puborectalis

While standing or sitting, the puborectalis helps to keep us continent by cinching our bowel closed.

2018 November 30, Alex Blasdel, The Guardian:

To maintain continence, the puborectalis muscle chokes the anal canal. The sling of tissue is supposed to release during defecation. Mine has not been doing that.

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

(anatomy) The group of fibers that form a sling for the rectum, forming part of the levator ani.


pyrvinium

From pyr(rolyl) + vin(yl) + -ium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

af

(pharmacology) An anthelmintic used against pinworms.


pyomyositis

(pathology) A bacterial infection of the skeletal muscles which results in a pus-filled abscess.


pubic boot

(anatomy) A wide expansion at the end of the pubis in some dinosaurs.


Frankfurt plane

en-noun

Frankfurt plane (plural Frankfurt planes)

Established in 1884 at the World Congress on Anthropology in Frankfurt, Germany.

(anatomy) The anatomical position of the human skull, based on a plane passing through the inferior margin of the left orbit and the upper margin of each ear canal or external auditory meatus.


encephalomalacia

encephalomalacia (countable and uncountable, plural encephalomalacias)

(medicine) A localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation.


acanthokeratodermia

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “bear's foot (plant)”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”)

der

(pathology) A thickening of the horny portion of the skin on the hand palms and soles of the feet.


acanthopelvis

en-noun

acanthopelvis (plural acanthopelvises or acanthopelves)

acanthopelvises (plural)
acanthopelves (plural)

(medicine) A sharp pubic spine on a rachitic pelvis.


acanthosis nigricans

/ˈnɪɡ.ɹɪˌkænz/

Via Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “thorny flower”) + -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”) + Latin nigricans (“blackish”).

der

(pathology) A skin sign often associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes exhibiting velvety, thickened, and darkened skin and skin tags, often occurring in skin folds and the axillae.


phagedena

en-noun

phagedena (countable and uncountable, plural phagedenas)

From Latin phagedaena, from Ancient Greek φᾰγέδαινα (phăgédaina, “cancerous sore, canker”).

der

In 1941, Sigmund S Greenbaum reviewed the literature on the reported cases of ulcerative pyodermas characterized by the special progression and the undermined borders. He notes that the term phagedena, used in France, was absent from American publications and discussions. Greenbaum proposes a classification of these phagedenic ulcers in primary, arising on normal or traumatized (accidentally or surgically) skin, and secondary, beginning as a venereal disease or an ecthyma.

2018, Daniel Wallach et al., Neutrophilic Dermatoses:

(medicine) Spreading, obstinate ulceration.


acanthoma adenoides cysticum

en-noun

acanthoma adenoides cysticum (uncountable)

From acanth- + -oma (“tumor consisting of a specified cell”) + from Ancient Greek ἀδενοειδής (adenoeidḗs, “glandular”), from ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) + Latin cystis (“cyst”).

bor

(pathology) A cystic tumor that is hereditary and occurs on the chest and face among other regions.


suprachoroid

(anatomy) Situated above the choroid; applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic.


anisomelia

From an- + iso- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”).

af

(pathology) Inequality between paired limbs.


allantoidal

(anatomy) Of or relating to the allantois.


TORCH complex

Initialism. The TO originally stood for "toxoplasmosis" but is now understood as "toxoplasmosis and other infections".

(medicine) A set of perinatal infections that can lead to anomalies or fetal loss: toxoplasmosis, other infections, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus-2.


pyelum

From Ancient Greek πύελος (púelos, “infundibulum”).


Homer-Wright rosette

en-noun

Homer-Wright rosette (plural Homer-Wright rosettes)

(medicine) A kind of pseudorosette in which differentiated tumor cells surround the neuropil.


pseudorosette

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(medicine) A structure resembling a rosette (tumor cell formation) that is not a true rosette.


Mount Fuji sign

(medicine) X-ray presentation of air compressing the frontal lobes of the brain, resulting in a tented appearance, indicative of pneumocephalus.


squinance

squinance (countable and uncountable, plural squinances)

French esquinancie, Old French squinance, esquinance. See quinsy.


olfactory nerve

olfactory nerve (plural olfactory nerves)

(neuroanatomy) Either of the first of twelve paired cranial nerves which arise in the olfactory neurosensory cells of the nasal mucous membrane and carries information of the sense of smell from the nasal cavity to the brain.


azygoesophageal

(anatomy) Of the azygos vein and the esophagus.


Hamman's sign

Named after Johns Hopkins clinician Louis Hamman.

(medicine) A crunching, rasping sound, synchronous with the heartbeat, heard over the precordium in spontaneous mediastinal emphysema produced by the heart beating against air-filled tissues.


adactyly

(biology, medicine) Congenital absence of the digits (the fingers or toes).


tetradactyly

(anatomy) The condition of having four digits on a limb, as in many amphibians, birds, and theropods.


zygodactyly

(anatomy) The condition of having two toes facing forward and two backward, as in some birds and chameleons.


pamprodactyly

(anatomy) The condition of having all four toes pointing forward, characteristic of swifts.


pubofemoral

(anatomy) Relating to the pubis and femur.


pubocapsular

(anatomy) Relating to the pubis and capsule.


Millard-Gubler syndrome

Named after two French physicians: Auguste Louis Jules Millard (1830–1915), who first identified the disorder in 1855, and Adolphe-Marie Gubler (1821–1879), who described it one year later.

(medicine) A lesion of the pons, leading to diplopia, strabismus, and contralateral hemiplegia of the extremities.


antipromotion

(medicine) Inhibiting the promotion of a disease.


Waardenburg syndrome

Named after Dutch ophthalmologist Petrus Johannes Waardenburg (1886–1979), who described the syndrome in detail in 1951.

named-after

(medicine) A rare genetic disorder most often characterized by varying degrees of deafness, minor defects in structures arising from the neural crest, and pigmentation anomalies.


chromophile

(cytology) Any cell that can be easily stained.


calumba

(medicine, archaic) A bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza palmata), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and antiseptic.


autopathy

I cannot too strongly impress upon your mind this one foundation-principle of Autology and Autopathy- namely, that the essential cause or blood and flesh condition which sickens one organ or tissue, in one person, is exactly the same which sickens another organ or tissue in another person.

1918, Edmond Raymond Moras, The practice of autopathy: the law of health and disease:

(homeopathy) The philosophy that the cause of sickness in one individual is the same as the cause in another person.


axonopathy

(pathology) A disorder or disruption of the functioning of the axons


Purkinje fiber

Named after Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869).

(anatomy, cardiology) One of a group of fibers in the heart, consisting of specialized cardiomyocytes, that allow the heart's conduction system to create synchronized contractions of its ventricles and thus maintain a consistent rhythm.


Boerhaave syndrome

First documented by the 18th-century physician Herman Boerhaave.

(medicine) Rupture of the esophageal wall.


mesaraic

From meso- + Ancient Greek ἀραιός (araiós, “flank”).


acromioplasty

(surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the acromion.


anteromedial

en-adj

anteromedial (comparative more anteromedial, superlative most anteromedial)

more anteromedial (comparative)
most anteromedial (superlative)

(anatomy) Located in the front and towards a middle line.

ântero-medial

located in the front and towards a middle line


antipneumococcic

antipneumococcic (comparative more antipneumococcic, superlative most antipneumococcic)

more antipneumococcic (comparative)
most antipneumococcic (superlative)

(immunology) Acting against pneumococcus.


antineuritic

antineuritic (comparative more antineuritic, superlative most antineuritic)

more antineuritic (comparative)
most antineuritic (superlative)

(pharmacology) Preventing or acting against neuritis.


supraesophageal

the supraesophageal ganglion of Crustacea

(anatomy) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus.


antiretinal

an antiretinal antibody

(immunology) Working against the retina.


synochus

From Ancient Greek σύνοχος (súnokhos, “joined together”).

der

(medicine, obsolete) A continuous fever.


synocha

(medicine, obsolete) synochus; continuous fever


aortoiliac

(anatomy) Of the aorta and iliac arteries.


arteriopathy

(pathology) Any disease of the arteries.


tilmus

From Ancient Greek τιλμός (tilmós, “plucking or pulling out of hair”).


stearrhea

From Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, “suet”) + -rrhea.


prodromus

en-noun

prodromus (plural prodromuses or prodromi)

(medicine) A prodrome; an early symptom.


dorsimeson

(anatomy) The line in which the meson meets the dorsal surface.


coags

(medicine, colloquial) Coagulation profile; coagulation tests.


lunotriquetral

the lunotriquetral ligament

the lunotriquetral shear test

(anatomy) Relating to the lunate and triquetrum.


pseudocoelia

From pseudo- + Ancient Greek κοιλία (koilía, “cavity of the body”).

uder

the inaccurate representation of the pseudocoelia is exaggerated

1882, Burt Green Wilder, Anatomical Technology:

(anatomy, dated) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain.


agrotransformation

From agro- (“short for Agrobacterium”) + transformation.

affix

(genetics) Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, usually performed on plants to introduce new genes


scleroderm

Ancient Greek σκληρόδερμος (sklēródermos, “with hard skin”); by surface analysis, sclero- + -derm.

uder

σκληρόδερμος

(pathology) Alternative form of scleroderma.


strophulus

en-noun

strophulus (countable and uncountable, plural strophuli)

(medicine) An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; red-gum.


metapodiale

The bone usually employed in making the needle was the metapodiale bone of the deer and elk.

1907, William Corless Mills, Explorations of the Edwin Harness mound, page 56:

(anatomy, dated) Alternative spelling of metapodial


antidementia

antidementia drugs

(pharmacology) Preventing or countering dementia.


antigonadotropin

(pharmacology) A drug that suppresses the activity and/or downstream effects of one or both of the gonadotropins follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), used to treat cancers, to delay puberty, etc.


tripsis

From New Latin trīpsis, from Ancient Greek τρῖψις (trîpsis, “rubbing, friction”), from τρῑ́βω (trī́bō, “I rub”).

der

(medicine, archaic) shampoo (a kind of body massage)


hemapophysis

The bones, 39 and 40, represent the hemapophysis of the parieto-hæmal arch.

1848, Richard Owen, On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton:

(anatomy) The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib.


epoophoron

From Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + φέρω (phérō, “bear”).

affix

(anatomy) A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct.

مبيض جانبي

a group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct


midback

The adult white-collared manakin has a black crown, wings and tail, and a black band across the midback.

(anatomy) The middle portion of the back.


If...the A-68 protein proves essential to the development of the disease and not merely another by-product.

2000, R.E. Markin, Coping with Alzheimer's:

(medicine) A protein from patients with Alzheimer's


a/A

(medicine) Arterial to alveolar oxygen ratio.


articulary

(anatomy, archaic) The articular bone; a bone in the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.


AACOM

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine#English

(medicine) Acronym of American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.


pelioma

From Ancient Greek πελῐός (pelĭós, “livid”) + -oma.


interhyoideus

(anatomy) A muscle involved in swallowing in some animals.


cecitis

(pathology, US) Alternative form of caecitis


anticocaine

en-adj

anticocaine (comparative more anticocaine, superlative most anticocaine)

more anticocaine (comparative)
most anticocaine (superlative)

(pharmacology, immunology) Countering the effects of cocaine.


hypothalamotomy

(surgery) Surgical removal of the hypothalamus.


amygdalotomy

This was studied in humans where amygdalotomies were done not to control seizures but to control aggression.

2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 2, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:

(surgery) Surgical removal of the amygdala.


antiribonucleoprotein

mixed connective tissue disease
mixed connective tissue disease

(immunology) An autoantibody associated with mixed connective tissue disease.

an autoantibody associated with mixed connective tissue disease


antigoat

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in goats.


antimonkey

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in monkeys.


antidonkey

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in donkeys.


antibuffalo

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in buffalo.


anticow

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in cows.


anticattle

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in cattle.


antineuronal

antineuronal (comparative more antineuronal, superlative most antineuronal)

more antineuronal (comparative)
most antineuronal (superlative)

antineuronal antibodies


cuprizone

Feeding of cuprizone (bis-cyclohexanone oxaldihydrazone) to young adult mice induces a synchronous consistent demyelination (Matsushima and Morell, 2001; Stidworthy et al., 2003).

2015 July 29, Sarrabeth Stone, Wensheng Lin, “The unfolded protein response in multiple sclerosis”, in Frontiers in Neuroscience, volume 9, →DOI:

(medicine) A copper-chelating agent that inhibits monoamine oxidases


antibaboon

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in baboons.


anticat

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in cats.


antihamster

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in hamsters.


anticamel

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in camels.


antisheep

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in sheep.


choana

Borrowing from New Latin choana, from Ancient Greek χοᾰ́νη (khoắnē, “funnel”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, suffix for utensil names).

af

The choanal glands of caecilians open at the margin of the choanae, whereas those of salamanders open deep within the choanae at the margin of the olfactory epithelium.

1986, William E. Duellman, Biology of Amphibians, page 409:

Zuckerkandl (1893) gives far and away the greatest measurements for the choanae; Hopmann (1895) reported that in man the choana has a mean height of 27 mm, and a mean width of 13 mm (Merkel, 1896); in women it measures 25 x 12mm. These values agree closely with our findings.

1989, Johannes Lang, translated by P. M. Stell, Clinical Anatomy of the Nose, Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses, page 103:

Inside of this area it is possible to identify clearly two parallel echonegative zones, which belong to the nasal cavities (choanas) and are placed on both sides of a medial structure, considerably echogenic, which corresponds to nasal bridge (Fig. 2.12.)

2006, José María Carrera, Asim Kurjak, Donald School: Atlas of Clinical Application of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, India: Jaypee Brothers, page 14:

The bony rim of the posterior choana is located by passing the 4-mm microdebrider blade through the posterior ethmoids and into the nasopharynx. The tip of the microdebrider blade is pushed against the mucosa just above the bony choanae on the anterior face of the sphenoid.

2008, Peter-John Wormald, Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, 2nd edition, page 111:

(anatomy, zootomy) A pair of apertures towards the back of the nasal cavity, opening into the nasopharynx.


intraocular pressure

en-noun

intraocular pressure (plural intraocular pressures)

(physiology) The fluid pressure inside the eye.


white rust

(phytopathology) A disease of some plants caused by the pathogen Albugo candida


echostructure

echostructure (countable and uncountable, plural echostructures)

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

2012, Gabriel Kalifa, Pediatric Ultrasonography, page 304:

(medicine) The amplitude and shape of an ultrasound echo.


endectocide

Blend of endoparasite + ectoparasite + -cide

blend

(veterinary medicine) An antiparasitic drug that is active both against endoparasites and against ectoparasites.


cadmiuria

(pathology) The presence of cadmium salts in the urine


calciuria

(pathology) The presence of calcium salts in the urine (especially at an elevated level)


radioembolization

(surgery) A form of internal radiotherapy in which small radioactive particles are surgically implanted


tubulopathy

(pathology) Any disease of the renal tubules of the nephron


chrysiasis

(pathology) A pigmentation of the skin following contact with gold salts


VTA

ventral tegmental area
ventral tegmental area#English

(neuroanatomy) Initialism of ventral tegmental area.


DRN

(neuroanatomy) Initialism of dorsal raphe nucleus.


sinogram

(medicine) A diagnostic image of the sinus, produced by sinography.


allopolyploidization

(genetics) The process of allopolyploid formation


peribranchial

a peribranchial cavity


non-con

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non-con CT


specificker

From specific (“specific remedy”) + -er, originally a calque of German Spezifiker, used by Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843).

Those who arrogate to themselves the appellation of orthodox Hahnemannians have travelled far away, under the guidance of Gross, into the mystic regions of the 200th, 800th, and 10,000th dilutions, while the section, by the former styled specifickers, have gradually descended to the lowest numerals in the scale of dilutions until they have attained their ultima Thule in the Schmidian tinctures and first triturations.

1847, J.J. Drysdale, J.R. Russell, and R.E. Dudgeon (editors), The British Journal of Homœopathy V, № xxi, “Dr. G. Schmid’s Homœopathic Treatment with Undiluted Medicines”, pages 257–258, editors’ preamble

Those who have been derisively termed specifickers by their opponents…usually arrogate to themselves the title of pures or Hahnemannians. Some difference there must be between the specifickers and the pures…[although it] does not, I believe, consist in any want of that spirit of individualization so necessary for the selection of the appropriate drug on the part of the so-called specifickers, but rather that they endeavour more than their rivals to bring the light of modern pathology to bear on the investigation of the morbid case, and seek to refer, when possible the array of symptoms to the derangement of some particular organ or system.

1852–3, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Homœopathy (1854), lecture III: “On Specific Medicine, and Attempts at a Theory of Cure”, page 54

The so-called Specifickers…chiefly rely in the choice of the remedy on certain groups of symptoms, intimately related to the pathology and diagnosis of the disease, and to the so-called general character of the action of the medicine…and also allow great influence to the clinical experience in the final decision.

1860, Clotar Müller, “Repertorium or Therapeutics?”, in The British Journal of Homœopathy, XVIII, № lxxii, page 179:

The more the specificker relies on the merely general action of the drug (often, indeed, partly ascertained ab usu in morbis), the more he approaches to the allopathists, who will, ere long, equal him or even surpass him.

1863, J.J. Drysdale, R.E. Dudgeon, and R. Hughes (editors), The British Journal of Homœopathy XXI, № lxxxv, “Review: Wilson, Cockburn, and Cameron on Hempel”, page 467

It is true that there were in Germany, at that time, numbers of eminent physicians who differed greatly from Hahnemann on the question of the dose (for they administered the mother tinctures); whom he disowned, and designated “specifickers,” in terms of contempt and indignation.

1865 June, Hugh Cameron (spoken participant), “On the Chemical Treatment of Disease” in Annals and Transactions of the British Homœopathic Society, and of the London Homœopathic Hospital IV (1866), № xxi, page 232

They are…very similar to the practical observations of those of our school who draw the indications of the medicine mainly from clinical experience, guided by the more general physiological action of the medicines, i.e., those called specifickers by the more complete homœopathists, who keep in view the finer shades of the pathogenesis.

1865 July, J.J. Drysdale, R.E. Dudgeon, and R. Hughes (editors), The British Journal of Homœopathy XXIII, № xciii, “Review: Treatment of Rheumatism, Epilepsy, and Fever, by Dr. J. R. Russell”, page 472

The habit once formed in respect to some medicines, soon extends to the better proved medicines, and the practitioner becomes a mere specificker.

1866, John James Drysdale, “On the Arrangement of the Materia Medica”, in The British Journal of Homœopathy, XXIV, № xcvi, page 239:

Before Prof. M. and “we” were in our teens, even while in our squares (diaper, you know), a certain set styled themselves disciples of pure homœopathy and derided all who differed with them as “Specifickers.”

1869, Carl Müller, “Peccavi! Vel Peccavi?” in the American Homœopathic Observer VI, page 270

From this time up to 1836 contests were gradually developed between Hahnemann and his followers, which led to a division between the old Hahnemannians and the so-called specifickers, the latter favoring more progress.

1876, Transactions of the World’s Homœopathic Convention, II (1880), page 20:

The men who exclusively and permanently practise with strong tinctures and crude drugs are almost certainly non-symptomatic practitioners, men who are content to take general and pathological indications, and to treat according to the name of the disease — mere specifickers — and very likely to fall back altogether to mere routine and usus in morbis practice.

1880, John W. Hayward, “Presidential Address”, in The British Journal of Homœopathy, XXXIX, № clv (January 1881), page 32:

In acute and typical diseases, the fewer your remedies the better: but beyond this range, you can hardly have too many. It is here that the mere specificker, the mere organopathist fails; while the full method of Hahnemann wins victories which are a continual source of delight.

1902, Richard Hughes, The Principles and Practice of Homœopathy, 3rd edition, page 144:

(history, homeopathy, originally derogatory, obsolete) A homoeopathic practitioner who sought to ascertain the aetiologies of diseases, focusing on the symptoms most regularly associated with their diagnosis (to the exclusion of peripheral and occasional symptoms), and who, for their treatment, selected remedies (administered in more-or-less undiluted form) on the basis of their general physiological effects, ignoring incidental and side-effects.

Spezifiker

homoeopathic practitioner using comparatively concentrated remedies

Specificker

relatively uncommon, perhaps following German capitalisation of nouns


antaphroditic

en-adj

antaphroditic (comparative more antaphroditic, superlative most antaphroditic)

more antaphroditic (comparative)
most antaphroditic (superlative)

(obsolete, medicine) antaphrodisiac or antisyphilitic


sennin

From Senn + -in, after Nicholas Senn (1844-1908), American surgeon. Originally a brand name.

(medicine, obsolete) An antiseptic preparation made from boric acid, iodine, and phenol.


genon

The genon is defined as the coding sequence (which can then revert to being called "gene," akin to the sense of cistron, but better (less ambiguously) expresed in terms of the mRNA that is translated into a protein) together with the additional information that is needed to fully express the coding sequence. The genon is therefore more akin to a program that results in a functionally active gene product.

2015, Jeremy Ramsden, Bioinformatics: An Introduction:

Their central point is that coding information is not simply contained in the coded sequence, but is, in their terms, provided by the genon that accompanies it on the expression pathway and controls in which peptide it will end up.

2017, Rodrick Wallace, Computational Psychiatry: A Systems Biology Approach to the Epigenetics of Mental Disorders:

(genetics) A coding sequence (or gene) together with the information necessary to fully express that coding sequence, such as epigenetic factors.


soft chancre

(pathology) chancroid (sexually transmitted disease)


normocholesterolemic

(medicine) Having a normal amount of cholesterol in the blood.


antidigestive

antidigestive (comparative more antidigestive, superlative most antidigestive)

more antidigestive (comparative)
most antidigestive (superlative)

the tremendous variation across herbivores in the antidigestive effects of polyphenols


antihypercholesterolemic

antihypercholesterolemic (comparative more antihypercholesterolemic, superlative most antihypercholesterolemic)

more antihypercholesterolemic (comparative)
most antihypercholesterolemic (superlative)


chondrosternal

(anatomy) Relating to the costal cartilage and the sternum


cerebellopontine

(anatomy) Relating to the cerebellum and pons.


NREM

/ˈɛnɑːiːˌɛm/

[A] key function of deep NREM sleep, which predominates early in the night, is to do the work of weeding out and removing unnecessary neural connections.

2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin, published 2018, page 45:

(medicine, chiefly attributive) Non-rapid eye movement, non-REM; designating the stage or stages of sleep when there is no dreaming and brain activity is reduced.


OISM

w:Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine

(sciences, medicine) Initialism of Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine.


spider vein

From the slight resemblance to a spider on the skin.

(usually in the plural, informal, medicine) A blood vessel affected by telangiectasia.


have one's tubes tied

en-verb

have one's tubes tied (third-person singular simple present has one's tubes tied, present participle having one's tubes tied, simple past and past participle had one's tubes tied)

has one's tubes tied (present singular third-person)
having one's tubes tied (participle present)
had one's tubes tied (participle past)
had one's tubes tied (past)

My sister had her tubes tied after her fifth pregnancy.

(colloquial, medicine) To undergo a tubal ligation.

se faire ligaturer les trompes (de Fallope)


tubal ligation

en-noun

tubal ligation (countable and uncountable, plural tubal ligations)

Coordinate term: vasectomy (analogous procedure for male anatomy)

(medicine) A surgical procedure for female sterilization in which the Fallopian tubes are blocked or severed.

輸卵管結紮術 /输卵管结扎术

procedure in which the Fallopian tubes are blocked or severed


JDT

(journalism, medicine) Initialism of Journal of Dermatological Treatment.


doctor shopping

(medicine, crime) The illegal practice of a patient requesting treatment from multiple physicians in order to obtain prescription drugs, either to feed an addiction or resell them.


suturable

en-adj

suturable (comparative more suturable, superlative most suturable)

more suturable (comparative)
most suturable (superlative)


laceback

(dentistry) A kind of ligature for the canine teeth, shaped like a figure eight.


Morton's toe

en-noun

Morton's toe (countable and uncountable, plural Morton's toes)

Named after American orthopedic surgeon Dudley Joy Morton (1884–1960).

(medicine) A type of brachymetatarsia where the first metatarsal is shortened in relation to the second, promoting an anterior position of the second metatarsal-phalangeal joint in relation to the hallux (big toe).


Greek foot

Greek foot (countable and uncountable, plural Greek feet)

From Greek artists' preference for bare feet exhibiting a second toe longer than the hallux, as opposed to the Egyptian statues which used a longer big toe.

(countable, uncountable, medicine) Morton's toe


dermatographia

(pathology) A skin disorder in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked, scratched or rubbed.


dermatographism

(pathology) dermatographia (skin disorder)


dermographism

dermographism (usually uncountable, plural dermographisms)

(pathology) Synonym of dermatographia (“skin disorder”)


pandysautonomia

pandysautonomia (countable and uncountable, plural pandysautonomias)

autonomic nervous system
autonomic nervous system

(medicine) Diffuse autonomic dysfunction affecting several domains of the autonomic nervous system,


zygomaxillary

(anatomy) Relating to the cheekbone and maxilla (upper jawbone).


symblepharon

symblepharon (plural symblepharons or symblephara)

symblepharons (plural)
symblephara (plural)

From Ancient Greek συμ- (sum-) (variant of συν- (sun-), from σύν (sún, “with, in company with, together with”)) + βλέφαρον (blépharon, “eyelid”).

(medicine) A partial or complete adhesion of the eyelid to the eyeball.


anuretic

(medicine) Of, pertaining to or characterised by anuresis.

In addition, the psychologist diagnosed the 3-year-old as anuretic and encopretic when, in fact, the child was simply not yet toilet-trained, and neither diagnosis is valid at such a young age.

2002, Dean Tong, Elusive Innocence: Survival Guide for the Falsley Accused, page 57:

This should be considered in any patient who becomes hypotensive, breathless and anuretic following catheterisation (11).

2007, Eileen O'Grady, A Nurse's Guide to Caring for Cardiac Intervention Patients, page 31:

Some children may be anuretic – renal function (serum creatinine, urea and electrolytes) should be analysed promptly.

2011, Advanced Life Support Group, Advanced Paediatric Life Support: The Practical Approach, page 136:

(medicine) Who has anuresis; unable to urinate.


apoptose

en-verb

apoptose (third-person singular simple present apoptoses, present participle apoptosing, simple past and past participle apoptosed)

apoptoses (present singular third-person)
apoptosing (participle present)
apoptosed (participle past)
apoptosed (past)

Part of the resolution of inflammation, particularly the removal of accumulated neutrophils, is because neutrophils are induced to apoptose (43).

2000, William E. Garrett, Donald T. Kirkendall, editors, Exercise and Sport Science:

(biology, cytology, transitive, intransitive) To cause the cell to undergo apoptosis, a process of programmed cell death.


supraglabellar

en-adj

supraglabellar (comparative more supraglabellar, superlative most supraglabellar)

more supraglabellar (comparative)
most supraglabellar (superlative)


infraglabellar

infraglabellar (comparative more infraglabellar, superlative most infraglabellar)

more infraglabellar (comparative)
most infraglabellar (superlative)


nightguard

(dentistry) A guard worn on the teeth to prevent damage from bruxism during sleep.


nonpitting

nonpitting edema

(medicine) Where, after pressure is applied to a small area of the skin, the indentation does not persist for some time after release of the pressure.


diphyllobothriasis

en-noun

diphyllobothriasis (countable and uncountable, plural diphyllobothriases)

(medicine) infection caused by the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium


norethindrone

/nɔɹˈɛθ.ɪnˌdɹoʊn/

From nor- + ethyn(yl) + (hy)dr(oxy) + -one.

(pharmacology) US form of norethisterone.


nitrituria

(medicine) The presence of nitrite in the urine.


nephrocardiac

(medicine) Relating to the kidneys and heart.


drinamyl

There I found a selection of slimming pills, and without thinking I swallowed several of the drinamyl tablets.

2000, J. G. Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 125:

(pharmacology, UK) A stimulant made from dextroamphetamine and amobarbital.


Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural Ehlers-Danlos syndromes)

Named after two doctors, Edvard Ehlers and Henri-Alexandre Danlos, who identified the syndrome at the turn of the 20th century.

(medicine, pathology) Any of a group of inherited connective tissue disorders caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen, and resulting in abnormally elastic skin, joints, muscles, etc.

埃勒斯-當洛綜合徵 /埃勒斯-当洛综合征

inherited disorder caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen


arthrochalasis

The so-called Danlos or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome consists of three symptoms: (1) pronounced fragility of the skin and its blood vessels, with breaking, splitting and the formation of hematomas and pseudotumors subsequent to the slightest trauma (dermatorrhexis-fragilitas cutis), (2) a more or less pronounced hyperlaxity and hyperelasticity of the skin (dermatochalasis-laxitas cutis) and (3) more or less pronounced hyperlaxity or hyperflexibility of the joints (arthrochalasis-laxitas articularis).

1936 June 7, F Ronchese, “Dermatorrhexis with dermatochalasis and arthrochalasis (the so-called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)”, in American Journal of Diseases of Children, volume 51, number 6, page 1403:

Generalized hypermobility of joints has been reviewed by Hass and Hass (1958) who described 5 patients in detail and called the condition arthrochalasis multiplex congenita; they noted that little attention had been paid previously to the orthopaedic manifestations and stressed that generalized hypermobility could exist without skin laxity; they suggested that it was an entity separable from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and that joint involvement was very variable.

1973 June 7, JR Owen, “Generalized hypermobility of joints: arthrochalasis multiplex congenita.”, in Archives of Disease in Childhood, volume 48, number 6, page 487:

The classic, hypermobility and vascular subtype of EDS are the most common, whereas the kyphoscoliosis, arthrochalasis and dermatosparaxis types constitute very rare conditions.

2014, Jaroslava Halper, Progress in Heritable Soft Connective Tissue Diseases, page 130:

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

(teratology) A rare form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, characterised by very loose joints and dislocations involving both hips.

artrocalasia

disorder characterised by very loose joints


ganefromycin

(pharmacology) A particular growth-promoting compound.


guancidine

(pharmacology) A particular antihypertensive drug.


glyprothiazol

From gly- (“antihyperglycemic”) + (iso)pro(pyl) + thia(di)azol(e).

af

(pharmacology) A particular antibacterial sulfonamide.


porphyrinuria

(pathology) The presence of porphyrins in the urine


interstitial nephritis

en-noun

interstitial nephritis (plural interstitial nephritides)

(pathology) a kidney disorder in which the interstitial spaces between the kidney tubules become inflamed


lipomeria

(pathology) Congenital absence of a limb


antigliadin

(immunology, of an antibody) Acting against gliadin.


antigluten

(immunology, of an antibody) Acting against gluten.


antiself

(immunology, of an antibody) Acting against the organism in which it occurs.


puboprostatic

(anatomy) Relating to the pubis and prostate.


antineuralgic

en-adj

antineuralgic (comparative more antineuralgic, superlative most antineuralgic)

more antineuralgic (comparative)
most antineuralgic (superlative)

The therapeutic action of alphol is said to be similar to that of salol. Pancreatic and the intestinal juices decompose alphol into salicylic acid and alpha-naphthol. The new remedy is recommended as antiseptic, antineuralgic, and antirheumatic.

1897, David Cerna, Notes on the Newer Remedies, page 178:


antineuralgic

(pharmacology) Any agent that counteracts neuralgia.


circummarginate

(anatomy) Surrounded by a thin margin; not circumvallate.


r/o

Alternative form: R/O

CXR [chest X-ray] to r/o aspiration, and to identify location if radio-opaque. Consider lateral neck film or abdominal film if unable to locate object in chest. Barium swallow if still uncertain.

2006, “Gastroenterology: Esophageal Foreign Bodies”, in Steven E. Diaz, The Little Black Book of Emergency Medicine (Jones and Bartlett's Little Black Book Series), 2nd edition, Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, page 101:

Chest pain, SOB [shortness of breath]—most likely non-cardiac, R/O PE [pulmonary embolism], R/O pneumonia

2009, Kristen L. Longstreth, “Pulmonary Embolism”, in Terry L. Schinghammer, Julia M. Koehler, editors, Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach, 7th edition, McGraw Hill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 62:

(medicine) Initialism of rule out: used to indicate that a certain possible diagnosis should be considered, and appropriate tests performed to rule it out.


epidermolysis

(pathology) A connective tissue disease.


phenogram

(genetics) A phenetic diagram (or cladogram)


schisis

From Ancient Greek σχίσις (skhísis). A modern coinage used in medicine.

In patients with associated maculopathy, OCT demonstrates a retinal detachment with a typical convex schisis of the outer retinal layer in most patients.

2011, Elias I. Traboulsi, editor, Genetic Diseases of the Eye, 2nd edition, page 137:


archicerebellar

(anatomy) Relating to the archicerebellum.


MERS

Middle East respiratory syndrome#English

(medicine) Acronym of Middle East respiratory syndrome; also Mers.


pavemented

(pathology) Having undergone the process of pavementing.


cyanope

From Ancient Greek κυανῶπις (kuanôpis, “dark-looking”).

uder

On this basis various genotypes may be listed as follows: EEHH - Fast dark, EEHh - Medium dark with a cyanope stage, EeHH - Medium dark with a glaucope state, EdHh - Slow dark with intermediate stage variable.

1946, Reginald Ruggles Gates, Human Genetics, page 95:

The cyanope type (brown eyes, blond hair) and the glaucope type (blue eyes, black hair) probably arose independently as mutations, the glaucope being earlier in the European population, i.e., the mutation to blue eyes probably occurred before the mutation to fair hair.

1953, Alan H. Kelso De Montigny, International Anthropological and Linguistic Review, page 61:

There were too few in the cyanope group of the MacConaill types for comparison to be made.

1955, The Journal of Mental Science - Volume 101, page 541:

(anthropology, genetics, dated) A person with fair hair and brown eyes.


glaucope

From Ancient Greek γλαυκώψ (glaukṓps, “with blue-grey eyes”).

The most numerous in each war period had blue or grey eyes and dark hair (" glaucope ") but the percentage of such types fell from 47 to 40 per cent between the two samples, while those with fair hair and light eyes (" blond ") rose from 16 to 19 per cent.

1957, Eugenics review - Volumes 48-49, pages 112–113:

(anthropology, genetics, dated) A person with dark hair and blue eyes.


pneumogram

(medicine) A record (often overnight) of the respiratory movements of a subject by the use of pneumography.


semispinalis

semispinalis cervicis
semispinalis cervicis

semispinalis capitis
semispinalis capitis

(anatomy) Any of three transversospinalis muscles of the human body: the semispinalis dorsi, semispinalis cervicis, and semispinalis capitis.


sacrospinalis

(anatomy) The erector spinae, a muscle group of the back in humans and animals.


transversospinalis

(anatomy) A group of muscles in the human back, used for rotation and extension of the vertebral column, and comprehending the semispinalis, multifidus, and rotatores.


cardiotomy

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


postductal

Aortic coarctation is congenital focal narrowing of the aorta in the region of the ductus arteriosus. It may be preductal (proximal to the ductus, illustrated on the right [in the original]), periductal, or postductal.

2013, Jacob Mandell, Core Radiology: A Visual Approach to Diagnostic Imaging (Cambridge Medicine), →ISBN, page 769:

(anatomy) Distal to or downstream of a ductus (for example, the ductus arteriosus).


nonpenetrance

(genetics) Lack of penetrance; failure of a particular variation of a gene to penetrate.


posthepatic

(anatomy, biochemistry) downstream of the liver in the circulation of the hepatic portal system; and thus, after the metabolic effect of the liver.


postmastoid

(anatomy) posterior to the mastoid process


postreduction

(medicine) After reduction (realignment of a fracture, etc.).


uvulotome

(surgery) The surgical instrument used in uvulotomy.


spermaturia

(medicine) presence of sperm in the urine


bradypnea

Bradypnea can contribute to hypoventilation.

(medicine) A slow breathing rate, rhythm, or tidal volume.


alymphoplasia

(medicine) aplasia of the lymphoid tissue


-exia

From Ancient Greek ἕξις (héxis, “possession, condition”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”).

der

(pathology) Forms the names of functional diseases or of conditions such as pyrexia or cachexia.


nasosinusitis

(medicine) Inflammation of the nasal sinuses.


Mallory-Weiss syndrome

The condition was first described in 1929 by G. Kenneth Mallory and Soma Weiss.

(gastroenterology, pathology) Gastoesophageal laceration, with bleeding from tears in the mucosa at the junction of the stomach and esophagus, sometimes caused by severe alcoholism.


nasojejunal

/ˌneɪzoʊd͡ʒəˈd͡ʒuːnəl/

From naso- + jejunal or naso- + jejunum + -al.

route of administration
route of administration

(medicine) Of or pertaining to a route through the nose into the jejunum, usually with reference to a feeding tube as the route of administration of enteral nutrition.

nasoduodenal

nasoenteral, through the nose into the small intestine (hypernym to nasoduodenal, nasojejunal, and nasoileal)


pancreatoduodenal

(anatomy) Relating to the pancreas and duodenum.


binary clone

(genetics) A composite organism created from the combination of DNA from two separate genetic sources, rather than one. Essentially, a binary clone is the naturally produced offspring via sexual reproduction via germ cells, or else artificially produced offspring of two individuals that has been created without using germ cells.


Landau-Kleffner syndrome

Named after William Landau and Frank Kleffner, who characterized it in 1957.

(medicine, neurology) A rare childhood neurological syndrome, characterized by the sudden or gradual development of aphasia and an abnormal electroencephalogram.


urethrovaginal

(anatomy) Relating to the urethra and vagina.


dacryolith

(ophthalmology) A concretion of material in a lacrymal or nasal duct.


cupping glass

From cupping + glass. Compare Middle English cuppinge cuppe (“cupping glass”, literally “cupping cup”).

cog

(archaic, medicine) A glass vessel used in cupping.


cupping jar

(archaic, medicine) Synonym of cupping glass


antichimpanzee

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in chimpanzees.


penopubic

(anatomy) Relating to the penis and pubis.


perimuscular

perimuscular fat


monilial

en-adj

monilial (comparative more monilial, superlative most monilial)

more monilial (comparative)
most monilial (superlative)

Prince Q— […] suffers chronically from Candida albicans, with attendant susceptibilities to monilial sinusitis and thrush […].

1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 33:

(medicine) Pertaining to or caused by a monilia.


plexor

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek πλῆξις (plêxis, “stroke”) + -or, after flexor etc.

Crowded in amongst his pocket's pens was the rubber head of a diagnostic plexor.

1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 71:

(medicine, now rare) A hammer (or other instrument) used to test a person's reflexes.


paradental

(dentistry) Of or relating to a family of inflammatory odontogenic cysts that typically appear in relation to crown or root of partially erupted molars.


zonoskeleton

(embryology) Part of the skeleton of a limb, comprising the scapula, clavicle, and hip bone.


fluidism

(medicine, obsolete) The doctrine that the fluids of the body are the source of its vital properties and are susceptible to disease.


haemolacria

From Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-) (from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”)) + Latin lacrima (“tear”).

(pathology) The shedding of tears containing blood


self-medicate

en-verb

self-medicate (third-person singular simple present self-medicates, present participle self-medicating, simple past and past participle self-medicated)

self-medicates (present singular third-person)
self-medicating (participle present)
self-medicated (participle past)
self-medicated (past)

(transitive, intransitive, medicine) To consume a substance as a medication without the advice of a physician.


antischizophrenic

en-adj

antischizophrenic (comparative more antischizophrenic, superlative most antischizophrenic)

more antischizophrenic (comparative)
most antischizophrenic (superlative)


regurge

en-noun

regurge (countable and uncountable, plural regurges)

(medicine) Regurgitation, resurging or reflux (of something, e.g. a fluid, through a suture, a valve, etc).


onychogryphosis

(dermatology) A hypertrophy or excess growth of the nails.


anticoding

(genetics) Of or relating to an antisense strand.


antistaphylococcic

(medicine) Countering staphylococcic infection.


bronchovesicular

(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.


hidrotic

From the Medieval Latin hidrōticus, from the Ancient Greek ἱδρωτικός (hidrōtikós), from ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”, stem: ἱδρωτ-); by surface analysis, hidr(osis)- + -otic.


hidrotic

(pharmacology) A medicine that causes perspiration.


AIDS cocktail

(pharmacology, informal) A group of drugs taken together to counteract HIV.


stooling

en-noun

stooling (countable and uncountable, plural stoolings)

Infrequent stooling in the first month of life is almost always due to insufficient intake of milk. A baby who is voiding but not stooling or gaining weight may not be receiving enough high fat hindmilk. Stooling frequency will correct itself with additional feeds or making sure the infant receives more hind milk at a feed.

1999, Judith Lauwers with Debbie Shinskie, Counseling the Nursing Mother: A Lactation Consultant's Guide, 3rd edition, Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, page 204:

Normal stooling is widely variant. Some infants only have one stool per day, especially those on formula feeding. Others may stool with each feeding. Such frequent stooling is common in breast-fed infants during the first month of life.

2004, Gary A. Emmett, Field Guide to the Normal Newborn, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 132:

(chiefly medicine) The production of stool or feces; defecation.


anticlinal vertebra

anticlinal vertebra (plural anticlinal vertebrae)

(anatomy) The vertebra in a vertebral column which has a spinous process (spine) towards which the spines of all the other vertebrae are inclined; the vertebra at which the spine orientation changes.


fibrocaseous

(pathology) Having fibrous, cheesy tissue


reoperate

en-verb

reoperate (third-person singular simple present reoperates, present participle reoperating, simple past and past participle reoperated)

reoperates (present singular third-person)
reoperating (participle present)
reoperated (participle past)
reoperated (past)

/ɹiːˈɒpəˌɹeɪt/

When a problem reoccurs after surgery, it might be necessary to reoperate on a patient.

(intransitive, surgery) to operate (surgically) again (on the same thing as a previous operation).


strongyloidiasis

en-noun

strongyloidiasis (countable and uncountable, plural strongyloidiases)

In the AIDS era, the severe infestation of S. stercoralis, hyperinfection or disseminated strongyloidiasis, becomes an important superimposed infection [38].

2006, Viroj Wiwanitkit, Tropical Anemia, page 53:

The global prevalence of strongyloidiasis is unclear and varies between 30 million and 100 million people infected [3].

2011, Jean-François Timsit, Jean-Paul Brion, Hervé Pelloux, “Parasitic Lung Infections”, in Elie Azoulay, editor, Pulmonary Involvement in Patients with Hematological Malignancies, page 361:

2012, Cary Engleberg, Chapter 54: Intestinal Heminths, N. Cary Engleberg, Victor DiRita, Terence S. Dermody, Schaechter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease, 5th Edition, page 537,
As a result, strongyloidiasis can produce acute clinical syndromes (such as peritonitis) or mimic chronic abdominal problems such as peptic ulcer or gallbladder disease.

(medicine, pathology) infection by roundworms of the superfamily Strongyloidea


thymoleptic

(medicine) Any drug that modifies a patient's mood, but especially an antidepressant medication


thymoleptic

The thymoleptic drugs imipramine, desipramine, protriptyline, etc., are used to elevate depressive states.

1970, Carl Curt Pfeiffer, John John Raymond Smythies [eds], INTERNATIONAL REVIEW NEUROBIOLOGY, Volume 12, Academic Press, page 354

(medicine) That modifies a patient's mood


muton

Contracted form of mutation + -on, coined by American molecular biologist Seymour Benzer in 1957 as "[t]he unit of mutation […] defined as the smallest element that, when altered, can give rise to a mutant form of the organism."

coinage

(genetics) A unit of mutation forming part of a recon.


coaptation suture

en-noun

coaptation suture (plural coaptation sutures)

(medicine) A superficial suture of the skin only


postlumbar

(anatomy) Situated posterior to the lower back or loins.


ipsilesional

(pathology, medicine) On the same side as a lesion.


barber's itch

A rather curious case was a gentleman who had been afflicted for many years with a very sore upper lip. . . . So sore had it become, that it was one great scab. In vain had he counseled the most eminent physicians, all of whom pronounced it "Barber's Itch".

1863 November 10, “The Lower-Canada Gold Mines”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-08-03:

"You can shave as close as you want an' no more close than you want. Barbers can't do that. Every once an' awhile they get my face sore. . . . We've ben boobs all these years, Bert, runnin' the chances of barber's itch."

1913, Jack London, chapter 5, in The Valley of the Moon:

Among the minor ills that bring discomforts to man, few are so persistent or so hard to treat as fungus infections—the cause of ringworm (including the stubborn ringworm of the nails), barber's itch, athlete's foot, and jockstrap itch.

1960 January 25, “Medicine: Man & His Itches”, in Time:

(medicine) Any of a number of sorts of rashes or skin eruptions in the area of the mustache or beard, caused by fungal or staphylococcal infections or by irritation from shaving.


meth mouth

meth mouth (usually uncountable, plural meth mouths)

(slang, dentistry) Extreme tooth decay resulting from the long-term use of methamphetamine.


postvertebral

-ɜː(ɹ)tɪbɹəl


AFM

AFM (countable and uncountable, plural AFMs)

(atomic force microscopy): → French: AFM

(atomic force microscope): → French: AFM

acute flaccid myelitis
acute flaccid myelitis#English

(pathology) Abbreviation of acute flaccid myelitis.


antiscrofulous

(pharmacology) Working against scrofula.


complex regional pain syndrome

complex regional pain syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural complex regional pain syndromes)

complex regional pain syndromes (plural)

central nervous system
central nervous system

(biology, medicine) A chronic systemic disease characterized by severe pain, swelling, changes in the skin (e.g., erythema, edema), functional impairment, and sensory and vasomotor disturbance. Often it initially affects an arm or leg before spreading through the body; it is associated with dysregulation of the central nervous system and autonomic nervous system.


anoderm

(anatomy) A skin-like area within the anal canal.


calcaneocuboid

(anatomy) Relating to the calcaneus and the cuboid bone.

calcaneocuboideo

relating to the calcaneus and the cuboid bone


autoinoculation

autoinoculation (countable and uncountable, plural autoinoculations)

(pathology) The spread of a disease to another part of the body via inoculation


autographism

(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it


post-concussion syndrome

post-concussion syndrome (usually uncountable, plural post-concussion syndromes)

(medicine) A syndrome where the effects of a concussion extend well beyond the normal time period.


allotopic

(genetics) Relating to expression from the nuclear genome of genes that normally are expressed only from the mitochondrial genome.


nullizygous

(genetics) Carrying two mutant alleles for the same gene, both alleles being complete loss-of-function or "null" alleles.


autozygous

(genetics) Being a genotype of a kind where two alleles at a locus originate from a common ancestor by way of nonrandom mating (inbreeding).


allozygous

(genetics) Being a genotype of a kind where two alleles at a locus come from completely different sources, as in most normal, random mating.


somaclonal

(genetics) Produced by plant tissue culture


calcaneoquartal

(anatomy) Relating to the calcaneus and the fourth joint of the tarsus.


-opsia

From Koine Greek -οψία (-opsía), related to ὀπτικός (optikós, “optic, pertaining to sight”).

(ophthalmology) Forming compound nouns denoting specific deficiencies of sight.


megalography

/ˌmɛɡəˈlɒɡrəfi/

/ˌmɛɡlˈɒɡrəfi/

/ˌmɛɡəˈlɑɡrəfi/

From Ancient Greek μεγαλογραφία (megalographía). Morphologically megalo- + -graphy,

uder

μεγαλογραφία

(medicine) macrography; form of dysgraphia defined by unusually large handwriting


hemitomias

(medicine, obsolete) A half-eunuch; a person who has lost one testicle.


hemobilinuria

(medicine, obsolete) The presence of urobilin, a brown pigment, in the blood and urine.


antigingivitic

(pharmacology, dentistry) Countering gingivitis.


antimurine

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in murine animals.

antimurino

reacting with the immunoglobins found in murine animals


enteroblast

(cytology) A form of midgut cell, associated with stem cells, that develops into an enterocyte


genitoplasty

(surgery) Plastic surgery of the genitals.


hypoadiponectinemia

en-noun

hypoadiponectinemia (usually uncountable, plural hypoadiponectinemias)

(pathology) A reduced level of adiponectin in the bloodstream, especially as a risk-factor in diabetes


adiponectinemia

(pathology) The (normal) presence of adiponectin in the bloodstream

adiponectinemia

the presence of adiponectin in the bloodstream


paragroup

(genetics) A section of a haplogroup that is not defined by a specific set of markers.


subhaplogroup

(genetics) A subset of a haplogroup, especially one that has one or more distinguishing markers


frontoinsular

(anatomy) Relating to the frontal lobe and insula (insular cortex).


occipitoparietal

(anatomy) Relating to the occipital and the parietal bones


supraglottis

(anatomy) The upper part of the larynx, above the vocal cords, including the epiglottis


nasal polyp

(pathology) A growth in the nose commonly connected with allergic rhinitis, but not directly caused by it, arising mainly from the mucous membranes and paranasal sinuses.


antireward

(neuroscience) Relating to processes in the brain that cause aversive states, leading a drug abuser to take more drugs to escape these states rather than to gain pleasure.


electrostimulate

en-verb

electrostimulate (third-person singular simple present electrostimulates, present participle electrostimulating, simple past and past participle electrostimulated)

electrostimulates (present singular third-person)
electrostimulating (participle present)
electrostimulated (participle past)
electrostimulated (past)

(medicine) To stimulate with electricity.


gDNA

(genetics) Initialism of genomic DNA. (DNA in chromosomes)


immunonephelometry

(immunology) The use of nephelometry in the characterisation of antigens and antibodies


normoalbuminuria

(pathology) The presence of the normal amount of albumen in the urine


reactogenic

en-adj

reactogenic (comparative more reactogenic, superlative most reactogenic)

more reactogenic (comparative)
most reactogenic (superlative)

(immunology) Causing an immunological reaction


reactogenicity

en-noun

reactogenicity (countable and uncountable, plural reactogenicities)

(immunology) The condition of being reactogenic


polyreactive

(immunology) That undergoes nonspecific reaction with a range of materials


polyreactivity

polyreactivity (countable and uncountable, plural polyreactivities)

(immunology) The condition, or extent, of being polyreactive


topographagnosia

(cognitive neuroscience, pathology) The inability to orient oneself in one's surroundings as a result of focal brain damage.

топографагнозия

the inability to orient in the surrounding


toxamin

(medicine, dated) A hypothetical substance in cereals that interferes with calcium and phosphorus metabolism and leads to rickets.


encephalotrigeminal

Sturge-Weber syndrome
Sturge-Weber syndrome

(medicine) Relating to the brain and the trigeminal nerve; applied to Sturge-Weber syndrome.


palatovaginal

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the palatine bone and the vaginal process of the sphenoid bone.

顎鞘 /颚鞘

relating to the palatine bone and vaginal process


verdoglobinuria

(medicine) The presence of verdoglobin in the urine.


vertebrosacral

(anatomy) Relating to the vertebra and sacrum.


areflexic

(pathology) Exhibiting, or relating to, areflexia.


homochromia

(medicine, ophthalmology) The anatomical state in which the same pigmentation or coloring occurs in the eyes, skin or hair.


presubiculum

(anatomy) A rostral part of the parahippocampal gyrus of the guenon.


temporopolar

(anatomy) Relating to the temporal pole: the anterior end of the temporal lobe.


ballottable

(medicine) Detectable by means of ballottement.


Rexed lamina

They were identified in the early 1950s by Bror Rexed.

(anatomy) Any of ten layers of grey matter in the brain.


intermediolateral nucleus

intermediolateral nucleus (plural intermediolateral nuclei)

(anatomy) A region of grey matter found in Rexed lamina VII of the spinal column.


dacryocystorhinostomy

From dacryo- + cysto- + rhino- + -stomy or dacryocyst + -o- + rhino- + -stomy.

(ophthalmology) A surgical procedure to restore the flow of tears into the nose from the lacrimal sac when the nasolacrimal duct does not function.


dacryoadenectomy

dacryoadenectomy (countable and uncountable, plural dacryoadenectomies)

(surgery, ophthalmology) The surgical removal of a lacrimal gland.


dacryocystostomy

dacryocystostomy (countable and uncountable, plural dacryocystostomies)

(surgery, ophthalmology) A surgical incision into the lacrimal sac, usually to promote drainage.


dacryocystotomy

From dacryocyst + -otomy or dacryo- + cysto- + -tomy.

(surgery, ophthalmology) A surgical incision into the lacrimal sac.


algesimetry

A study of this effect of drugs needed the evolution of a reliable and reproducible method of algesimetry, and the pressure method eventually chosen was evaluated in over 1,000 subjects in order to determine the patient and operator variation,

1965, James E. Eckenhoff, Science & Practice in Anesthesia:

In attempts to quantify pain (algesimetry), most experimental observations have been made on acute pain elicited from easily accessible, mostly cutaneous, structures.

1986, Floyd E. Bloom, Handbook of physiology, page 582:

This has spawned efforts to establish an 'objective' algesimetry, which does not require the report of subjective states but primarily assesses responses to noxious stimuli in the motor, autonomic, endocrine and central nervous systems.

2009, Maria Adele Giamberardino, Visceral Pain:

(medicine) The measurement of sensitivity to pain.

The dilemma of experimental algesimetry can be characterized as follows. The more reproducible and quantifiable a method of experimental pain induction is, the more inadequate it appears as a model of clinical pain.

1986, Kay Brune, Agents and Actions Supplements, page 35:

Experimental algesimetry is a rapidly expanding field of research, which can be expected to provide fundamental information about the nature of pain.

2012, Robert F. Schmidt, Gerhard Thews, Human Physiology, page 227:

In Chapter 1 we sought to move the field of algesimetry past the categorical approach toward a dynamic, contextual model consistent with the pioneering work of Melzack and Wall (1965), Sternbach (1968), Fordyce (1976), and others.

2013, Paul Karoly, Mark P. Jensen, Arnold P. Goldstein, Multimethod Assessment of Chronic Pain, page 116:

(medicine) The study of responses to painful stimuli.


traumatic brain injury

traumatic brain injury (plural traumatic brain injuries)

(medicine) A traumatic injury to the brain caused by an external force.


bardoxolone

From [Term?] + [Term?] + -olone (“steroid or steroid-like drug”).

af

(pharmacology) A triterpenoid whose methyl ester has been used to suppress oxidative stress and inflammation.


immunoregulator

(immunology) A substance responsible for immunoregulation


interferonopathy

(pathology) A disorder associated with an upregulation of interferon.


PSC

en-noun

PSC (countable and uncountable, plural PSCs)

(medicine) Initialism of primary sclerosing cholangitis.


nodding disease

(medicine, pathology) A poorly understood disease of Africa, characterized by stunted growth and a nodding seizure when eating or feeling cold.


endocrinopathy

(pathology) Any disease of the endocrine system


Pfeiffer's disease

Named after the German balneologist and pediatrician Emil Pfeiffer, who described the disease.


GVHD

Post-BMT, her body would show signs of GVHD, which is graft-versus-host disease; the new marrow tries to reject the body it occupies. Her mouth would be assaulted by radiation before the transplant.

2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 121:

graft-versus-host disease
graft-versus-host disease#English

(pathology) Initialism of graft-versus-host disease.


antebrachial

From antebrachium + -al, ante- + brachial.


craniolateral

(anatomy) Relating to (or pointing towards) the side of the head


perifovea

(anatomy) A band immediately surrounding a fovea


digit

From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a fingerbreadth; a number”). Doublet of digitus and toe .

bit

position in a sequence of numerals, symbol in a positional number system

Jai grabbed Andrew’s shoulders with the same three digits he had used to grab the ancient doubter’s skull and spun him around.

2018, Shiv Kotecha, The Switch, United States: Wonder, →ISBN, page 144:

(anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.


assemblage point

en-noun

assemblage point (plural assemblage points)

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

(alternative medicine) Any vortex of an energy field (including but not limited to any given organism).


auto-brewery syndrome

(pathology) A condition in which the contents of the sufferer’s stomach ferment, creating alcohol. A urinary analogue exists, whereby high urinary glucose may ferment within the bladder.


antiglycan

(immunology) That generates an immunological response to glycan


buthionine

(organic chemistry, medicine) An amino acid whose sulfoximine is used in chemotherapy


seromic

(immunology) relating to the totality of antibodies in a serum sample


bili-

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary

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

(anatomy, medicine) Relating to bile ducts.


antifox

(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in foxes.


hypocellular

en-adj

hypocellular (comparative more hypocellular, superlative most hypocellular)

more hypocellular (comparative)
most hypocellular (superlative)

(pathology) Containing fewer cells than normal or expected.

hypocelulární

containing fewer cells than normal or expected


normocellular

A high-quality core biopsy specimen of adequate size is also necessary to rule out the possibility of a sampling bias, in which the hypercellular area may be only focal while the remainder of the marrow is in fact normocellular or hypocellular.

2012, Eric D. Hsi, Hematopathology, page 542:

(pathology) Containing a normal number of cells; neither hypocellular nor hypercellular.


dechallenge

en-verb

dechallenge (third-person singular simple present dechallenges, present participle dechallenging, simple past and past participle dechallenged)

dechallenges (present singular third-person)
dechallenging (participle present)
dechallenged (participle past)
dechallenged (past)

From de- + challenge; see drug challenge.

(medicine, pharmacology) To stop administering a drug to a patient, to see whether its suspected effects cease to occur.


nanocephalic

en-adj

nanocephalic (comparative more nanocephalic, superlative most nanocephalic)

more nanocephalic (comparative)
most nanocephalic (superlative)

(medicine) Having an abnormally small head.


nasociliary

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose and the eyelashes or eyelids.

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nasociliary nerve.


nebramycin

From translingual (te)nebra(rius) + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

af

(pharmacology) An aminoglycosidic antibiotic complex produced by Streptomyces tenebrarius bacteria.


neurophilic

en-adj

neurophilic (comparative more neurophilic, superlative most neurophilic)

more neurophilic (comparative)
most neurophilic (superlative)

(neuroscience, of a substance) Having an affinity for nervous tissue.


neurodermatitis

(dermatology) Lichen simplex chronicus, a skin disorder characterized by chronic itching and scratching, resulting in thick, leathery, brownish skin.


epiregulation

(biochemistry, genetics) epigenetic regulation


immunomanipulation

(immunology) immunological manipulation (of cells and tissue)


keratocyst

(pathology) An odontogenic cyst composed of keratinized squamous epithelial tissue


phosphoantigen

(immunology) Any of a class of non-peptidic antigens that are organic pyrophosphates


acromicria

(pathology) hypoplasia of the limbs, and often digits, nose, and jaw


hyperparasitemia

(pathology) The presence of very many parasites in the blood


immunodetect

en-verb

immunodetect (third-person singular simple present immunodetects, present participle immunodetecting, simple past and past participle immunodetected)

immunodetects (present singular third-person)
immunodetecting (participle present)
immunodetected (participle past)
immunodetected (past)

(immunology) To detect the presence of a specific antigen by the use of antibodies


adenomegaly

en-noun

adenomegaly (countable and uncountable, plural adenomegalies)

(pathology) The enlargement of a gland, especially those of the neck


apareunia

apareunia (usually uncountable, plural apareunias)

(pathology) The inability to perform sexual intercourse as a result of a physical or psychological sexual dysfunction.


antibotulism

(pharmacology) Preventing or countering botulism.


asynergia

asynergia (countable and uncountable, plural asynergias)

(pathology) A lack of muscular coordination


audiopathy

(pathology) Any disease that affects the auditory system.


bromopnea

From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”) (see bromo-) + -pnea. Coined by William J. Lederer in 1907.

There is no excuse for anybody[…]to have a bad odor from the mouth[…]The worst and most obstinate case of bromopnea can be cured if the causes are diligently sought for and properly treated.

1912, William Josephus Robinson, Sexual problems of to-day, page 254:

(medicine, dated) The condition of having bad breath.


NAFLD

Altogether about a third of us are thought to have early stages of NAFLD.

2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 176:

MAFLD

metabolic (dysfunction)-associated fatty liver disease

(pathology) Initialism of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a spectrum of disorders characterized by predominantly macrovesicular hepatic steatosis occurring in individuals in the absence of significant alcohol consumption.

non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

ɣviʒlis araalḳoholuri cximovani daavadeba

ღვიძლის არაალკოჰოლური ცხიმოვანი დაავადება

niealkoholowa stłuszczeniowa choroba wątroby


nonantigen

(immunology) Any material that does not function as an antigen (in a specific environment)


physis

physis (countable and uncountable, plural physes)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis).

(anatomy, countable) The epiphyseal plate, a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone, found in children and adolescents.


PCE

prenatal cocaine exposure
w:prenatal cocaine exposure

(medicine) Initialism of prenatal cocaine exposure.


CVA

cerebrovascular accident
cerebrovascular accident#English

(medicine) Initialism of cerebrovascular accident.

AVH

initialism of cerebrovascular accident — see also cerebrovascular accident

costovertebral angle
costovertebral angle#English

(medicine) Initialism of costovertebral angle.


cerebrovascular accident

cerebrovascular accident (plural cerebrovascular accidents)

(medicine, formal, sometimes euphemistic) Stroke (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted).


DNAR

(medicine) Initialism of do not attempt to resuscitate.


copropraxia

From copro- (“dung”) + Latin -praxia (“-praxis”).

af

(psychiatry) An involuntary impulse to make obscene gestures.


mirror neuron

(neuroscience) A neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another.


dimeticone

(medicine) A preparation containing dimethicone


episiorrhaphy

(surgery) The suturing of the vulva to repair injury.


cortical plate

(anatomy) A layer of compact bone that overlies the spongiosa of the alveolar process on the mandible and maxilla.


bicortical

(dentistry) Connected to two cortical plates


monocortical

(dentistry) Connected to a single cortical plate


nanohydroxyapatite

(dentistry) A very fine hydroxyapatite powder used, mixed with other materials, to help remineralization


aortalgia

(pathology) pain caused by an aneurysm or similar condition of the aorta


amphiploidy

(genetics) The condition of being amphiploid


FH

(medicine) Initialism of familial hypercholesterolemia.


Glissonian capsule

en-noun

Glissonian capsule (plural Glissonian capsules)

(anatomy) A membrane that envelopes the liver


gonalgia

(medicine) Any painful condition in the knee.


Broca's aphasia

(medicine, pathology) A disorder where a sufferer is unable to use fluent grammar when speaking or writing, and utterances are almost always ungrammatical.

Broca se afasie

a disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar


ash dieback

Ash dieback is a major concern. Only ten years after its identification in the UK, the risks posed by dead and diseased trees is rising, says NR. In 2020, ash dieback was present in 73% of ash trees in England, 92% in Wales, and 21% in Scotland, with a rapid increase in tree mortality rates over the next six years expected.

2023 August 9, Mel Holley, “Network News: Scotland's £4.2bn plan to ensure network stability”, in RAIL, number 989, page 24:

(phytopathology) Dieback of ash trees caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus.


cupula

(anatomy) A moveable object in the ampullae of the ear's semicircular canals that is involved in sensing head rotation


ʟ-dopa

(biochemistry, pharmacology) The levorotatory form of dopa, used to treat Parkinson's disease.


hepatocarcinogen

(pathology) Any hepatocarcinogenic substance


recognin

(biochemistry, immunology) Any of a group of polypeptide antigens (protein fragments), produced from cancer cells, that are capable of recognizing some other specific types of cell


astrocytin

(biochemistry, immunology) A recognin, present on the cell membrane of astrocytes, found in the serum of patients with malignant glial tumors


malignin

(biochemistry, immunology) A recognin found in most malignant cancer cells.


chromesthesia

chromesthesia (usually uncountable, plural chromesthesias)

(neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia


DR

(pathology) Initialism of drug resistant. (used to refer to strains of tuberculosis).


mebezonium

From [Term?] + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

af

(pharmacology) A neuromuscular blocker, 4,4’-diaminodicyclohexyl methane trimethylammonium iodide, used in veterinary medicine, in combination with the embutramide and tetracaine, for euthanasia of small domestic animals.


antigalactosyl

(immunology) The generates an immune response to galactosylated liposomes


postintracoronary

(surgery) Following intracoronary surgery


rhinometry

(surgery) diagnostic measurement of the nasal cavity


subendocardium

(anatomy) The layer of tissue beneath the endocardium


neurophysiopathology

(pathology) physiopathology of the nervous system


pancreaticosplenic

(anatomy) Relating to the pancreas and spleen.


dysmotility

en-noun

dysmotility (countable and uncountable, plural dysmotilities)

(pathology) Abnormal motility, especially of the muscles in the gastrointestinal tract


sclerodactyly

(pathology) A localized thickening and tightness of the skin of the fingers or toes


hippotherapy

(medicine) A specialized physiotherapy treatment that involves having a patient ride a horse to facilitate movement responses.


peptonization

(physiology, biochemistry) The conversion of a protein into peptones under the influence of the enzyme pepsin


demogenetics

(genetics, ecology) The genetics of populations of organisms


demogenetic

(genetics, ecology) Relating to demogenetics


diabetogenicity

(pathology) The condition, or extent, of being diabetogenic


hemiplasy

(genetics) A condition similar to homoplasy that is the topological discordance between a gene tree and a species tree attributable to lineage sorting of genetic polymorphisms that were retained across successive nodes in a species tree


introgressive

en-adj

introgressive (comparative more introgressive, superlative most introgressive)

more introgressive (comparative)
most introgressive (superlative)


hyperosmolality

(pathology) An unusually high osmolality, especially in any bodily fluid


immunodefense

en-noun

immunodefense (countable and uncountable, plural immunodefenses)


anterosuperior

anterosuperior movement


antifibrin

(immunology) That generates an immune reaction to fibrin

antifibrina

that generates an immune reaction to fibrin


antiplasmodial

en-adj

antiplasmodial (comparative more antiplasmodial, superlative most antiplasmodial)

more antiplasmodial (comparative)
most antiplasmodial (superlative)

(pharmacology) That counters parasites of the genus Plasmodium

antiplasmodial

that counters parasites of the genus Plasmodium


antisynthetase

(immunology) That disrupts the action of synthetase enzymes

antissintetase

that disrupts the action of synthetase enzymes


antisynthetase

(immunology) An antibody that has this effect


isthmic

(anatomy) Relating to an (anatomical) isthmus


spondyloarthritis

en-noun

spondyloarthritis (countable and uncountable, plural spondyloarthritides)

From spondylo- + arthritis or spondylo- + arthr- + -itis.

(pathology) Spondyloarthropathy that involves inflammation.


remassage

en-verb

remassage (third-person singular simple present remassages, present participle remassaging, simple past and past participle remassaged)

remassages (present singular third-person)
remassaging (participle present)
remassaged (participle past)
remassaged (past)

After the area has been drained, remassage in the direction of the smile

2008, Clinical Massage in the Healthcare Setting, Sandy Fritz, Leon Chaitow, Glenn Hymel, →ISBN:


infrapyramidal

(anatomy) Situated beneath the pyramidal tract (or beneath something shaped like a pyramid)


neurolipidosis

(pathology) Any of a group of lysosomal storage diseases in which lipids accumulate in the central nervous system


LCL

lateral collateral ligament
lateral collateral ligament#English

(anatomy) Initialism of lateral collateral ligament.


microneural

(surgery) Describing surgery to neurons (using a microscope)


subfulminant

(pathology) Having a less than sudden onset


thiopentone

The anaesthetic technique that was used at PMH at that time was safe and simple – but limited. It consisted of an initial injection of thiopentone (pentothal) to put the person to sleep. (Many older people will remember having been asked to count to ten as they were given such an injection.) Thiopentone is a short-acting drug – not a good agent to keep the patient anaesthetized for very long – so a switch must be made to another anaesthetic.

2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 29:


benzethonium

From benz(yl) + eth(yl) + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

af

(pharmacology) A quaternary ammonium cation, N-benzyl-N,N-dimethyl-2-{2-[4-(2,4,4-trimethylpentan-2-yl)phenoxy]ethoxy}ethanaminium, whose chloride is an industrial disinfectant.


osteodysplasia

en-noun

osteodysplasia (countable and uncountable, plural osteodysplasias)

(pathology) Any abnormal development of bone


chemotopic

(physiology, biochemistry) Relating to, or by means of chemotopy


chemotopy

(physiology, biochemistry) (the study of) the orderly spatial arrangement of olfactory glomeruli


antiarrestin

(immunology) Any antibody that generates an immune response to arrestin


hypobetalipoproteinemia

hypobetalipoproteinemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypobetalipoproteinemias)

low-density lipoprotein
low-density lipoprotein

(pathology) A low level of betalipoprotein (low-density lipoprotein) in the bloodstream.


scotodinia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκοτοδινία (skotodinía), from σκότος (skótos, “darkness”) + δίνη (dínē, “whirling”). Equivalent to scoto- + dino- + -ia.

(pathology) A form of vertigo involving sudden dizziness, headache, and blurred vision


anticentromere

(immunology) That bind/react with antigens associated with the centromere

anticentrómero

that bind/react with antigens associated with the centromere


antimitochondrial

(immunology) That bind/react with antigens associated with mitochondria

antimitocondrial

that bind/react with antigens associated with mitochondria


menoxenia

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

From meno- (“month, menstrual”) + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “strange”) + -ia.


vitative

en-adj

vitative (comparative more vitative, superlative most vitative)

more vitative (comparative)
most vitative (superlative)

(phrenology, archaic) Of or relating to vitality, love of life, and resistance to death and disease.


anterolateral ligament

en-noun

anterolateral ligament (plural anterolateral ligaments)

(anatomy) A ligament located on the outside, front portion of the knee.


phylogram

(genetics) A phylogenetic tree that has branch spans proportional to the amount of character change.


antistaphylococcal

en-adj

antistaphylococcal (comparative more antistaphylococcal, superlative most antistaphylococcal)

more antistaphylococcal (comparative)
most antistaphylococcal (superlative)

(immunology) That counters Staphylococcus infection


tyrphostin

(medicine) Any of a class of tyrosine phosphorylation inhibitors.


metanephric

(embryology) Of or pertaining to the metanephros.


hyperthymesia

From hyper- (prefix meaning ‘over, beyond; excessive’) + Greek θύμηση (thýmisi, “memory”) + -ia (suffix forming names of diseases).

affix

Others may have some degree of hyperthymesia — they may spend an abnormally large amount of time thinking about their personal past, and have an extraordinary capacity to recall specific events in detail.

2008, Mikita Brottman, The Solitary Vice: Against Reading (A PopMatters Book), Berkeley, Calif.: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 160:

Lesley hadn't been interested in the story, because she didn't think that HSAM (or hyperthymesia, as it was called then) was that rare, having known me for so many years.

2012 November, Marilu Henner, Lorin Henner, Total Memory Makeover: Uncover Your Past, Take Charge of Your Future, trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 8:

We discussed memory in the previous chapter of this book, and hyperthymesia is the ultimate example of an ability that everyone shares being carried to superhuman lengths—only, it's very human still.

2013, Deepak Chopra, Rudolph E. Tanzi, Super Brain: Unleash the Explosive Power of Your Mind, London: Rider, →ISBN, page 46:

Hyperthymesia is also known as superior autobiographical memory. People either have it or they do not, and there are no more than 20 documented cases of people known to have hyperthymesia. [...] Most people diagnosed with hyperthymesia can remember minute details of events from any given day in their past lives, sometimes beginning with puberty but often going back to early childhood.

2013, Annette Kujawski Taylor, “Hyperthymesia”, in Annette Kujawski Taylor, editor, Encyclopedia of Human Memory, volumes 1 (A–D), Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, →ISBN, pages 547–548:

(neuroscience) A rare condition in which a person possesses a superior autobiographical memory and is able to recall the vast majority of personal events and experiences in life.


angio

en-noun

angio (countable and uncountable, plural angios)

(medicine, countable) Short for angiogram.

(medicine, uncountable) Short for angiography.

(medicine, countable) Short for angioplasty.


consomic

(genetics, of a strain) inbred and with one of its chromosomes replaced by the homologous chromosome of another inbred strain via a series of marker-assisted backcrosses


hyperleptinemia

(pathology) The presence of a higher than normal amount of leptins in the bloodstream


leptinemia

(pathology) The presence of leptins in the bloodstream


rostrocaudal

(anatomy) With a direction parallel to the head-tail axis.


antipeptide

(immunology) That produces an immune response to a specific peptide sequence

antipeptídeo

that produces an immune response to a specific peptide sequence


immunonegative

(immunology) That generates a negative response to a test for a specific antigen or antibody


zebrin

From zebra + -in, because of the stripes.

(biochemistry, neuroscience) Any of the molecules expressed by subsets of Purkinje cells that reveal the underlying zone-and-stripe architecture of the cerebellum.


distoangular

a distoangular impacted tooth

(dentistry) Angled backward, towards the rear of the mouth.


mesioangular

a mesioangular impacted tooth

(dentistry) Angled fully 90 degrees sideways.


traumatic alopecia

traumatic alopecia (plural traumatic alopecias)

(medicine) A condition where the subject pulls their own hair out, causing bald patches.


traction alopecia

traction alopecia (usually uncountable, plural traction alopecias)

(medicine, dermatology) A condition where hair loss is caused by chronic pulling of the hair.


bioenhancer

(biochemistry, medicine) Any naturally-occurring compound (especially in food) that increases drug bioavailability


supragranular

(anatomy) Lying above the granular layer of the cerebellum


immunoprotect

en-verb

immunoprotect (third-person singular simple present immunoprotects, present participle immunoprotecting, simple past and past participle immunoprotected)

immunoprotects (present singular third-person)
immunoprotecting (participle present)
immunoprotected (participle past)
immunoprotected (past)

(immunology) To confer immunoprotection (on)


superliminal

en-adj

superliminal (comparative more superliminal, superlative most superliminal)

more superliminal (comparative)
most superliminal (superlative)

If the illumination is steadily increased from sub-liminal to super-liminal values, the deeply saturated colour will come out from the blackness.

1924, James P. C. Southall (translator), Hermann von Helmholtz (author), Helmholtz's Treatise on Physiological Optics Volume 1 (1962 Dover edition, a translation of Handbuch der Physiologischen Optik, 1867), p. 367 (Google snippet view)

In him you simply have nature's top-notch imitator. He never questions, he never asks why. . . . His brain, the conscious, active, superliminal, is not able to grasp a situation and reason it out.

1930 Nov, Hubbard Nye, “Playing Nursemaid to a Chimpanzee”, in Boys' Life, retrieved 2013-11-20, page 67:

And it does not matter how you subdivide the mind into what you call the subliminal, the superliminal, the superconscious, the subconscious or whatever.

1948, Stewart Edward White et al., The Job of Living, page 80:

Conscious or subconscious, subliminal or superliminal, they are still “mental processes.”

2011, R. S. Perinbanayagam, Discursive Acts: Language, Signs, and Selves, →ISBN, page 76:

(psychology, physiology, of mental activity) Of, pertaining to, or involving conscious awareness; above the threshold of the subconscious.


prostane

en-noun

prostane (usually uncountable, plural prostanes)

Tribulus terrestris
Tribulus terrestris#Translingual

Areca catechu
Areca catechu#Translingual

Asparagus racemosus
Asparagus racemosus#Translingual

(medicine) A herbal remedy made from a mixture of Tribulus terrestris, Areca catechu, Pedalium murex, Caesalpinia bonducella and Asparagus racemosus


propriospinal

From Latin proprius (“one's own”) + spinal.

(anatomy) Relating specifically to the spine, and especially to those structures that connect segments of the spine


retrodialysis

(medicine) The introduction of a drug into the bloodstream via a microdialysis probe


tectospinal

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the mesencephalic tectum and the spinal cord


fraktaline

2008, Marie-Pia d'Ortho, MMP's, inflammation and pulmonary arterial hypertension, Vincent Lagente, Elisabeth Boichot, Matrix Metalloproteinases in Tissue Remodelling and Inflammation, page 90,
Lungs of IPAH patients have increased expression of fraktaline, a chemokine involved in T cell trafficking and monocyte recruitment, and their circulating CD4 and CD8 T cells have higher levels of the fraktaline receptor CX3CR1 when compared with controls or samples of patients with thromboembolic PAH.

2013 October 12, Moheb Costandi The Mind Menders, New Scientist, No. 2938, page 46,
For example, active neurons seem to signal their health by producing a substance called fraktaline, which might warn the microglia to leave its synapses alone.

(biochemistry, immunology) A chemokine involved in chemical signalling in the immune system.


antitheta

(immunology) Countering the theta antigen.


metaboreceptor

(physiology) A type of chemoreceptor, found in skeletal muscle, that responds to an increase in metabolic products and stimulates an increase in circulation in response to exercise


monocopy

(genetics) Describing any gene that has a copy number of one


pathomechanics

(pathology, anatomy) The mechanics of misplaced or damaged bones, tendons etc, especially of misaligned vertebrae


microhaplotype

(genetics) Any haplotype that has very few alleles


cardioembolism

(pathology) An embolism of cardiac origin


anatomopathological

(anatomy, pathology) Relating to both anatomy and pathology


aortomitral

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the aortic and mitral valves of the heart


cerebroplacental

(anatomy) Relating to the fetal cerebral and placental/umbilical arteries.


hyperlacticaemia

(pathology) The presence of an excessive amount of lactic acid in the bloodstream


lacticaemia

(medicine) The presence of lactic acid in the bloodstream (which is always true); and usually, more specifically, an excess (hyperlacticaemia).


posteroseptum

(anatomy) The ostium of the coronary sinus


trigeminovascular

(anatomy, physiology) Relating to the trigeminal nerve and blood vessels


nestitherapy

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῆστις (nêstis, “fasting”) + therapy.

bor+

(medicine) Medical treatment by reducing food intake.


managed care

Much of the projected savings would come from enlisting Medicaid recipients in "managed care" programs instead of the current open-ended system.

1984 February 5, Richard A. Knox, “Full-scale Medicaid Overhaul Proposed”, in Boston Globe, retrieved 2013-11-28:

State lawmakers today are expected to approve landmark legislation designed to protect the 5 million Pennsylvanians enrolled in managed care health plans.

1998 June 9, Frank Reeves, “Managed care users could get new protection”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, retrieved 2013-11-28:

A managed care system makes it possible to enroll more people and improve care, yet also keep costs under control.

2011 January 9, Courtney Burke, “Room for Debate: Getting Rates Under Control”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-11-28:

(US, medicine, healthcare) Medical services which are planned, directed, and controlled—especially by a health insurance company—in a manner designed to maximize the efficiency of the delivery and financing of health care.

管理式醫療護理 /管理式医疗护理

medical services which are designed to maximise the efficiency of health care

optimaalinen hoito (descriptive translation)


surgical mask

(medicine, infectious disease) A mask worn to catch bacteria shed in liquid droplets and aerosols from the wearer's mouth and nose.

mundbind

coronavirus prevention covering the nose and mouth


microimmunofluorescence

(immunology) A form of immunofluorescence that requires a very small amount of sample.


striatonigral

(anatomy) Relating to the striatum and substantia nigra


tumoristatic

(pathology) That halts the development of a tumour.


ischial tuberosity

en-noun

ischial tuberosity (plural ischial tuberosities)

(anatomy) Each of the two lower extremities of the pelvis in humans (and other animals), on which the weight is placed while sitting and which are covered by the gluteus maximus while standing.


PCO

(medicine) Initialism of posterior capsular opacification.


adipokinesis

(biochemistry, physiology) The mobilization of fat as part of lipid metabolism


antityrosinase

(biochemistry, immunology) That counters the action of tyrosinase


deorphanize

en-verb

deorphanize (third-person singular simple present deorphanizes, present participle deorphanizing, simple past and past participle deorphanized)

deorphanizes (present singular third-person)
deorphanizing (participle present)
deorphanized (participle past)
deorphanized (past)

(physiology) To identify the endogenous ligands of an orphan receptor


-rrhagia

From Latin -rrhagia, from Ancient Greek -ραγία (-ragía), from the stem of ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi, “to break, burst”).

(medicine) Forms nouns indicating excessive discharge or haemorrhage from an organ.


immunomicroscopy

(immunology) The combined use of microscopy and immunostaining in order to identify binding sites (epitopes)


vitreomacular adhesion

en-noun

vitreomacular adhesion (plural vitreomacular adhesions)

(pathology) A condition in which the vitreous humour adheres to the retina


vitreolysis

(surgery) A technique that uses lasers to disrupt floaters in the vitreous humour


polyoid

(genetics) Having multiple copies of each chromosome


Acuphase

(medicine) Brand name for the drug zuclopenthixol acetate.


co-amilofruse

(medicine) A mixture of amiloride and frusemide used to treat fluid retention


co-amilozide

From co-, amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide.

(medicine) A mixture of amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide used in the treatment of hypertension


aminacrine

(medicine) A fluorescent dye, 9-acridinamine, that is used as a topical antiseptic


benzalkonium

From benz(yl) + alk(yl) + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

af

(pharmacology) Any of a class of quaternary ammonium cations containing a benzyl, two methyl and another, longer alkyl group


cetalkonium

(pharmacology) A form of benzalkonium in which the longer alkyl group is cetyl.


antibothropic

(toxicology, pharmacology) Countering bothropic venom.


bothropic

(pharmacology) Of or relating to the genus Bothrops of venomous pit vipers endemic to Central and South America.


clickhaler

(medicine) An inhaler in which the medicine is released by clicking a button


co-codamol

(medicine) A mixture of codeine and paracetamol used as an analgesic


co-codaprin

(medicine) A mixture of codeine and aspirin used as an analgesic


colecalciferol

(pharmacology) The international nonproprietary name of cholecalciferol when used as a drug.


cuprofen

Trademark. Blend of codeine + ibuprofen.

(medicine) A mixture of codeine and ibuprofen used as an analgesic


co-danthramer

(medicine) A mixture of dantron and a poloxamer used as a laxative


co-danthrusate

(medicine) A mixture of dantron and docusate used as a laxative


co-dydramol

From co-, dihydrocodeine, and paracetamol.

(medicine) A mixture of dihydrocodeine and paracetamol used as an analgesic


embolectomy

(surgery) Surgical removal of an embolus to relieve an embolism.


defunctioning

/diːˈfʌŋkʃənɪŋ/

a defunctioning colostomy

(surgery) Involving a diversion from part of the body that would usually perform a certain function.


feredetate

(chemistry, medicine) An iron complex of EDTA used as a remedy for anaemia.


co-fluampicil

From co-, flucloxacillin and ampicillin.

(medicine) A mixture of flucloxacillin and ampicillin used as an antibiotic


co-flumactone

(medicine) A mixture of hydroflumethiazide and spironolactone used as a diuretic


frangula

(medicine) The bark of Rhamnus frangula used as a laxative or cathartic


insulatard

(medicine) A form of isophane insulin used to treat diabetes


isophane

en-noun

isophane (countable and uncountable, plural isophanes)

From iso- (same) + -phane (“appearing”).

(uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.


nanosponge

(medicine) A sponge that has nanosize holes, especially one used for biomimetic detoxification

nanoéponge

a sponge that has nanosize holes, especially one used for biomimetic detoxification


norelgestromin

From nor- + [Term?] + -gestr- (“estrogen”) + -o- + (i)min(e).

af

(pharmacology) A progestin used as a female contraceptive.


olmesartan

From [Term?] + -sartan (“angiotensin II receptor antagonist”).

(pharmacology) An angiotensin-receptor antagonist used to treat hypertension.


parotidectomy

(surgery) surgical removal of the parotid gland


co-phenotrope

From co- with parts of the words diphenoxylate and atropine.

(medicine) A mixture of diphenoxylate and atropine used in the treatment of diarrhoea


pinnaplasty

(surgery) Surgical correction of prominent ears


co-proxamol

(medicine) A mixture of paracetamol and dextropropoxyphene used as a painkiller


stibogluconate

From stibogluconic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

(pharmacology) Any salt or ester of stibogluconic acid.


co-tenidone

From co- and portions of atenolol and chlortalidone.

(medicine) A mixture of atenolol and chlortalidone used in the treatment of hypertension


co-zidocapt

(medicine) A mixture of captopril and hydrochlorothiazide used to treat hypertension


ethinyloestradiol

/ˌɛθ.ɪ.nɪlˌiː.stɹəˈdʌɪ.ɒl/

/ˌɛθ.ɪ.nɪlˌɛ.stɹəˈdʌɪ.ɒl/

(pharmacology) UK spelling of ethinylestradiol.


immunomorphological

(immunology) Related to immunomorphology


immunomorphology

(immunology) The study of the relationship between form and function of immunological species such as antigens


angioarchitecture

(anatomy) The structure of blood vessels supporting an organ


fibroatheroma

en-noun

fibroatheroma (plural fibroatheromas or fibroatheromata)

fibroatheromas (plural)
fibroatheromata (plural)

(pathology) An atheroma that has a fibrous structure


microinflammation

microinflammation (countable and uncountable, plural microinflammations)

(pathology, physiology) Normal, low-level, background inflammation as a response to the presence of microorganisms


thromboaspiration

(surgery) The aspiration (removal by suction) of a blood clot via a catheter


autassassinophilia

(psychiatry) A paraphilia in which an individual is sexually aroused by the risk of being killed.


azone

(organic chemistry, medicine) Any azo derivative of a ketone, but especially any of a family of aliphatic azo derivatives of cycloheptanone that are used to increase the permeability of skin in order to facilitate drug uptake


hyperconserved

(genetics) conserved through very many generations


sonophoresis

(medicine) The application of ultrasound to assist the adsorption of topical medicine through the skin.


spantide

(medicine) Any of a family of oligopeptides used as tachykinin antagonists


Schneiderian membrane

Schneiderian membrane (plural Schneiderian membranes)

Named after the German anatomist Konrad Viktor Schneider.

(anatomy) The mucous membrane that lines the nasal chambers; the pituitary membrane.


shackle joint

(anatomy) A joint formed by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of spines in some fishes.


treacle water

treacle water (countable and uncountable, plural treacle waters)

(archaic, medicine) A compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, such as hartshorn, flowers, the roots and juices of various plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle.


genital cord

(anatomy) A cord developed in the foetus by the union of portions of the Wolffian duct and Müllerian duct and giving rise to parts of the urogenital passages in both sexes.


pituitous fever

pituitous fever (usually uncountable, plural pituitous fevers)


costodiaphragmatic

costodiaphragmatic recess

(anatomy) Relating to the costal pleura and diaphragmatic pleura.


bibasilar

(anatomy) Relating to the bases of both lungs.


occipital point

occipital point (plural occipital points)

(anatomy) The point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.


waxing kernel

See wax (“to grow”); so called because supposed to be caused by growth of the body.

[…]Waxing Kernels, called by some Scrophula

1655, Thomas Ruthven, The Ladies Cabinet Enlarged and Opened:

(medicine, obsolete) A small tumour formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children.


citrine ointment

citrine ointment (countable and uncountable, plural citrine ointments)

(medicine, archaic) A yellowish mercurial ointment, the unguentum hydrargyri nitratis.


geleophysic

From Ancient Greek "gelios" (happy) + "physis" (nature)

(pathology) Characterized by a round, happy-looking face