pathology) swelling of the bursa before the kneecap.


obstipate

en-verb

obstipate (third-person singular simple present obstipates, present participle obstipating, simple past and past participle obstipated)

obstipates (present singular third-person)
obstipating (participle present)
obstipated (participle past)
obstipated (past)

From Latin obstipatus, past participle of obstipare, from ob- + stipare.

(medicine) To induce severe constipation through an intestinal blockage


tetranucleotide

(genetics) A codon containing four nucleotides


shock therapy

en-noun

shock therapy (usually uncountable, plural shock therapies)

From shock + therapy. The medical sense first appears c. 1917 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

(medicine, pharmacology) The use of a single, very large dose of a medicine.


shooting gallery

shooting gallery (plural shooting galleries)

(drugs, slang) A room where recreational drug users inject themselves with a drug.


euboxic

For we seem to have created a situation in which medical cyberspace seems more real to us than the sick patient in the bed. What are the consequences of this bargain? ¶ To begin with, there is the gallows humor about the patient who dies with her electrolytes in perfect order (“she was euboxic”—an ironic expression that refers to the little boxes in the medical record where electrolyte values are recorded).

c. 1992–1995, Frank Davidoff et al., Who Has Seen a Blood Sugar?: Reflections on Medical Education, American College of Physicians, page 98

(rare slang, medicine, of a patient) Having a certain medical statistic, or all medical statistics, within normal ranges.


extrasystolia

(medicine) An alteration in the rhythm of the heart due to extrasystoles.


extratemporal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the side of the head behind the eyes; external to the temporal bone of the skull.


biophor

(obsolete, genetics) A supposed supramolecular unit of heredity


CCS

CCS (countable and uncountable, plural CCSs or CCSes)

Coordinate term: ACS

chronic coronary syndrome
chronic coronary syndrome#English

(medicine) Initialism of chronic coronary syndrome.


podocyte

(cytology) A cell of the visceral epithelium in the kidney


sarcolemma

sarcolemma (plural sarcolemmas or sarcolemmata)

sarcolemmas (plural)
sarcolemmata (plural)

(anatomy) A thin cell membrane that surrounds a striated muscle fibre.

sarcolemme

a thin cell membrane that surrounds a striated muscle fibre


vasomodulation

(physiology) The neuronal regulation of blood flow


Guillain-Barré syndrome

/ɡiːˈæn bəˈɹeɪ ˈsɪndɹoʊm/

From Georges Guillain and Jean Alexandre Barré, who described the condition in 1916.

peripheral nervous system
peripheral nervous system

(neurology, pathology) Rapid-onset muscle weakness, often severe and sometimes fatal, resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function, associated with various viral and other infections.

مُتْلازِمَة غِيلان بَارِيه

rapid-onset muscle weakness resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function

ギラン・バレー症候群

ギラン・バレーしょうこうぐん


azidothymidine

azidothymidine (countable and uncountable, plural azidothymidines)

azidothymidines (plural)
AZT (abbreviation)

/eɪˌzʌɪ.dəʊˈθʌɪ.mɪ.diːn/


zidovudine

zidovudine (countable and uncountable, plural zidovudines)

(pharmacology) A nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₁₀H₁₃N₅O₄, a type of antiretroviral drug that inhibits replication of some retroviruses (such as HIV) and was first approved for the treatment of AIDS.


eunoia

From Ancient Greek εὔνοια (eúnoia, “goodwill”, literally “well-mindedness”), from εὖ (eû, “well, good”) + νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”).

uder

The author says if we translate this metopic or coronal curve into the language of psychology we have eunoia or prothymia.

1899, Editorial Comment: "A New Faculty and its Localization", Medicine 5: 584

We can usually tell which baby at three months old will never reach even imbecility, which child at three will never reach morinoia, habits of life, which boy or girl at six or seven will be arrested in morinoia and not proceed into eunoia.

1912, William Eastbrook Chancellor, "Temperment and the Education of Foreigners and of Their Children for American Citizenship", Educational Foundations 39 (1)

(medicine, psychology) A state of normal adult mental health.

разумность

(medicine, psychology) state of normal adult mental health


telogenic

a telogenic hair

(medicine, dermatology) Of, pertaining to, or arising during the telogen, the resting phase of the hair growth cycle


serocompatible

en-adj

serocompatible (comparative more serocompatible, superlative most serocompatible)

more serocompatible (comparative)
most serocompatible (superlative)

(medicine) Describing a blood product, or a donor of a blood product, that is serologically compatible with the recipient of such a product


epiphora

en-noun

epiphora (countable and uncountable, plural epiphoras)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιφορά (epiphorá).

(medicine) Excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye.


telogenetic

From telo- + genetic, thus "caused at the end".
* Coined in the geological sense by Choquette & Lloyd (1970), "Geologic Nomenclature and Classification of Porosity in Sedimentary Carbonates", AAPG Bulletin 54.

telogenetic effluvium

Hair follicles in the telogenetic stage have small dermal papillae, which are separated from the bulb and are no longer covered by matrix cells.

2006, Horst Erich König et al., Veterinary Anatomy of Domestic Animals, 3rd edition, →ISBN, page 617:

(medicine, anatomy) Related to or arising during telogenesis, the final growth state of a hair or feather follicle.


telogenesis

[…] after the age of 30, the percentage in anagenesis begins to fall [20] and the proportion in telogenesis increases [11].

1996, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 24:

(medicine, anatomy) The final growth state of a hair or feather follicle


telegenetics

Molecular analyses are performed according to the European recommendations for molecular diagnosis using classic and automated gene systems which in genetic counseling belong to telegenetics: they eliminate the element of distance and include patient database registration.

2004, Jadranka Sertić, “Molecular Diagnostics: Quality Assurance Program in Genotyping. A Croatian Experience”, in Biochemia Medica, volume 14, page 98:

(medicine) The provision of genetic testing and counseling services at a distance, over a computer network


angiography

angiography (countable and uncountable, plural angiographies)

(medicine) A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.


crepitate

en-verb

crepitate (third-person singular simple present crepitates, present participle crepitating, simple past and past participle crepitated)

crepitates (present singular third-person)
crepitating (participle present)
crepitated (participle past)
crepitated (past)

From Latin crepitare (“to creak, rattle, clatter, crackle”), frequentative of crepare (“to creak, rattle, etc., burst or break with a noise, crash”).

uder

(medicine) to crackle, as crepitant lungs do, as some arthritic joints may do, or as some fractured bones may do.

To crackle, to make a crackling sound.
(medicine, obsolescent) to flatulate.

To crackle, to make a crackling sound.
to flatulate.


polyneuropathy

(medicine) Any of several diseases involving several peripheral nerves.

polineuropatia

medicine: any of several diseases involving several peripheral nerves


polysinusitis

(medicine) The simultaneous inflammation of multiple sinuses


rectosigmoid

Lenox Hill finds “considerable stool material in the descending colon as well as the rectosigmoid region.” My doctor diagnoses a combination of slow transit and outlet constipation.

2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times:

(anatomy) Of the rectum and the sigmoid colon; especially, of the junction between them.


theca

From New Latin, from Latin thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”). Doublet of tay.

der

en:external case or sheath in biology, broadly

(biology) Any of several external cases or sheaths.

(biology, medicine) The theca folliculi: the twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle.

en:portion of dura mater covering spinal cord

(biology, medicine) The thecal sac: the portion of the dura mater that surrounds the spinal cord and the cauda equina.


operatory

Originally from Medieval Latin operātōrium, from a participle of Late Latin operor. The modern senses may be derived independently of the obsolete senses.

(medicine) A room in which a dentist (or assistant) performs tasks on the patient. [from 20th c.]


photodynamic therapy

en-noun

photodynamic therapy (countable and uncountable, plural photodynamic therapies)

(medicine) A treatment for some forms of cancer and some skin disorders, involving the use of photosensitive chemicals, and controlled and directed laser beams.


nuclear medicine

(medicine) The branch of medicine that uses radioactive isotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.


mental illness

mental illness (countable and uncountable, plural mental illnesses)

Such studies show that geniuses are not any more likely to suffer from mental illness than the rest of us.

2006, R. Keith Sawyer, Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, Oxford University Press US, →ISBN, page 87:

(uncountable, psychiatry) The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.

Epilepsy is not a mental illness. It is caused by electrical changes in the brain.

2002, Vikram Patel, Where There is No Psychiatrist: A Mental Health Care Manual, RCPsych Publications, →ISBN, page 70:

(countable, psychiatry) A mental disorder.


evidence-based medicine

In the last decade, the health care field has been under the spell of evidence-based medicine—a social movement aimed to strengthen the scientific base of health care and determine the effectiveness of clinical interventions.

2004, S. Timmermans and E. S. Kolker, "Evidence-Based Medicine and the Reconfiguration of Medical Knowledge," Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 45, extra issue, p. 177

(medicine) Health care whose policies and practices are derived from the systematic, scientific study of the effectiveness of various treatments.


psoas major

(anatomy) The psoas muscle involved in the flexion of the trunk and thigh.


OPC

(medicine) Abbreviation of oropharyngeal cancer.


symplasia

(pathology) Fused growth of cells or tissue.


natalizumab

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

af

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease.


derepression

en-noun

derepression (countable and uncountable, plural derepressions)

(genetics) The inactivation of a repressor gene.

(psychiatry) The cessation of repression of a belief, memory, etc.


myogenic

en-adj

myogenic (comparative more myogenic, superlative most myogenic)

more myogenic (comparative)
most myogenic (superlative)

/mʌɪəˈdʒɛnɪk/

From myo- + -genic, after French myogénique.

(embryology) Forming muscle fibres; pertaining to myogenesis.

Gaskell, using frogs' hearts, proved that the heartbeat was, as Haller had suggested, of myogenic origin.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 558:

(physiology, medicine) Originating in muscle tissue; specifically, pertaining to contractile activity that is produced by the muscles independent of any neural mechanism.


TIA

transient ischemic attack
transient ischemic attack#English

(medicine) Initialism of transient ischemic attack.


ventouse

Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both.

(medicine) A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths.


jugal

(anatomy) A bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds; the equivalent of a malar in mammals.


subjugal

(anatomy) Below the jugal bone or zygomatic bone.


quadratojugal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.


quadratojugal

(anatomy) A small jaw bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds.


nucha

From Middle English nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka, nuke (“spinal cord”), borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”). Doublet of nuque.

der

(anatomy, zoology, dated, rare) The back of the neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head or the portion of the body behind the head.


defibrinate

en-verb

defibrinate (third-person singular simple present defibrinates, present participle defibrinating, simple past and past participle defibrinated)

defibrinates (present singular third-person)
defibrinating (participle present)
defibrinated (participle past)
defibrinated (past)

From de- + fibrin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

af

Van Helsing turning to me, said:— ‘He is so young and strong and of blood so pure that we need not defibrinate it.’

1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:

(transitive, medicine) (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin.


opaquer

(dentistry) A substance used to block out dark colours of staining, underlying dental work, etc.


QID

Abbreviation of Latin quater / quattuor in diē.

Dilatation of this type “irons out the folds” of the urethra, giving better drainage of the paraurethral glands, stimulating circulation and promoting rapid healing, especially when small doses (7½ gr. q.i.d.) of one of the triple-sulfonamides are given as an adjunct.

1951 January, Gordon W. Reynolds, “The Female Urethra and Chronic Urethritis”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 1, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 34:


dacryocystitis

(pathology, ophthalmology) inflammation of the lacrimal sac


lacrimal sac

lacrimal canaliculi
lacrimal canaliculus

(anatomy, ophthalmology) The upper dilated end of the nasolacrimal duct that is situated in a groove formed by the lacrimal bone and the frontal process of the maxilla and receives the lacrimal canaliculi.

淚囊 /泪囊

dilated upper end of the nasolacrimal duct


amphotericin B

(biochemistry, pharmacology) An antibiotic that is obtained from a soil streptomycete (Streptomyces nodosus) and is administered typically by intravenous injection chiefly to treat serious, potentially life-threatening, systemic fungal infections.


radiohumeral joint

en-noun

radiohumeral joint (plural radiohumeral joints)

(anatomy) The joint between the radius and humerus bones in the arm.


articulatory

Coordinate term: articular

Articulatory treatment moves a joint back and forth repeatedly to increase freedom of range of movement.

2017, David X. Cifu, Henry L. Lew, Braddom’s Rehabilitation Care: A Clinical Handbook, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 113:

(medicine) Related to the specific articulation function of a joint.


hysterotome

(surgery) A special knife used in hysterectomy.


hysteromyomectomy

(surgery) Removal of a myoma in the uterus.


hysteroid

Like Alex, hysteroids lead crisis-ridden lives reflecting poor social judgment (Meissner 1984).

1997, Cheryl Glickauf-Hughes, Marolyn Clark Wells, Object Relations Psychotherapy, →ISBN, page 169:

(psychiatry) A person with a condition similar to hysteria


leucoma

(pathology) An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye


CAI

CAI (countable and uncountable, plural CAIs)

(pharmacology) Initialism of carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.

(medicine) Initialism of chronic ankle instability.


otoscopy

Uncooperative children must be adequately immobilized before otoscopy is attempted.

2002, John P. Santamaria, Thomas G. Abrunzo, “Ear and Nose Emergencies”, in Strange et al., editors, Pediatric Emergency Care, →ISBN, page 465:

(medicine) The visual examination of the inner ear using an otoscope


nailbed

On close inspection one of the nails will be found to be damaged, often with the nailbed exposed.

2002, Meg Brown, Virginia Richardson, Rabbitlopaedia, →ISBN, page 95:

(medicine, anatomy) The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal.


dendron

dendron (plural dendrons or (uncommon) dendra)

dendrons (plural)
dendra (plural uncommon)

Coined from dendrite by E. A. Schäfer in 1893, by analogy with neuron.

(cytology) A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendrite.


druse

Borrowed via French from German Druse (“crystallized piece of ore”); compare dross.

der

(ophthalmology) A tiny yellow or white accumulation of extracellular material that builds up in Bruch's membrane of the eye.

drusa

a tiny yellow or white accumulation of extracellular material that builds up in Bruch's membrane of the eye


holoendemic

(medicine) endemic in the whole population of a given region


hirsuties papillaris genitalis

en-noun

hirsuties papillaris genitalis (plural hirsuties papillares genitales)

Borrowed from Latin hīrsūtiēs papillāris genitālis (literally “genital papillary hirsutism”).

bor+

pearly penile papules
pearly penile papules

(medicine) The medical condition of having pearly penile papules.

hirsuties papillaris coronae glandis

papillary hirsutism of the corona of the glans


pearly penile papules

(urology) A harmless hereditary anatomical variation consisting of small protuberances that may form on the ridge of the glans of the human penis.

перламу́тровые па́пулы

голо́вки полово́го чле́на

перламу́трові па́пули

голі́вки стате́вого чле́на

papillomatosis coronae glandis

papillomatosis of the corona of the glans

papillomatosis coronae penis

papillomatosis of the corona of the penis


snifters

(veterinary medicine) A disease of poultry causing a nasal discharge.


prosthetics

(medicine) Branch of medicine that deals with the artificial replacement of missing body parts.


docusate

(pharmacology) Synonym of docusate sodium.


choriomeningitis

(medicine) A form of cerebral meningitis associated with inflammation of the choroid plexus


hyperactivation

en-noun

hyperactivation (countable and uncountable, plural hyperactivations)

hyperactivation of complement


tamoxifen

tamoxifen (countable and uncountable, plural tamoxifens)

From t(rans)- + am(ine) + oxy- + phen(yl).

Treatment with tamoxifen after surgery reduced cancer relapse rates by nearly 50 percent.

2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 4:

(pharmacology) A nonsteroidal estrogen antagonist used in the treatment of postmenopausal breast cancer and infertility in women.

-oxifene

antiestrogen or estrogen receptor modulator