hemisternotomy

Then a 1.5 cm median hemisternotomy was performed, the sternum halves were kept apart with 4–0 Vicryl sutures ® (Ethicon Inc., Somerville, NJ, USA) which were later-on used to close the sternum.

2016 February 4, “A New Animal Model for Investigation of Mechanical Unloading in Hypertrophic and Failing Hearts: Combination of Transverse Aortic Constriction and Heterotopic Heart Transplantation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(surgery) An incision into the left or right half of the sternum


hyperamylinaemia

In circumstances of defective ProIAPP processing or hyperamylinaemia, the equilibrium between IAPP forming a heterodimer with insulin may shift towards IAPP homodimerization.

2016 February 4, “Identification of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide as a BACE2 Substrate”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(pathology) The presence of excess amylin in the blood


mesosynteny

(genetics, biology) The sharing of large chromosomal regions with the same genes without preservation of order across species


monstricide

en-noun

monstricide (countable and uncountable, plural monstricides)

Blend of monster + homicide, or equivalent to monster + -icide. Compare insecticide.

(medicine, obsolete) The destruction of a deformed fetus.


semilunar valve

semilunar valve (plural semilunar valves)

(anatomy) Either of the two crescent-shaped valves in the heart that prevent backflow from the arteries into the ventricles.


DPD

(pathology) Initialism of depersonalization-derealization disorder.

dependent personality disorder
dependent personality disorder#English

(pathology) Initialism of dependent personality disorder.

depressive personality disorder
depressive personality disorder#English

(pathology) Initialism of depressive personality disorder.


mammo-

New Latin combining form, from Latin mamma (noun, literally “female breast”), ultimately cognate with mama and mom.

uder

(biology, medicine) relating to the mammary organs (mammary glands, breasts, udders, and dugs), or to females


normoventilation

There was no significant difference in pulmonary arterial pressure (data not shown), but there was a trend towards a lower central venous pressure in the HH-group as compared to the 2 normoventilation groups (NN and NH).

2016 February 4, “The Effects of Lung Protective Ventilation or Hypercapnic Acidosis on Gas Exchange and Lung Injury in Surfactant Deficient Rabbits”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(physiology) normal ventilation (of the lungs)


biosis

From New Latin, using Ancient Greek roots; related to symbiosis and -biosis (which see).


halo sign

(radiology) The finding of a dark halo around the arterial lumen on ultrasound, suggesting a diagnosis of temporal arteritis.


pleurostoma

From pleuro- (“lateral”) + Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

af

(entomology, anatomy) Part of the subgenal area above the mandible of an insect


subgena

(zoology, anatomy) The subgenal area of an insect.


embryulcia

(surgery, archaic) The forcible extraction of the fetus.


sphygmology

Sphygmology only developed in the Alexandrian period, a couple of centuries after Hippocrates.

1880, American Journal of Philology, page 290:

Tactile Sphygmology, probably the most ancient among the branches of medical science, is now far behind some of its younger sisters.

1895, W. Wood, Heart Studies, Chiefly Clinical: I. The Pulse-sensations: a Study in Tactile Sphygmology:

Also, although sphygmology, or pulse lore, is absent from the Āyurvedic classics, it was well developed in Yunānī medicine, and became the symbol of an Āyurvedic physician's skill. The reputation of sphygmology was such that by the nineteenth and twentieth centuries it had become more a technique of divination than a rational diagnostic method.

1976, Charles M. Leslie, editor, Asian Medical Systems: A Comparative Study, page 356:

The procedure of pulse palpation is termed sphygmology, literally meaning 'the study of the pulse'.

2007, Sean Walsh, Pulse Diagnosis: A Clinical Guide:

This emphasis on the skilful feeling of the pulse made sphygmology one area of Renaissance medicine in which the much-vaunted theoretical division between physicians, who did not touch their patients, and surgeons, who routinely got their hands dirty, broke down in practice.

2014, Joe Moshenska, Feeling Pleasures: The Sense of Touch in Renaissance England:

This was the case with the diagnostic techniques of uroscopy and sphygmology, and with prognosis, best represented by the Hippocratic Prognosticon.

2015, Peter Dendle, editor, Health and Healing from the Medieval Garden:

(medicine, usually historical) The study of the pulse.


spinalize

en-verb

spinalize (third-person singular simple present spinalizes, present participle spinalizing, simple past and past participle spinalized)

spinalizes (present singular third-person)
spinalizing (participle present)
spinalized (participle past)
spinalized (past)

Such procedures may involve surgically separating the spinal cord from the brain. In this case, the animal is called spinalized or a spinal preparation. If we assume that every volitional act comes from the brain, then in a spinalized animal all muscle reactions to external stimuli are apparently reflexes, because signals from the brain cannot reach the spinal cord.

2008, Mark L. Latash, Neurophysiological Basis of Movement:

An injury that results in complete spinal transection at the thoracic or cervical level has the same effect as the surgical procedure used to spinalize animals for use in experiments.

2012, James Tresilian, Sensorimotor Control and Learning: An Introduction to the Behavioral Neuroscience of Action:

This conceptual experiment can be physically demonstrated by decerebrating or spinalizing an animal and using a neuromuscular blockade or deafferentiation to remove rhythmic sensory feedback.

2014, Shih-Chii Liu, Event-Based Neuromorphic Systems, page 94:

(medicine, transitive) To surgically separate the spinal cord of (an animal) from the brain.


colposuspension

en-noun

colposuspension (countable and uncountable, plural colposuspensions)

Noe et al. generally uses two single “interrupted” sutures or, in case of a colposuspension, a “continuous” type suture.

2016 February 5, “Laparoscopic Pectopexy: A Biomechanical Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(surgery) The use of sutures to support the neck of the bladder in order to reduce stress incontinence in women


stress incontinence

(pathology) leakage of urine or involuntary urination (induced by coughing, sneezing, laughing, or exercising) caused by weakness in the support of the female urethra and neck of the bladder


pectopexy

In cases where it is difficult to reach the os sacrum however, a pectopexy has also been discussed as a useful and very effective option in recent literature.

(surgery) The repair of a prolapse that uses the iliopectineal ligament


iliopectineal

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the ilium and the pecten (pubic bone)


sacrocolpopexy

Literature suggests abdominal sacrocolpopexy to still be the gold standard [2 –5 ].

(surgery) Surgical fixation of the prolapsed uterus or vagina to the sacrum, as a surgical procedure for repairing pelvic organ prolapse.


acrotrichium

From acro- (“the tip”) + + θρίξ (thríx, “hair”, stem form τριχ- (trikh-)) + -ium.

(anatomy) The distal part of the infundibular epidermis that traverses the surface epidermis.


dysthyroidism

dysthyroidism (countable and uncountable, plural dysthyroidisms)

Dysthyroidism, whether in excess or deficiency, has clinical manifestations within different portions of the digestive tract and viscera.

2009, R Daher, T Yazbeck, JB Jaoude, B Abboud, “Consequences of dysthyroidism on the digestive tract and viscera”, in World J Gastroenterol, volume 15, pages 2834–2838:

(pathology) abnormal functioning of the thyroid gland, referring to either hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism (thyroid hormone deficiency or excess).


oxygen saturation

As a result of all these mechanisms the arterial oxygen content, the oxygen saturation, the oxygen tension and the pCO₂ in arterial and jugular venous blood would be (Lambertsen):

1967, M.E. Sluijter, “The treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning by administration of oxygen at high atmospheric pressure”, in Gerard Meurant, editor, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, page 126:

(medicine) The proportion of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin in the blood.


hyperferricemia

The anemia was characterized by hypochromasia of the erythrocytes, hyperferricemia, absence of hemolysis, and hyperplastic, ineffective, sideroblastic erythropoiesis of the bone marrow.

1976, Excerpta medica. Section 25: Hematology, volume 14, page 335:

Deaths from hemochromatosis plus hyperferricemia have been reported.

1986, Kenneth L. Garver, Genetic Counseling for Clinicians, page 130:

A defect in ALAS2 results in X-linked sideroblastic anemia, which is characterized by hypochromic microcytic anemia that frequently is detected in childhood, hemochromatosis that leads to death at a relatively young age, hyperferricemia, increased peripheral siderocytes after splenectomy, and reduced protoporphyrin levels in the microcytes.

2006, Julia A. McMillan, Oski's Pediatrics: Principles & Practice, page 2357:

(pathology, rare) The medical condition of having too much iron in the blood.


labiomedial

In the y-dimension, the lower edge was at a similar position relative to bottom edge of the lip that tended to land about the labiomedial crease, when it was visible.

2016 February 6, “Differences in Looking at Own- and Other-Race Faces Are Subtle and Analysis-Dependent: An Account of Discrepant Reports”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


subanal

Most of the major phenotypical variations (position of the ambitus, periproct and development of the subanal fasciole) among the populations can be linked to differences in their host sediments.

2016 February 6, “Ecophenotypic Variation and Developmental Instability in the Late Cretaceous Echinoid Micraster brevis (Irregularia; Spatangoida)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


sulfometuron

For inducing Gcn4 target genes (ARG1 and HIS4), the cultures were grown to an optical density of 0.5–0.6 measured at 600 nm (A 600 ), and treated with 0.6 μM of sulfometuron methyl (SM) for 30 minutes.

2016 February 6, “Recruitment of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cmr1/Ydl156w to Coding Regions Promotes Transcription Genome Wide”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(medicine) Any drug that is a 2-[(4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-2-yl)carbamoylsulfamoyl]benzoate ester


pseudoexacerbation

pseudoexacerbation (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoexacerbations)

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(medicine) A sudden relapse in cases of multiple sclerosis, brought on by certain factors such as elevated temperature.


inferomedial

Changes were predominantly observed at those regions predicted to receive high loads during walking (including the inferomedial cortex and the calcar femorale regions).

2016 February 10, “The Effects on the Femoral Cortex of a 24 Month Treatment Compared to an 18 Month Treatment with Teriparatide: A Multi-Trial Retrospective Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


gene transcription

gene transcription (countable and uncountable, plural gene transcriptions)

(biochemistry, genetics) The copying of DNA segments into RNA, by RNA polymerase, as the first stage of gene expression.


polyphalange

Some birds had four toes, but the anterior-most toe had an extra phalanx that was termed the polyphalange, and was considered a variation of polydactyly in the analyses of the present study.

2016 February 10, “Parallel Evolution of Polydactyly Traits in Chinese and European Chickens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


proarrhythmogenic

MicroRNAs are important mediators of proarrhythmogenic remodeling and have potential value as biomarkers in cardiovascular diseases.

2016 February 10, “MicroRNAs as Biomarkers for Acute Atrial Remodeling in Marathon Runners (The miRathon Study – A Sub-Study of the Munich Marathon Study)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(pharmacology) that promotes arrhythmogenesis


antihepcidin

Pr ) ELISA was performed by using streptavidin-coated and blocked wells that had been incubated for 1 h with biotinylated antihepcidin capture antibody (2 mg/L).

2016 February 12, “Circulating Hepcidin-25 Is Reduced by Endogenous Estrogen in Humans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(medicine) That counters the effect of hepcidin


gliovascular

Contact mechanism may resulted in the post-MTBI cortical hypoperfusion due to direct damage and disrupted integrity of the neuron and gliovascular unit with initiation of the coagulation cascade resulting in CBF reduction [29, 30 ].

2016 February 13, “Arterial Spin Labeling Perfusion Study in the Patients with Subacute Mild Traumatic Brain Injury”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(anatomy) Relating to blood vessels of the brain


postpetiolar

(anatomy, entomology) Of or pertaining to the postpetiole


macrophallus

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/ˌmækɹəʊˈfæləs/

(medicine) An abnormally large penis; macropenis


pis-en-deux

(urology) Urinary urgency shortly after voiding.


anisomyopia

From an- + isomyopia or aniso- + myopia.

The relative peripheral refraction of the more myopic eye of anisomyopia was shifted hyperopically, as occurs in isomyopia with similar central subjective SE values.

2016 February 17, “Interocular Difference of Peripheral Refraction in Anisomyopic Eyes of Schoolchildren”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(pathology) The presence of different degrees of myopia in the two eyes


isomyopia

(pathology) The presence of the same degree of myopia in the two eyes


chromosomology

In this study, morphology, growth rate, chromosomology, cytochemistry and molecular biology analysis of hiPSCs cultured on hUC-MSCs feeder in comparison to those on MEF feeder confirmed the characteristics of hiPSCs were of pluripotent stem cell properties.

2016 February 17, “Development of a Xeno-Free Feeder-Layer System from Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Prolonged Expansion of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Culture”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


space of Destot

space of Destot (plural spaces of Destot)

Named for scientist Étienne Destot (1864-1918).

It has been referred to by the French as the "space of Destot" (Barbet, 1948) and will be termed here the "medial intercarpal space".

O'Rahilly, Ronan (1953 May) “Epitriquetrum, Hypotriquetrum, and Lunatoriquetrum”, in Acta Radiologica, volume os-39, number 5, →DOI, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, retrieved 2017-01-19, page 401

(anatomy) The space in the wrist bounded by the hamate, capitate, triquetral and lunate bones.


genitoscopy

Nowadays, the 'genitogram' has been superseded by endoscopic examination of the genital tract (genitoscopy), which provides a more detailed and thorough assessment.

2014, William J. Marshall, Márta Lapsley, Andrew Day, Clinical Biochemistry: Metabolic and Clinical Aspects:

(medicine) An endoscopic examination of the genital tract.


retroperitoneoscopic

The retroperitoneoscopic technique was performed as described by the same team previously[20 ].

2016 February 18, “Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Management of Paraganglioma: A Single Institute Experience”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(surgery) Describing posterior (rather than the normal anterior) transperitoneal laparoscopic techniques


skull base disease

skull base disease (plural skull base diseases)

(pathology) Any of a wide variety of craniofacial and skull base disorders affecting the area of the head and/or neck, from the clavicle to the top of the skull.


afterbrain

From after- + brain, a loan-translation of the German Nachhirn.

Below the hindbrain, in the vicinity of the afterbrain, the spinal furrow does not close, and there remains here an open passage-way to the contiguous lower portion.

1904, Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker, Text-book of Human Physiology:

From the evolutionary standpoint, the afterbrain will never develop if the forebrain makes all of the decisions.

1961, Analog Science Fact, Science Fiction - Volume 68

[...] Ehrlingarns call the “afterbrain”. It is where telepathy and telekinesis are controlled. Telepaths have that organ greafly enlarged. In fact, some of them have trouble with it pinching off nerve impulses between the body and the cerebrum.

The division in the fore-, middle- and afterbrain is based on the development of the human brain during the embryogenesis.

2012, Victoria Wells, G. R. Foxall, Handbook of Developments in Consumer Behaviour:

(anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon


hyperdontia

(pathology) The condition of having teeth that appear in addition to the regular number of teeth.


pudendal cleft

(anatomy) The cleft between the labia majora.


supracephalic

There is a typical complement of 9 large supracephalic head scales that includes 2 internasals, 2 prefrontals, 2 supraoculars, 1 frontal, and 2 parietals.

1989, Jonathan A. Campbell, William W. Lamar, The venomous reptiles of Latin America, page 90:


procursive

(medicine) Running forward, as the patient does in certain forms of epilepsy.


hyposerotonemia

Bidirectional genetic selection of rats toward extreme activities of platelet 5HTT through successive generations, resulted in divergence into two discrete sublines with lifelong hyper- or hyposerotonemia as well as constitutional hyper- or hypoactivity of the serotonergic system in general [18 ].

2016 February 24, “Constitutively Elevated Blood Serotonin Is Associated with Bone Loss and Type 2 Diabetes in Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(pathology) A reduced level of serotonin in the blood


hyperserotonemia

(pathology) A raised level of serotonin in the blood


serotonemia

We have observed the phenomenon occurring in the jugular vein in an example of tricuspid deformation associated with cardiac involvement in a patient with serotonemia due to carcinoid.

1965, Hans H. Hecht, Comparative Cardiology, page 356:

(pathology) The presence of serotonin in the blood.


choreiform

choreiform movements


pallidocortical

Like canonical GP cells, pallidocortical cell types are innervated by iSPNs and dSPNs of the dorsal striatum and glutamatergic inputs from STN. Thus GP neurons are positioned to respond to the major BG pathways and coordinate activity throughout the brain using synaptic inhibition[31 ,32 ].

2016 February 24, “Globus Pallidus Externus Neurons Expressing parvalbumin Interconnect the Subthalamic Nucleus and Striatal Interneurons”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(anatomy) Relating to the globus pallidus and the cerebral cortex


pallidostriatal

Retrograde labeling identifies ~17% of pallidostriatal neurons as PV +, at least a subset of which also innervate the STN and SNr. Optogenetic experiments in acute brain slices demonstrate that the PV + pallidostriatal axons make potent inhibitory synapses on low threshold spiking (LTS) and fast-spiking interneurons (FS) in the striatum, but rarely on spiny projection neurons (SPNs).

(anatomy) Relating to the globus pallidus and the striatum


pallidosubthalamic

This molecular framework has focused on the canonical pallidostriatal and pallidosubthalamic projections.

(anatomy) Relating to the globus pallidus and the subthalamus


antiaggregating

(medicine) Preventing the aggregation of platelets.


zygoneure

The cells of the nerve roots (cellules radiculaires, von Gehuchten), could be called rhizoneures, the columnar cells (cellules des cordons), aromeures; commissural cells (cellules des voies courtes) would be zygoneures; long-path cells like those of the pyramidal tract (cellules des voies longues) would be maerodromic neures, from Gr. μακρς, δρόμος, long course.

Zygoneures lie mostly within the cerebro spinal axis, some cells of the sympathetic system offering an exception.

1896, New York Medical Journal, volume 63, page 374:

The absence of a zygoneure, which is characteristic for the majority of Rissoidea, can be considered a consequence of decreased body measurements and results in a centralization of the nervous system.

1976, The Soviet Journal of Marine Biology, page 164:

(anatomy, obsolete) A neuron that connects to other nerve cells.


macroproteinuria

(nephrology) The presence of a large amount of protein in the urine.


zoopharmacognosy

(zoology, pharmacology, medicine) The non-human knowledge and practise of medicine and medicaments (non-human animals' own knowledge, behaviours and culture, involving their own treatments of their own ailments).


retinomotor

(anatomy) Relating to movement of the retina.


vasotomy

(surgery) incision into the vas deferens


karyomiton

(cytology, rare, obsolete) The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the nucleus of a cell is in part composed.


transcaruncularly

(ophthalmology) In a transcaruncular manner.


predisease

When the goal of preventing adverse health outcomes is kept in mind, this review poses the idea that "predisease" as a category on which to act makes sense only if the following 3 conditions are met. First, the people designated as having predisease must be far more likely to develop disease than those not so designated. Second, there must be a feasible intervention that, when targeted to people with predisease, effectively reduces the likelihood of developing disease. Third, the benefits of intervening on predisease must outweigh the harms in the population.

2011, Anthony J. Viera, “Predisease: when does it make sense?”, in Epidemiologic Reviews, volume 33, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, pages 122–134:

Nowadays, it suggests more of a kind of 'proto-professionalization': the internalization of professional attitudes towards one's own body and acting as a kind of 'proto-professional' in cases of the treatment of a predisease.

2010, Michiel Korthals, Genomics, Obesity and the Struggle over Responsibilities:

Epidemiologic Reviews
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operational definition
operational definition

(medicine) A condition, albeit consisting of only one or two signs, that is identifiable as, or believed to be, a subclinical prelude to a disease, with greatly increased predisposition thereto (for example, prediabetes or prehypertension); the operational definition of such a state or the clinical value of asserting it may be contentious (as with purported preobesity).


MFD

myofascial decompression
myofascial decompression#English

(medicine) Initialism of myofascial decompression.


brain fingerprinting

(neuroscience) A forensic technique that uses electroencephalography to determine whether specific information is stored in a subject's brain.


bovine infectious petechial fever

bovine infectious petechial fever (uncountable)


Pfeiffer's glandular fever

Pfeiffer's glandular fever (uncountable)

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


cat-scratch fever

cat scratch disease
cat scratch disease#English

(medicine) Synonym of cat scratch disease.


remittent fever

remittent fever (countable and uncountable, plural remittent fevers)

(medicine) A fever where the temperature remains above normal throughout the day and fluctuates more than 1°C within 24 hours.


tick-bite fever

(medicine) a kind of fever caused by a tick bite


redwater fever

While cattle can develop an immunity to babesiosis, in nonimmune cattle the destruction of the blood cells by the merozoites releases hemoglobin, resulting in the characteristic red urin (and feces) associated w ith Texas fever, also called redwater or redwater fever, murrain, spenetic fever, splenetic fever, Spanish fever, acclimation fever, southern fever, and eventually, after the etiology of the disease was deciphered, tick fever.

2010, Claire Strom, Making Catfish Bait Out of Government Boys: The Fight Against Cattle Ticks and the Transformation of the Yeoman South:

(medicine, obsolete) A kind of fever borne by ticks, especially in cattle.


Charcot's fever

Again, acute ulcerative endocarditis and purulent phlebitis may cause similar symptoms, as may also hepatic abscess, impaction of gallstones, with suppurative cholangitis, causing the so-called Charcot's fever (see below).

1907, Hobart Amory Hare, Practical Diagnosis: The Use of Symptoms and Physical Signs in the Diagnosis of Disease:

(medicine) A recurrent fever associated with gallstones and jaundice.


Charcot intermittent fever

Charcot intermittent fever (uncountable)


Charcot's intermittent fever

Charcot's intermittent fever (uncountable)


dacryoma

dacryoma (plural dacryomas or dacryomata)

(medicine) A tumorlike swelling due to obstruction of the lacrimal duct.


bileaflet

preoperative imaging before mitral valve repair for bileaflet prolapse

(medicine, cardiology) Affecting two leaflets; especially, affecting both leaflets of the mitral valve.


bileaflet

(medicine, cardiology, sometimes attributive) A kind of prosthetic heart valve characterized by two semicircular leaflets.


musculoelastic

(anatomy) Composed of muscular and elastic tissue.


cytoma

Either (1) an outdated coinage from the days when word production with the suffix -oma wasn't yet restricted semantically to neoplasms (19th century), or (2) back-formed via slightly misguided rebracketing from various words for tumors (such as astrocytoma, plasmacytoma, histiocytoma, and pheochromocytoma); possibly generated via both routes, if reinvented independently.


BAR

en-adj

BAR (comparative more BAR, superlative most BAR)

more BAR (comparative)
most BAR (superlative)

Coordinate term: ADR

Anytime you notice your horse is ADR instead of BAR, it's time to get on the phone to your vet.

2018, Kendra Gale, The Big Book of Miniature Horses, Trafalgar Square Books, →ISBN:

(veterinary medicine, slang) Acronym of bright, alert, responsive.


horse doctor

(medicine, derogatory) An incompetent physician.


karyogenetic

We also concluded that karyogenetic characters were not as a rule recapitulatory, because they imply a change in the nuclear unit which is transmitted by mitosis to every cell […]

These stand midway between karyogenetic and organismal characters.

1923, Botanical Abstracts, volume 12, page 537:

Some of the dioecious plants such as Trichoeanthes palmata and Cocoinia indica offer a good field for the understanding of the karyogenetic basis for the manifestation of sex.

1976, Aspects of Plant Sciences, page 93:

(genetics) Of or pertaining to karyogenesis; heritable.


paleospinothalamic

(anatomy) Of or related to the primitive transmission system for diffuse pain.


neospinothalamic

(anatomy) Of or related to the primitive transmission system for sharp, localized pain.


hydruria

(medicine) The excretion of a greatly increased amount of watery urine; polyuria.


duodenostomy

(surgery) The operation of forming an opening into the duodenum through the abdominal walls


panthodic

Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) and ὁδός (hodós, “road, way”).

(medicine, archaic) Of nervous impulses: radiating to all parts of the body.


pustulocrustaceous

(medicine) Characterized by the formation of pustules and crusts.


pyramidon

From German Pyramidon, corresponding to pyr(azolone) + amid(e) + -on.

(pharmacology) A yellowish-white powder used as an antipyretic.


medicerebral

(anatomy) Relating to the central part of the cerebrum.


medicerebellar

(anatomy) Relating to the central part of the cerebellum.


midoccipital

(anatomy) Relating to the central portion of the occiput.


mentoposterior

(anatomy) Having the chin facing posteriorly or posterolaterally.


mesoarium

(anatomy) A peritoneal fold supporting the ovary and its blood vessels and nerves as the mesentery does the intestine; the mesovarium.


pelvic tilt

(anatomy) orientation of the pelvis in respect to the thighs and the rest of the body


anterior commissure

en-noun

anterior commissure (plural anterior commissures)

(anatomy) A bundle of nerve fibers connecting the two temporal lobes of the cerebral hemispheres across the midline, and placed in front of the columns of the fornix.


chordae tendineae

chordae tendineae pl (normally plural, singular chorda tendinea)

Borrowed from New Latin chordae tendineae (literally “tendinous (tendon-like) cords”), from Latin chordae (plural of chorda (“cord, rope”)) + New Latin tendineae (plural of tendinea (“tendinous”), from Medieval Latin tendō (“tendon”)).

bor+

(anatomy) The cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart.


Wharton's jelly

Named after the English physician Thomas Wharton (1614–1673), who first described it in his 1656 publication Adenographia.

(anatomy) The soft, pulpy connective tissue that constitutes the matrix of the umbilical cord.


ototopical

Ototopical antibiotics can fight some ear infections better than systemic antibiotics can.

(medicine) Topical in the ear region, such as the ear canal.


periinsular

They founda higher peak activation in the periinsular parieto-temporal cortex in low theta range (4-6Hz) for patients.

2016 February 26, “Electroencephalographic Patterns in Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review of the Literature”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


PHI

(medicine, law) Initialism of protected health information.


motexafin

The meta-analysis of Qin et al [12 ] confirmed that the combination of WBRT plus chemotherapy (including TMZ, carboplatin, and motexafin gadolinium) may increase treatment response rates in patients with BM, therefore TMZ combined with RT can be a reasonable treatment option for patients with BM. However, follow-up studies conclude that the addition of TMZ to RT does not improve survival and has an increased incidence of adverse events compared with RT alone [13 ,14 ].

2016 March 2, “Brain Radiotherapy plus Concurrent Temozolomide versus Radiotherapy Alone for Patients with Brain Metastases: A Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(medicine) an inhibitor of thioredoxin reductase and ribonucleotide reductase


phototoxin

(medicine, toxicology) Any toxin that causes an allergic reaction in the skin, developing into photosensitivity.


necrotoxin

(toxicology) Any toxin that causes necrosis.


cangitoxin

From sea anemone species Bunodosoma cangicum + toxin.

(toxicology) A neurotoxin found in the venom of the sea anemone Bunodosoma cangicum.


maurotoxin

From the scorpion species Scorpio maurus palmatus + toxin.

(toxicology) A neurotoxin created by the Tunisian large-clawed scorpion.


hefutoxin

Blended form of the acronym derived from (He)terometrus (fu)lvipes, + toxin

(toxicology) A neurotoxin in the venom created by the Asian black forest scorpion.


scyllatoxin

Blend of Scylla + toxin; along with charybdotoxin in the same scorpion's venom, it references the monsters Scylla and Charybdis of Ancient Greek mythology.

(toxicology) An oligopeptide neurotoxin from the venom of a scorpion of the genus Leiurus.


pseudoinfection

en-noun

pseudoinfection (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoinfections)

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(pathology) The presence of pathogenic microorganisms in a host without an actual infection


palliator

I dislike to be a tinker; a mere palliator and work in line with old women. Years ago I found that patients were on and off the doctor's books indefinitely, and I grew tired of seeing them reappear, and I sought and found a better way to get rid of them.

1892, The Medical Advance - Volumes 28-29, page 269:

The worst motivation and professional circumstances for the palliator would be the slowly dawning frustration of a scientifically orientated doctor who realizes the failure of a scientific career.

1994 March, Volker Diehl, “Controversies in terminal cancer care”, in Supportive Care in Cancer, volume 2, number 2:

This is a useful ending exercise where groups of three to six each have a sheet of flip chart paper and a felt tipped pen. They then draw a mythical palliator who, for example, might have big ears for listening, broad shoulders for taking anger, leaning forward with head titlted looking sympathetic...and so on.

2002, David Jeffrey, Teaching Palliative Care: A Practical Guide, →ISBN, page 25:

(medicine) A medical professional who provides palliative care.

A more sophisticated device is the Newcastle interactive palliator, in which a continuous low-dose intravenous infusion is combined with patient-operated demand increment.

1984, John N. Lunn, Quality of Care in Anaesthetic Practice, →ISBN, page 174:

While my normal practice is to explain the system to the patient preoperatively, it is not necessary to show the palliator to the patient at this time, and patients can operate PCA satisfactorily where no preoperative instruction has been possible.

1989 July, JM Cundy, “Subcutaneous ketamine analgesia: postoperative analgesia using subcutaneous infusions of ketamine and morphine”, in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, volume 71, number 4:

Intravenous drugs may be given by drip, syringe pump or in special apparatus such as the Cardiff palliator (Evans et al. 1976).

2012, Stuart L. Stanton, Principles of Gynaecological Surgery, →ISBN, page 77:

(medicine) A device that allows a patient to control the amount of pain medication that is added into an intravenous drip; infusion pump.


osteolineage

MDA-MB231 cells were cultured in the presence of CM from KM105-derived osteolineage cells for three days.

2016 March 3, “Pre-Osteoblasts Stimulate Migration of Breast Cancer Cells via the HGF/MET Pathway”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


pseudopalisade

They proposed two potential mechanisms of pseudopalisade formation: (a) tumour cells at greatest distance from arterial supplies become hypoxic due to increased metabolic demands, leaving a central necrotic core; (b) microvascular occlusion or collapse within the neoplasm could lead to perivascular hypoxia.

2016 March 3, “Mathematical Modelling of a Brain Tumour Initiation and Early Development: A Coupled Model of Glioblastoma Growth, Pre-Existing Vessel Co-Option, Angiogenesis and Blood Perfusion”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(cytology) A hypercellular zone that typically surrounds necrotic tissue


hypoglobus

Adverse clinical outcome of globe position like enophthalmos and hypoglobus is influenced by both orbital volume and the shape of the restored orbital contour, which are influenced by the position of the implant within the orbit.

2016 March 4, “Quantitative Assessment of Orbital Implant Position – A Proof of Concept”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(pathology) downward displacement of the eye in the orbit


mesangioproliferative

en-adj

mesangioproliferative (comparative more mesangioproliferative, superlative most mesangioproliferative)

more mesangioproliferative (comparative)
most mesangioproliferative (superlative)

Induction of a mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis in these mice results in prolonged proliferation and apoptosis in the glomerulus [14 ].

2016 March 4, “Alpha8 Integrin ( Itga8 ) Signalling Attenuates Chronic Renal Interstitial Fibrosis by Reducing Fibroblast Activation, Not by Interfering with Regulation of Cell Turnover”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(pathology) Characterised by proliferation of mesangial cells


normoglutaminemic

In summary patients with chronic liver failure, whether acutely decompensated or not, were normoglutaminemic as a group when there was an indication for ICU admission.

2016 March 4, “Plasma Glutamine Concentrations in Liver Failure”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(pathology) Having normal levels of glutamine in the blood


pseudofunctionalization

One such selection fate was the pseudofunctionalization of the duplicate [49 ].

2016 March 4, “Characterization of the Fatty Acid Desaturase Genes in Cucumber: Structure, Phylogeny, and Expression Patterns”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(genetics) A deleterious mutation that does not actually add function


trichodysplasia

en-noun

trichodysplasia (usually uncountable, plural trichodysplasias)

Clinical syndromes attributed to these viruses include post-transplant nephropathy, hemorrhagic cystitis, progressive multifocal encephalopathy, trichodysplasia spinosum, WHIM syndrome, pruritic skin rash, and gastro-esophageal disease.

2016 March 4, “Evaluation of the Gastrointestinal Tract as Potential Route of Primary Polyomavirus Infection in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(pathology) A disease, sometimes found in organ transplant recipients, characterised by reddened papules, especially on the face


amyloidopathy

amyloidopathy (countable and uncountable, plural amyloidopathies)

However, it has been suggested that J20 transgenic model has its limitations in representing the full aspects of amyloidopathy in AD cases [16 ]; and it would be desirable to examine synaptosomal mitochondrial dysfunction in different animal models with a better representation of amyloidopathy in AD brains.

2016 March 5, “Synaptosomal Mitochondrial Dysfunction in 5xFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(pathology) The presence of amyloid peptide plaques in the brain


microfilaridermia

microfilaridermia (countable and uncountable, plural microfilaridermias)

The result also showed that microfilaridermia and mean intensity decreased as the number of treatment taken increased.

2016 March 5, “Impact of Six Years Community Directed Treatment with Ivermectin in the Control of Onchocerciasis, Western Ethiopia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(pathology) The presence of microfilaria in the skin


onchocercoma

onchocercoma (plural onchocercomas or onchocercomata)

onchocercomas (plural)
onchocercomata (plural)

(pathology) A nodule containing Onchocerca in river blindness (onchocerciasis).


periaxonal

An essential step in Schwann cell myelination, therefore, is formation and maintenance of physical contact between the Schwann cell periaxonal membrane and axolemma.

1992, Russell E. Martenson, Myelin, page 426:

The exact mechanism is not yet fully understood but it seems that oligodendrocytes might provide the axons with metabolites across the soma and cytoplasm near the periaxonal space underneath the myelin sheath.

2016 March 5, “Microstructure and Cerebral Blood Flow within White Matter of the Human Brain: A TBSS Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(anatomy) Surrounding an axon (of a nerve).


tergosternal

Analysis of the dorso-ventral muscle bundles suggested muscle degeneration in the tergosternal muscles (indirect with levator muscles) (Fig 7D).

2016 March 5, “Transgenic Drosophila for Investigating DUX4 and FRG1, Two Genes Associated with Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the tergite and sternite.


genechip

(genetics) A microarray used in analysing genomes.


hamartomatosis

Sir, Lymphangiomas are congenital malformations of the lymphatic system due to hamartomatosis.

2015, Ayse Serap Karadag et al., “Two cases of lymphangioma circumscriptum successfully treated with pulsed dye laser and cryotherapy”, in Indian Dermatology Online Journal, volume 6, →DOI:


hemihepatectomy

The majority (90.1 %) of patients required a hemihepatectomy, extended resection, or multiple segmental resection.

2015 July 29, Eunmi Gil et al., “Predictors and patterns of recurrence after curative liver resection in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, for application of postoperative radiotherapy: a retrospective study”, in World Journal of Surgical Oncology, volume 13, →DOI:

(surgery) The removal of approximately half of the liver tissue


immunocorrection

This TH2-type dysfunction in bronchial asthma inclines to use immunocorrection that can be achieved with probiotics based on gram - positive microorganisms [ 7, 38 ].

2015 July 14, Rostyslav V. Bubnov et al., “Probiotics and immunity: provisional role for personalized diets and disease prevention”, in The EPMA Journal, volume 6, →DOI:

(immunology) The correction of immunological disorders


menolipsis

(medicine) Temporary cessation of menstruation; amenorrhoea.


menoplania

(medicine, archaic) abnormal menstruation; menoxenia


mercurialization

mercurialization (countable and uncountable, plural mercurializations)

(medicine, historical) A treatment with the metal mercury (now known to be toxic).


mesion

(anatomy) Synonym of meson (the mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves)


mesoduodenum

(anatomy) The mesentery of the duodenum.


metagaster

(anatomy, archaic) The secondary and permanent intestinal canal in the embryo, derived from the protogaster.


metagastrula

(anatomy, archaic) A gastrula with a cleavage differing from that of the standard type.


temporal muscle

temporal muscle (plural temporal muscles)


termatic

the termatic artery


tetanigenous

(medicine) Causing tetanus or tetaniform spasms.


panesthesia

(medicine) Everything that is felt by a person at one time; totality of sensation.


parakinesis

(medicine) The incorporation of a choreic or involuntary movement into a voluntary one


paralexia

paralexia (countable and uncountable, plural paralexias)

(pathology) A language disorder in which the words or syllables of a text being read are transposed into meaningless combinations


tetanism

(medicine) A form of more or less continuous muscular hypertonicity sometimes seen in young infants.


thecitis

(medicine) inflammation of the sheath of a tendon


thenad

This articulation of the metacarpal bone of the thumb is luxated either thenad or anconad of the os trapezium; when thenad, there is a prominence in the palm of the hand, the finger is extended anconad, and cannot be inflected thenad; when luxated anconad, there is a projection on the anconal aspect of the wrist, the thumb is inflected thenad, and cannot be extended.

1823, John Lizars, A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, volume 1:

(anatomy) Toward the outer side of the palm of the hand.


tyroma

tyroma (countable and uncountable, plural tyromata)

From Ancient Greek τυρός (turós, “cheese”) + -oma.

(medicine, archaic) A tumor caused by caseation of the lymphatic glands.

Oil is important for the hair. It is like the food for it. It makes hair thick and saves from tyroma.

2004, Arti Mishra, Women in Slums: Impact of Environmental Pollution, page 103:

(medicine, archaic) Synonym of tyriasis (“the falling out of the hair”).


tyrosis

From Ancient Greek τυρός (turós, “cheese”) + -osis.


tyremesis

From Ancient Greek τυρός (turós, “cheese”) + emesis.

(medicine) The vomiting of curd-like matter, especially by infants.


typhization

(medicine, archaic) infection with typhus or typhoid fever

(medicine, archaic) preventive inoculation with typhoid vaccine


thyroprival

The formative elements of cartilage, bone cementum and dentin in the thyroprival state maintained a depressed activity leading to the obliteration of the marrow spaces and a narrowing of the periodontal and pulpal lumens.

1953, The Journal of the American Dental Association, volume 47, page 379:

(medicine) Due to loss of function or removal of the thyroid gland.


cyanuria

(medicine) The passing of bluish-coloured urine.


hydatism

(medicine) The sound caused by the presence of fluid in a cavity of the body.


COC

(medicine) Initialism of cathodal opening contraction.


lymphangioendothelioma

Lymphangioma circumscriptum is a benign lymphatic ectasia with two components: A clinically apparent dermal vascular component and a not so apparent deep subcutaneous cisternal structure.[ 3 ] Although it is characterized by translucent, pink-red vesicle bundles with thin membranes sometimes filled with blood, the vesicles have clear edges, and can be scattered or in groups.[ 4 ] For the differential diagnosis of lymphangioma circumscriptum, lymphangiectasia, hemangioma, verruca, molluscum contagiosum, angiokeratoma, and lymphangioendothelioma should be considered.[ 2 ] The risk of malignant conversion is very low for lymphangioma circumscriptum.

(pathology) acquired progressive lymphangioma (in which endothelial cells are the main component)


megasyndrome

(pathology) The pathological enlargement of an organ etc


thrombocytemia

thrombocytemia (countable and uncountable, plural thrombocytemias)

We studied 192 patients with myeloproliferative disorders, 90 with Essential thrombocytemia (ET), 42 with Polycythemia vera (PV) and 60 with Primary or idiopathic myelofibrosis (PMI).

2015, Mihaela TEVET et al., “Influence of the JAK2 V617F Mutation and Inherited Thrombophilia on the Thrombotic Risk among Patients with Myeloproliferative Disorders”, in Mædica, volume 10:

(pathology) The presence of thrombocytes in the blood


vasoocclusive

en-adj

vasoocclusive (comparative more vasoocclusive, superlative most vasoocclusive)

more vasoocclusive (comparative)
most vasoocclusive (superlative)

Logic suggests that agents that sustain flow and prevent the initiation of vasoocclusion would be more successful than agents given after an acute vasoocclusive event has started, nevertheless animal studies have shown that this latter approach might be useful [ 110 ].

2015 July 29, Duyen A. Ngo, Martin H. Steinberg, “Genomic approaches to identifying targets for treating β hemoglobinopathies”, in BMC Medical Genomics, volume 8, →DOI:

(pathology) That which leads to vasoocclusion.


neuroretinitis

Response to oral steroid was excellent, and a follow-up examination at 1 week showed nearly complete resolution of the vitritis and neuroretinitis.

2015 July 23, Kevin P Stewart et al., “Combination immunotherapy in the treatment of chronic bilateral panuveitis and uveitic glaucoma during acute dengue fever infection in the Caribbean”, in International Medical Case Reports Journal, volume 8, →DOI:

(pathology) inflammation of the optic nerve and the retina


parasympathicotonia

The KI values above 100 indicate sympathicotonia, and values below 100 indicate parasympathicotonia.

2015, Pushpa Sharma et al., “Pyruvate dose response studies targeting the vital signs following hemorrhagic shock”, in Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock, volume 8, →DOI:

(pathology) Any condition characterised by domination of the parasympathetic system over the sympathetic


posttransurethral

Many situations require bladder lavage, such as posttransurethral resection (TUR) of bladder tumor or TUR of prostate (TURP), hemorrhagic cystitis, or gross hematuria, and wire-guidance may be favorable due to the complexity of the situation.

2015, Joel E. Abbott et al., “A clever technique for placement of a urinary catheter over a wire”, in Urology Annals, volume 7, →DOI:

(surgery) Following transurethral surgery


transaminemia

en-noun

transaminemia (usually uncountable, plural transaminemias)

Further blood work showed hyperkalemia, mild metabolic acidosis, hypocalcemia, mild transaminemia (predominantly AST), and creatine kinase (CK) of 44,476 IU/L (Table 2).

2015 July 30, Javier A. Neyra et al., “Rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury in a cancer patient exposed to denosumab and abiraterone: a case report”, in BMC Nephrology, volume 16, →DOI:

(pathology) The presence of transaminase in the blood


vestibulectomy

Other treatment plans can also include: biofeedback, physical therapy, exercise of the pelvic floor muscles, cognitive behavioral therapy, or in extreme cases of recalcitrant localized vulvar pain, surgery (e.g. vestibulectomy) [ 10, 11 ].

2015 May 15, Nora S. Johnson, Eileen M. Harwood, Ruby H.N. Nguyen, ““You have to go through it and have your children”: reproductive experiences among women with vulvodynia”, in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, volume 15, →DOI:


vitritis

After another week with no change in oral prednisone dosage at 60 mg PO QD, the vitritis and retinitis returned OU with worsening vision to CF OD, 20/100 OS, and persistently elevated pressures.

(pathology) inflammation associated with the vitreous humor


lamina proprial

James and co-workers also examined the helper T cell function or intestinal lamina proprial lymphocytes enriched for T-cells, and found that T cells from the peripheral blood or the lamina propria of Crohn's disease patients were similar to normal peripheral blood T cells in their ability to provide help for IgM synthesis.

1988, Joseph B. Kirsner, Roy Gerrard Shorter, Diseases of the colon, rectum, and anal canal, page 304:

Peptide-YY+ cells could not be found in lamina proprial cells in any groups, (can.: colon cancer patients; ac-food: active Crohn’s disease patients consuming normal food before operation; ac-EN: active Crohn’s disease patients consuming enteral nutrition without dietary fiber before operation; ac-DF: active Crohn’s disease patients consuming enteral nutrition with dietary fiber before operation; re-EN: remission Crohn’s disease patients consuming enteral nutrition without dietary fiber before operation; re-DF: remission Crohn’s disease patients consuming enteral nutrition with dietary fiber before operation.).

2015 July 1, Mingli Zhao et al., “Dietary Fiber Intake is Associated with Increased Colonic Mucosal GPR43+ Polymorphonuclear Infiltration in Active Crohn’s Disease”, in Nutrients, volume 7, →DOI:


aortoplasty

To date, the results of wrapping with and without concomitant aortoplasty have been promising [ 9, 15, 16, 10, 17 – 20, 3, 21 – 23, 5, 24, 25, 6, 7, 26, 8 ].

2015 August 1, Tomasz Plonek et al., “Biomechanical analysis of wrapping of the moderately dilated ascending aorta”, in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, volume 10, →DOI:

(surgery) reconstruction of a damaged aorta


aortotomy

The patient did not require replacement of the wrapped portion of the aorta as there were no signs of aortic dissection, and the surgeon did not encounter problems when closing the aortotomy.


atheromatosis

atheromatosis (countable and uncountable, plural atheromatoses)

Chronic inflammation with acceleration of atheromatosis is responsible for the high rate of morbidity and mortality in dialysis patients.

2015 July 8, Dorota Kamińska et al., “Type of Renal Replacement Therapy (Hemodialysis versus Peritoneal Dialysis) Does Not Affect Cytokine Gene Expression or Clinical Parameters of Renal Transplant Candidates”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:

(pathology) The deposition of atheromas in the arteries


dermolipectomy

dermolipectomy (countable and uncountable, plural dermolipectomies)

Abdominoplasty or abdominal dermolipectomy is a well-established procedure for improving body contour in aesthetic plastic surgery, with over a 100-year experience since its first publication by Kelly in 1899 [ 10 ].

2015 July 12, Michele Grieco et al., “Analysis of Complications in Postbariatric Abdominoplasty: Our Experience”, in Plastic Surgery International, volume 2015, →DOI:

(surgery) The removal of fat from beneath the skin


diathermocoagulation

diathermocoagulation (countable and uncountable, plural diathermocoagulations)

According to Araco [ 24, 26 ] in postbariatric patients, we performed a dissection with diathermocoagulation to reduce the occurrence of postoperative hematomas and wound infections with delayed healing compared with the cold knife.

(surgery) The use of diathermy to cauterize blood vessels and reduce bleeding.


escharectomy

There was an increased level of endothelial progenitor cells in the bloodstream after escharectomy, posing a possible role of escharectomy in burn wound healing [ 12 ].

2015 July 7, Fadi Ghieh et al., “The Use of Stem Cells in Burn Wound Healing: A Review”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:


glomangiomyoma

(pathology) A glomus tumor that has features of an angioleiomyoma


hyperglutamatergic

Therefore, we speculate that a model of a neuronal excitatory/inhibitory imbalance might explain the plethora of neuropsychiatric symptoms that can be observed in the course of NMDR encephalitis: Initial hyperglutamatergic states can be interpreted as an indicator of cortical over-excitation, whereas hypoglutamatergic states in the further course (after months) of the disease might be a sequel of over-inhibition of cortical brain areas, possibly triggered by the preceding over-excitation.

2015 August 1, Dominique Endres et al., “Hypoglutamatergic state is associated with reduced cerebral glucose metabolism in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: a case report”, in BMC Psychiatry, volume 15, →DOI:

(biochemistry, neurology) Excessively glutamatergic


hypoglutamatergic

en-adj

hypoglutamatergic (comparative more hypoglutamatergic, superlative most hypoglutamatergic)

more hypoglutamatergic (comparative)
most hypoglutamatergic (superlative)

This case is remarkable because, to our knowledge, this is the first report on in vivo hypoglutamatergic status in anti-NMDAR encephalitis.

(pathology) Less than normally glutamatergic


triple burner

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine

(traditional Chinese medicine) Three sections of the human body within the trunk.


lipoleiomyoma

In the present case, although the uterine tumor was depicted as a poorly demarcated diffuse lesion within the myometrium on MRI, a lipomatous component indicative of a benign lipomatous tumor such as a lipoleiomyoma [ 11 – 13 ], angiomyolipoma [ 14 ], or pure lipoma [ 15 ] was also detected within the tumor.

2015 July 5, Go Nakai et al., “Uterine Intravenous Leiomyomatosis with Cardiac Extension: Radiologic Assessment with Surgical and Pathologic Correlation”, in Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, volume 2015, →DOI:

(pathology) A benign fatty neoplasm of smooth muscle (especially of the uterus)


neuromyoarterial

Glomus tumor is a vascular tumor believed to be originating from the cutaneous neuromyoarterial glomus body.

2015 July 8, Kemal Beksaç et al., “Extradigital Glomus Tumor of Thigh”, in Case Reports in Surgery, volume 2015, →DOI:

(pathology) Relating to neural and muscle arteries


omentoplasty

The patient was managed by a combination of preoperative and postoperative antihelminthic therapy along with laparotomy, cyst deroofing, toileting and omentoplasty.

2013 August 2, Nishchit Hegde, Bharati Hiremath, “Primary peritoneal hydatidosis”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI:


orthobiologic

Finally, to date, the use of “the therapy in ankle surgery as an orthobiologic does not have an absolute indication” as mentioned by Grambart [ 56 ].

2015 July 7, Maria Verônica de Souza et al., “Immunohistochemical Expression of Collagens in the Skin of Horses Treated with Leukocyte-Poor Platelet-Rich Plasma”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:

(surgery) A biological material used to improve the healing of broken bones and injured muscles, tendons and ligaments


suprafascial

After the surgical incision of the skin, suprafascial dissection was carried out up to the xiphoid, with a lateral extension depending on the desired magnitude of medial skin shift.


tenodesis

Despite the fact that the conjoint lateral band tenodesis allows correction of both hyperextension deformity of the PIP joint and flexion deformity of the DIP joint, it can be challenging to perform due to variability of the anatomy of these structures in patients with RA.

2015 July 8, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Stefano Petrillo, Vincenzo Denaro, “Current Concepts in the Management of Rheumatoid Hand”, in International Journal of Rheumatology, volume 2015, →DOI:

(surgery) The surgical fixation of a tendon, usually anchoring or reanchoring some portion of it to a bone.


atlantodental

In types 2 and 3 atlantoaxial facetal dislocations, atlantodental interval is not altered and the odontoid process does not directly indent into the neural structures.

2015 July 28, Atul Goel, “Craniovertebral Junction Instability: A Review of Facts about Facets”, in Asian Spine Journal, volume 9, →DOI:

(anatomy) Between the anterior arch of the atlas and the dens of the axis.


bisegmentectomy

The minor laparoscopic procedures ranged from a simple local metastasectomy (wedge resection) through segmentectomy to bisegmentectomy.

2015 June 8, Petr Vavra et al., “Colorectal cancer liver metastases: laparoscopic and open radiofrequency-assisted surgery”, in Videosurgery and other Miniinvasive Techniques, volume 10, →DOI:

(surgery) The removal of two segments of an organ


discogenic

This is also known as discogenic back pain.

2015 July 28, Santosh Baliga, Katrina Treon, Niall John Angus Craig, “Low Back Pain: Current Surgical Approaches”, in Asian Spine Journal, volume 9, →DOI:

(pathology) That originates in (damaged) vertebral discs


endomechanical

It is one of the most important results of the advances in surgical techniques, vascular sealing devices and endomechanical staplers that have increasingly augmented the safety of minimally invasive pancreatic resections.

2015 July 7, Isacco Damoli et al., “Minimally invasive pancreatic surgery – a review”, in Videosurgery and other Miniinvasive Techniques, volume 10, →DOI:

(surgery) Describing any device who mechanism operates inside the body


hydrolaparoscopy

They describe a technique using transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy to not only diagnose an endometrioma but also ablate the cyst at an early stage in a minimally invasive fashion.

2015 July 9, Sanaz Keyhan et al., “An Update on Surgical versus Expectant Management of Ovarian Endometriomas in Infertile Women”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:

(surgery) laparoscopy in which a saline solution allows distension of an orifice


mastoncus

Characterization of NYD-SP8 (A) RT-PCR analysis of NYD-SP8 mRNA expression levels in malignant lymphoma (1); adenocarcinoma of kidney (2); colon cancer (3); mastoncus (4); lung cancer (5); oesophageal cancer (6); gastric carcinoma (7); negative control (8). β-actin was used as internal control.

2008 November 6, Lan lan Yin et al., “A suppressor of multiple extracellular matrix-degrading proteases and cancer metastasis”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:


mucosectomy

(surgery) A partial resection of the wall of the bowel (as deep as the submucosa)


occipitoatlantal

The strength of ligaments associated with the occipitoatlantal joint can be appreciated only by direct inspection during cadaveric dissections.

(anatomy) Relating to the occiput and the atlas.


ovarioscopy

en-noun

ovarioscopy (usually uncountable, plural ovarioscopies)


diacoele

(anatomy) The cavity of the diencephalon.


encanthis

(medicine) A new growth in the inner canthus of the eye.


enterectomy

(surgery) The excision of part of the intestine.


esophagoscopy

(American spelling, medicine) Diagnostic inspection of the interior of the esophagus.


epiplocele

From Ancient Greek ἐπίπλοον (epíploon, “omentum”) (see epiploon) + -cele.


epipastic

Painting the disks of area with the epipastic fluid of the pharmacopoeia may also, occasionally, be resorted to, or the epipastic fluid may be diluted with spirits of camphor.

1878, Sir William James Erasmus Wilson, Lectures on dermatology; delivered in the Royal college of surgeons of England, Jan., 1870:

Courbon, experimenting physiologically upon Epicauta adspersa, denied that the hard parts exercised any epipastic action, and Leidy, speaking of Epicauta viltata, went further, and said of this species that "the vesicating principle resides in the blood an fatty matter peculiar to certain glands accessory to the generative organs andd in the eggs".

1885, American Journal of Pharmacy, volume 57, page 350:

(medicine, obsolete) Having the qualities of a dusting powder.


epilamellar

(anatomy) Above or upon a basement membrane.


epigaster

(anatomy, archaic) The hindgut; the primitive large intestine.


pathomania

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(medicine, dated) moral insanity; psychopathy


oligomania

(medicine, archaic) A form of insanity which, although potentially affecting all the mental faculties and operations, apparently involves only a part as the emotions, the intellect, or the will.


polymania

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(medicine, archaic) total insanity, as contrasted with monomania


pseudomanic

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anomalad

(medicine) A primary malformation together with its subsequently derived structural changes.


enterostasis

(medicine) Intestinal stasis; the stoppage of the food in its passage through the intestine.


gastrostaxis

(medicine, obsolete) A slow haemorrhage from the stomach, not explained by ulceration or erosion.


enterostaxis

(medicine, obsolete, rare) A slow haemorrhage through the intestinal mucous membrane.


epiploitis

(medicine) Inflammation of the omentum; omental peritonitis.


primary myelofibrosis

en-noun

primary myelofibrosis (plural primary myelofibroses)

(medicine) Incurable myeloid tumor entity that goes along with progressive non-clonal fibrosis of the bone marrow.


myelodysplastic syndrome

myelodysplastic syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural myelodysplastic syndromes)

(medicine) one of a group of hematological conditions that cause ineffective production (or dysplasia) of all blood cells but the lymphocytic lineage


myelinolysis

Rapid correction of hypernatremia and rapid change from normal serum sodium levels to marked hypernatremia may cause myelinolysis in humans, based on supporting data from animal studies 8) .

2015 June 30, Min Jee Han et al., “A Case of Osmotic Demyelination Presenting with Severe Hypernatremia”, in Electrolytes & Blood Pressure : E & BP, volume 13, →DOI:

(biology, medicine) Destruction of the myelin sheath

demyelination

usually synonymous because most mentions of demyelination involve instances of myelinolysis


transarticular

The C2 screw can even be inserted in a transarticular method [ 11 ].

(anatomy, surgery) Through or across a joint (of the body)


tympanotomy

The round window niche was exposed through a posterior tympanotomy and mainly the anterior bony overhang of the round window niche was removed.

2015 February 13, Jing Zou et al., “Imaging cochlear implantation with round window insertion in human temporal bones and cochlear morphological variation using high-resolution cone beam CT”, in Acta Oto-Laryngologica, volume 135, →DOI:


myeloproliferative neoplasm

myeloproliferative neoplasm (plural myeloproliferative neoplasms)

(medicine) One of a group of diseases of the bone marrow in which excess blood cells are produced.


essential thrombocythemia

essential thrombocythemia (plural essential thrombocythemias)

(medicine) a rare chronic blood disorder characterised by the overproduction of platelets by megakaryocytes in the bone marrow


Auer rod

First described in 1905 by a Canadian physician, Thomas McCrae, then at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, one year before John Auer (1875-1948), the US physiologist after whom they are named.

(medicine) clumps of azurophilic granular material that typically form elongated needles seen in the cytoplasm of myeloid leukemic blast cells.

Auer rod
John Auer
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Thomas McCrae


refractory anaemia with excess blasts

refractory anaemia with excess blasts (countable and uncountable, plural refractory anaemias with excess blasts)

refractory anaemias with excess blasts (plural)

myelodysplastic syndrome
myelodysplastic syndrome

(medicine) One of the myelodysplastic syndromes, namely having between 5-20% myeloblasts in the bone marrow; by the WHO further subdivided into RAEB-1 and RAEB-2, with 5-9% and 10-19% blasts, respectively.


dyserythropoiesis

/dɪsɪˌɹɪθɹəʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/

(pathology) An abnormal erythropoiesis, including such phenomena as multinuclearity, nuclear fragmentation, dyshemoglobinization etc.


bilobectomy

The majority of surgeries were performed using wedge resection ( n = 439, 71.4 %), followed by lobectomy ( n = 109, 17.7 %), segmentectomy ( n = 41, 6.7 %), precision excision ( n = 20, 3.3 %), bilobectomy ( n = 5, 0.8 %), and pneumonectomy ( n = 1, 0.2 %).

2015 July 25, Jong Ho Cho et al., “The prognostic importance of the number of metastases in pulmonary metastasectomy of colorectal cancer”, in World Journal of Surgical Oncology, volume 13, →DOI:

(surgery) Removal of two lobes of the right lung (middle plus right upper or lower)


circumareolar

Plumber tip is used for adjusting circumareolar purse string sutures. (A) This 38-year-old man presented with Grade III gynecomastia.

2015 June 11, Ersin Aksam, Berrak Aksam, Mustafa Erol Demirseren, “A Practical Way for Nipple-Areola Complex Reshaping in Circumareolar Reduction of Gynecomastia”, in Aesthetic Surgery Journal, volume 35, →DOI:


leukosequestration

Neutropenia in septic animals and humans, may be secondary to enhanced leukosequestration at the site of infection (site of LPS injection in our model) or within the lungs, as an antecedent to sepsis-associated acute lung injury, and is associated with worse outcome.

2015 July 24, Ofer Yanay et al., “Effects of exendin-4, a glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonist, on neutrophil count and inflammatory cytokines in a rat model of endotoxemia”, in Journal of Inflammation Research, volume 8, →DOI:

(pathology) sequestration (accumulation from the environment) of leukocytes


neopectoral

This 36-year-old woman is shown before (A, C) and 10 years after (B, D) breast reconstruction with a bilateral neopectoral pocket conversion and placement of 255-cc Natrelle 410 full height, full projection implants.

2015 February 23, G. Patrick Maxwell et al., “Ten-Year Results From the Natrelle 410 Anatomical Form-Stable Silicone Breast Implant Core Study”, in Aesthetic Surgery Journal, volume 35, →DOI:

(surgery) Describing any new construct made to the breast or chest


parapharyngeal

Figure 3 Postsurgical MRI Gadolinium contrast-enhanced T2-weighted coronal and axial MRI images demonstrate a residual T2 hypointense, enhancing soft tissue mass involving the anterior left maxillary sinus, premaxillary soft tissues, and extending superiorly into the extraconal soft tissues of the left orbit (see arrows). Figure 4 Restaging FDG-PET/CT PET-CT revealing FDG-avid lesions in the anteromedial left maxillary sinus surgical bed, as well as FDG-avid right adenoid tonsillar lesion, squamous temporal bone involvement, and left parapharyngeal nodes (see arrows).

2015, Alexander Muacevic et al., “Sinonasal NUT-Midline Carcinoma – A Multimodality Approach to Diagnosis, Staging and Post-Surgical Restaging”, in Cureus, volume 7, →DOI:


septolateral

The eccentricity index of the LV is calculated in the PSAX view at the papillary muscles level, and is equal to the ratio of the anteroposterior to septolateral LV diameter ( Fig.

2015 July 5, Antoine Kossaify, “Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Ventricle, from the Conventional Approach to Speckle Tracking and Three-Dimensional Imaging, and Insights into the “Right Way” to Explore the Forgotten Chamber”, in Clinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology, volume 9, →DOI:

(anatomy) Relating to the lateral distance across the septum dividing left and right chambers of the heart


subglandular

In the augmentation and augmentation revision cohorts, subglandular placement was the second most frequent placement (15.7% and 28.4%, respectively), whereas in the reconstruction and reconstruction revision cohorts, it was complete submuscular placement (27.7% and 31.9%, respectively).


submalar

Mean injection volumes for initial and touch-up treatments combined for the zygomaticomalar region, anteromedial cheek, and submalar region were 2.39 mL (range, 0.1-7.0 mL), 2.12 mL (range, 0.4-5.7 mL), and 2.42 mL (range, 0.2-10.0 mL), respectively.

2015 May 11, Julius Few et al., “A Multicenter, Single-Blind Randomized, Controlled Study of a Volumizing Hyaluronic Acid Filler for Midface Volume Deficit: Patient-Reported Outcomes at 2 Years”, in Aesthetic Surgery Journal, volume 35, →DOI:


supraperiosteal

However, it should be noted that patient-rated improvement on the GAIS at 6 months was consistent with blinded investigator ratings at this time point (with 82.2% of investigators and 92.8% of patients rating midface volume as improved or much improved at 6 months), as previously reported. 20 Another limitation was the lack of blunt cannula use, as the researchers employed a variety of injection techniques using needles to inject into the subcutaneous and supraperiosteal planes.


uptitration

uptitration (usually uncountable, plural uptitrations)

From up- + titration; compare also upregulation and downregulation.

Somewhat counterintuitively, but perhaps due to indirect effects on the renin–angiotensin system, Scherer and colleagues (2013) found that appropriate uptitration of BBs improves HRQoL in elderly HF patients with reported benefits in general health, vitality, and physical function, although physical capacity was not objectively quantified. Regarding the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system, as discussed above, administration of ACE inhibitors in normal aging may have a modest effect in slowing the progression of muscle-related weakness, although results are variable.

2015 July 13, Deena S Goldwater, Sean P Pinney, “Frailty in Advanced Heart Failure: A Consequence of Aging or a Separate Entity?”, in Clinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology, volume 9, →DOI:

(medicine) The gradual increase of a dose accompanied by observation of effects, usually and especially to arrive at an optimal dose.


diaplasis

If closed reduction in patients cannot be achieved, or in patients with an unstable diaplasis and chronic RHD, or incarceration of annular ligament, open reduction and reconstruction of annular ligament is needed.

2015 August 5, Jian Wang et al., “Annular ligament reconstruction by suture anchor for treatment of radial head dislocation in children”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI:

(surgery) The setting of a fracture or dislocation.


endoclip

(surgery) A device used in endoscopy to close two mucosal surfaces without the need for surgery and suturing


epicondylectomy

Studies have investigated the outcomes of operative techniques for treating cubital tunnel syndrome including open [ 1, 2 ] or endoscopic [ 3, 4 ] simple decompression; subcutaneous [ 5 – 7 ], intramuscular [ 8 ], or submuscular [ 2, 9 ] anterior transposition; and medial epicondylectomy [ 6, 10, 11 ].

2015 August 6, Ho-Jung Kang et al., “Ulnar nerve stability-based surgery for cubital tunnel syndrome via a small incision: a comparison with classic anterior nerve transposition”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:

(surgery) Removal of the epicondyle (to relieve golfer's elbow)


minithoracotomy

A minithoracotomy (5 cm) is performed through which the specimen is resected.

2015 August 5, Denise P. Veelo et al., “The effect of on-demand vs deep neuromuscular relaxation on rating of surgical and anaesthesiologic conditions in patients undergoing thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy (DEPTH trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial”, in Trials, volume 16, →DOI:

(surgery) A thoracotomy involving a small incision


pasiniazid

Of the six positive tuberculosis cultures, 33.3 % (2/6) were resistant to isoniazid, 33.3 % (2/6) to rifampicin, 16.7 % (1/6) to streptomycin, 16.7 % (1/6) to pasiniazid, and 16.7 % (1/6) were resistant to rifapentine.

2015 August 6, Xiaobo Luo et al., “The efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy in treating sacroiliac joint tuberculosis with a chronic sinus tract: a case series”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:

(medicine) The drug 4-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid;pyridine-4-carbohydrazide used to treat TB and leprosy


recurarization

Therefore, we will register time until TOF of more than 90 % and the incidence of recurarization.


tetarimycin

Screening of libraries of complete genomes of the soil microbial community extended the potential value of this compound having revealed numerous silent tam-like gene clusters that possibly encode other members of tetarimycin family in the environment.

2015 August 5, N. V. Punina et al., “Whole-genome sequencing targets drug-resistant bacterial infections”, in Human Genomics, volume 9, →DOI:

(medicine) A particular tetracyclic antibiotic.


propulsatile

From Medieval Latin propulsio (“term”), from Latin past participle of propello (“to drive forward, drive forth, drive away, drive out”).

Lymph hearts of lower vertebrates are propulsatile organs, whose main function is to pump the lymph from subcutaneous lymph sacs into the venous system.

1998, Russian Journal of Developmental Biology - Volume 29, page 307:

A seminal bolus in the posterior urethra does not appear to be necessary to trigger propulsatile ejaculation after seminal emission, as evidenced by post-prostatectomy patients.

2010, Christopher M. Bono, Diana D. Cardenas, Frederick S. Frost, Spinal Cord Medicine, Second Edition: Principles & Practice, →ISBN, page 414:

Morphine reduces propulsatile activity in the small and large intestine and diminishes intestinal secretions.

2011, Laurence Brunton, Bruce Chabner, Bjorn Knollman, Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, →ISBN, page 496:

Stimulation of MOR in the intestines reduces propulsatile and diminishes intestinal secretions.

2016, Gary S. Firestein, Ralph Budd, Sherine E Gabriel, Kelley and Firestein's Textbook of Rheumatology, →ISBN, page 1084:

(medicine) Serving to force the contents to move in a rapid outflow.


esophagocutaneous

A nasogastric tube is placed to clear gastric contents and limit further contamination [ 9 ] and mediastinal contamination drained percutaneously/radiologically [ 18 ] via the chest tubes, thereby converting the esophageal perforations to esophagocutaneous fistulae that heal similar to gastrointestinal fistulae [ 6 ].

2015 July 14, Peter Waweru, David Mwaniki, “Conservative Management of an Iatrogenic Esophageal Tear in Kenya”, in Case Reports in Surgery, volume 2015, →DOI:

(anatomy) Relating to the skin (cutis) of the esophagus


fasciocutaneous

A 57-year-old male with a remote history of a two-stage fasciocutaneous urethroplasty presented with a new penetrating injury to his perineum after falling on a crowbar at work.

2015 July 16, Dmitriy Nikolavsky, “Prelaminated Gracilis Flap with Buccal Mucosal Graft for Salvage of Devastated Urethra”, in Case Reports in Urology, volume 2015, →DOI:

(anatomy) Relating to skin, subcutaneous tissue and the underlying fascia


hyperpentaploid

T98G is hyperpentaploid.

2015 August 8, Yu-xiao Liu et al., “Exposure to 3G mobile phone signals does not affect the biological features of brain tumor cells”, in BMC Public Health, volume 15, →DOI:

(genetics) Having more than the usual pentaploid number of chromosomes


immunopotency

immunopotency (countable and uncountable, plural immunopotencies)

Our findings suggest that even when tested under “optimal” conditions (i.e., fresh early-passage MSCs in a reproducible immunopotency assay [ 13 ]), MSCs from elderly subjects with ATH have impaired T-cell suppression compared to their non-elderly adult counterparts.

2015 August 8, Ozge Kizilay Mancini et al., “Age, atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes reduce human mesenchymal stromal cell-mediated T-cell suppression”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI:


satellite DNA

(genetics) An array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA


overtube

Depending on the nature and location of the foreign bodies, we used a wide diversity of endoscopic devices (retrieval basket, biopsy forceps, polypectomy snare, transparent distal protective hood, and overtube) to perform the procedures.

2015 July 15, Chih-Chien Yao et al., “Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract of Adults”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:

(surgery) A protective tube used during endoscopy, typically during removal of a foreign body


portohepatic

[ 4 ] “a persistence of portions of the omphalomesenteric (vitelline) venous system from the second month of fetal life is the most likely explanation for the portohepatic venous malformation.” Some small intrahepatic portosystemic shunts ( Table 1 ) located between the portal branches and hepatic veins disappear spontaneously by age 1 to 2 years [ 6, 7 ].

2015 July 14, Kalyan Paudel, Eric K. Hoffer, “Transhepatic Embolization of Congenital Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunts with Associated Aneurysms”, in Case Reports in Medicine, volume 2015, →DOI:

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the portal vein and the hepatic vein; relating to the hepatic portal vein


thymoprivous

(medicine, dated, rare) Relating to or caused by the removal or atrophy of the thymus.


encephalitogenous

As regards the first point, we only found the encephalitogenous salivary virus twice out of thirteen cases examined.

1924, Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene - Great Britain, Journal of State Medicine - Volume 32, The Michigan University Press, page 218

The salivas containing the virus are divided by the authors into keratogenous and encephalitogenous, according as their inoculation on the rabbits cornea produces a simple corneal pustule or transmits encephalitis to the animal.

1922, Ministry of Health • Department of Health and Social Security - Great Britain, Reports on Public Health and Medical Subjects - Issue 11, The Chicago University Press, page 142

As antigens were used both human encephalitogenous protein and an antigen from sarcoma of bone associated with the tumor.

1979, Excerpta Medica Foundation, Excerpta Medica - Section 33: Orthopedic Surgery - Volume 24, The California University Press, page 206

Veratti and Sala's suggestion agrees with the observations of Doerr and Schnabel and Levaditi, Harvier, and Nicolau on carriers of the herpetic and encephalitic virus, and with those of Danila and Stroe regarding certain encephalitogenous but not keratogenous viruses.

1924, H. Milford - Medical Research Council, Medical Science Abstracts and Reviews - Volume 10, The Oxford University Press • The Michigan University Press, page 371

Eighty per cent of healthy persons have a keratogenous salivary virus which is identical with the herpetic and encephalitic viruses. In fifteen per cent of persons, besides the keratogenous salivary virus, there is also a kerato-encephalitogenous virus which is in all points similar to von Economo's virus.

1924, Royal Army Medical Corps - Great Britain, Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps - Volume 42, The California University Press, page 72

The addition of encephalitogenous factor and egg albumin to MS plasma liberates serotonin but does not do so in control subjects; in MS cases encephalitogenous factor is more active than egg albumin.

1967, Excerpta Medica Foundation, Excerpta Medica: Neurology and neurosurgery - Section 8A - Volume 20 - Issues 7-12, The California University Press, page 657

(medicine, rare) Synonym of encephalitogenic.


quaternary care

(medicine) Highly specialized healthcare treatments, such as experimental medicine and uncommon surgical procedures.


secondary care

(medicine) The healthcare services provided by medical specialists who generally do not have first contact with patients, e.g. cardiologists, urologists, or endodontists. It includes short-term care for acute conditions such as injury and childbirth.

tweedelijnszorg

medicine: healthcare provided by specialists


tussigenic

en-adj

tussigenic (comparative more tussigenic, superlative most tussigenic)

more tussigenic (comparative)
most tussigenic (superlative)


anazoturia

(medicine) A decrease in the amount of nitrogenous material (such as urea) in the urine.


hyperpepsia

From hyper- + Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”) + -ia.

der

(medicine, dated) Dyspepsia characterized by an excess of chlorides in the gastric juice, without an excess of free hydrochloric acid.


hyperpeptic

en-adj

hyperpeptic (comparative more hyperpeptic, superlative most hyperpeptic)

more hyperpeptic (comparative)
most hyperpeptic (superlative)

(medicine, dated) Relating to, or having, hyperpepsia.


hyperpeptic

(medicine, dated) A person who has hyperpepsia.


hypopeptic

hypopeptic (comparative more hypopeptic, superlative most hypopeptic)

more hypopeptic (comparative)
most hypopeptic (superlative)

(medicine, dated) Relating to, or having, hypopepsia.


hypopeptic

(medicine, dated) A person who has hypopepsia.


keratoconjunctivitis sicca

Dry eye syndrome
dry eye syndrome#English


dry eye syndrome

(pathology) The condition of having dry eyes, sometimes accompanied by irritation, redness, discharge, and easily fatigued eyes.


KCS

keratoconjunctivitis sicca
keratoconjunctivitis sicca#English

(pathology) Initialism of keratoconjunctivitis sicca.


dehymenization

(surgery) The surgical or gynecological removal of the hymen; hymenotomy.


EOG

A ground electrode located between Fpz and Fz. The electro-oculogram (EOG) was recorded bipolarly from two electrodes placed at the outer canthi of the right eye and below the left eye.

2015 August 26, “Effects of Relaxing Music on Mental Fatigue Induced by a Continuous Performance Task: Behavioral and ERPs Evidence”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(ophthalmology) Abbreviation of electrooculogram or electrooculography.


tamponage

en-noun

tamponage (usually uncountable, plural tamponages)

(medicine) The use of a tampon; a tamponade.


benralizumab

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

af

(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody being developed for the treatment of asthma.


spongionecrosis

en-noun

spongionecrosis (usually uncountable, plural spongionecroses)

In patients with devastated bulbous urethra, that is, spongionecrosis, failed fasciocutaneous repairs and a “watering can perineum” repair options are limited by paucity of reliable local tissue suitable for reconstruction.


transendocardial

2 Reduced MSC-mediated T-cell suppression capacity in patients with atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes. a MSCs from patients with atherosclerosis (ATH; n = 18; * p = 0.02) have a decreased capacity to suppress CD4 + T-cell proliferation at 1:8 MSC:CD4 + T cell ratio compared to age-matched controls without atherosclerosis (non-ATH, n = 9). b MSCs from patients with ATH (n = 12) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (n = 12) have impaired suppressive capacity compared to age-matched ATH controls (* p = 0.04). c MSC function is compromised in age-matched patients with chronic inflammatory diseases (non-ATH < ATH < ATH+T2DM; n = 7 per group; * p = 0.02, ** p = 0.002) The PRECISE trial demonstrated the feasibility, safety and potential therapeutic benefit of the transendocardial administration of autologous adipose-derived MSCs in no-option patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy [ 7 ].

(anatomy) Through or across the endocardium


cardiopexy

cardiopexy (countable and uncountable, plural cardiopexies)

Total fundoplication and cardiopexy were performed as described by D'Netto et al .

2015 July 27, Ruelan V. Furtado et al., “Massive hiatus hernia complicated by jaundice”, in Journal of Surgical Case Reports, volume 2015, →DOI:

(surgery) The fixing in place of the heart by means of a ligature


supracutaneous

Supracutaneous ophthalmic drug delivery is a simple, effective method of protracted ocular drug delivery.

1998, David A. Sullivan • Darlene A. Dartt • Michele A. Meneray, Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes - Basic Science and Clinical Relevance - Volume 2, Plenum Press - New York & London, page 989

A supracutaneous locked plate is an attractive option for acute deformity correction or shortening in the presence of poor skin condition or infection.

2015, Sanjeev Sabharwal, Pediatric Lower Limb Deformities: Principles and Techniques of Management, Springer Publishing, page 96

Causes of postarthroscopy septic arthritis include intraarticular steroid injections, prolonged operating time, inadequate equipment sterilization, airborne bacteria, skin lesions, and supracutaneous sutures.

2013, M.Mike Malek, Knee Surgery: Complications, Pitfalls, and Salvage, Springer Publishing, page 10

When the supracutaneous method was used the infective material was applied to the depilated abdominal region. We first infected 9 great gerbils by subcutaneous injection to obtain pilot data regarding their sensitivity to tularaemia.

1962, Pergamon Authors, Journal of Microbiology and Epidemiology and Immunobiology - Volume 32 - Issues 9 to 12, The Cornell University Press, page 1880

(physiology) Above the skin; being merely of or upon the epidermis; (loosely) superficial; external.


gastroenteroscopy

However, when present, it poses a diagnostic dilemma to clinicians, as little help comes from gastroenteroscopy and imaging.

2014 July 25, Rohit Mehra, Aswini K. Pujahari, Shyam S. Jaiswal, “Duodenal heterotopic pancreatic tissue: a case report and literature review”, in Gastroenterology Report, volume 3, →DOI:

(surgery) An extension of enteroscopy to include visualization of the stomach


hemimegalencephaly

hemimegalencephaly (countable and uncountable, plural hemimegalencephalies)

Activating germline and somatic AKT3 mutations has also been described in a small number of individuals with atypical MPPH and hemimegalencephaly (MPPH2 [MIM 615937]).

2015 May 13, Chey Loveday et al., “Mutations in the PP2A regulatory subunit B family genes PPP2R5B, PPP2R5C and PPP2R5D cause human overgrowth”, in Human Molecular Genetics, volume 24, →DOI:

(pathology) megalencephaly that affects only one half of the brain


microthrombosis

Autopsy showed massive adrenal hemorrhage without inflammation, and showed proliferation of gram positive cocci and microthrombosis in the vessels of many organs.

2015 June 1, Yukiko Hata et al., “An autopsy case of pneumococcal Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome with possible functional asplenia/hyposplenia”, in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, volume 8:


myectomy

He observed a persistent inferior oblique muscle overaction in 37% of patients and inferior oblique muscle underaction in 8% of patients after an inferior oblique muscle myectomy and 13% incidence of inferior oblique muscle adhesive syndrome when the myectomy was performed at the inferior oblique muscle insertion ( 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 ).

2015 June 10, Jasmina Alajbegovic-Halimic et al., “Recession Vs Myotomy–Comparative Analysis of Two Surgical Procedures of Weakening Inferior Oblique Muscle Overaction”, in Medical Archives, volume 69, →DOI:

(surgery) The removal or the thinning of muscle tissue


patelloplasty

No patella replacements were used, and no other surgical patellar interventions such as lateral release or patelloplasty were performed before measurements, in order to achieve equivalent conditions before and after TKA.

2015 July 21, Armin Keshmiri et al., “The influence of component alignment on patellar kinematics in total knee arthroplasty”, in Acta Orthopaedica, volume 86, →DOI:

(surgery) Repair or reconstruction of the patella


transposome

Chilamakuri et al. (2014) found that the Nextera kit had increased coverage of high GC content areas as the result of altered bias in the transposome technology used during fragmentation, decreasing its overall uniformity; however, recent changes to the protocol in the new versions may have improved this.

2015 July 2, Amanda Warr et al., “Exome Sequencing: Current and Future Perspectives”, in G3: Genes, volume 5, →DOI:

(genetics) The set of genetic transpositions (or of the transposases and transposons) in an organism.


accumbal

In neither the septal nor the accumbal region was there a significant difference between the firing frequency induced by the acquisition/expression cocaine CPP versus social interaction CPP, in accordance with our previous immunohistochemical EGR1 findings in the AcbShm (El Rawas et al., 2012a).

2015 July 31, Gerald Zernig, Barbara S. Pinheiro, “Dyadic social interaction inhibits cocaine-conditioned place preference and the associated activation of the accumbens corridor”, in Behavioural Pharmacology, volume 26, →DOI:

(anatomy) Relating to the nucleus accumbens.


undermasculinized

en-adj

undermasculinized (comparative more undermasculinized, superlative most undermasculinized)

more undermasculinized (comparative)
most undermasculinized (superlative)

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It remains to be seen whether oxidoreductase deficiency is a significant cause of non-syndromic ambiguous genitalia in newborn females and undermasculinized males of unknown diagnosis as assessed by urinary steroid analyses.

2011, Charles G. D. Brook, Peter Clayton, Rosalind Brown, Brook's Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology, page 196:

(medicine) Lacking the usual degree of masculinity.


Prader scale

(medicine, physiology) A rating system for the measurement of the degree of virilization of the genitalia of the human body.


Quigley scale

Proposed in 1995 by pediatric endocrinologist Charmian A. Quigley et al.

(endocrinology) A visual system for phenotypic grading of the genitalia, from "fully masculinized" to "fully feminized".


corona radiata

en-noun

corona radiata (plural coronae radiatae)

(neuroanatomy) A group of radiating white matter tracts originating from the internal capsule.

放射冠

radiating white matter tracts from the internal capsule


fletikumab

From -k- (“interleukin”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).

af

rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis

(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.


perakizumab

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

(pharmacology) A humanized monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of arthritis.


DUB

(medicine) Initialism of dysfunctional uterine bleeding.


metropathia

It is a very significant fact that similar changes occur in endometrium which is the seat of certain types of metropathia.

1931, Medical Journal of Australia, volume 1, page 69:

Late menopause is a risk factor because of excess and prolonged oestrogen exposure and also the frequency of late anovulatory (oestrogenic) cycles and the presence of metropathia.

2014, Jeffrey S. Tobias, Daniel Hochhauser, Cancer and its Management, page 332:


odontosection

en-noun

odontosection (usually uncountable, plural odontosections)

Briefly, after extraction, teeth were cleaned with povidine, and odontosection was performed at the cemento-enamel level using a low rotation saw under profusion irrigation with saline solution.

2015 February 13, Sonja E. Lobo et al., “Response of stem cells from different origins to biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramics”, in Cell and Tissue Research, volume 361, →DOI:


paravaginal

Fourteen months prior, she had similar complaints and was diagnosed with superficial angiomyxoma of the perineum after surgical resection of the mass from the left paravaginal and pararectal space.

2015 May 19, Neha Sood et al., “High Grade Leiomyosarcoma Mimicking a Recurrent Angiomyxoma in the Perineum”, in Rare Tumors, volume 7, →DOI:

(anatomy) Adjacent to the wall of the vagina.


paravaginally

Weiner had prepared a rape test kit, taking swabs and smears orally, rectally, vaginally, anorectally, and paravaginally. He'd also collected blood, head and pubic hair combings, and left and right fingernail clippings.


choledochoscopy

Two weeks after the procedure, choledochoscopy indicated that RFA was able to induce some destruction of local tumor tissue.

2015 August 5, Xu-Hua Duan et al., “Intraductal Radiofrequency Ablation Followed by Locoregional Tumor Treatments for Treating Occluded Biliary Stents in Non-Resectable Malignant Biliary Obstruction: A Single-Institution Experience”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:

(surgery) endoscopy of the common bile duct


cholothorax

No patient suffered intraoperative discomfort or postoperative complications such as liver failure, pancreatitis, biliary hemorrhage, biliary fistula formation, biliary infection, hemothorax, pneumothorax, cholothorax, penetrating liver wounds or biliary peritonitis.

(pathology) The presence of bile in the pleural cavity


retrozygomatic

Upward extension of infection from the infratemporal space may involve either the retrozygomatic or the temporal space or both.

1945, Charles Goodliffe Darlington, George W. Wilson, The Year Book of Dentistry, Year Book Medical Publishers - The California University Press, page 342:

When the retrozygomatic approach is used, a part of the mandible or zygoma may be removed or the zygoma may be outfractured to provide for an adequate tunnel.

1980, James Byron Snow, Controversy in Otolaryngology, W. B. Saunders Publishing - The Michigan University Press, page 508:

Trim these areas to conform to the approximate function of the coronoid process and to the height and width of the retrozygomatic area.

1988, Alexander R. Halperin, Mastering the Art of Complete Dentures, Quintessence Publications - The Michigan University Press, page 41:

(dentistry) Of or pertaining to Aesculapian operation or the space behind the zygomatic bone.


Vavilovian

It is sufficient to emphasise how strongly the Vavilovian concept, and geographical pattern, of centres of origin constrained research on the beginnings of agriculture in the second half of the twentieth century.

2006, Robert Layton, Stephen Shennan, Peter G. Stone, A Future for Archaeology: The Past in the Present:

(botany, genetics) Of, or related to the scientific discoveries of the Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist Nikolai Vavilov.


bichromatism

(pathology) The condition of being partially color blind.


esophagojejunostomy

RESULTS: Laparoscopic total gastrectomy and esophagojejunostomy were successfully performed in all 84 patients, without conversion to laparotomy.

2015 August 7, Hao Wang et al., “Esophagojejunostomy after laparoscopic total gastrectomy by OrVilTM or hemi-double stapling technique”, in World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG, volume 21, →DOI:

(surgery) The construction of a direct passage between the esophagus and the jejunum


immunotargeting

Thus, cancer/testis antigens suggest the promise of highly specific immunotargeting of human cancers.

2015 August 7, Emeaga Maheswaran et al., “Lack of ADAM2, CALR3 and SAGE1 Cancer/Testis Antigen Expression in Lung and Breast Cancer”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:


load-and-go

(medicine, often attributive) The process of packaging a patient and loading them onto an ambulance to be taken to hospital.


hypotestosteronemic

en-adj

hypotestosteronemic (comparative more hypotestosteronemic, superlative most hypotestosteronemic)

more hypotestosteronemic (comparative)
most hypotestosteronemic (superlative)

Siroky has stated that testosterone is responsible for libido in both sexes, and demonstrated that its administration to hypotestosteronemic males augmented sexual fantasizing and improved their sexual satisfaction.

2013, Jose Florante J. Leyson, Sexual Rehabilitation of the Spinal-Cord-Injured Patient, Humana Press - Clifton & New Jersey, page 466

As previously reported, this may be partly explained by the hypotestosteronemic state, which represents a true functional state of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.

2009, Peter G. Kopelman • Ian D. Caterson • William H. Dietz, Obesity in Adults and Children, Wiley Blackwell - A John Wiley & Sons, LTD, Publication, page 243

Testosterone was infused directly into the coronary arteries of these men (all the men were hypotestosteronemic with testosterone levels below 11 nmol/l). Testosterone was expected to have no effect or even to cause vasoconstriction.

2001, A. R. Genazzani, Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease - The Current Status of Research and Practice - Controversial Issues in Climacteric Medicine Series, International Menopause Society, page 113

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or characterised by hypotestosteronaemia.


hypoestrogenemic

hypoestrogenemic (comparative more hypoestrogenemic, superlative most hypoestrogenemic)

more hypoestrogenemic (comparative)
most hypoestrogenemic (superlative)

The most common symptoms associated with hyperprolactinemia are excessive galactorrhea, infertility, and hypoestrogenemic amenorrhea.

2007, Tommaso Falcone & William W. Hurd, Clinical Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Mosby Elsevier Publishing, page 259

Much can be learned about hypoestrogenemic and postmenopausal osteoporosis with appropriate small-animal models.

1992, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Laboratory Directed Research and Development, The Chicago University Press, page 158

Hypoestrogenemic amenorrhea has been associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis and fractures.

2013, Terry Mahan Buttaro, Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice, Elsevier Mosby Publishing, page 798

(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or characterised by hypoestrogenaemia.


capsulolabral

After failure of these nonoperative measures and after obtaining an opinion from an internal medicine physician that the patient's hemochromatosis and transgender status were not contributing to the patient's headaches and other symptoms, we recommended scapulothoracic bursectomy (the rhomboid major injury was not yet recognized) and capsulolabral reconstruction to be done during the same surgery.

2015 July 26, John G. Skedros, Tanner D. Langston, Colton M. Phippen, “Surgical Correction of Posttraumatic Scapulothoracic Bursitis, Rhomboid Major Muscle Injury, Ipsilateral Glenohumeral Instability, and Headaches Resulting from Circus Acrobatic Maneuvers”, in Case Reports in Orthopedics, volume 2015, →DOI:

(anatomy) Relating to a capsule and a labrum


centriacinar

The panacinar emphysema shows higher compliance with lungs then the centriacinar emphysema 5 .

2015 June 5, Geeta Shroff, “Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in the treatment of emphysematous COPD: a case report”, in Clinical Case Reports, volume 3, →DOI:

(anatomy) Relating to, located at, or affecting the centre of an acinus.


deserosalization

In cases in which a piece of mesh from a prior repair is densely adherent to the bowel, a small piece of mesh may be excised and left attached to the bowel to prevent deserosalization or an opening of the bowel wall.

2015, Evangelos P. Misiakos et al., “Current Trends in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair”, in JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, volume 19, →DOI:

(surgery) The (normally accidental) removal of serosa from an internal cavity


myelitogenic

In this respect, however, a certain variation is obvious as some viruses appear primarily as encephal- itogenic while others are almost purely myelitogenic.

1949, Masson, Comptes Rendus - Volume 4 - Issues 1 to 3, The Chicago University Press, page 101

We are led to think, therefore, that nerve substance which has been exposed to the action of 1 per cent phenol has been deprived to some extent of its toxic or myelitogenic action.

1949, Indian Council Medical Research, The Indian Journal of Medical Research - Volume 13, Indian Research Fund Association - The California University Press, page 101

Dr. Stefofski, opined that Valeria’s quick symptom onset “strongly favors a vascular aetiology over immune mediated/inflammatory (definitely too soon for Gardasil or even for a remote preceding myelitogenic trigger).” He also noted that due to the lack of response to corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide, he doubted an autoimmune aetiology.

2014, CourtListener, Flores versus Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States Court of Federal Claims, paragraph 5

(pathology) Tending to rouse, or to be roused by myelitis.