lasalocid

From [Term?] + -sal- (“salicylic acid derivative”).

af

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A particular antibacterial agent and coccidiostat.


coccidiosis

en-noun

coccidiosis (countable and uncountable, plural coccidioses)

Nine hens had died in the meantime. Their bodies were buried in the orchard, and it was given out that they had died of coccidiosis.

1945, George Orwell, chapter VII, in Animal Farm:

(pathology) The disease caused by coccidian infection.

kokcydioza

the disease caused by coccidian infection


athero-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek ἀθάρη (athárē, “gruel”).

(medicine) arterial conditions that are characterised by gruel-like lesions

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary


myofascial

From myo- (“muscle”) + fascia (“loose tissue”) + -al.

confix

(anatomy) Of or relating to the layer of loose tissue (fascia) surrounding the muscle tissues.


antileprotic

(pharmacology) A drug used to treat leprosy.


penis captivus

(medicine, sexology) The supposed event of a penis trapped by vaginal muscles and unable to withdraw from a vagina during heterosexual intercourse.


visual snow

(medicine) A condition in which a person sees television-like static or noise in their field of vision, especially when against a dark background


spondylo-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek σπόνδυλος (spóndulos).

(biology, medicine) Vertebra; vertebral column (spine, spinal).


ovulum

From Late Latin ovulum, from Latin ovum + -ulum.

(anatomy, now rare, historical) An ovum.


SNS

sympathetic nervous system
sympathetic nervous system#English

(neuroanatomy) Initialism of sympathetic nervous system.


faradization

en-noun

faradization (countable and uncountable, plural faradizations)

Thus, Galvani left his name to electricity by contact; and with equal justice, in my opinion, the name of Faraday may be bestowed on electricity by induction. Consequently, I propose that this electricity by called Faradism, and its application, Faradization.

1851, Dr. Duchenne, “The Physiological and Therapeutical Properties of Statical, Galvanic, and Faradic Electricity”, in The Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science, volume 7, page 301:

As I have already stated, many cases of nervous deafness, which often results only from relaxation of the tympanum, have been cured by Faradization.

1857 August 22, The Lancet London, page 189:

Comparing the effects of central galvanization with those of general faradization, we find that both are powerful tonics, and are adapted for conditions of debility, by whatever names they may be known.

1881, Alphonse David Rockwell, A Practical Treatise on the Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity, page 385:

Such is the rôle of Faradization, which applied in the uterus in a proper way, preceded and followed by antiseptic injection, constitutes the true interstitial massage, provocative of contraction of all the unstriped muscular fibres, exciting and hastening the circulation, accelerating the absorptions of the exudatino and correcting also a languid and perverted nutrition.

1887, Homœopathic Journal of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Pediatrics, page 342:

After three uterine faradizations, a patient commenced to menstruate after seven years of amenorrhea, and had continued regular ever since.

1888, The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, page 979:

(medicine, obsolete) The therapeutic application of the faradic, or induced, electrical current.


faradopuncture

(medicine) Faradization by use of a needle puncture to deliver electric current.


FAT

FAT (countable and uncountable, plural FATs)

(genetics, biochemistry) Any of a series of genes and their equivalent proteins that are associated with cell proliferation.


emplaster

From Old French emplastre, from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron).

Liniments are made of the same matter to the like purpose: emplasters of herbs, flowers, roots, &c. with oyls, and other liquors mixt and boiled together.

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection v:


emetine

From Ancient Greek ἔμετος (émetos, “vomiting”) + -ine.

af

During a 10-year period the sanitarium treated 2,323 patients (93% were men) by the emetine method.

1948 September 13, “A Drink for Drunks”, in Time:

Magendie performed experiments on emetics and the nature of vomiting, and showed that the emetic properties of ipecacuanha were due to a substance he named emetine.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 323:

After a 3-hour incubation with ALLN [acetylleucyl-leucyl-norleucinal], cells were incubated with emetine in the presence (closed symbols) or absence (open symbols) of ALLN (10 µg/ml).

2001 May 25, Neil F. Bence et al., “Impairment of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System by Protein Aggregation”, in Science, volume 292, number 5521, →DOI, page 1553:

(biochemistry, pharmacology) A white crystalline bitter alkaloid, chemical formula C₂₉H₄₀N₂O₄, extracted from ipecacuanha root, and formerly used in the treatment of amebic infections and as an emetic in aversion therapy.

эмети́н

alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root


nurse practitioner

en-noun

nurse practitioner (plural nurse practitioners)

Nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have done further training and are qualified to diagnose and manage acute and undifferentiated medical problems.

2020, Dr Amir Khan, The Doctor Will See You Now, Ebury Press (2021), pages 14–15:

(medicine) A professional nursing designation recognized in some jurisdictions, denoting a person who is fully qualified as a nurse and who has additional qualifications and authorization to provide diagnoses and/or treatments, including writing prescriptions.

護師 /护师

individual who is fully qualified as a nurse


tear duct

(anatomy) A duct that transports tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity


pullorum

From Latin pullorum, originally as part of a specific name Bacterium pullorum, now as the name of a serovar.

I should recount my own experience with chooks – and I do not mean the difficulties, with lice, mites, fowl pox, pullorum or bum-drop about which subjects Goon's otherwise taciturn cousin gave me enough information to last a lifetime.

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 246:

(veterinary medicine) A severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium.


paraphrenia

paraphrenia (countable and uncountable, plural paraphrenias)

(psychiatry) Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.


pseudocyst

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(medicine) A pathological collection of fluid, differing from a cyst in lacking a clearly-defined epithelial cell layer.


diplont

(genetics) An organism having a diploid number of chromosomes in its cells


leptomeningitis

leptomeningitis (countable and uncountable, plural leptomeningitides)

(pathology) inflammation of the leptomeninges


crystalluria

(pathology) The presence of crystals in the urine.


fundoplasty

Achalasia was diagnosed postpartum and myotomy-fundoplasty was performed.

2000, Yasumasa Ohno, Michiyasu Kawai, Yoshihisa Shibata, Yoshihisa Shibata, “Esophageal achalasia in pregnancy”, in American journal of perinatology, →DOI:

(medicine) A surgical procedure in which the upper portion of the stomach is wrapped around the lower end of the esophagus.


discutient

en-adj

discutient (comparative more discutient, superlative most discutient)

more discutient (comparative)
most discutient (superlative)

From Latin discutiens, the present participle of discutere. See discuss.

a discutient application

The Lips of the Abſceſs digeſted vvell, but from vvithin it onely gleeted, and thruſt out Fat, vvhich vve daily cut off vvithout the loſs of a drop of blood, and dreſſed up the Abſceſs vvith mundif. ex apio, continuing the uſe of diſcutient Fomentations and Cataplaſms.

1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours. Chapter XVIII. Of an Oedema.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC, page 89:

(medicine) Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive.


acardiacus

(medicine) A deformed fetus having developed no heart, connected as a parasite to another fetus.


acardiacus acephalus

(medicine) A deformed fetus having developed no heart, a stunted head, and a rudimentary thorax, but with a perfectly formed pelvis and contiguous parts, connected as a parasite to another fetus.


acardiacus amorphus

(medicine) A deformed fetus having developed no heart, and otherwise being a shapeless lump with only rudiments of organs, connected as a parasite to another fetus.


acardiacus anceps

(medicine) A deformed fetus for which development of the heart, head and extremities are all rudimentary, connected as a parasite to another fetus.


periodentosis

(dentistry) Inflammation of soft tissues around one's teeth such as the gums.


cerebral localisation

en-noun

cerebral localisation (plural cerebral localisations)

cerebral localization
cerebral localization#English

(physiology) Alternative spelling of cerebral localization


antifebrile

(pharmacology) A medicine or substance that counters fever.


enrofloxacin

From [Term?] + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) A fluoroquinolone antibiotic used in veterinary medicine.


deracoxib

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

(pharmacology) A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to treat osteoarthritis in dogs.


selamectin

(veterinary medicine, pharmacology) A topical compound used in veterinary medicine that disables parasites by replacing glutamate in their muscle synapses.


cefovecin

From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”).

(pharmacology) A cephalosporin antibiotic used to treat skin infections in cats and dogs.


maropitant

From [Term?] + -pitant (“neurokinin NK₁ receptor antagonist”).

(pharmacology) A neurokinin receptor antagonist used to treat motion sickness and vomiting in dogs.


casopitant

(pharmacology) A neurokinin receptor antagonist undergoing research for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.


CINV

(medicine) Initialism of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.


trilostane

(pharmacology) A drug used to treat Cushing's syndrome in dogs.


benazepril

congestive heart failure
congestive heart failure

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A drug used to treat hypertension, congestive heart failure, and chronic renal failure.


benazeprilat

angiotensin converting enzyme
angiotensin converting enzyme

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A non-sulfhydryl angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, the active form of benazepril.


vestipitant

(pharmacology) A drug that acts as a selective antagonist for the NK₁ receptor, under development as a potential antiemetic and anxiolytic and to treat tinnitus.


PIGS

(genetics) Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class S, a human gene.


convellent

en-adj

convellent (comparative more convellent, superlative most convellent)

more convellent (comparative)
most convellent (superlative)

From Latin convellēns, present participle of convellō. See convulse.

The ends of the fragment […] will not yield to the convellent force.

1845, Robert Bentley Todd, William Bowman, The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man:

(anatomy, obsolete) Tending to tear or pull.


Bowman's capsule

en-noun

Bowman's capsule (plural Bowman's capsules)

Named after Sir William Bowman (1816–1892), English surgeon and histologist, who identified it in 1842.

(anatomy) A cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney.


vomica

Latin, from vomere (“to throw up, vomit”).

(medicine) An abscess cavity in the lungs or any other parenchymal organ.


antiradical

(medicine) A drug that counter free radicals


dejecta

From Latin dejecta (“things which have been cast away”), neuter plural of dejectus, past participle of dejicio (“I cast away”).

uder

(medicine, zoology) any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body. Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.


intravaginal ejaculation latency time

en-noun

intravaginal ejaculation latency time (usually uncountable, plural intravaginal ejaculation latency times)

intravaginal ejaculation latency times (plural)

(medicine) The time between the start of penetrative vaginal intercourse and male ejaculation inside the vagina.

timp de latență al ejacularii intravaginale


palatopharyngeal

From New Latin palātopharyngeus + -al, from palātum (“the palate”) + pharyngeus (“of or relating to the pharynx”), equivalent to palato- + pharyngeal. Doublet of palatopharyngeus.

af

(anatomy) Of, relating to, or involving the palate and the pharynx.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the palatopharyngeus.


palatopharyngeal

(anatomy) Obsolete form of palatopharyngeus.


persistent genital arousal disorder

en-noun

persistent genital arousal disorder (uncountable)

(pathology) A spontaneous, persistent, and uncontrollable genital arousal, with or without orgasm or genital engorgement, unrelated to any feelings of sexual desire.


aphoria

(medicine, obsolete) Barrenness, female sterility.


hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy

hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (uncountable)

(pathology) A paraneoplastic condition characterised by clubbing and periostitis of the long bones of the arms and legs


purpuric

en-adj

purpuric (comparative more purpuric, superlative most purpuric)

more purpuric (comparative)
most purpuric (superlative)

From Latin purpura (“purple”), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). The medical sense is from the English purpura (“the appearance of purple discolorations on the skin”). By surface analysis, purpura + -ic.

papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome

After 1–14 days, skin eruption occurs abruptly, consisting of symmetrical purpuric macules which progress to blisters and areas of epidermal necrosis...

2003, Christine Léauté-Labrèze and Alain Taïeb, Diagnosis and management of Stevens Johnson syndrome, in Recent Advances in Pediatrics, Volume 20 (edited by Tim J David), Royal Society of Medicine Press, page 140

(medicine) Pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).

en:purple or purplish skin not specific to purpura

(medicine, archaic) Purple or purplish (of spots which appear on the skin; regardless of their cause); Synonym of purpureal.


petechial

petechial (comparative more petechial, superlative most petechial)

more petechial (comparative)
most petechial (superlative)

From New Latin petechialis. By surface analysis, petechia + -al.

Of putrid, malignant, petechial Fevers.

1750, John Huxham, chapter 8, in An Essay on Fevers:

Petechial haemorrhages may appear in the conjunctivae and ecchymotic haemorrhages on the ventral surface of the tongue.

2001, M. W. Service, editor, Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections:

(medicine) Characterized by, pertaining to, or resembling petechiae (small, nonraised haemorrhages on the skin).


ringspot

en-noun

ringspot (countable and uncountable, plural ringspots)

Disease name: Tobacco rattle Causal virus: Tobacco rattle virus Symptoms: Necrotic local lesions, necrotic or chlorotic ringspots, systemic necrosis, ringspots, line patterns, mottling are the various symptoms induced in tobacco depending on the environment and cultivars.

(phytopathology) A symptom of various viral infections in plants.


nonseizure

nonseizure (countable and uncountable, plural nonseizures)

(medicine) An event or symptom that is not a seizure.


conjugant

(genetics) A gamete that undergoes conjugation


eliminant

(medicine) A drug promoting excretion or the removal of waste.


MIC

MIC (countable and uncountable, plural MICs)

(microbiology, pharmacology) Initialism of minimum inhibitory concentration.


somatopsychic

en-adj

somatopsychic (comparative more somatopsychic, superlative most somatopsychic)

more somatopsychic (comparative)
most somatopsychic (superlative)

(medicine) Pertaining to the effects of the body on the mind.


acidaemia

en-noun

acidaemia (countable and uncountable, plural acidaemias)

The development of marked metabolic acidaemia during labour occurs in about 20% of high-risk pregnancies, which is eight times higher than in normal pregnancies.

1999, Balen, Broughton Pipkin, Calder, et al, Dewhurst's textbook of obstetrics and gynaecology for postgraduates: Sixth edition, page 274

(medicine) a medical condition marked by an abnormally high concentration of hydrogen ions in a person's blood

kwasica

abnormally high concentration of hydrogen ions in blood


glenoid labrum

(anatomy) A lip-like projection of cartilage on the human scapula surrounding the joint between the humerus and the collarbone.


acetabular labrum

acetabular labrum (plural acetabular labra or acetabular labrums)

acetabular labra (plural)
acetabular labrums (plural)

(anatomy) A ring of cartilage that surrounds the socket of the hip joint.


labral

Hence, the normal aging process should be taken into consideration when evaluating labral pathology.

2002, Michael Strobel, Manual of arthroscopic surgery, →ISBN, page 600:

(anatomy) relating to a labrum (lip-like projection)


benfluorex

(pharmacology) The drug (RS)-2-({1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]propan-2-yl}amino)ethyl benzoate, marketed as an antidiabetic and appetite suppressant.


A.C.

AC

alternating current, anno Christi, ante Christum, army corps, athletic club


A.C.

A.C. (countable and uncountable, plural A.C.s)


zindoxifene

From [Term?] + ind(olyl) + -oxifene (“tamoxifen derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) A particular antiestrogen drug.


verlukast

From [Term?] + -lukast (“leukotriene receptor antagonist”).

(pharmacology) A drug that is a potent leukotriene D4 antagonist.


thrombophilia

en-noun

thrombophilia (countable and uncountable, plural thrombophilias)

The patient needed to take blood thinners to prevent clots from thrombophilia.

(pathology) The tendency to develop thrombosis (blood clots) due to an abnormality in the system of coagulation.


liquefacient

From Latin liquefaciens, present participle of liquefacere. See liquefy.

(medicine, obsolete) Any agent, such as mercury, iodine, etc., that promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.


latissimus

latissimus dorsi
latissimus dorsi#English


longissimus

Bull carcasses have greater longissimus muscle area per unit weight, less trimmable fat, and, consequently, a higher yield of retailable meat than either steer or heifer carcasses.

1967, University of Missouri - Columbia, Agricultural Experiment Station, Research Bulletin (issues 912-929, page 35)

(anatomy) The muscle lateral to the semispinalis; the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae.


supersensitivity

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Because D 1 dopamine receptors are known to act through stimulatory heterotrimeric guanosine triphosphate-binding (G s ) proteins and activation of the cAMP pathway, up-regulation of this pathway in the nucleus accumbens could account for the functional supersensitivity of D 1 receptors observed in these neurons--which occurs in the absence of detectable changes in the receptors themselves--after chronic cocaine (or other stimulant) exposure (18 ).

1997 October 3, Eric J. Nestler, George K. Aghajanian, “Molecular and Cellular Basis of Addiction”, in Science, volume 278, number 5335, →DOI, pages 58–63:

In the next generation seeds were screened for ABA supersensitivity (era1/era1).

1998 October 9, Zhen-Ming Pei et al., “Role of Farnesyltransferase in ABA Regulation of Guard Cell Anion Channels and Plant Water Loss”, in Science, volume 282, number 5387, →DOI, pages 287–290:

The effects of inactivity on new receptor synthesis and denervation supersensitivity are mediated by Ca 2 influx (24 ).

1999 October 15, Mohammed Akaaboune et al., “Rapid and Reversible Effects of Activity on Acetylcholine Receptor Density at the Neuromuscular Junction in Vivo”, in Science, volume 286, number 5439, →DOI, pages 503–507:

(biochemistry, pharmacology) Extreme sensitivity (of the body) to a chemical.


transbuccal

(medicine) Administered through the cheek


Kaposi's sarcoma

Kaposi's sarcoma (usually uncountable, plural Kaposi's sarcomas or Kaposi's sarcomata)

Kaposi's sarcomas (plural)
Kaposi's sarcomata (plural)

First described by Moritz Kaposi in 1872.

(pathology) A tumour caused by human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8).


natal cleft

(anatomy) The groove between the buttocks that runs from just below the sacrum to the perineum.


parvule

(medicine, obsolete) A small pill or pellet; a granule.


patient zero

patient zero (plural patient zeros or patient zeroes or patients zero)

patient zeros (plural)
patient zeroes (plural)
patients zero (plural)

Originally patient O (standing for out of California), referring to Gaëtan Dugas, a superspreader of AIDS who was at the time erroneously believed to have introduced the virus to the United States. The letter O was later misinterpreted as a zero.

When epidemiologists trace the evolution of a disease, they look for the first individual known to have contracted it, who is given the inglorious lavel "Patient Zero". For example, the official Patient Zero for the AIDS epidemic was a South African man who died in 1959 (though it is suspected that the disease originated as early as the 1920s.

2005, John De Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor, Redefining Progress, Affluenza: the all-consuming epidemic, 2nd illustrated edition, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, →ISBN, page 128:

When I think of Gaëtan Dugas, the French-Canadian flight attendant who paid his first known visit to a New York City bathhouse on October 31, 1980, the man to whom all the city's initial cases of AIDS would be traced back—hence the moniker he was given: patient zero […]

2008, Alistair McCartney, The end of the World book: a novel, Terrace Books, →ISBN, page 298:

The term patient zero refers to the first infected patient in an epidemological investigation that is likely responsible for the spread of a particular infectious disease. Randy Shilts, author of And the band Played On, chronicled Darrow's investigation. It was Shilts who proposed that a homosexual Canadian flight attendant was likely patient zero. The flight attendant admitted to anonymous, unprotected sex with as many as 2,500 partners, even after he developed karposis sarcoma. As research continued, though, earlier cases of AIDS were reported (table I6-2), disproving the patient zero theory.

2009, Teri Shors, Understanding viruses, illustrated edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 443:

(epidemiology) The initial patient in the population of an epidemiological investigation.


deligate

en-verb

deligate (third-person singular simple present deligates, present participle deligating, simple past and past participle deligated)

deligates (present singular third-person)
deligating (participle present)
deligated (participle past)
deligated (past)

Latin deligatus, past participle of deligare (“to bind up”).

Every one is aware of the uncertainty as well as great danger of the different cutting and deligating operations for the removal of this distressing infirmity.

1851, The Medical examiner, and record of medical science: Volume 7, page 322:

(surgery, dated, transitive) To bind up; to bandage.


perstat

(medicine) (The condition under discussion) persists.


MDR

multi-drug resistant
multi-drug resistant#English

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


proclinate

en-adj

proclinate (comparative more proclinate, superlative most proclinate)

more proclinate (comparative)
most proclinate (superlative)

(anatomy) inclined, directed, or leaning forward, as in the teeth of some mammals and bristles on the frons of many insects


revellent

revellent (comparative more revellent, superlative most revellent)

more revellent (comparative)
most revellent (superlative)

The local remoræ of blood which occur in cholera infantum here, will not bear, as a general practice, the abstraction of blood for their relief; they are more under the control of revellent remedies, not of a depletive kind.

1855, “Report on the Diseases of Missouri and Iowa”, in The Transactions of the American Medical Association, volume VIII, Philadelphia, Pa.: Printed for the [American Medical] Association, by T. K. and P. G. Collins, →OCLC, page 103:

(obsolete, medicine) Causing revulsion; revulsive.


revertent

Borrowed from French revertent, from Latin revertor, equivalent to revert + -ent.

w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909

(medicine, obsolete) A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system


sarcitis

(medicine, dated, uncommon) Synonym of myositis.


PBP

penicillin-binding protein
w:penicillin-binding protein

(bacteriology, pharmacology) Initialism of penicillin-binding protein.


equation division

en-noun

equation division (plural equation divisions)

(biology, genetics, cytology) The second of the two divisions of meiosis, a type of cell division.


auxotonic

en-adj

auxotonic (comparative more auxotonic, superlative most auxotonic)

more auxotonic (comparative)
most auxotonic (superlative)

From auxo- (“increase, growth”) + tonic.

(physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes and the tension differs due to an increasing load or difference in leverage.


trepidant

trepidant (comparative more trepidant, superlative most trepidant)

more trepidant (comparative)
most trepidant (superlative)

(medicine, archaic) Marked by trembling or tremor.


cytotrophoblast

(cytology) The inner layer of the trophoblast.


syncytiotrophoblast

(cytology) The outer layer of the trophoblast, consisting of a single cell with many nuclei and a very large size and surface area.


cytomegaly

(pathology) Enlargement of cells, seen especially in infections of cytomegalovirus


pyloric valve

(anatomy) A valvular fold at the end of the pyloric canal which lets food pass from the stomach to the duodenum.


schizophasia

en-noun

schizophasia (countable and uncountable, plural schizophasias)

(psychiatry) Word salad: a nonsensical, often repetitious assemblage of words, typical of mental disorders such as schizophrenia.


Wernicke's aphasia

/ˈvɜːnɪkəz əˈfeɪʒə/

/ˈvɜːnɪkiːz əˈfeɪʒə/

/ˈvɝnɪkəz əˈfeɪʒə/

Named after Carl Wernicke, a German neurologist and psychiatrist.

(medicine, pathology) A type of aphasia traditionally associated with neurological damage to Wernicke's area in the brain; the patient speaks with normal grammar, syntax, and intonation, but may use the wrong words or insert non-existent words.

Wernicke se afasie

aphasia associated with damage to Wernicke's area


Wernicke's area

Wernicke's area (plural Wernicke's areas)

(anatomy) The posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus in the dominant cerebral hemisphere, one of two parts of the cerebral cortex linked with speech (the other being Broca's area).


mucosity

mucosity (countable and uncountable, plural mucosities)

From French mucosité; by surface analysis, mucous + -ity.

In the smears made from the viscid pus of the kidney abscesses and the lung nodules, a micro-organism was found. This was a rather long, thick bacillus with rounded edges, and only staining with difficulty. The length varied between 0·5 to 0·8 microns. As a rule no characteristic grouping was found; in a few cases an arrangement resembling that sometimes seen in cholera was noted. This arrangement, however, is merely due to the mucosity of the purulent material, and may be seen in any preparation of cultures of most bacteria if mixed with the mucus of frogs' eggs.

1908, K.F. Meyer, “Experimental studies on a specific purulent nephritis of equidae”, in Transvaal Department of Agriculture, editor, Report of the Government Veterinary Bacteriologist, 1906-1907, page 129:

(uncountable, medicine, rare) The state of being mucous or containing mucus.

mucosité

The symptoms are constant sneezing and a discharge of a limpid, yellow or green mucosity from the nostrils. The infant, contrary to its usual habit, sleeps with the mouth open, it sucks with difficulty, as its respiration is impeded, and its snuffling is more or less intense. In some cases the mucosity is so thick as to close up one or both nostrils, and then the deglutition, or function of swallowing, is more or less difficult; the eyes are red and humid, the infant is restless, it cries, and its countenance is expressive of pain and suffering.

1835 October 17, Michael Ryan, “Lecture LI: Vices of Conformation, and Intra-uterine and Extra-uterine Diseases of the Respiratory Apparatus. In: Lectures on the Physical Education and Diseases of Infants, from Birth to Puberty. By Dr. Ryan. Delivered at the Medical School, Westminster Dispensary, Gerrard Street, Soho; Session 1834-35”, in London Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 8, number 194, page 359:

Billard states very accurately that there exists, as it were, but a degree between the thick tenacious, filamentous mucosity with which inflamed mucous membranes cover themselves, and the membranous exudation of croup. The membrane of croup presents nearly the same chemical elements as this mucosity, in which fibrin predominates. The puriform mucosity of catarrh, the false membrane of croup, and the excretion of muguet, appear to be but alterations of the same secretion, and vary only with respect to their form and the parts they occupy.

1840 January 10, “Analyses and notices of books: A Treatise on the Diseases of Infants, founded on recent Clinical Observations and Investigations in Pathological Anatomy, made at the Hospice des Enfans Trouvés; with a Dissertation on the Viability of the Child. By C. M. BILLARD, D.M. &c. &c. With Notes, by Dr. OLLIVIER, of Angers. Translated from the Third French Edition, with an appendix, by JAMES STEWART, M.D. London, Churchill, 1839. 8vo. pp. 620.”, in London Medical Gazette, pages 600–601:

(countable, medicine, archaic) Mucous material: mucus; especially, snot, sputum, or phlegm.


neurolemma

neurolemma (plural neurolemmas or neurolemmata)

neurolemmas (plural)
neurolemmata (plural)

(neurology) the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron.

neurolemme

neurology: the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron


actinobacillosis

(pathology) A zoonotic disease, most commonly associated with animals, caused by the Actinobacillus bacteria, and which forms radiating structures in the tissues


adelomorphous

en-adj

adelomorphous (comparative more adelomorphous, superlative most adelomorphous)

more adelomorphous (comparative)
most adelomorphous (superlative)

(medicine) Having a form that is not clearly defined, especially as applied to the principal cells in the pepsin glands of the stomach.

adelomorfo

having a form that is not clearly defined


lumbus

Learned borrowing from Latin lumbus. Doublet of loin.


parapsis

(rare, pathology) An abnormality in the sense of touch


procidentia

(medicine) Prolapse, especially of the uterus.


procident

procident (comparative more procident, superlative most procident)

more procident (comparative)
most procident (superlative)

Thus the procident uterus may be removed, either by the knife alone, by the ligature, or by excision, immediately after the ligature ; this combined method being probably the safest and most desirable.

1845, Samuel Ashwell, A practical treatise on the diseases peculiar to women:

No fact is more evident than the eccentric hypertrophy of the body of the uterus, and this without the uterus being procident or even prolapsed.

1869, Isaac Ebenezer Taylor, On Amputation of the Cervix Uteri:

The uterus was found to be no longer somewhat procident, owing evidently to the diminished size and weight, and a pessary was thought unnecessary.

1915, Charles Montraville Green, Case histories in diseases of women:

One more name is important: George A. Peters, at the Hospital for Sick Children, in ]uly 1899 made the first contribution of the Department of Surgery to the international scientific literature when he successfully transplanted the ureters into the rectum of a two-year-old child who had both an ectopic bladder and a procident rectum.

2013, Edward Shorter, Partnership for Excellence: Medicine at the University of Toronto and Academic Hospitals, →ISBN:

(medicine) Displaced beyond the limits of a body cavity.


peripety

en-noun

peripety (countable and uncountable, plural peripeties)

(psychoanalysis) The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory.


myelomatosis

myelomatosis (countable and uncountable, plural myelomatoses)

If the tumour be termed myeloma the whole process may, for this reason, justly be termed "myelomatosis."

1903, “A Case of Multiple Myeloma (Myelomatosis) with Bence-Jones Proteid in the Urine”, in Medico-Chirugical Transactions, number 83, pages 395–470:

At the necropsy the bone marrow of all the bones examined was found to be more or less affected by a diffuse sarcoma-like growth of rounded or polyhedral mononuclear cells- a form of "multiple myeloma" or "myelomatosis".

1904, Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, volume 9, number 2:


multiple myeloma

multiple myeloma (plural multiple myelomas or multiple myelomata)

multiple myelomas (plural)
multiple myelomata (plural)

(pathology, oncology) A malignant neoplasm of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that produces antibodies.


motor unit

(neurology) A neuron with its associated muscle fibres.


TLI

(immunology) Initialism of trypsin-like immunoreactivity.


TCL

(anatomy) Initialism of transverse carpal ligament.


paracusia

paracusia (usually uncountable, plural paracusias or paracuses)

From παρά (pará, “beyond, beside”) + ἄκουσις (ákousis, “hearing”).

(medicine, otolaryngology) A form of hallucination that involves perceiving sounds without auditory stimulus.

heyrnarglöp

hallucination involving sound perception without an auditory stimulus


CTS

carpal tunnel syndrome
carpal tunnel syndrome#English

(pathology) Initialism of carpal tunnel syndrome.


median nerve

carpal tunnel syndrome
carpal tunnel syndrome

(anatomy) A nerve in the upper limb in humans and other animals, formed from parts of the medial and lateral cords of the brachial plexus, and compression of which in the carpal tunnel of the wrist causes carpal tunnel syndrome.


carpal tunnel

carpal tunnel (countable and uncountable, plural carpal tunnels)

(countable, anatomy) A fibro-osseous passageway on the palmar side of the wrist that connects the distal forearm to the middle compartment of the deep plane of the palm.


ambrisentan

From [Term?] + -entan (“endothelin receptor antagonist”).

af

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A drug, an endothelin receptor antagonist used to treat pulmonary hypertension.


bosentan

(pharmacology) A dual endothelin receptor antagonist important in the treatment of pulmonary artery hypertension.


looptail

a looptail mutant mouse

(genetics, anatomy) Having a loop at its tail.


sindon

en-noun

sindon (countable and uncountable, plural sindons)

From Latin sindōn (possibly by way of Old French syndone and sindone), from Ancient Greek σινδών (sindṓn), from Late Egyptian šndy(t), from earlier šnḏwt (“kilt”).

(obsolete or historical) A piece of such cloth, particularly

(medicine) A wad, roll, or pledget of such cloth, usually doused with medicine, used to fill open wounds during surgery.


macromania

(medicine) A mania characterized by the delusion that objects are larger than they really are; or that one's own body or body parts are much larger than they are.


macromastia

From macro- (“large”) + -mastia (“abnormality of the breast”), from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”) and μαστός (mastós, “breast”).

affix

(medicine) Abnormal enlargement of the breast.


headful

(genetics) That fills the head of a phage


short tandem repeat

en-noun

short tandem repeat (plural short tandem repeats)

(genetics) A pattern in DNA where two or more nucleotides are repeated and the repeated sequences are directly adjacent to each other, used in determining genetic profiles to identify an individual.


autozygome

(genetics) The complete set of genomic regions that are identical by descent in an individual.


bullate

en-adj

bullate (comparative more bullate, superlative most bullate)

more bullate (comparative)
most bullate (superlative)

(medicine) Resembling a bulla or blister; inflated; blistered; bulliform.

(medicine) Of bacterial cultures, having a growth which is blistered; rising in convex prominences.


colorpuncture

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

(alternative medicine) A form of alternative medicine in which coloured light is shone on acupoints.


hyperfunction

en-noun

hyperfunction (countable and uncountable, plural hyperfunctions)

Manifestations of disease may include hypofunction (such as constipation), hyperfunction (such as increased mucus production), or increased mechanical function (such as a seizure).

2011, Professional Guide to Pathophysiology, Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, page 2

(medicine) Abnormally elevated function.


enalapril

/ɪˈnæl.əˌpɹɪl/

From (ph)en(yl) + ala(nine) + -pril (“angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor”).

af

(pharmacology) An angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension and some types of chronic heart failure.


batanopride

From [Term?] + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”).

(pharmacology) An antiemetic benzamide drug.


cardiofacial

(medicine, describing a syndrome) Exhibiting both facial and cardiac defects.


eponychium

/ɛpəʊˈnɪkɪəm/

From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + ὀνῠ́χιον (onŭ́khion, “little claw”, diminutive of ὄνυξ (ónux)).

The nail is replaced to provide a physiologic dressing and to splint open the eponychium so that a new nail will grow in place.

2008, Peter M. Antevy, Richard A. Saladino, “103: Management of Finger Injuries”, in Christopher King, Fred M. Henretig, editors, Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures, page 947:

The cuticle (KYOO-tih-kul) is the crescent of dead, colorless tissue attached to the nail plate around the base of the nail. It forms a seal between the eponychium and the nail plate to prevent the entry of foreign materials and microorganisms and to help prevent injury and infection.

2011, Maura Scali-Scheahan, Milady Standard Professional Barbering, 5th edition, Cengage Learning, page 673:

Every nail has a lunula, but some lunulas are short and remain hidden under the eponychium.

2015, Milady (Cengage Learning), chapter I, in Milady Standard Cosmetology, page 200:

The eponychium overlies and protects the proximal portion of the nail and the germinal matrix.

2015, Nicole Z. Sommer, M. Colin Rymer, Ryan W. Schmucker, “3: Injuries to the Nail Apparatus”, in Leo M. Rozmaryn, editor, Fingertip Injuries: Diagnosis, Management and Reconstruction, page 69:

(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.

The hooves are tipped with collagenous eponychia, which prevents damage to the amnion and beyond.

2012, Paul McGreevy, Equine Behavior: A Guide for Veterinarians and Equine Scientists, 2nd edition, page 163:

2014, Kevin T. Corley, Jonna M. Jokisolo, Chapter 172: Evaluation of the Compromised Neonatal Foal, Kim A. Sprayberry, N. Edward Robinson, Robinson's Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, 7th Edition, page 720,
The presence of eponychium (also called “foal slippers”) on the feet (Figure 172-3) is indicative that the foal has not yet stood.

In ungulates, this is apparently exaggerated by the presence of the eponychia, or collagenous pads over the sole of the fetal hoof.

2015, Donald M Broom, Andrew F Fraser, Domestic Animal Behaviour and Welfare, 5th edition, page 196:

(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.


hyponychium

(anatomy) The thickened epithelium beneath a nail or claw.


SHH

(genetics) Initialism of sonic hedgehog gene (gene encoding for the protein "sonic hedgehog")


platin

(medicine) Any platinum-based antineoplastic, of which class cisplatin is the archetypal member.


osteogenesis imperfecta

(pathology) A hereditary disease characterized by brittle bones that easily fracture.

osteogènesi imperfecta

disease characterized by bones that easily fracture

骨形成不全症

こつけいせいふぜんしょう


velocardiofacial

(medicine, describing a syndrome) Exhibiting velar, facial and cardiac defects.


epulis

(medicine) A hard tumour or tumorous growth developed from the gums.


eudysmic ratio

(chemistry, pharmacology, biology) A ratio expressing the difference in pharmacologic activity between the two enantiomers of a drug.


dyssynergia

en-noun

dyssynergia (usually uncountable, plural dyssynergias)

(physiology) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly


subintrant

(medicine) With paroxysms succeeding one another so fast as to be almost continuous.


afferentia

From Latin afferentia. Doublet of afference.

(anatomy) Any afferent vessels, whether blood or lymph vessels; specifically, the afferent arteries of the kidneys.


claudicant

en-adj

claudicant (comparative more claudicant, superlative most claudicant)

more claudicant (comparative)
most claudicant (superlative)

From Latin claudicans, present participle of claudico (“to limp”), from claudus (“crippled”).


claudicant

A patient who was previously a claudicant may now have acute limb-threatening ischaemia, which then forces the surgeon or radiologist to re-intervene.

2012, O. James Garden, Andrew W. Bradbury, John L. R. Forsythe, Principles and Practice of Surgery:


hydrometrocolpos

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), + μήτρα (mḗtra, “uterus”), + κόλπος (kólpos, “any hollow space; womb”); essentially equivalent to a surface analysis of hydro- + metro- + colp- + -us.

(medicine) Distention of the vagina and uterus by watery fluid other than blood or pus.


inductura

(anatomy) In gastropod anatomy, a secondary layer of lamellar shell, usually situated along the inner lip of the aperture of a shell, and in some shells extending beyond.


dilatator

From Latin dilatator (“propagator”), from dilato (“I spread out”).

(anatomy) A muscle that dilates any part; a dilator.


labetalol

From la- (“alteration of alpha”) + beta + -olol.

af

(pharmacology) A drug that acts as an alpha- and beta-blocker, used in the treatment of hypertension.


PAT

en-noun

PAT (countable and uncountable, plural PATs)

paroxysmal atrial tachycardia
paroxysmal atrial tachycardia#English

(cardiology) Initialism of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia.


rule of three

(medicine) A rule for clinical trials used for determining the rate of adverse side effects when no such side effects present during the course of the trial.


hypomobility

hypomobility (countable and uncountable, plural hypomobilities)

(anatomy) Decreased ability to move a joint of the body.


endosseous

Serious injuries can occasionally require endosseous implants.


Adderall

en-proper noun

Adderall (countable and uncountable, plural Adderalls)

Brand name. A contraction of the phrase “A.D.D. (attention deficit disorder) for All” intended to convey that “it was meant to be kind of an inclusive thing”.

Pop a couple of Adderalls.

Doctors and the media have helped to create the belief that the best way to treat ADD/ADHD is with stimulant medications, such as Ritalin or Adderall.

2008, Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child:

A few years back I tried that “Harvard drug,” Adderall, which gives you the power to read for twelve hours straight and internalize everything you read—and it was a total disaster.

2016, Douglas Coupland, “New Moods”, in Bit Rot, London: William Heinemann, →ISBN, page 92:

He was a teenager too, a student at an elite private boys school whose family’s western New York home was known as a party house where teens gathered to consume liquor, marijuana and Adderall.

2021 November 18, Ed Shanahan, “Judge Spares Man in Teen Rape Case: ‘Incarceration Isn’t Appropriate’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Adderall made me high, yes, but what I found far more appealing was that it gave me a few hours of feeling less depressed.

2023, Britney Spears, The Woman in Me, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

(pharmacology) A brand name for a psychostimulant combination drug containing four salts of amphetamine, used in the treatment of conditions such as ADHD and narcolepsy and often misused as a recreational drug.


Bartholin's gland

en-noun

Bartholin's gland (plural Bartholin's glands)

First described by the Danish anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655–1738).

(anatomy) Either of two small glands located on either side of the vaginal orifice that secrete a lubricating mucus.

glàndula de Bartholin

gland on the vaginal orifice that secretes mucus


fecaloma

fecaloma (plural fecalomas or fecalomata)

Near-synonyms: coprolith, fecolith

(medicine) A hard accretion of feces in the rectum.


serratus

Translingual: Palaemon serratus

(anatomy) Any of several muscles of the vertebral or costal region that produce a serrated border.


afterclap

From Middle English afterclap, afterclappe, equivalent to after- + clap. Compare Low German achterklap (“afterclap”).

[…] I have known instances where the gonorrhœa has ceased without leaving any after-clap, or gleet,

1830, John Abernethy, chapter 22, in Surgical and Physiological Works, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, page 276:

1877, William Morgan, Contagious Diseases, London: The Homœopathic Publishing Company, Part 1, p. 35,
[…] the fourth stage of the complaint, known as a “gleet,” or afterclap.

(uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Urethral discharge as a symptom of gonorrhea.


aftercoming

From Middle English after comyng, afthercomende, equivalent to after- + coming.

The most important aspect of an assisted vaginal breech delivery is careful delivery of the aftercoming head.

2003, Pitkin, Peattie & Macgowan, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, page 41:

(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.


palatoglossal

From palato- (“relating to the palate”) + glossal.

af

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or involving the palate and the tongue; (specifically) of or pertaining to the palatoglossus.


palatoglossal

(anatomy, rare) Alternative form of palatoglossus.


palatoglossus

Borrowed from New Latin palātoglōssus, clipping of mūsculus palātoglōssus (“palatoglossal muscle”).

clipping

(anatomy) A small fleshy muscle, narrower in the middle than at either end, that arises from the soft palate on each side, contributes to the structure of the palatoglossal arch of the fauces, and is inserted into the side and dorsum of the tongue; it serves to raise the back of the tongue and constrict the fauces.


bekanamycin

(pharmacology) A particular aminoglycoside antibiotic.


bunazosin

benign prostatic hyperplasia
benign prostatic hyperplasia

(pharmacology) An alpha 1 antagonist drug developed to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).


beloxepin

From [Term?] + -oxepin (“tricyclic compound”).

af

(pharmacology) A particular analgesic drug.


lymecycline

From ly(sino)me(thyl) + -cycline (“tetracycline derivative”).

(pharmacology) A tetracycline broad-spectrum antibiotic, unique amongst tetracyclines in being absorbed by an active transport process across the intestinal wall.


lofendazam

From (ch)lo(ro)- + phen(yl) + d(i)az(ep)am.

(pharmacology) A benzodiazepine derivative with sedative and anxiolytic effects.


bark mixture

(obsolete, medicine) Any of various decoctions of bark used as various remedies


fomite

A back-formation from fomites, plural of fomes, a borrowing of medical Latin fōmes (“tinder, kindling”), used figuratively to evoke the analogy of a spreading infection to a spreading fire.

This must be an efficacious fomite of cutaneous and pectoral disease.

1859, Richard Francis Burton, “The Lake Regions of Central Equatorial Africa...”, in Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, number 29, page 134:

Alternatively, such fluids may be transferred from soiled hands to fomites, or airborne organisms may impinge or settle onto fomite surfaces. Fomites may also serve as a site for the replication of a pathogen, as in the case of enteric bacteria in household sponges or dishcloths.

2009, Raina M. Maier et al., Environmental Microbiology, page 559:

(medicine) An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses or prions), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts; common examples include towels, dishcloths, kitchenware/flatware, and laundry.

fòmit

inanimate object capable of transferring infectious agents


DPO

Counting begins the day after ovulation, so if ovulation is on Wednesday, Saturday would be 3 DPO.

2004, Stacy Ziegler, Pathways to Parenthood, page 90:

13 DPO: No sign of my period. That's it...I'm pregnant.

2005, Patty Debano et al., The Conception Chronicles, page 154:

(medicine) Initialism of day(s) post-ovulation.


post-ovulation

Progesterone concentrations rise rapidly in the mare and any post-ovulation treatment carries an increased risk of uterine contamination.

2008, Juan C. Samper, Equine Breeding Management and Artificial Insemination, page 160:

(medicine) Pertaining to the period immediately after ovulation.


post-ovulation

Surgeries could be scheduled on day 10 or 14 post ovulation of a regular menstrual cycle.

2006, Michael J Soares et al., Placenta and Trophoblast: Methods and Protocols, page 108:


cutpoint

In 2007 the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) proposed single blood pressure (BP) cutpoints (systolic: ≥130 mm Hg and diastolic: ≥85 mm Hg) for the diagnosis of high blood pressure (HBP) in adolescents. Before this proposal, HBP had been defined as BP at or above the 95th percentile for age, sex, and height percentile (reference standard). In this study, we evaluated the risk for misclassification when using the IDF single-cutpoints criteria.

2017, P BrambillaA AndreanoL Antoliniet al., “How Accurate Is a Single Cutpoint to Identify High Blood Pressure in Adolescents?”, in Am J Epidemiol, volume 185, number 4, →DOI, →PMID, pages 295–303:

(medicine) A cutoff point; a threshold value.


antiitch

Tar preparations, possessing both antiitch and antiinflammatory properties, have long been employed in the treatment of psoriasis.

(pharmacology, dermatology) Preventing or countering itching.


antidog

en-adj

antidog (comparative more antidog, superlative most antidog)

more antidog (comparative)
most antidog (superlative)

(immunology, not comparable) Describing an antibody, resident in a human or other animal, that reacts with the immunoglobins found in dogs.


antideer

(rare, immunology) Describing an antibody, resident in a human or other animal, that reacts with the immunoglobins found in deer.


antirat

(immunology) Describing an antibody, resident in a human or other animal, that reacts with the immunoglobins found in rats.


sacrospinous

The Dissector spits out Latin terms for ligaments — sacrospinous, sacrotuberous; Montross hears them “like a call to prayer.”

2007 June 24, Mary Roach, “Love and Human Remains”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) Pertaining to the sacrum and spine.


fructosuria

en-noun

fructosuria (usually uncountable, plural fructosurias)

(pathology) The (abnormal) presence of fructose in the urine


rubedo

(medicine) A diffused redness of the skin; blushing or flushing.


rubefacient

From Latin rubefaciens, present participle of rubefacere (“to make red”).

The symptoms had diminished for a time, under the employment of rubefacients and cathartics; but the pain in the left side of the thorax returned in the evening of the 29th.

1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 165:

(medicine) A substance for topical application that produces redness of the skin, e.g. by dilating the capillaries.


hormone replacement therapy

hormone replacement therapy (countable and uncountable, plural hormone replacement therapies)

Trans women often undergo hormone replacement therapy using estrogens and antiandrogens.

Elderly women can use estrogenic hormone replacement therapy to alleviate postmenopausal symptoms.

(medicine, especially serotherapy) Any of several medical regimens that introduce sex hormones to the body to replace lost or unavailable ones.

bio-identical hormone replacement therapy


air cell

(medicine) A terminal dilation of the bronchiole in lungs or similar organs where gas exchange occurs.

(medicine) Spaces that contain air in the bones of the skull.


perforans

(anatomy) The long flexor muscle of the toes, or the deep flexor muscle of the fingers.


tandem gait

tandem gait (countable and uncountable, plural tandem gaits)

(medicine, chiropody) A manner of walking by placing the heel of the forward foot touching the toes of the back foot, sometimes used in the clinical diagnosis of certain disorders.


acrophase

The acrophase of the metabolic process ran from shortly mid-morning until sunset, with the peak amplitude recorded in mid-afternoon.

(physiology) The time period in a cycle during which the cycle crests or peaks, especially the upper part of a sine wave fitted to a measurement of a circadian pattern or other biological rhythm.


bathyphase

The bathyphase of the metabolic process ran from late evening until shortly after the subject awoke, with the lowest point recorded in at three o'clock in the morning.

(physiology) The time period in a cycle during which the cycle is low, especially the lower part of a sine wave fitted to a measurement of a circadian pattern or other biological rhythm.


noxa

(medicine) Anything that exerts a harmful influence, such as trauma, poison, etc.

noxa

anything that exerts a harmful influence


Costen's syndrome

Named after James B. Costen, who wrote extensively about this condition.

(pathology) A set of symptoms thought to involve hearing difficulties, facial pain, tinnitus, and dizziness, of unclear scientific validity.


antipig

(immunology) Describing an antibody, resident in a human or other animal, that reacts with the immunoglobins found in pigs.


antihorse

(immunology) Describing an antibody, resident in a human or other animal, that reacts with the immunoglobins found in horses.


orf

From the same source as Etymology 1, or from Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).

(medicine) An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.


zardaverine

(pharmacology) A drug that acts as a phosphodiesterase inhibitor.


zatebradine

From [Term?] + -bradine (“bradycardic agent”).

af

(pharmacology) A particular bradycardic drug.


zanoterone

From [Term?] + -terone (“antiandrogen”).

(pharmacology) A particular drug, a steroidal androgen receptor antagonist.


zankiren

(pharmacology) A particular drug that acts as a renin inhibitor.


zaltoprofen

(pharmacology) A particular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.


zaltidine

From [Term?] + -tidine (“cimetidine derivative”).

(pharmacology) A particular drug, an H₂-receptor antagonist.


zabicipril

(pharmacology) A drug of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor class.


deflazacort

From defl(uorinated) + aza- + -cort (“corticosteroid”).

(pharmacology) A glucocorticoid prodrug used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant.


antileishmanial

(pharmacology, immunology) Acting against Leishmania parasites.


antileishmania

(immunology, pharmacology) Acting against Leishmania parasites.


viprostol

(pharmacology) A particular synthetic prostaglandin analogue.


vinbarbital

(pharmacology) A particular barbiturate drug.


remikiren

(pharmacology) A renin inhibitor under development for the treatment of hypertension.


Brill-Zinsser disease

Described by Nathan Edward Brill (1860–1925) and Hans Zinsser (1878–1940), American physicians.

(pathology) A delayed relapse of epidemic typhus (caused by Rickettsia prowazekii), occurring some time after the original infection, characterized by symptoms similar to or even identical to the original attack of typhus, including a maculopapular rash.


ephapse

en-noun

ephapse (countable and uncountable, plural ephapses)

From Ancient Greek ἔφαψις (éphapsis, “touching, caressing”).

uder

(countable, neurology) A point of contact or significant electrical influence between neurons, other than at a synapse.

(uncountable, neurology) Cross-stimulation of adjacent nerve fibers.


morosis

en-noun

morosis (countable and uncountable, plural moroses)

/mɔːˈɹəʊsɪs/

From Ancient Greek μώρωσις (mṓrōsis, “mental slowness, dementia”). Compare moron.

uder

There was first a paracusis, or imperfect hearing, changed into a surditus, or complete deafness; changed into a pseudoblepsis, or uncertain sight; changed into a perfect caligo, or blindness; changed into a hallucinatio, or dulness; changed into a morosis; changed into a hysteria; changed into a delirium; changed into a mania, or raging madness!

December 23 1786, L. F., The Lounger No. 99

(medicine, obsolete) idiocy; fatuity; stupidity


ice-pick lobotomy

en-noun

ice-pick lobotomy (plural ice-pick lobotomies)

(medicine, surgery, informal) Transorbital lobotomy.


DSI

Alongside the nature targets, countries reached a historic agreement to develop a financial mechanism for sharing the benefits from drug discoveries, vaccines and food products that come from digital forms of biodiversity, known as digital sequence information or DSI, after rows about biopiracy in the lead-up to Cop15.

2022 December 19, Patrick Greenfield, Phoebe Weston, “Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030”, in The Guardian:

digital sequence information
w:digital sequence information

(genetics) Initialism of digital sequence information.


CCV

(cytology) Initialism of clathrin-coated vesicle.


antitonic

en-adj

antitonic (comparative more antitonic, superlative most antitonic)

more antitonic (comparative)
most antitonic (superlative)

(physiology) That reduces muscular or vascular tonus


canities

From Latin cānitiēs (“gray hair, old age”).

Voigtel mentions the occurrence of canities almost suddenly.

1896, George M. Gould, Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine:

(uncommon, medicine) The condition of having gray hair.


drugfree

(medicine) Of a procedure or treatment, not involving the use or administration of drugs.


peritraumatic

(medicine) Occurring around the time of trauma.


pessulus

Borrowed from Latin pessulus (“bolt (of a door)”).

bor+

(anatomy) A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.


brickdust deposit

en-noun

brickdust deposit (plural brickdust deposits)

(pathology) A red sediment of urates in the urine


auricularis

/ɔˌɹɪk.jəˈlæɹ.ɪs/

/ɔˌɹɪk.jəˈlɑɹ.ɪs/

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin auriculāris, ellipsis of musculus auriculāris (“auricular muscle”). Doublet of auricular.

ubor

(anatomy) Any of three muscles attaching the cartilage of the external ear to the skull.


vulnerability index

en-noun

vulnerability index (plural vulnerability indexes or vulnerability indices)

vulnerability indexes (plural)
vulnerability indices (plural)

(epidemiology, public policy) A measure of the exposure of a population to some hazard.


capno-

From Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”).


adminiculum

(medicine) That which gives support to a part.

(medicine) The expansion of fibers extending from the superior pubic ligament to the posterior surface of the linea alba.


ECM

ECM (countable and uncountable, plural ECMs)

extracellular matrix
extracellular matrix#English

(medicine) Initialism of extracellular matrix.


syntexis

From New Latin syntēxis, from Ancient Greek σύντηξις (súntēxis, “a melting”).

der

The patient feels no longer the irritating surface heat which so fatigues him; the syntexis or colliquation is less; he sleeps better, and this antithermic medication does well with forced feeding, [...]

1885, Dujardin-Beaumetz, “Indications for Antithermic Medication”, in New York Medical Abstract, volume 5, page 443:


sternochondroscapularis

(anatomy) An inconstant muscle arising from the sternum and the first costal cartilage and extending laterally and backward to the upper border of the scapula.


fem.

Fem. nerve […] Fem. artery [figure labels]

1951 August, John S. Lundy, “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Nerve Block in General Practice”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 8, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 581:


temporomandibular joint

en-noun

temporomandibular joint (plural temporomandibular joints)

(anatomy) The joint on either side of the human head where the jaw (mandible) meets the skull (at the temporal bone).

leukanivel

the joint on either side of the human head where the jaw (mandible) meets the skull (at the temporal bone)


chole-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).

(anatomy, medicine) Relating to bile pigments.

(anatomy, medicine) Relating to bile ducts.


sylvian fissure

sylvian fissure (plural sylvian fissures)

(neuroanatomy) A fissure in the brain which divides the frontal lobe and parietal lobe above from the temporal lobe below.


centrophilic

en-adj

centrophilic (comparative more centrophilic, superlative most centrophilic)

more centrophilic (comparative)
most centrophilic (superlative)

(genetics) (of a chromosome) Tending to cluster near the centre of a mitotic spindle.


oligodendroglion

Back-formation from oligodendroglia., after ganglion.

(anatomy) A glial cell smaller than an astrocyte, that forms the myelin sheath for many axons


malagma

Borrowed from Latin malagma. Doublet of amalgam.


popliteus

(anatomy) A small muscle at the back of the knee that aids in bending the knee and in the rotation of the lower leg.


cataphor

en-noun

cataphor (countable and uncountable, plural cataphors or cataphora)

From Latin cataphora (“a coma”), from Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a bringing down, a lethargic attack”).

uder

(medicine) Somnolence marked by periods of partial consciousness.


praecordia

From Latin, from prae (“before”) + cor, cordis (“the heart”).

(archaic, anatomy) Synonym of precordium


pressure of speech

(psychology, psychiatry) a proclivity to speak with rapidity and intensity without apparent motivation, commonly seen as a marker for a manic episode of bipolar disorder


rubigo

/ɹuːˈbaɪɡəʊ/

Dr. Darwin supposes that the rubigo which shows itself in a ferruginous powder beneath the leaves of vegetables previously diseased, may be a fungus (like the eurisiphe or mildew)[…]

1804, Annals of agriculture and other useful arts:

(phytopathology, obsolete) rust (fungal disease of plants)


rugitus

(medicine) Borborygmus; intestinal rumbling.


arthritogenicity

en-noun

arthritogenicity (countable and uncountable, plural arthritogenicities)

(uncountable, pathology) The condition of being arthritogenic.

(countable, pathology) The degree to which an agent is arthritogenic.


arthritogenic

en-adj

arthritogenic (comparative more arthritogenic, superlative most arthritogenic)

more arthritogenic (comparative)
most arthritogenic (superlative)

(pathology) Causing or caused by arthritis


paedopathy

From paedo- (“child”) + -pathy (“disease”).

Pædos, we all know, means “a child,” while iatria means medical management, or, in other words, pædiatria is the “treatment of the diseases and preservation of the health of children.” So says Dunglison. That leaves out pathology or a simple study of the diseases of children. To cover the whole field, why do they not write pædopathy (the pathology of children) and pædiatria or condense the words into pædopathiatria. Better for them to follow the leading of the gynecologists, and write simply pædology. Perhaps pædopathy would correspond better to the German expression (Kinder Krankheiten). But our American “regulars” dislike the very word “pathy.”

1888, Temple S. Hoyne, The Medical Visitor, volume 4, Halsey Bros. Co., page 1:

While it treats of nothing new, it handles the intricacies of neurology as seen in paedopathy in a concise and refreshing manner.

1895, Southern California Practitioner, volume 10, issues 1–10, page 282

(medicine, obsolete, rare) The pathology of children. (Now loosely superseded by pediatrics.)


uredo

en-noun

uredo (countable and uncountable, plural uredos)

From Latin uredo (“a blast, blight, a burning itch”), from urere (“to burn or scorch”).

bor

(medicine, uncountable) urticaria; nettle-rash


vegetant

en-adj

vegetant (comparative more vegetant, superlative most vegetant)

more vegetant (comparative)
most vegetant (superlative)


vesicula

Borrowed from Latin vēsīcula. Doublet of vesicle.

Coordinate term: bulla

(biology, medicine, archaic) Synonym of vesicle (small blister).


gallacetophenone

en-noun

gallacetophenone (countable and uncountable, plural gallacetophenones)

(medicine) A yellowish-brown powder (acetophenone with the phenol replaced by pyrogallol) with parasiticide and antiseptic qualities employed externally in the treatment of psoriasis and other skin diseases.


gangliectomy

(medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.


absconsio

Borrowed from Latin absconsiō (“shelter”).


trochlea

trochlea (plural trochleae or trochleas)

Borrowed from Latin trochlea (“case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, block”).

bor

(anatomy) A structure resembling or acting like a pulley.

In the elbow joint, the articular surface of the lower extremity of the humerus, grasped by the trochlear notch of the ulna.

superior oblique muscle
superior oblique muscle

A pulley-like cartilage through which the superior oblique muscle of the eyeball passes.


divulse

en-verb

divulse (third-person singular simple present divulses, present participle divulsing, simple past and past participle divulsed)

divulses (present singular third-person)
divulsing (participle present)
divulsed (participle past)
divulsed (past)

From Latin dīvulsus (“torn apart”), from Latin dīvellō (“to tear apart”).

The divulsing may be done with the Pratt rectal speculum, or with the fingers or thumbs. The fingers should slip far enough into the bowel to grasp the internal sphincter. The muscle is to be stretched quite sharply and then relaxed, […]

2005, Dean T. Smith, Homoeopathy Before and After Surgery, page 43:

(transitive, medicine) To pull apart forcibly.


equinus

There are several types of equinus described, which include soft tissue versus osseous equinus and also spastic versus nonspastic.

2005, Thomas J. Chang, The Foot and Ankle, page 239:


-pnea

Representing -πνοια (-pnoia), the common terminal element of the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia, “apnea”), δύσπνοια (dúspnoia, “dyspnea”), εὔπνοια (eúpnoia, “eupnea”), ὀρθόπνοια (orthópnoia, “orthopnea”), etc, from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow”) and πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath, breathing”).


trepopnea

en-noun

trepopnea (usually uncountable, plural trepopneas)

/tɹɛpəʊpˈniːə/

Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō, “I turn”) + -pnea.

(pathology) Dyspnea that is sensed while lying on one side but not on the other.


CRKP

Klebsiella pneumonia
Klebsiella pneumonia#English

(medicine) Initialism of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumonia.


ædœology

From ædœ- + -ology, from Ancient Greek αἰδοῖα (aidoîa, “privy parts, pudenda”) in conjunction with λόγος (lógos, “explanation, narrative”).

der

ÆDŒOLOGY
A Treatise on Generative Life.
Including Pre‐natal influence, Limitation of Offspring, and Hygiene of the Generative System.

1893, Sydney Barrington Elliot, page III

(rare, medicine) Study of human genitalia.


algesthesis

(medicine) Perception or sensation of pain.


pericardiocentesis

en-noun

pericardiocentesis (countable and uncountable, plural pericardiocenteses)

(surgery) The removal of fluid from the pericardium for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes

péricardiocentèse

(surgery) removal of fluid from the pericardium


allœotic

From the Ancient Greek ἀλλοιωτικός (alloiōtikós, “fit for changing”).

lbor

(medicine) Capable of causing allœosis; alterative.


hemimelia

en-noun

hemimelia (countable and uncountable, plural hemimelias)

From hemi- and Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) and -ia.

(pathology) The congenital absence of part of one or more limbs. With legs, usually clarified as pedal (foot), fibular (outer lower leg), tibial (inner lower leg), or full hemimelia. With arms, usually clarified as manual, radial, ulnar, or full hemimelia.


palmus

(medicine, obsolete) A rhythmic tic or throb, such as a convulsion or the heartbeat.


carbohæmia

From carbo- + -hæmia, conjunction: Latin carbo (“charcol”) and Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

I submit, then, that tuberculisation is alone the result of carbohæmia, and that carbohæmia itself is induced by the respiration of air that has been respired before.

1868, Henry Mac Cormac, “Carbohæmia, The One And Only Possible Source Of Tubercle And Tubercle Induce Maladies”, in British Medical Journal, volume I, page 375:

(medicine) Accumulation of wasteful elements of carbon or mere carbon inside blood.


carbonæmia

From carbon + -aemia, conjunction: Latin carbo (“charcol”) and Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

While it produces less carbonæmia than the above mentioned agents, its special effect is to so alter the blood corpuscles as to prevent them from assimilating oxygen.

1875, Faneuil D. Weisee, “Nitrous Oxide Gas”, in The Sanitarian, volume II, page 29:

(medicine) Excessive amount of carbon, particularity carbon dioxide, in blood.


caricæ

Caricæ taken largely give a fetor to the Sweat.

1776, John Rutty, Observations on the London and Edinburgh dispensatories, page 205:

(obsolete, medicine) figs, especially those from Caria


feltwork

(medicine) A tight plexus of nerve fibrils


Xanax

en-proper noun

Xanax (countable and uncountable, plural Xanax or Xanaxes)

“After taking one or two Xanax every night for eight years, my doctor told me I had to stop,” says a middle-aged Montgomery County homemaker.

My rage is controlled, barely, by a Xanax and an Absolut on the rocks.

1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 226:

A half-dozen black beauties gave him the edge he needed, a couple of purple egg-shaped Xanaxes cooled his nerves.

1991, John Sandford [pseudonym; John Roswell Camp], chapter 16, in Eyes of Prey:

Also in Mr. Ledger’s system were three anti-anxiety medications: diazepam, the generic name for Valium; alprazolam, commonly known as Xanax; and temazepam[…].

2008 February 7, James Barron, “Medical Examiner Rules Ledger’s Death Accidental”, in New York Times:

Take a deep, healing breath, and imagine that you're not even on Twitter, or Facebook, or Xanax.

2020, Paul Rudnick, Coastal Elites, spoken by Clarissa Montgomery (Sarah Paulson):

(trademark, pharmacology) A brand name for alprazolam.


hæmo-

(medicine) Alternative spelling of haemo-


ENS

enteric nervous system
enteric nervous system#English

(anatomy) Initialism of enteric nervous system.


stillicidium

(medicine, obsolete) A morbid trickling.


Rapunzel syndrome

After the fairy-tale character with long hair which she let down as a ladder.

(medicine) The rare condition of having eaten large quantities of hair, which subsequently become lodged within a long portion of the intestine.


DTD

en-noun

DTD (countable and uncountable, plural DTDs)

dissociative trance disorder
dissociative trance disorder#English

(pathology, psychology) Initialism of dissociative trance disorder.


aesthetic surgery

aesthetic surgery (countable and uncountable, plural aesthetic surgeries)

Still, for those like Betty Ford who feel the need for outer rejuvenation, aesthetic surgery can be a godsend.

1978 October 23, “Living: The Unveiling of a New Ford”, in Time:

(medicine) Surgery which alters the physical appearance of a person, performed not for health reasons but in order to increase one's beauty or physical appeal; cosmetic surgery.


NOI

The patient's NOI is harder to identify because it is entirely symptomatic, as opposed to the MOI, which is obvious.

(emergency medicine, initialism) Initialism of nature of illness.


serosa

serosa (countable and uncountable, plural serosae or serosas)

Like the serous membranes of dehydrated cholera victims in general, the serosae of the small intestines in particular are often covered by a sticky and slimy coat,

1955, World Health Organisation, Bulletin de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé:

The cavity between serosa and amnion […]

1920, Bradley Merrill Patten, The early embryology of the chick:

(anatomy, medicine) Synonym of serous membrane.


sustentaculum

sustentaculum (plural sustentacula or sustentaculums)

sustentacula (plural)
sustentaculums (plural)

From Latin sustentaculum; compare sustentate. Attested since the eighteenth century.

The ligamentum talocalcaneum mediale lies obliquely on the medial side of the joint, and consists of fibres which extend from the medial posterior tubercle of the talus to the posterior roughened border of the sustentaculum tali.

1818, Daniel John Cunningham, Cunningham's Textbook of Anatomy, page 355:

While of only moderate size, the sustentaculum is very thick and prominent; its astragalar facet is of irregularly oval shape and nearly plane.

1912, William Berryman Scott, Toxodonta (Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899), volume 6, page 171:

(anatomy, zoology) A supporting structure, a body part that supports one or more other parts.


ponticular

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the ponticulus


ponticulus

(anatomy) a ridge of cartilage on the eminentia conchae of the ear


clavicula

clavicula (plural claviculae or (archaic) claviculæ)

claviculae (plural)
claviculæ (archaic plural)

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin clāvicula (“the collarbone”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”).


ncRNA

(genetics) non-coding RNA (or a segment of it)


non-coding RNA

(genetics) An RNA molecule which is not translated into a protein.


draw sheet

(medicine) A sheet positioned under a bedridden patient to facilitate moving the patient on the bed.


contrude

en-verb

contrude (third-person singular simple present contrudes, present participle contruding, simple past and past participle contruded)

contrudes (present singular third-person)
contruding (participle present)
contruded (participle past)
contruded (past)

She now needed braces, as her teeth were contruded.

Were it not for this attachment on the bow, the force of the elastic upon the cuspid over which it would pass would contrude it, unless it was secured to the bow with a band attachment.

1635, Calvin Case, A Practical Treatise on the Technics and Principles of Dental Orthopedia and Prosthetic Correction of Cleft Palate:

(transitive, intransitive, dentistry, rare) to crowd or push together (in senses relating to teeth)

to create an abnormal inward curve of any portion of the line of the dental arch


defervesce

defervesce (third-person singular simple present defervesces, present participle defervescing, simple past and past participle defervesced)

defervesces (present singular third-person)
defervescing (participle present)
defervesced (participle past)
defervesced (past)

Borrowed from Latin dēfervēscere, from dē- (prefix denoting removal, reversal, or undoing) + fervēscō (“to grow hot, to begin to boil”), from ferveō (“to be hot; to boil; to burn; to be agitated or inflamed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”).

der

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

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

[W]e find that the duration and succession of the febrile phenomena constitute five principal groups. […] 2. Fevers which are essentially continuous in their course (continued fevers), which exhibit but slight daily differences of temperature during their fastigium or acme, and defervesce rapidly (by crisis).

1871, C[arl Reinhold] A[ugust] Wunderlich, “Fundamental Principles”, in W. Bathurst Woodman, transl., On the Temperature in Diseases: A Manual of Medical Thermometry. … Translated from the Second German Edition (New Sydenham Society Publications; XLIX), London: The New Sydenham Society, →OCLC, § 32, page 14:

The symptoms gradually improved until, on the fifth day from her delivery, I was pleased to find the erysipelas rapidly defervescing, the lochia natural, no subinvolution of the uterus, nor abdominal tenderness.

1875 July 31, W. R. Smith, “[Notes, Short Comments, and Answers to Correspondents.] Erysipelas during Parturition.”, in James G. Wakley, editor, The Lancet: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Physiology, Surgery, Chemistry, Public Health, Criticism, and News, volume II, number 2709, London: Published by John James Croft, […

Meningococcal meningitis defervesces quickly over one to three days whereas Haemophilus influenzae meningitis resolves over three to five days, and severe pneumococcal meningitis may take a week or longer for the fever to decrease/become afebrile. Viral causes of meningitis or encephalitis defervesce very slowly over a seven-day period, and by monitoring the fever defevescence pattern a clinician can easily differentiate viral meningitis/encephalitis from bacterial meningitis.

2009, Burke A. Cunha, “Clinical Approach to Fever in Critical Care”, in Burke A. Cunha, editor, Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine (Infectious Disease and Therapy Series; 51), 3rd edition, New York, N.Y., London: Informa Healthcare; Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, part I (Diagnostic Approach in Critical Care), page 14:

(intransitive, medicine) To experience an abatement or resolution of fever.


hesitation wound

en-noun

hesitation wound (plural hesitation wounds)

(pathology, criminology) Any of a series of shallow cuts made by a person considering a suicide attempt, or trying out the weapon to ascertain its effectiveness.


embole

embole (countable and uncountable, plural emboles)

(surgery) An operation for the reduction of a dislocation.


dation

dation (countable and uncountable, plural dations)


fastidium

From Latin fastīdium (“loathing, disgust”).

(medicine, archaic) repugnance toward food; unwillingness to eat


VAD

ventricular assist device
w:ventricular assist device

(medicine) Initialism of ventricular assist device.


raclage

(medicine) The destruction of a soft growth by rubbing, as with a brush or harsh sponge; curettage, grattage, scraping.


instillator

Exceptionally it is extremely difficult to determine just when the instillator catheter has been introduced to the proper depth.

1907, James William White, Edward Martin, Genito-urinary Surgery and Venereal Diseases, page 160:

The Keyes or the Guyon instillator may be employed for fluids; only the former can be used with ointments .

1910, Edward Loughborough Keyes, Diseases of the genito-urinary organs, page 196:

The use of the instillator is indicated when total flushings are unavailing.

1916, Hobart Amory Hare, A Text-book of practical therapeutics, page 776:

(medicine) A device for injecting controlled amounts of fluids or ointments into the urethra, consisting of a catheter with a fitting on the outside for a syringe.


failure to thrive

failure to thrive (usually uncountable, plural failures to thrive)

(medicine, chiefly geriatrics) Abnormal weight loss, malaise.

izostanak očekivanoga normalnog fiziološkog razvoja


whore's eyes

Argyll Robertson pupils
Argyll Robertson pupils

(slang, pathology) Argyll Robertson pupils.


Argyll Robertson pupils

Named after Douglas Argyll Robertson (1837–1909), a Scottish ophthalmologist and surgeon, who described the condition in the mid-1860s in the context of neurosyphilis.

(pathology) Pupils which narrow to track an object as it approaches the face, but which will not narrow in reaction to increased light ("accommodating, but not reactive"); a symptom of the neurosyphilis stage syphilis infection.


mentalis

Learned borrowing from New Latin mentālis, ellipsis of musculus mentālis (“the chin muscle”).

ellipsis

(anatomy) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin; it originates in the incisive fossa of the mandible, inserts in the skin of the chin, and raises the chin and pushes up the lower lip.


nubecula

From Latin nūbēcula, diminutive of nūbēs (“cloud”).

(medicine) A cloudy object or appearance in urine.


procatarctic

(chiefly medicine) Beginning; predisposing; exciting; initial.

Procatarctic cause, called also primitive and incipient cause, is either an occasion which of its own nature does not beget a disease, but, happening on a body inclined to diseases, breeds a fever, gout &c. (such as are watching, fasting, and the like); or an evident and manifest cause, which immediately produces the disease, as being sufficient thereto, such as is a sword in respect to a wound.

1797, Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig, Encyclopædia Britannica, "Causes", page 271:

(medicine) Descriptive of an existing condition or state that caused, predisposed for or excited a present condition.


MGA

megestrol acetate
megestrol acetate#English

(pharmacology) Abbreviation of megestrol acetate.


PAB

(medicine) Initialism of protection at birth.


RSD

reflex sympathetic dystrophy
reflex sympathetic dystrophy#English

(medicine) Initialism of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.


aposteme

From Middle English aposteme (“a swelling, inflamation”), from Old French aposteme and Late Latin apostēma, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστημα (apóstēma, “abcesse”) (source of Modern Greek απόστημα (apóstima, “abscess”)), related to ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “to remove”).

der

(medicine, obsolete) An abscess; a pustulent swelling.


secern

en-verb

secern (third-person singular simple present secerns, present participle secerning, simple past and past participle secerned)

secerns (present singular third-person)
secerning (participle present)
secerned (participle past)
secerned (past)
secern (infinitive)

PIE word
 *swé
Learned borrowing from Latin sēcernere, the present active infinitive of sēcernō (“to put apart, divide, separate, sever, sunder; (figuratively) to disjoin, dissociate, part; to discern, distinguish; to exclude, pull aside, set aside, reject”), from sē- (prefix meaning ‘apart; aside; away’) + cernō (“to divide, separate; to distinguish, sift; to perceive, see; to comprehend, discern, regard, understand; to decide”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide, separate, sift”)).
Senses 1.3 and 2.2 (“synonym of secrete”) derive from the use of the Latin word sēcernere to translate Ancient Greek ἀποκρίνειν (apokrínein), the active infinitive participle of ἀποκρίνω (apokrínō, “to set apart, separate; to choose; to reject on inquiry; to answer, reply”).

der

[T]he joint-glands themſelves grovv rigid, and ſecern leſs of their proper humour. Hence vvhen the gout falls upon people in years, it proves very ſevere, for vvant of a neceſſary quantity of that oleaginous matter to extinguiſh it.

1734, William Stukeley, “Part II”, in Of the Gout; […], London, Dublin: […] Theo. Jones […], published 1735, →OCLC, page 25:

A friend of mine, vvhen he vvas painfully fatigued by riding on horſeback, vvas accuſtomed to call up ideas into his mind, vvhich uſed to excite his anger or indignation, and thus for a time at leaſt relieved the pain of fatigue. By this temporary inſanity, the effect of the voluntary povver upon the vvhole of his ſyſtem was increaſed; as in the caſes of dropſy above mentioned, it vvould appear, that the increaſed action of the voluntary faculty of the ſenſorium affected the abſorbent ſyſtem, as vvell as the ſecerning one.

1794, Erasmus Darwin, “Sect[ion] XXXIV. Diseases of Volition.”, in Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life, volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 435:

(physiology, archaic) Synonym of secrete (“to extract or separate (a substance) from the blood, etc., for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function”)

secrete

[…] Birds bee commonly better Meat than Beaſts, becauſe their Fleſh doth aſſimilate more finely, and ſecerneth more ſubtilly.

1631, Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century. [Experiment Solitary Touching Pilosity and Plumage.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 680, page 166:

(physiology, rare) To secrete a substance.


demarcation potential

en-noun

demarcation potential (plural demarcation potentials)

(medicine) the electric potential arising in a muscle or nerve from trauma injury


injury potential

injury potential (plural injury potentials)


injury current

(medicine) the electric current due to an injury potential


sand boil

The boils called sand boils, which form on the front of the knee, are generally produced by small particles of sand being rubbed beneath the skin when the men are kneeling to holystone the decks. Very troublesome sores are thus produced. Great care should, therefore, be taken never to kneel with the bare knees upon a sanded deck. In treating a sand boil, all particles of sand must be removed, wet compresses applied for a day or two, the leg kept at rest, dry lint and adhesive plaster being afterwards used.

1861, T[homas] Spencer Wells, “Boils”, in The Scale of Medicines with which Merchant Vessels are to be Furnished, by Command of the Privy Council for Trade; with Observations on the Means of Preserving the Health of Seamen; Directions for the Use of the Medicines, and for the Treatment of Various Accidents and Diseases, 2nd edition, London: John Churchill, New Burlington Street, page 92:

(pathology, rare) A boil which forms when sand particles enter and irritate the skin.


district nurse

(medicine) a senior nurse leading teams of community nurses which provide health care to patients within their own homes.


neurocutaneous

(medicine) Pertaining to the skin and the nerves.


fluocinolone

fluocinolone (countable and uncountable, plural fluocinolones)

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

af

(pharmacology) A synthetic hydrocortisone derivative used in dermatology to reduce skin inflammation and relieve itching.


weight loss

John achieved 25 pounds in weight loss after abstaining from soda and running two miles in the morning every day.

(medicine, nutrition) The reduction of total body mass due to loss of fluid, fat, tissue, etc.


BMP

basic metabolic panel
basic metabolic panel#English

(medicine) Initialism of basic metabolic panel.


comitant

(ophthalmology) Describing the degree of eye misalignment when looking at objects that does not depend on direction of gaze


HBC

(medicine) Initialism of hormonal birth control.

(veterinary medicine) Initialism of hit by car.


revehent

After birth, when the placental blood is cut off, blood is distributed in the liver by branches of the portal vein, which represent the advehent hepatic veins; it is collected again by branches which unite to form the revehent hepatic veins, or hepatic veins proper, and the latter open into the inferior vena cava.

1929, Frederick Randolph Bailey, Adam Marion Miller, Text-book of Embryology, page 231:

(anatomy) Carrying away from an organ or structure (towards the heart).


insulin shock therapy

en-noun

insulin shock therapy (usually uncountable, plural insulin shock therapies)

(medicine, psychiatry, dated) An outdated type of shock therapy effected by means of injecting an overdose of insulin.


pharmacoenvironmentology

(medicine) a branch of pharmacology and pharmacovigilance that deals entry of chemicals or drugs into the environment after elimination from humans and animals as post-therapy. It deals specifically with those pharmacological agents that have impact on the environment via elimination through living organisms subsequent to pharmacotherapy.


orchidopexy

(surgery) Alternative form of orchiopexy


orchiopexy

Learned borrowing from Latin orchis + -pexy, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle”) + πῆξις (pêxis, “fixing”).

affix

(surgery) A procedure for fixation of a testis, often to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum and keep it there.


ingravescent

ingravescent apoplexy

Cerebral hemorrhage, ingravescent in character, was diagnosticated and preparations were at once made for ligaturing the right common carotid.

1890, Transactions of the American Neurological Association, page 76:

(medicine, obsolete) Increasing in severity.


mobilome

(genetics) The entirety of the mobile (transposable) elements of a genome.


mammilla

From Latin mammilla, diminutive of mamma (“breast”).


gonorrhoeic

(pathology) Related to gonorrhoea; pertaining to gonorrhea.


pseudounipolar

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(anatomy) Of a neuron, having one axon that is split into two branches.


postherpes

(pathology) Following infection with herpes.


microdiscectomy

Richardson had a microdiscectomy to repair a herniated disk, which bothered him for most of last season.

2007 July 10, Howard Beck, “Knicks Fulfill Two Needs Without Making One Move”, in New York Times:


cytotherapy

en-noun

cytotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural cytotherapies)

Mr. Bass is scheduled for a stem-cell transplant and chemotherapy treatment next month as part of a clinical trial at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center . Dr. Raymond L. Comenzo, the director of the hospital’s cytotherapy laboratory, is one of about 20 doctors in the United States on the cutting edge of amyloidosis research.

2007 July 23, Claudia La Rocco, “A Maestro Conducting With Heart ... a New One”, in New York Times:

(medicine) The introduction of new cells into a tissue in order to treat a disease.


fasciotomy

The procedure, called needle aponeurotomy or percutaneous fasciotomy, involves using the bevel of a hypodermic needle to essentially shred the ropes of constricting fascia characteristic of Dupuytren’s disease.

2007 July 24, Kate Murphy, “Straightening Bent Fingers, No Surgery Required”, in New York Times:

(surgery) The cutting of the fascia to relieve tension or pressure (and treat the resulting loss of circulation to an area of tissue or muscle).

fasciotomia

the cutting of the fascia to relieve tension or pressure


copræmia

(medicine) A condition caused by retention of faecal matter and its absorption into the blood.


throat distemper

throat distemper (countable and uncountable, plural throat distempers)

(pathology, obsolete) Any of several potentially fatal human diseases that have their most visible symptoms affecting the throat.


lichenification

lichenification (countable and uncountable, plural lichenifications)

(dermatology) Epidermal thickening characterized by visible and palpable thickening of the skin with accentuated skin markings.

liquenificació

epidermal thickening with accentuated skin markings


SPL

To learn your SPL, measure the penis while it's flaccid. Press the ruler tight against the pubic bone at the base of the penis.[…] Now gently, but very firmly, stretch the penis as far as it will go. Measure from the pubic bone to the tip of the stretched penis.

2012 January 19, Daniel J. DeNoon, “Is My Penis Too Small?”, in WebMD:

stretched penile length
stretched penile length#English

(medicine) Initialism of stretched penile length.


OOA

OOA (countable and uncountable, plural OOAs)

(genetics, paleontology) Initialism of Out of Africa (hypothesis).


gonarthritis

(pathology) inflammation of the joint of the knee


ephelis

Borrowed from Latin ephēlis, from Ancient Greek ἔφηλῐς (éphēlĭs, “a freckle”), from ἐπ- (ep-, “upon, over, epi-”) + ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “the sun”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, nominal suffix).

af

(dermatology, pathology) Synonym of freckle.


foveate

en-adj

foveate (comparative more foveate, superlative most foveate)

more foveate (comparative)
most foveate (superlative)

From fovea + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

(anatomy, of a bone or organ) Having slight depressions or pits.


iridal

iridal (comparative more iridal, superlative most iridal)

more iridal (comparative)
most iridal (superlative)

The iridal dark-brown of her serious eyes had the enigmatic opacity of an Oriental hypnotist's look (in a magazine's back-page advertisement) and seemed to be placed higher that usual so that between its lower rim and the moist lower lid a cradle crescent of white remained when she stared straight at you.

1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 44:

(chiefly medicine) Pertaining to the iris of the eye.


minifilm

(radiography) A 10 cm² film used for chest X-rays that requires only 2.0 mrad (as opposed to the standard film of 35 by 42.5 cm, which requires at least 9.2 mrad).


RRD

en-noun

RRD (countable and uncountable, plural RRDs)

(medicine) Initialism of removable rigid dressing.


imparidigitate

From Latin impar (“unequal”) + digitus (“finger”).

The horse, tapir, and rhinoceros are imparidigitate.

Thus the Hog-group paridigitatestands below the Tapir - group (imparidigitate)

1864, James Dwight Dana, The Classification of Animals Based on the Principle of Cephalization:

(anatomy) Having an odd number of fingers or toes.


splenius

Borrowed from Latin splēnius, from splēnium (“a plaster, patch”) + -ius (adjectival suffix).

af

He caressed and parted [...] her lank loose, nearly lumbus-length (when she threw her head back as now) black silks as he tried to get at her bed-warm splenius.

1969, Владимир Набоков, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, page 89:

(anatomy) Either of two flat oblique muscles which are attached to the vertebrae on each side of the neck and upper thoracic region and which draw back the head.


acromioclavicular joint

en-noun

acromioclavicular joint (plural acromioclavicular joints)

He waved them up and down to show that his throwing shoulder still operates despite a sprained acromioclavicular joint, or AC joint.

2007 September 11, John Branch, “Eli Manning Could Sit Out Against Packers”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) A joint at the top of the shoulder, the junction between the acromion and the clavicle.


acromioclavicular

Frederick Matsen, the chairman of the department of orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington, who has watched the hit that injured Bradford, said an injured acromioclavicular joint could be a bruise, a clavicle fracture, a mild separation or a severe separation.

2009 September 7, Thayer Evans, “Uncertainty About Oklahoma and Injury to Its Quarterback”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.

ακρωμιοκλειδικός

pertaining to the acromion and the clavicle


elastography

(medicine) A method of detection or classification of tumors based on stiffness or elasticity of tissue.


hepatoportal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the portal system of the liver.


transcatheter

(medicine) Taking place through a catheter.


hyperfiltration

(medicine) An elevation of the rate of glomerular filtration of the kidneys.

hipearscagachán

an elevation of the rate of glomerular filtration of the kidneys


preglomerular

(anatomy) Occurring or located before the glomerulus.


postglomerular

(anatomy) Occurring or located after the glomerulus.


thromboelastography

(medicine) A method of testing the efficiency of coagulation in the blood.


subendothelium

(anatomy) The connective tissue below an endothelial layer.


pentothal

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

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


guaiac

guaiac (countable and uncountable, plural guaiacs)

alpha-guaiaconic acid
alpha-guaiaconic acid

(medicine) A paper treated with alpha-guaiaconic acid, used in tests to detect blood in the faeces.


agrin

From AGRN (“the name of the associated gene”) + -in.

affix

neuromuscular junction
neuromuscular junction

(neuroscience) a protein involved in the formation of neuromuscular junctions during embryonic development


dacryostenosis

(ophthalmology) Obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct.


nasolacrimal duct

en-noun

nasolacrimal duct (plural nasolacrimal ducts)

(anatomy, ophthalmology) a duct that transmits tears from the lacrimal sac to the inferior meatus of the nose


oxyfedrine

(pharmacology) A drug that acts as a vasodilator.


amniotomy

amniotomy (countable and uncountable, plural amniotomies)

The procedure, sometimes called amniotomy, involves rupturing the amniotic membranes to speed contractions.

2007 October 30, Nicholas Bakalar, “Childbirth: Purposely Breaking Water Does Not Speed Delivery”, in New York Times:

(medicine) An artificial rupture of membranes to induce or accelerate labour.