amnihook

From a trademark. Blend of amniotic + hook.

The physician/nurse midwife inserts an amnihook through the cervix and perforates the amniotic membranes. Labor contractions may begin within a few hours.

2005, Roberta Pavy Ramont, Dolores Maldonado Niedringhaus, Mary Ann Towle, Comprehensive nursing care:

The conclusions suggest that every delivery suite should have, alongside the sundry ampoules of oxytocin and packs of disposable amnihooks, birthing pools available.

2007, Denis Walsh, Evidence-based care for normal labour and birth: a guide for midwives, page 41:

(medicine) A baton with a slightly hooked end, used to perform amniotomy.


telaprevir

From [Term?] + -previr (“hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor”).

af

While Vertex has previously shown that telaprevir can sharply reduce virus levels in patients blood, the new data, to be presented at the meeting, an annual gathering of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in Boston, is the first strong signal of how many patients could be cured.

2007 November 2, Andrew Pollack, “2 Winning Drug Tests, One Expected and One a Surprise”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) A protease inhibitor intended to treat hepatitis C.


auriculo-

/ɔːˈɹɪk.jʊl.əʊ/

Formed from auricular + -o-; compare aur-.

The auriculo-ventricular orifice is an oblique slit[.]

1836, Robert Bentley Todd, editor, The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology, 1st edition, volumes 1: A–DEA, page 330, column 2:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the auricle of the heart.

The first of these, the auriculo-temporal nerve, passes backwards, under the external pterygoid muscle, and then upwards between the mandible and the external meatus, underneath the parotid gland.

1881, St. George Jackson Mivart, “IX. The Cat's Nervous System and Organs of Sense”, in The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals, 1st edition, John Murray, page 273:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the external ear; aural, auricular.


TBSA

Eighteen white rabbits were subjected to a 30 per cent TBSA full thickness burn.

1988 August, Sheng Zhi-yong, C. Y. Sheng, “Changes in erythrocyte membranes in burned rabbits”, in Burns, volume 14, number 4, page 287:

(medicine) Initialism of total body surface area. used in describing the extent of a burn


iodism

en-noun

iodism (usually uncountable, plural iodisms)


iodotherapy

(medicine) The therapeutic use of iodine or of iodides


ischialgia

From New Latin ischialgia, from Latin ischion + -algia.

(pathology) pain in the region of the ischium; sciatica


apodeme

The muscles are attached either directly to internal protrusions of its external skeleton, called apodemes, or indirectly, by filaments attached to the connection points.

2007 November 20, C. Claiborne Ray, “Ant Power”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) An ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles.

apódema

an ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles


laminaria

(gynaecology) A thin rod made of the dried stems of this alga, used to dilate the cervix.


DBS

DBS (countable and uncountable, plural DBSes)

In deep brain stimulation, or DBS, the areas of the brain that control movement are stimulated with electrical signals.

2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 50:

deep brain stimulation
deep brain stimulation#English

(surgery) Initialism of deep brain stimulation.


cutdown

(surgery) An emergency medical procedure in which the vein is exposed and a cannula is inserted into it.


crownwork

crownwork (countable and uncountable, plural crownworks)

(dentistry, uncountable) The addition of a crown.


armbone

(anatomy) A bone in the arm, specifically, the humerus.


myopericarditis

Though surprised, I quickly explained that the problem was probably myopericarditis, where inflammation of the surrounding membrane can partially involve the heart muscle.

2008 January 1, Sandeep Jauhar, M.D., “Explain a Medical Error? Sure. Apologize Too?”, in New York Times:

(medicine) A combination of myocarditis and pericarditis.


fexinidazole

From phe(no)xy + -nidazole (“metronidazole derivative”).

af

By 2014, he hopes to have evidence that another drug, fexinidazole, is better.

2008 January 8, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “Jump-Start on Slow Trek to Treatment for a Disease”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) A drug being investigated for the treatment of sleeping sickness.


melarsoprol

/məˈlɑɹ.səˌpɹɔl/

From mel(amine) + ars(enic) + -o- + pro(pylene) + -ol.

They still use the drug melarsoprol, which, Dr. Pécoul said, “is not effective and sometimes kills.”

(pharmacology) An organic arsenic compound, C₁₂H₁₅AsN₆OS₂, administered intravenously to treat late-stage African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).


postmovement

Tsujimoto and Sawaguchi (2005) concluded that each neuron's postmovement activity was significantly modulated by the directional preference, the reward outcome, and the specific task category.


methylnaltrexone

Since Jan. 1, 2007, the Food and Drug Administration has postponed clearance of Wyeth’s bifeprunox for schizophrenia, Pristiq for depression and menopausal hot flashes, Viviant for bone loss and methylnaltrexone for constipation.

2008 January 26, Bloomberg News, “Wyeth Says It May Cut 10% of Jobs”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) A peripherally-acting μ-opioid antagonist that acts to reverse some of the side effects of opioid drugs such as constipation without affecting analgesia or precipitating withdrawals.


vulvodynia

Anodynia (anorectal pain) most frequently occurs together with other pain syndromes, like vulvodynia or phallodynia, but sometimes it may be isolated.

2013, Tomasz F. Mroczkowski, Larry E. Millikan, Lawrence Charles Parish, Genital and Perianal Diseases: A Color Handbook, page 260:

(medicine) Pain in the vulva unexplained by vulvar or vaginal infection or skin disease.


vestibulodynia

(medicine) A form of vulvodynia (vulvar pain) localized in the vestibular region (the entry point into the vagina).


ABG

en-noun

ABG (countable and uncountable, plural ABGs)

arterial blood gas
arterial blood gas#English

(medicine) Initialism of arterial blood gas.


EHEC

The news media regale us with horror stories about dangerous flu viruses, multidrug-resistant superbugs, and EHEC-contaminated food.

2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 211:

(pathology) Initialism of enterohemorrhagic E. coli.

Shigatoxigenic and verotoxigenic Escherichia coli


Alice in Wonderland syndrome

Alice in Wonderland syndrome (uncountable)

After Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865; often known as Alice in Wonderland), in which the protagonist changes size after consuming a potion and a cake.

Three cases of "Alice in Wonderland" syndrome (metamorphopsia) are presented and described as a presenting symptom of infectious mono nucleosis in a preadolescent male and in two late teenage females.

1977 February, Stuart M. Copperman, “" Alice in Wonderland" Syndrome as a Presenting Symptom of Infectious Mononucleosis in Children: A Description of Three Affected Young People”, in Clinical pediatrics, volume 16, number 2, page 143:

Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS) is characterized by visual hallucinations and bizarre perceptual distortions.

1998 August, Yung-Ting Kuo, Nan-Chang Chiu, Ein-Yiao Shen, Che-Sheng Ho, Ming-CheWu, “Cerebral perfusion in children with Alice in Wonderland syndrome”, in Pediatric neurology, volume 19, number 2, page 105:

After all, Alice in Wonderland syndrome was, until recently, believed to be so rare that most university courses in medicine, psychology and the neurosciences did not even bother to address it.

2019, Jan Dirk Blom, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome:

(medicine, neurology) A disorienting neurological condition involving micropsia, macropsia, or size distortion of other sensory modalities.

Alice in Wonderland syndrome
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll

syndrome d’Alice au pays des merveilles

neurological condition affecting the perception of size

síndrome de Alice no país das maravilhas


doxylamine

Probably from d(imethyl) + oxy(eth)yl + -amine.

The drug doxylamine was also found in his system.

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

(pharmacology) An antihistamine derived from pyridine that is typically used in the form of its succinate C₁₇H₂₂N₂O·C₄H₆O₄ to treat respiratory symptoms of the common cold and allergies, to induce sleep in the treatment of insomnia, and in combination with pyridoxine hydrochloride to control nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy.


endoneurium

(anatomy) A layer of delicate connective tissue enclosing the myelin sheath of a spinal cord nerve fiber.


bimatoprost

From bimato- (of unknown origin) + -prost (“prostaglandin”).

af

Some of the products contained small amounts of bimatoprost, an ingredient in the anti-glaucoma drug Lumigan, which is manufactured by Allergan.

2009 March 3, Alex Kuczynski, “Jeepers Peepers!”, in New York Times:

intraocular pressure
intraocular pressure

(pharmacology) A prostaglandin analog C₂₅H₃₇NO₄ used topically to reduce elevated intraocular pressure (as in the treatment of open-angle glaucoma) and promote the growth of longer and thicker eyelashes. It is marketed under the trademarks Latisse and Lumigan.


hexamethylenamin

(organic chemistry, medicine) urotropin (hexamethylenetetramine) when used as a therapeutic agent


overaccommodate

en-verb

overaccommodate (third-person singular simple present overaccommodates, present participle overaccommodating, simple past and past participle overaccommodated)

overaccommodates (present singular third-person)
overaccommodating (participle present)
overaccommodated (participle past)
overaccommodated (past)

(ophthalmology) To adjust the focus of the eye so that the image resolves at a point behind the retina.


salinomycin

An investigation showed that the camels had been poisoned by fodder contaminated with an antibiotic called salinomycin, often added to chicken feed but poisonous to camels.

2008 March 17, Katherine Zoepf, “Camels Go Easily Through the Eyes of Admirers”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) An antibacterial and coccidiostat ionophore therapeutic drug.


costochondritis

For example, many patients with chest pain carry a diagnosis of costochondritis (inflammation of the chest wall bones) or gastroesophageal reflux (regurgitation of stomach acid into the esophagus).

2008 March 25, Barron H. Lerner, “When the Disease Eludes a Diagnosis”, in New York Times:

(medicine) A benign inflammation of the costal cartilage, causing pain between the ribs.


temporoparietal

/ˌtɛmpəɹəʊpəˈɹʌɪətəl/

When the researchers used functional M.R.I. machines to look at the workings of the brain in Chinese- and English-speaking dyslexics, they found that in the English speakers there was weak reading activity in the temporoparietal and occipitotemporal regions.

2008 April 15, Eric Nagourney, “Patterns: Dyslexia as Different as Day and Night”, in New York Times:

The temperoparietal junction sits at a crossroads for many kinds of information, including the perception of the position of one's own body, and the perception of the bodies and actions of other people.

2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 611:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the temporal lobe and parietal lobe, or the junction where they meet.


methyltestosterone

Tamoxifen, used to treat breast cancer, will be offered for $9 for a 30-day supply, as will combination estrogen/methyltestosterone tablets, prescribed for menopause and hormone deficiency.

2008 May 6, The Associated Press, “Wal-Mart Expands Program Providing Drug Discounts”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) An anabolic steroid that is a methyl derivative of testosterone C₂₀H₃₀O₂, used to treat testosterone deficiency in men and breast cancer and menopause in women.


axopetal

en-adj

axopetal (comparative more axopetal, superlative most axopetal)

more axopetal (comparative)
most axopetal (superlative)


pseudoaneurysm

One nurse aggressively stanched the arterial pseudoaneurysm with a copious number of four-inch gauze pads, but Williams’s ordeal is hardly over.

2008 May 12, George Vecsey, “Accepting the Costs of a Life in Football”, in New York Times:

(medicine) A so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery.


levosalbutamol

(pharmacology) A bronchodilator used to treat asthma and COPD.


cupper

(medicine, archaic) One who performs the operation of cupping.


branchiate

branchiate (comparative more branchiate, superlative most branchiate)

more branchiate (comparative)
most branchiate (superlative)

branchiate segments

a branchiate fish

(anatomy) Furnished with branchiae; gilled, having gills.


leuconychia

Fromm leuco- + Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux) + -ia.

(medicine) White discoloration of the nails.


antigonorrhoeic

(medicine) That acts against, or prevents, gonorrhoea.


antigonorrhoeic

(medicine, dated) A drug or agent that prevents or counters gonorrhoea.


cremasteric

The aponeurosis of the external oblique is now divided and its edges retracted; this exposes the cord and hernia sac lying on top, the whole surrounded by the cremasteric fascia through which run bundles of the cremasteric muscle.

1918, Carroll Woolsey Allen, Local and Regional Anesthesia, W. B. Saunders Company, second edition, Chapter XVIII, page #367:


-odontia

Formed from the suffixation of ὀδόντ- (odónt-), the stem of the Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”), with the English suffix -ia; compare the Latin -odontia and the French -odontie.

(dentistry and medicine):
(forms nouns) branch of dentistry

(dentistry and medicine):
(forms nouns) condition of the teeth


telerehabilitation

(medicine) rehabilitation (as of a drug user) by means of telecommunications or a computer network


xiphoidian

...the deep xiphoidian para-umbilical vein which anastomoses the umbilical circulation, tributary of the portal vein to the xiphoidian plexus...

1936, Louis Hamman, International Clinics: A Quarterly of Illustrated Clinical Lectures:


doxazosin

Probably from (benzo)d(i)ox(ane) + -azosin.

benign prostatic hyperplasia
benign prostatic hyperplasia

(pharmacology) A drug taken orally in the form of its mesylate C₂₃H₂₅N₅O₅·CH₄O₃S to relieve urethral obstruction in benign prostatic hyperplasia and to treat hypertension. It is a derivative of quinazoline that acts to relax smooth muscle by combining with and blocking the activity of an alpha-receptor.


occipitoaxial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis.


Bartholin's cyst

en-noun

Bartholin's cyst (plural Bartholin's cysts)

(medicine) A fluid-filled cyst near the vagina, caused by the blockage of a Bartholin's gland.


bulbourethral

(anatomy) Pertaining to the urethra and the bulb of the penis.

bulbouretral

pertaining to the urethra and the bulb of the penis


marsupialization

marsupialization (usually uncountable, plural marsupializations)

(surgery) The surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely.


ischiocavernosus

(anatomy) A muscle just below the surface of the perineum, used to flex the anus, stabilize the erect penis (in males), and tense the vagina (in females).


leukoplakia

leukoplakia (countable and uncountable, plural leukoplakias)

(medicine) Patches of keratosis on the mucous membranes of the oral cavity and in other areas, associated with smoking.

leukoplakie

patches of keratosis on the mucous membranes of the oral cavity


punched out

en-adj

punched out (comparative more punched out, superlative most punched out)

more punched out (comparative)
most punched out (superlative)

A diagnostic workup with endoscopy found punched-out lesions in the stomach.

(medicine) Being rounded, sharply circumscribed, and often multiple in number.


stridulous

stridulous (comparative more stridulous, superlative most stridulous)

more stridulous (comparative)
most stridulous (superlative)

From Latin stridulus (“creaking, giving a shrill sound”), from stridere (“to utter an inarticulate sound, creak, grate”).


tick-borne encephalitis

central nervous system
central nervous system

(pathology) A viral infectious disease of the central nervous system borne by ticks, which most often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis, or meningoencephalitis.


paliperidone

From pali- (of unknown origin) + -peridone (“risperidone derivative”).

af

(pharmacology) 9-hydroxyrisperidone, an atypical antipsychotic drug.


sertindole

Probably blend of ser(o)t(onin) + indole.

(pharmacology) An atypical antipsychotic drug.


iloperidone

From [Term?] + -peridone (“risperidone derivative”).

(pharmacology) An atypical antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia.


vestibulocerebellum

en-noun

vestibulocerebellum (plural vestibulocerebellums or vestibulocerebella)

vestibulocerebellums (plural)
vestibulocerebella (plural)

flocculonodular lobe
flocculonodular lobe

(anatomy) The flocculonodular lobe of the cerebellum.


flocculonodular lobe

flocculonodular lobe (plural flocculonodular lobes)

(anatomy) A lobe of the cerebellum consisting of the nodule and the flocculus.


flocculonodular

(anatomy) Pertaining to the nodule and flocculus of the cerebellum.


cephaeline

(biochemistry, pharmacology) An alkaloid that induces vomiting, related to emetine.


superciliary

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the supercilium or eyebrow.


xanthogranuloma

xanthogranuloma (plural xanthogranulomas or xanthogranulomata)

xanthogranulomas (plural)
xanthogranulomata (plural)

(medicine) A form of histiocytosis with yellowish lesions.


befiradol

(pharmacology) A potent drug with analgesic and antiallodynic effects.


antiallodynic

an antiallodynic drug


antiestrogen

Dr. Esteva described a breast cancer patient first treated with a mastectomy and the antiestrogen tamoxifen in 1995.

2008 June 17, Jane E. Brody, “Cancer as a Disease, Not a Death Sentence”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) A substance that blocks the production or utilization of estrogens, or inhibits their effects.


zootrophic

(physiology) Of or pertaining to the nourishment of animals.


ichthyotherapy

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

(alternative medicine) The use of fish for therapeutic treatment, especially for cleaning wounds.


gemmotherapy

gemmotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural gemmotherapies)

(alternative medicine) The use of remedies made from the embryonic tissue of various trees and shrubs, or other meristematic parts


prosector's wart

prosector's wart (plural prosector's warts)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis#Translingual

(pathology) a rash, verruca necrogenica, of small, red papular nodules in the skin caused by inoculation with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a previously infected and immunocompetent person.


hydroxyprogesterone

(pharmacology) A steroid hormone, produced during the synthesis of glucocorticoids and sex steroids.


indagation

indagation (countable and uncountable, plural indagations)

From Latin indāgātiō, from indāgō (“I investigate”).

(medicine) The determination of the condition of the genital parts at the termination of the puerperium preliminary to the discharge of the patient.


tetanics

(medicine, dated) A class of diseases of the nerves that affect the spinal cord.


iliolumbar

(anatomy) Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions.

iliolumbar

pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions


sphygmic

From Latin sphygmicus, from Ancient Greek σφυγμικός (sphugmikós), from σφυγμός (sphugmós, “pulse”), whence sphygm-.

(physiology, rare) Of or pertaining to the circulatory pulse.


anconeal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the elbow.


aquapuncture

(medicine) The subcutaneous injection of water, once thought to relieve pain.


pudendum virile

pudendum virile (plural pudenda virilia)

From Latin pudendum (“a thing to be ashamed of”) + virile, neuter form of virilis (“of a man”).

uder

(medicine) A part of the male pudenda; the principal male organ of intromission and micturition; the penis.


sweating sickness

(historical, pathology) An unidentified, highly virulent disease with aches and sweating, the cause of a series of epidemics in England and Europe between 1485 and 1551.


apnoeal

(pathology) Of or characterized by apnoea.


babygram

Hereby it should first be established that in young infants the so-called babygram (consisting of one anterior-posterior view and one lateral view) of the skeleton should be considered obsolete and an error of judgement.

2010, Rob A. C. Bilo, Forensic Aspects of Pediatric Fractures:

An antero-posterior total-body radiograph (babygram) is most helpful. However, due to contractures or post mortem stiffening of the body, a postero-anterior babygram may be preferable to antero-posterior babygram.

2014, Marta C. Cohen, The Pediatric and Perinatal Autopsy Manual with DVD-ROM, page 235:

(informal, medicine) An X-ray of the entire body of an infant.


vestibulitis

It has been noted after vestibulitis, furuncles, and acute and chronic coryza.

1909, Progressive Medicine: A Quarterly Digest of Advances, Discoveries, and Improvements in the Medical and Surgical Sciences, volume 1:

Vulvar vestibulitis is a chronic clinical syndrome of unknown cause defined (by Friedrich) by the constellation of severe pain on vestibular touch or attempted vaginal entry, tenderness to pressure localized within the vulvar vestibule […]

1998, John F. Steege, Chronic Pelvic Pain: An Integrated Approach, page 186:

There is no doubt that patients with vulvodynia from vestibulitis experience psychosexual dysfunction due to their severe dyspareunia.

2000, Fred M. Howard, Pelvic Pain: Diagnosis and Management:

(medicine) Inflammation of a vestibule, especially localized vulvodynia in the vestibular region (the entry point into the vagina).


clitorodynia

(medicine) Vulvodynia in the vicinity of the clitoris.


perineoplasty

(medicine) Any of several related surgical procedures used in the correction of conditions of the vagina and/or anus, especially the repair of the perineum.


abdominoperineal

(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the perineum.

abdominoperineaal

relating to the abdomen and the perineum


quintan fever

(medicine, archaic) An intermittent fever returning every fifth day (inclusive), or in which the intermission lasts three days.


unipennate

We applied this method to the proximal aponeurosis of the unipennate medial gastrocnemius muscle (MG) of the cat during active force production at fixed muscle length.

1998, E. J. Brill, Netherlands Journal of Zoology, volume 48, page 324:

The most distal region of the muscle was again unipennate, with fibers oriented between the posterior aponeurosis and the anterior surface of the muscle (Fig. 1D,E).

2006, Journal of Morphology, volume 267, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, page 593:

Although only one component of the muscle fiber force is used effectively to move the tendon, the advantage of the unipennate muscle system is that an increased number of sarcomeres can be placed in parallel to increase the effective force of the muscle (figure 2.19).

2008, William Charles Whiting, Ronald F. Zernicke, Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury, 2nd edition, page 44:

(medicine, anatomy, zoology) Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of a muscle, the parallel fibres of which attach to a tendon at an acute angle (as a feather that is barbed on one side).


haemorrhagia

(pathology) Any of several hemorrhagic fevers.


quadricipital

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.


polysomatic

en-adj

polysomatic (comparative more polysomatic, superlative most polysomatic)

more polysomatic (comparative)
most polysomatic (superlative)

(genetics) Having both polyploid and diploid cells in the same tissue


intrauterine insemination

en-noun

intrauterine insemination (countable and uncountable, plural intrauterine inseminations)

(medicine) The insertion of sperm directly into a woman's uterus, typically as a way of increasing the chances of conception.


blennorrhoea

blennorrhoea (countable and uncountable, plural blennorrhoeas)

From Ancient Greek βλέννος (blénnos, “mucus, slime”) with ῥοία (rhoía, “flow, flux”).


submental

(anatomy, relational) Located beneath the chin or lower jaw.


Wallerian degeneration

(medicine) A process that results when a nerve fiber is cut or crushed, in which the part of the axon separated from the neuron's cell body degenerates distal to the injury.


autostylic

From auto- + Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar, support”) + -ic.

af

(anatomy) Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the lungfish and tetrapods.


nasoseptal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the internasal septum.


nasolachrymal

(anatomy, relational) Alternative spelling of nasolacrimal.


nasobuccal

the nasobuccal groove in the skate

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the nose and mouth.


ecraseur

(surgery) A surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.


loxoscelism

From translingual Loxosceles (“taxonomic name for a genus of recluse spiders”) + -ism.

affix

1978, H. Schenone, G. Suarez, Chapter II: Venoms of Scytotidae, Genus Loxosceles, Sergio Bettini (editor), Arthropod Venoms, Springer, 2012 softcover reprint, page 266,
Regardless of the clinical form of loxoscelism, but according to the extension and deepness of the lesions in 89.6 % of the cases they may heal in a very complete and convenient form, within 1 – 3 weeks.

2004, Hernán F. Gómez, Harry S. Wasserman, Chapter 249: Recluse Spider and Other Necrotizing Arachnids, Richard C. Dart (editor), Medical Toxicology, 3rd edition, Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), page 1600,
In a subset of bite victims, serious manifestations of systemic loxoscelism develop. The major life-threatening effects of loxoscelism include hemolysis, DIC, and sepsis. Patients with systemic loxoscelism are admitted to an intensive care unit environment and should receive serial laboratory tests, including a complete blood count, platelet count, and urine hemoglobin or myoglobin.

The loxoscelism was first described in 1937 by the Chilean physician Atilio Macchiavello Varas [81, 82], who demonstrated that L. laeta bite caused the “arañismo cutáneogangrenoso y hemolitico do Chile”.

2011, Eduardo Novaes Ramires, Mario Antonio Navarro-Silva, Francisco de Assis Marques, “Chapter 24: Chemical Control of Spiders and Scorpions in Urban Areas”, in Margarita Stoytcheva, editor, Pesticides in the Modern World, InTech, page 567:

(medicine) A necrotic condition caused by the bite of a recluse spider (genus Loxosceles).


polyspermia

(pathology) An abnormally profuse production of semen


laryngorrhoea

(pathology) An excessive secretion from a larynx; abnormal mucous discharge of a larynx.


pred-

(pharmacology) Used to form names of prednisone and prednisolone derivatives.


polyoncosis

(pathology) The formation of multiple tumours


MCA

en-noun

MCA (countable and uncountable, plural MCAs)

middle cerebral artery
middle cerebral artery#English

(anatomy) Initialism of middle cerebral artery.


pollical

en-adj

pollical (comparative more pollical, superlative most pollical)

more pollical (comparative)
most pollical (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin pollicis, genitive form of pollex (“thumb”), with the suffix -al.


spectrum disorder

en-noun

spectrum disorder (plural spectrum disorders)

However, there is no reliable evidence on the incidence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the United Kingdom.

2007 June 9, Lisa Hitchen, “Doctors advise women not to drink alcohol during pregnancy”, in British Medical Journal, volume 334, number 7605, page 1186:

Today, many researchers believe that compulsive buying should be considered as exhibiting elements of both obsessive-compulsive and impulse-control disorders, calling this theory obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder.

2008 Dec., Nancy M. Ridgway at al., "Doctors advise women not to drink alcohol during pregnancy," vol. 35, no. 4, p. 623

[T]he proportion of relatives shown as affected with schizophrenia actually consists of definite plus uncertain diagnoses of schizophrenia plus a hard-to-define category of "schizophrenia spectrum disorder".

1975, R. N. Curnow, Charles Smith, “Multifactorial Models for Familial Diseases in Man”, in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, volume 138, number 2, page 165:

(medicine, psychology, pathology) A physiological or psychological disorder which may take any of a range of forms or be indicated by any of a range of symptoms.


outskin

They suffered from outskin-chafed necks and wrists, […]

1938, George Smith, George Henry Lewes, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Cornhill magazine: Volume 158:


spine board

According to Renn, Murphy, who was semi-conscious at the time, was strapped to the spine board.

1974 April 15, Paula Estep, “Youth critically hurt in 150-feet fall here”, in Williamson Daily News, USA, retrieved 2011-08-03, page 2:

A cervical collar was applied and she was placed on a spine board for removal from the vehicle.

1980 July 28, “Passenger Hospitalized after Car Leaves Road”, in Lewiston Daily Sun, USA, retrieved 2011-08-03, page 18:

He was carried from the field in a spineboard, asking, "Am I going to be paralyzed?"

1993 May 22, Rich Cimini, “Facing His Past: Byrd reflects after visiting collision site”, in Newsday, USA, retrieved 2011-08-03, page 103:

Paramedics then climbed up, slathered a soothing gel on his burns, gave him pain medication, a neck brace and slid him on a spine board.

2010 November 9, “Worker hospitalised after 22,000-volt jolt”, in ABC News, Australia, retrieved 2011-08-03:

(emergency medicine) A rigid carrying surface for an injured person, designed to prevent the movement of the spine during transportation in order to prevent further damage to it.


bemesetron

From be(nzoate) + me(thyl) + -setron (“serotonin receptor 5-HT₃ antagonist”).

af

(pharmacology) A drug with antiemetic effects, used mainly in scientific research.


barnidipine

calcium channel blocker
calcium channel blocker

(pharmacology) A particular calcium channel blocker.


benzobarbital

(pharmacology) A barbiturate derivative with anticonvulsant effects.


histiocytosis

en-noun

histiocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural histiocytoses)

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: histiocyte + -osis = histio- + -cyte + -osis.

(medicine) An excess of histiocytes, associated with various rare diseases.

classical compound
histiocytosis
international scientific vocabulary


sea-blue histiocytosis

The lipids appear blue under a certain stain.

(medicine) A cutaneous condition associated with excessive cytoplasm loading of lipids within histiocytes.


Erdheim-Chester disease

The first case was reported by the American pathologist William Chester in 1930, during his visit to the Austrian pathologist Jakob Erdheim in Vienna.

(medicine) polyostotic sclerosing histiocytosis, a rare disease characterized by the abnormal multiplication of histiocytes.


Niemann-Pick disease

Described by Albert Niemann in 1914 and by Ludwig Pick in the 1930s.

(medicine) Any of a group of fatal inherited metabolic disorders associated with sphingomyelin accumulation in the central nervous system.


hypermobile

en-adj

hypermobile (comparative more hypermobile, superlative most hypermobile)

more hypermobile (comparative)
most hypermobile (superlative)

If you're hypermobile, meaning you have an increased range of movement in a body part, be careful not to overstretch your joints and avoid repetitive exercises, which can lead to pain.

2023 March 20, Rebecca Gillam, Bridie Wilkins, “Alexandra Daddario and her PT on how she built her Baywatch bod + her 10 regular workout rules”, in Women's Health:

(medicine, anatomy) Exhibiting hypermobility; able to move further than usual, as of joints.


FTT

en-noun

FTT (countable and uncountable, plural FTTs)

failure to thrive
failure to thrive#English

(medicine) Initialism of failure to thrive.


polyradiculoneuropathy

polyradiculoneuropathy (countable and uncountable, plural polyradiculoneuropathies)

Chronic Idiopathic demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, like Guillain-Barré syndrome, which it resembles, is a neurological disease, not a blood disease.

2008 June 22, Emily Mitchell, “Sick Days”, in New York Times:

Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome

(medicine) A condition in which polyneuropathy and polyradiculopathy occur together, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome.

polyradiculonévrite

medicine: a condition in which polyneuropathy and polyradiculopathy occur together


polyradiculopathy

polyradiculopathy (countable and uncountable, plural polyradiculopathies)

(medicine) A radiculopathy affecting more than one spinal nerve root.


adipiodone

From adip(oyl) + -iod- (“iodine-containing contrast medium”) + -one.

af

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A particular molecule used as a contrast medium.


diatrizoic acid

From dia(cetamide) + tri(iodo) + (ben)zoic acid.

amidotrizoic acid
amidotrizoic acid#English

(pharmacology) Synonym of amidotrizoic acid.


iodamide

(pharmacology) A particular molecule used as a contrast medium.


ioxitalamic acid

From io- (“iodine-containing contrast medium”) + (hydr)oxy + (isoph)thalamic acid.


ioglycamic acid

From io- (“iodine-containing contrast medium”) + glyc(ol)am(ide) + -ic acid.


iodoxamic acid

From iod- (“iodine-containing contrast medium”) + (eth)ox(y) + am(ide) + -ic acid.


iotroxic acid

From io- (“iodine-containing contrast media”) + tr(i)- + (eth)ox(y) + -ic acid.


OPV

(medicine) Initialism of oral poliovirus vaccine.


clomifene

From chlo(ro)- + (a)mi(ne) + phen(yl) + -e.

(pharmacology) A synthetic non-steroidal drug used to treat infertility in women by stimulating ovulation.

-mifene

antiestrogen or estrogen receptor modulator


bumetanide

After reports surfaced late last fall that StarCaps contained bumetanide, a potent diuretic that was not included on its ingredients list, the Vitamin Shoppe and GNC pulled StarCaps from their shelves, according to e-mail messages from the companies in reply to a reporter’s questions.

2009 February 10, Natasha Singer, “F.D.A. Finds ‘Natural’ Diet Pills Laced With Drugs”, in New York Times:

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A sulfamyl drug used to treat heart failure.


drospirenone

But Yaz contains drospirenone, a progestin that can cause excess potassium production in some patients, its side effects include an increased risk of serious heart and other health problems.

2009 February 11, Natasha Singer, “A Birth Control Pill That Promised Too Much”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) A synthetic progestogen C₂₄H₃₀O₃ that is an analog of spironolactone and is used in birth control pills in combination with ethinylestradiol (trademarks Yasmin and Yaz).


epibranchial

1920, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Volumes 8-9, Royal Society of South Africa, page 92,
According to T. J. Parker, they probably represent the epibranchial region of the second branchial arch, and Beddard also refers them to the same arch.

We demonstrate that in the chick head, integration between the epibranchial placodes and the hindbrain is achieved as the neuroglial hindbrain crest cells guide the epibranchial neuronal cells inward to establish their central connections.

2001 October 19, Jo Begbie, Anthony Graham, “Integration Between the Epibranchial Placodes and the Hindbrain”, in Science, volume 294, number 5542, →DOI, pages 595–598:

(zoology, fish anatomy, embryology) Of or pertaining to a segment, below (more ventral than) the pharyngobranchial segment and above (more dorsal than) the ceratobranchial segment, on either side of a branchial arch (in a fish) or of a pharyngeal arch (in the embryo of a vertebrate).

epibranchial

pertaining to a particular segment of a branchial arch or of a pharyngeal arch


epibranchial

The fourth and fifth epibranchials of other genera have the same tendency as these clupeids and salmonids.

1969, Gunnar Bertmar, B. G. Kapoor, Robert Victor Miller, “Epibranchial Organs in Lower Teleostean Fishes-An Example of Structural Adaptation”, in William J. L. Felts, Richard J. Harrison, editors, International Review of General and Experimental Zoology, Volume 4, Academic Press, page 41:

In the place where Howes's (1985b) fig. 9 identifies epibranchial 4, our Gonorynchus specimen has both epibranchials 4 and epibranchial 5, not in contact except at their dorsal fusion and ventral articulation, as illustrated in Monad (1963, fig. 40) (epibranchial 5 identified as "cartilage semilunaire").

1996, Sarah V. Fink, William L. Fink, “Chapter 11: Interrelationships of Ostariophysan Fishes (Teleostei)”, in Melanie L.J. Stiassny, Lynne R. Parenti, G. David Johnson, editors, Interrelationships of Fishes, Academic Press, page 231:

Branchial abductors move the epibranchials apart, opening the gill slits.

2000, Stephen M. Deban, David B. Wake, “Chapter 3: Aquatic Feeding in Salamanders”, in Kurt Schwenk, editor, Feeding: Form, Function and Evolution in Tetrapod Vertebrates, Academic Press, page 74:

(zoology, fish anatomy) An epibranchial cartilage or bone.


oxyphenisatine

(pharmacology) A withdrawn drug once used as a laxative.


dihydroxyphenylisatin

(pharmacology) The laxative drug oxyphenisatine.


antispasticity

And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.

2009 March 17, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “After a Stroke, Freeing Muscles With Botox”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) That prevents or diminishes spasms.


melanuria

en-noun

melanuria (countable and uncountable, plural melanurias)

(medicine) The excretion of urine of an abnormally dark colour, caused by the presence of melanin or other pigments or by the action of phenol, creosote, resorcin, and other coal-tar derivatives.


brachioradialis

(anatomy) A muscle that flexes the forearm at the elbow.

الْعَضَلَة الْعَضُدِيَّة الْكُعْبُرُيَّة


microfocus

(radiography) The ability to focus on a microscopic target


microfocus

en-verb

microfocus (third-person singular simple present microfocuses, present participle microfocusing, simple past and past participle microfocused)

microfocuses (present singular third-person)
microfocusing (participle present)
microfocused (participle past)
microfocused (past)

(radiography) To focus on a microscopic target


neurotrauma

en-noun

neurotrauma (countable and uncountable, plural neurotraumas)

One of the most promising neurotrauma protocols comes from an Emory University researcher, Donald Stein, whose work suggests that a dose of the hormone progesterone administered within 24 hours of a brain injury could have a profound protective effect.

2009 March 30, Michael Paul Mason, “Keeping Our Heads”, in New York Times:


trientine

From short of trie(thyle)n(e)t(etram)ine.

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) Triethylenetetramine dihydrochloride, an oral copper chelating agent used to treat Wilson's disease.


hemangiopericytoma

hemangiopericytoma (plural hemangiopericytomas or hemangiopericytomata)

hemangiopericytomas (plural)
hemangiopericytomata (plural)

From hemangiopericyte + -oma (“neoplastic tumor”), the former from hemangio- + pericyte.

affix

The cause was hemangiopericytoma, a rare vascular cancer, said his wife, Dizzy Cox.

2009 April 19, Margalit Fox, “Michael Cox, Editor and Author of ‘The Meaning of Night,’ Dies at 60”, in New York Times:

(oncology) A sarcoma of the soft tissue that originates in the pericytes in the walls of capillaries.


basilicon

en-noun

basilicon (usually uncountable, plural basilicons)

From the Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón) (also in the form basilicum, via the Latin basilicum), the neuter form of βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal”) (basilicus in Latin), understood as in the phrase βασιλικόν φάρμακον (basilikón phármakon, “royal drug”). Doublet of basil and basilicum.

(archaic, medicine) Any of various ointments believed to have “sovereign” virtues.


clofazimine

Another drug, clofazimine, used more than a century ago to treat leprosy, may be effective against autoimmune disorders like multiple sclerosis and psoriasis.

2009 April 28, Kate Murphy, “With Aid of Drug Library, New Remedies From Old”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) A reddish brown fat-soluble powdered dye C₂₇H₂₂Cl₂N₄ that is a derivative of riminophenazine used especially to treat lepromatous leprosy.


Holstein-Lewis fracture

Holstein-Lewis fracture (usually uncountable, plural Holstein-Lewis fractures)

Named after Arthur Holstein (born 1914) and Gwylim Lewis (1914−2009), American orthopedic surgeons who described it in 1963.

(medicine) A fracture of the distal third of the humerus resulting in entrapment of the radial nerve.


earbone

This earbone criterion may seem esoteric — until we learn that the evolution of that bone structure is related to the development of a single lower jaw, which in turn, is associated with the fact that mammals, unlike, say, lizards, have differentiated teeth that allow for different kinds of chewing.

2009 May 15, Edward Rothstein, “Come Meet Your Folks: Warm Blood Is Required”, in New York Times:


piRNA

piwi-interacting RNA
piwi-interacting RNA#English

(genetics) Abbreviation of piwi-interacting RNA.


backstrap

(drugs) The rolling of a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion.


Draize test

Developed in 1944 by American toxicologists John H. Draize and Jacob M. Spines.

(toxicology) An acute toxicity test in which a small amount of the test substance is applied to the eye or skin of a restrained, conscious animal (typically an albino rabbit) which is subsequently observed.


syngenetic

(genetics) Of, pertaining to, or arising from syngenesis


syngenesis

(genetics) The genetic origin of an individual derived from material from both parents (by sexual reproduction).


aesthetasc

As coconut crabs live on the land, the aesthetascs on their antennae are shorter and blunter than those of other crabs and look more like those of insects.

(anatomy) A specialized organ used to determine the concentration and direction of a smell.


arthrogram

Bruney had a magnetic resonance imaging exam on Thursday and an arthrogram on Friday, seeking answers.

2009 May 23, Tyler Kepner, “Bruney Can’t Find Reason for Pain”, in New York Times:

(medicine) A series of images, often X-rays, of a joint after injection of a contrast medium.


arthrogrypotic

(pathology, teratology) Of, pertaining to or affected with arthrogryposis.


arthrological

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to arthrology.


URT

URT (countable and uncountable, plural URTs)

ultrasound reflection tomography
w:ultrasound reflection tomography

(medicine) Initialism of ultrasound reflection tomography.


diapophysis

(anatomy) The dorsal transverse process of a vertebra


antiglobulin

antiglobulin (countable and uncountable, plural antiglobulins)


antityphoid

an antityphoid vaccine


X-linked

(genetics) Associated with the X chromosome.


anticarcinogen

(medicine) Any substance that reduces the occurrence or severity of cancers.

antikarsinogeeni

any substance that reduces the occurrence of cancers


antituberculous

(pharmacology) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis.

αντιφυματικός

acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis


olivocochlear

(anatomy) Pertaining to the superior olivary complex and cochlea.


olivary body

(anatomy) Either of a pair of prominent oval structures in the medulla oblongata, the lower portion of the brainstem, containing the olivary nuclei.


gastrocolic

gastrointestinal tract
gastrointestinal tract

(anatomy) Relating to the gastrointestinal tract and the colon


mesiolingual

(dentistry) Of, pertaining to or connecting the mesial and lingual surfaces of a tooth.


schizencephalic

(anatomy) Having the head split longitudinally (as a teratoid malformation)


xenoreactive

en-adj

xenoreactive (comparative more xenoreactive, superlative most xenoreactive)

more xenoreactive (comparative)
most xenoreactive (superlative)

(immunology) That generates a reaction to material from another species


subcurative

(medicine) Insufficient to effect a cure.


subabdominal

The larva has now two serratures, or spines, on the cephalothorax; the legs are the same as in the second stage, but the subabdominal fins are more developed, and the tail has acquired two leaflets on each side[…]

1839, John Timbs, The year-book of facts in science and art, page 187:


mithridatic

General application of Mithridatic, q.v.

(medicine, archaic) Synonym of antidote: a treatment which functions like a mithridate.


herd immunity

en-noun

herd immunity (countable and uncountable, plural herd immunities)

From herd + immunity, first identified in herds of cattle.

During the years that the herd was being replenished by purchase abortions were frequent, but that practice was discontinued, and the heifer calves born in the herd have been raised. [...] Thus a herd immunity seems to have developed as a result both of keeping the aborting cows and raising the calves.

1917 January, Adolph Eichhorn, George M. Potter, “Prevention and Treatment”, in Contagious Abortion of Cattle (United States Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin; 790), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 9:

The Spread of Bacterial Infection. The Problem of Herd-Immunity [title]. [...] Consideration of the results obtained over the last five years, [...] has led us to believe that the question of immunity as an attribute of a herd should be studied as a separate problem, closely related to, but in many ways distinct from, the problem of the immunity of an individual host.

1923 May, W[illiam] W[hiteman] C[arlton] Topley, G[raham] S[elby] Wilson, “The Spread of Bacterial Infection. The Problem of Herd-Immunity.”, in The Journal of Hygiene, volume 21, number 3, London: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, archived from the original on 2020-04-02, page 243:

It is likely that many animals in affected herds have developed an inapparent or nonclinical form of the disease because there have been no records of recurrence of the disease on the same farm—an indication that a herd immunity developed.

1956, L. O. Mott, C. A. Manthei, “Miscellaneous Diseases of Cattle”, in Alfred Stefferud, editor, Yearbook of Agriculture 1956: Animal Diseases (United States Congress, House Document; no. 344), Washington, D.C.: The United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 329, column 1:

The larger the number of immunised people in the community the less easy is the spread of disease from one person to another. [...] For the purpose of creating ‘herd immunity’, as this process is sometimes called, it is necessary to achieve 80 per cent immunisation of the community.

1978, G. J. Ebrahim, Practical Mother and Child Health in Developing Countries (Macmillan Tropical Community Health Manuals), revised edition, London: The Macmillan Press, →ISBN; ELBS edition, London: English Language Book Society and Macmillan Education, 1980 (1982 printing), →ISBN, page 56:

Jews, long exposed to some diseases in the confined quarters of European ghettos, had developed herd immunities through a long process of natural selection.

1994, Alan M. Kraut, “‘The Old Inquisition had Its Rack and Thumbscrews’: Immigrant Health and the American Workplace”, in Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the “Immigrant Menace”, New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, →ISBN; Johns Hopkins Paperbacks edition, Baltimore, Md., London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995, →ISBN, page 147:

The disease incidence appeared to have a cyclic course. After an outbreak, the disease and virus disappeared and the herd immunity gradually waned in the next 2 to 3 years. A new outbreak was the consequence of the reintroduction of transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV).

1995, Luis Enjuanes, Bernard A. M. Van der Zeijst, “Molecular Basis of Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus Epidemiology”, in Stuart Siddell, editor, The Coronaviridae (The Viruses), New York, N.Y.: Plenum Press, →ISBN, page 337:

For herd immunity to occur, the vaccine must prevent transmission of the virus as well as prevent disease.

2006, Warren Levinson, Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 9th edition, New York, N.Y.: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 247:

Some proponents of natural rearing condemn vaccinations; they prefer using homeopathic nosodes (medicine prepared from the diseased part or discharge of something, which supposedly works as well as vaccination). These people point to their dogs' good health as proof that nosodes work. However, their good fortune is probably the result of herd immunity, that is, as long as most dogs are vaccinated, the unvaccinated dogs rarely come in contact with the infectious agents.

2007, D. Caroline Coile, “Maintaining Your Pom’s Health and Happiness”, in Pomeranians for Dummies (For Dummies), Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, part III (Caring for Your Pom from Head to Paw), page 152:

Herd immunity is based on the notion that if a herd (a population or a group) is mostly protected from a disease by immunization then the chance that a major epidemic will occur is limited. Jonas Salk, one of the developers of the polio vaccine, suggested that if a herd immunity level of 85% exists in a population, a polio epidemic will not occur. Herd immunity is also viewed as the resistance a population has to the invasion and spread of an infectious disease.

2010, Ray M. Merrill, “Practical Disease Concepts in Epidemiology”, in Introduction to Epidemiology, 5th edition, Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, page 65:

Many examples of herd immunity have been described, illustrating the importance of indirect protection for predicting the short- and long-term impact of vaccination programs, for justifying them economically, and for understanding the nature of the immunity induced by various vaccines.

2011 April 1, Paul Fine, Ken Eames, David L. Heymann, “‘Herd Immunity’: A Rough Guide”, in Clinical Infectious Diseases, volume 52, number 7, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 911:

At above 80% immunity, the simulation indicates that no transmission can occur, even when mosquito densities are high (5 per person). Similar herd immunities (82–87%) halt transmisson of poliomyelitis and diphtheria. At lower herd immunities, transmission occurs at increasingly lower vector densities.

2014, Paul Reiter, “Surveillance and Control of Urban Dengue Vectors”, in Duane J. Gubler, Eng Eong Ooi, Subhash Vasudevan, Jeremy Farrar, editors, Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, 2nd edition, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Boston, Mass.: CABI, →ISBN, part V (Dengue Prevention), page 500, column 1:

A few weeks ago, the U.K. had almost no social-isolation measures in place, and according to some reports, the government planned to let the virus run its course through the population, with the exception of the elderly, who were to be kept indoors. The idea was to let enough people get sick and recover from the mild version of the disease, to create "herd immunity." Things changed swiftly after an epidemiological model from Imperial College London projected that without drastic interventions, more than half a million Britons would die from COVID-19.

2020 April 2, Zeynep Tufekci, “Don’t Believe the COVID-19 Models: That’s Not What They’re For”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-04-02:

(epidemiology) The indirect protection against the spread of a contagious disease in a given population caused by the immunity of a significant proportion of the population to that particular disease; the immunity may have been obtained through having survived the infection or through vaccination.

مناعة القطيع

form of indirect protection against a disease


cephalad

en-adv

cephalad (comparative more cephalad, superlative most cephalad)

more cephalad (comparative)
most cephalad (superlative)

Perianal disease is common in patients with Crohn’s disease. Unfortunately, the perianal area often is poorly evaluated by barium studies because the enema tip may be inserted too cephalad or because exquisite anal tenderness may preclude adequate retrograde distension and evaluation.

1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 167, number 1, →DOI, page 9:

(anatomy) Towards the head (or anterior extremity), a direction that in humans corresponds to superior.


tophus

(medicine) A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.


pegloticase

Probably from peg- + -lot- (of unknown origin) + -icase (“uricase”).

af

Krystexxa, also known as pegloticase, is a form of the enzyme uricase, which breaks down uric acid.

2009 June 17, Andrew Pollack, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends Approval of a Gout Drug”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) A recombinant porcine-like uricase used as a drug to treat severe gout.


vertebroplasty

Prosecutors charged Synthes and Norian Corporation with running an unauthorized trial of the bone filler in spinal procedures known as vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.

2009 June 17, Barry Meier, “Synthes, Medical Device Maker, Accused of Improper Marketing”, in New York Times:

(surgery) A medical procedure where bone cement is injected percutaneously into a fractured vertebra with the goal of relieving the pain of vertebral compression fractures.


ethisterone

From ethy(nyl) + -sterone (“progestational steroid”).


panadol

I decided not to tell him this because I felt there was nothing wrong if I got some panadol or novalgin from the hospital.

1988, Atabo Oko, The secret of the Sheik:

We often have no panadol, no bandages. Only one nurse said she had noticed an improvement in drug supply since mid-1993.

1995, Peter Gibbon, Structural adjustment and the working poor in Zimbabwe, page 268:

When I rang my doctor, he said, "Take some panadol and see me in the morning." When I told him that I had no panadol or any other type of painkillers in the house he was surprised.

2002, Jane Alison Kaberuka, Has God forgotten me?: the cry of an accident victim, page 6:

Sulphadimidine tablets are often taken by people in the same manner as aspirin or panadol.

2002, Siosiane Fanua Bloomfield, Illness and cure in Tonga: traditional and modern medical practice, page 57:


antisepticism

The temperature chart is very interesting, and yet very like that which was not uncommonly seen in both hospital and private surgical practice before the days of antisepticism.


vulvovaginal

(anatomy) Pertaining to the vulva and vagina.


vulvo-uterine

(anatomy) Pertaining to the vulva and uterus.


vomerine

The posterior vomerine teeth evidently met the posterior teeth of the mandible.

1905, John Campbell Merriam, The Thalattosauria:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vomer.


dibenzodiazepine

The atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine is a dibenzodiazepine.

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) Any of a class of antipsychotic drugs having a structure based on a diazepine heterocycle fused to two benzene rings


unstageable

en-adj

unstageable (comparative more unstageable, superlative most unstageable)

more unstageable (comparative)
most unstageable (superlative)

(US, medicine) Of a wound or ulcer, covered with slough or eschar, so that it cannot be assigned to any of the stages described in the National Pressure Ulcer Staging System.


osteochondral

They are known as osteochondral scaffolds, because they support new bone and cartilage as it grows.

2009 August 16, Anne Eisenberg, “Mimicking Human Cartilage to Repair a Knee”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) Pertaining to bone and cartilage.


ceftobiprole

From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + [Term?] + bi- + p(yr)rol(idin)e.

af

The Food and Drug Administration warned Johnson & Johnson that it did not properly monitor two human tests of its antibiotic drug candidate ceftobiprole, which is intended to treat complicated skin infections like MRSA.

2009 August 20, The Associated Press, “F.D.A. Warns Johnson on Antibiotic Drug”, in New York Times:

(pharmacology) A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.


FMC

The patient was reviewed in the Accident and Emergency department 90 minutes after FMC.

(medicine) Initialism of first medical contact.


alprostadil

Probably from al(pha-cyclodextrin) + prosta(glandin) + -dil (“vasodilator”).

But ask your doctor about an injection that’s a cocktail of generic forms of alprostadil, papaverine and phentolamine.

2009 August 29, Lesley Alderman, “For Common Male Problem, Hope Beyond a Pill”, in New York Times:

erectile dysfunction
erectile dysfunction

(pharmacology) Prostaglandin E₁, a vasodilatory drug used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction.


DCAP-BTLS

(emergency medicine) Initialism of deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures/penetrations, burns, tenderness, lacerations and swelling.


pyrotherapy

(medicine) The therapeutic use of fever (high body temperature)


pancreaticojejunostomy

From pancreatico- + jejuno- + -stomy or pancreatico- + jejun- + -ostomy or pancreatico- + jejunostomy.

(surgery) A side-to-side anastomosis of the pancreatic duct and the jejunum, used to treat chronic pancreatitis.


jejunoileal

Coordinate term: duodenoileal

jejunoileal bypass

jejunoileal junction

jejunoileal fistula

(medicine) Pertaining to or (usually) connecting the jejunum and ileum.


biliopancreatic diversion

en-noun

biliopancreatic diversion (plural biliopancreatic diversions)

The study, of 111 children born to 49 mothers who had a type of weight-loss surgery called biliopancreatic diversion, found that babies born after the operation had lower birth weights than those born before, and their risk of becoming severely obese as children was one-third the risk of those born before.

2009 September 8, Roni Caryn Rabin, “Children: Seeing a Family Benefit in Obesity Surgery”, in New York Times:

(surgery) An operation in which part of the stomach is resected, creating a smaller stomach to which the distal part of the small intestine is then connected, bypassing the duodenum and jejunum.


endovenous

“What usually happens is someone comes in for endovenous treatments for larger veins and a lot of times they’ll say, ‘While you’re at it, take a look at these smaller veins and let me know if you can do anything about them,’ ” Dr. Zelickson said.

2009 September 10, Camille Sweeney, “Removing the Web of Spider Veins”, in New York Times:


Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome

Described by the French physicians Maurice Klippel and Paul Trénaunay in 1900, and the German-British physician Frederick Parkes Weber in 1907 and 1918.

(medicine) A rare congenital medical condition in which blood vessels and/or lymph vessels fail to form properly. The three main features are nevus flammeus, venous and lymphatic malformations, and soft-tissue hypertrophy of the affected limb.


DCAPBLSTIC

(emergency medicine) Initialism of deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures/penetrations, burns, lacerations, swelling, tenderness, instability, and crepitus.


intraosseous needle

intraosseous needle (plural intraosseous needles)

(medicine) a solid, boring catheter inserted into bone marrow to supply intravenous fluids osseously.


capillary refill

capillary refill (countable and uncountable, plural capillary refills)

(emergency medicine) An assessment of the rate of refilling of blood capillaries after having applied pressure; used as a diagnostic procedure.


emergency medicine

(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma, injuries and other sudden illnesses.


abdominal-thrust maneuver

abdominal-thrust maneuver (plural abdominal-thrust maneuvers)

(emergency medicine) A first aid procedure used to treat choking. The patient's diaphragm is pressured by the performer's thumb knuckle to expel air and thereby dislodging the obstruction in the windpipe.


modified chest thrust

modified chest thrust (plural modified chest thrusts)

The patient's face was blue from lack of oxygen induced by an airway blockage, which led a quick-thinking EMT on scene to begin modified chest thrusts.

(emergency medicine) A first aid procedure used to treat choking in a pregnant or obese patient in which the patient's chest is pressured by the performer's thumb knuckle with their hand balled into a fist to expel air, thereby dislodging the obstruction in the windpipe. This is repeated as many times as necessary.


OPQRST

Initialism of onset, provocation, quality, region/radiate/radiation, severity, time.

Your emergency scenario test next week will require strict chronological adherence to OPQRST procedures.

(emergency medicine) The rapid assessment of a patient's condition during an emergency response.


track marks

When a patient has copious track marks demonstrating severe circulatory system damage, injections are done by drilling into the bone marrow and administering medicine intraosseously.

(medicine, pathology) The conspicuous signs of artery and vein damage as a result of chronic intravenous injection of drugs.


intraosseously

en-adv

intraosseously (comparative more intraosseously, superlative most intraosseously)

more intraosseously (comparative)
most intraosseously (superlative)

The injection was given intraosseously, because with a junkie with this kind of circulatory damage we really would not be able to find a good vein within an adequate time frame

(emergency medicine) Within the interior of the bone.


tendonectomy

(surgery) The surgical cutting of tendons.


onychectomy

(medicine) The surgical removal of a fingernail or toenail.

A good example of the potential discrepancy between human and feline goals is onychectomy, or declawing.

2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 17:

(veterinary medicine) Surgically remove the distal phalange of each digit of the forefeet of a cat.


cat scratch disease

(medicine) A relatively benign disease, characterized by swollen lymph nodes, caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae normally carried by the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.


melanophilin

(genetics) A carrier protein that encodes a member of the exophilin subfamily of Rab effector proteins.


noncrossover

The 10 brown offspring constitute only one-half of the offspring produced by noncrossover maternal gametes. Therefore, we estimate that 10 of the white individuals were also produced by noncrossover maternal gametes.

2002, Susan L. Elrod, William D. Stansfield, Schaum's outline of theory and problems of genetics:


antiterminate

en-verb

antiterminate (third-person singular simple present antiterminates, present participle antiterminating, simple past and past participle antiterminated)

antiterminates (present singular third-person)
antiterminating (participle present)
antiterminated (participle past)
antiterminated (past)

(genetics) To override the termination of DNA transcription.


MOI

The patient's MOI is easy to identify, as opposed to the NOI, which is symptomatic only.

(emergency medicine) Initialism of mechanism of injury.


antihysteric

This composition, designed as an antihysteric, is liable to considerable objections, not only in regard to its particular ingredients, but to the medicinal intention of the whole.

1778, William Lewis, The new dispensatory, page 393:

(pharmacology) Any substance that counters hysterics.


hepatitis D

hepatitis delta virus
hepatitis delta virus

(medicine, pathology) An acute form of hepatitis, transmitted by blood, sexual contact, and body fluids, and caused by the hepatitis delta virus.


medical alert jewelry

Patients who know they are allergic to iodine and have a history of syncopes will usually wear medical alert jewelry to inform responders of this medical history.

(emergency medicine) Metallic bracelets and necklaces documenting patient's preexisting health conditions and known allergies.


SAMPLE

(emergency medicine) Initialism of signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, past pertinent history, last oral intake, events leading to present illness.


antinociceptive

en-adj

antinociceptive (comparative more antinociceptive, superlative most antinociceptive)

more antinociceptive (comparative)
most antinociceptive (superlative)

(pharmacology) That inhibits nociception, the sensation of pain.

antinociceptivo

that inhibits nociception, the sensation of pain


bleed out

There are shootings, stabbings, car wrecks, falls and other accidents that can create a fatal bleed out situation.

2023 December 3, David Martin Davies, “Stopping the bleed out to save lives”, in Texas Public Radio, archived from the original on 2024-02-21:

(medicine, informal) An instance of exsanguination or of major blood loss.


C-spine

en-noun

C-spine (countable and uncountable, plural C-spines)

When placing a C-spine on you must measure the person's neck precisely.

(countable, emergency medicine) A neckbrace.

Always maintain C-spine if there is even a chance that someone has hit their head or fallen.

(emergency medicine) The position in which a trauma patient's cervical spine is immobilized to prevent possible or further spinal injury.


neckbrace

(emergency medicine) An orthopedic device used to support the neck and head of those with neck or head injuries.


test site

The free teen clinic is a very welcoming HIV test site.

(medicine) A clinic or office where medical testing takes place.


PFPS

patella femoral pain syndrome
patella femoral pain syndrome#English

(pathology) Initialism of patella femoral pain syndrome.


patella femoral pain syndrome

patella femoral pain syndrome (uncountable)

(sports, pathology) A sports injury causing chronic pain in the kneecap.


BSI

(emergency medicine) Initialism of body substance isolation.


chest rub

(emergency medicine) A form of applying pain to the sternum of the patient wherein the responder applies strong pressure with the knuckles in an attempt to establish the patient's level of consciousness.

(medicine, pharmacology) A topical medication applied to the chest in the hope of alleviating the symptoms of a cold.


antimetabolic

(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as an antimetabolite.

antimetabólico

of, pertaining to, or functioning as an antimetabolite


stairchair

Pick that wheelchair patient up and place her in the stairchair to get down that flight of stairs.

(emergency medicine) A foldout gurney used to transport a medical patient up and down stairs.


PERRL

Drunk-drivers always fail the PERRL test.

(emergency medicine) Initialism of pupils are equal, round and react to light.


AVPU

Check that drunk patient for AVPU.

(emergency medicine) Initialism of alert, voice, pain, unresponsive: a list of points used by medical workers to assess and record a patient's responsiveness and level of consciousness.


PEP

PEP (countable and uncountable, plural PEPs)

Coordinate term: PrEP

post-exposure prophylaxis
post-exposure prophylaxis#English

(medicine) Initialism of post-exposure prophylaxis.


post-exposure prophylaxis

post-exposure prophylaxis (countable and uncountable, plural post-exposure prophylaxes)

Rape victims should be informed of the option of post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV, in addition to emergency contraception.

Post-exposure prophylaxis may be discontinued if the animal involved is a dog or cat that remains healthy..., WHO expert consultation on rabies: first report

Vaccine should be used in all circumstances for postexposure prophylaxis except in infants less than 1 year of age., Viral Hepatitis in Children: Unique Features and Opportunities

(medicine) A form of prevention, usually medication, taken after exposure (or probable exposure) to a pathogen, preventing development of disease after such exposure; especially, as against HIV.

vaccination

idiomatically often coordinate despite that hyponymy might be expected


blood work

John's blood work is now in the normal range, except for his T cells, which are still low.

1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 10:

Some medications require blood work to monitor for possible side effects.

2012, William Marchand, Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Your Guide to Recovery, page 275:


unimuscular

Oysters are unimuscular.

(anatomy) Having only one adductor muscle, and one muscular impression on each valve.


ungular

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon.


trigs

high trigs


benoxaprofen

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

(pharmacology) A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.


abductor oculi

date? The Royal English dictionary: or, A treasury of the English language
The Abductor oculi, or abductor of the eyes is one of the four muscles, which rises from the bottom of the orbit, and draws the eye towards the outward canthus...

(obsolete, anatomy) A muscle that draws the eye outwards


metralgia

From metr- (“of or relating to the womb”) + -algia (“pain”).

affix

(pathology) pain in or near the uterus (womb).


PrEP

‘We talked about it at the beginning and said it would be fine. Are you on PrEP?’
‘Of course, babes! I was first in the queue! So you both see other guys?’

2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 326:

I was already on PrEP, but we were good about condoms.

2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 152:

pre-exposure prophylaxis
pre-exposure prophylaxis#English

(medicine) Acronym of pre-exposure prophylaxis.


pre-exposure prophylaxis

(medicine) A form of prevention, usually medication, that is taken before exposure to a pathogen, preventing development of disease after such exposure.

Some doctors will prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis to sexually active people to prevent them from getting HIV/AIDS.

(especially) A preventative medical regimen of HIV medicines used to protect against HIV seroconversion after an exposure.


rachialgia

From Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “backbone”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + -ia.

uder

(medicine, dated) A kind of back pain, especially Pott's disease or (formerly) lead colic.


megadontia

Dens in dente, peg-shaped lateral incisors, microdontia, megadontia, fusion, gemination and connation, talon cusp, taurodontism, etc. Recognised by their appearance

2008, R. A. Cawson, E. W. Odell, Cawson's Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, 8th edition, Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, page 22:

Isolated megadontia in the permanent dentition has been estimated to occur in approximately 1% of patients. The condition may be symmetrical. Generalized megadontia has been reported in association with pituitary gigantism, unilateral facial hyperplasia, and hereditary gingival fibromatosis.

2012, P. J. M. Crawford, M. J. Aldred, “Anomalies of tooth formation and eruption”, in Richard Welbury, Monty S. Duggal, Marie Thérèse Hosey, editors, Paediatric Dentistry, 4th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 257:

With the thresholds added on the curves it also accounts for the higher prevalences of hypodontia and microdontia in females and the higher prevalences of megadontia and supernumeraries in males.

2014, AH Brook, J Jernvall, RN Smith, TE Hughes, GC Townsend, “The dentition: the outcomes of morphogenesis leading to variations of tooth number, size and shape”, in Australian Dental Journal, volume 59, number s1, page 136:


obelion

From Ancient Greek ὀβελός (obelós) + -ion.

Obelion is a nearly constant existing anthropological landmark. It is defined as the midpoint between both Foramina parietalia (for typical venous Emissaria connecting veins of galea with Sinus sagittalis sup.). Obelion is located on Suturus sagittalis.

1993, Wolfgang Seeger, The Microsurgical Approaches to the Target Areas of the Brain, page 56:

The sagittal border usually runs directly posteriorly from the rounded frontal angle for about two-thirds of its length. This is the position of the obelion, and there may be a parietal notch in the bone (Fig. 4.37) after which the serrations on the border become more fringe-like as it slopes away towards the rounded occipital angle at the posterior fontanelle.

2004, Louise Scheuer, Sue Black, The Juvenile Skeleton, page 104:

2006, Simon W. Hillson, Robert G. Franciscus, Trenton W. Holliday, Erik Trinkaus, 6: The Ages at Death, Erik Trinkaus, Jiří Svoboda (editors), Early Modern Human Evolution in Central Europe: The People of Dolní Věstonice and Pavlov, Human Evolution Series: Volume 12, page 32,
Significant suture closure is found in the lambda, obelion, anterior sagittal, and midcoronal locations, and complete obliteration is found in the bregma, pterion, and sphenofrontal locations.

(anatomy) A craniometric point on the sagittal suture between the parietal foramina near the lambdoid suture.


craniometry

en-noun

craniometry (usually uncountable, plural craniometries)

physical anthropology
physical anthropology

(especially physical anthropology, medicine) The practice of taking measurements of the skull.


lambdoid suture

lambdoid suture (plural lambdoid sutures)

(anatomy) A dense, fibrous connective tissue joint on the posterior aspect of the skull that connects the parietal and temporal bones with the occipital bone.


obeliac

en-adj

obeliac (comparative more obeliac, superlative most obeliac)

more obeliac (comparative)
most obeliac (superlative)

(anatomy) Relating to, pertaining to, or situated near, the obelion.


ochlesis

en-noun

ochlesis (countable and uncountable, plural ochleses)

From Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos, “multitude, crowd”) + -esis.

der

(medicine) Crowd-poisoning; a disease occasioned or aggravated by overcrowding, especially due to lack of ventilation.


crowd-poisoning

en-noun

crowd-poisoning (usually uncountable, plural crowd-poisonings)

(medicine) A disease occasioned or aggravated by overcrowding, especially due to lack of ventilation.


nasolacrimal

(anatomy, relational) Pertaining to the nose and the lacrimal apparatus.


lacrimal apparatus

lacrimal apparatus (plural lacrimal apparatuses)

(anatomy, physiology, ophthalmology) The system containing the orbital structures for the production and drainage of tear.


iatraliptic

(medicine) Pertaining to the application of remedies by rubbing, especially by rubbing in oil or balm.


islets of Langerhans

islets of Langerhans pl (normally plural, singular islet of Langerhans)

Translating French îlots de Langerhans; named after Paul Langerhans, the German anatomist who discovered these regions in the pancreas.

Edward Sharpey-Schäfer determined that the substance necessary for carbohydrate metabolism was produced in the Islets of Langerhans, naming this new substance ‘insuline’ after the Latin insula (island).

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 545:

(anatomy, biology) Distinctive regions of tissue in the pancreas, which contain its endocrine cells.


pyuria

Pyuria may result from suppuration in any part of the urinary system, or from an abscess opening into the urinary tract.

1903, Thomas Kirkpatrick Monro, Manual of Medicine, page 516:

The Sternheimer-Malbin stain is useful in diagnosis of pyelonephritis, and of even more help in differential diagnosis of the pyurias.

1955, John Henry Cunningham, Oswald Swinney Lowsley, The Year Book of Urology, page 122:

2003, Rabih O. Darouiche, Chapter 15: Infection and Spinal Cord Injury, in Vernon W. Lin, Diana D. Cardenas, Frederick Frost, Nancy C. Cutter, Robert Waters, Spinal Cord Medicine: Principles and Practice, page 202,
The nonspecificity of the finding of pyuria, like bacteriuria, can also hamper the diagnosis of UTI. Pyuria reflects an inflammation of the uromucosal lining and may signal the transition from bladder colonization to symptomatic UTI. However, pyuria can also be caused bt a variety of noninfectious conditions […] .

2006, Vicki Figen, Chapter 31: Dysuria and Pyuria, in Peter Manu, Raymond E. Suarez, Barbara J. Barnett (editors), Handbook of Medicine in Psychiatry, page 287,
Pyuria is the presence of white blood cells (WBCs) in the urine. Pyuria alone does not indicate a urinary tract infection (UTI).

(medicine, pathology) The presence of pus in the urine.


Babinski reflex

Babinski reflex (plural Babinski reflexes)

After Joseph Babinski (1857–1932), French neurologist.

(medicine) An abnormal plantar reflex in which the hallux moves upwards, indicative of motor neuron damage.


dactylitis

Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) + -itis

uder

(medicine) Inflammation of an entire digit (a finger or toe).


community nurse

en-noun

community nurse (plural community nurses)

(medicine) a nurse working in a team which provides health care to patients within their own homes.

medicinska sestra zdravstvene njege u kući


palato-

palatoplegia, palatodental

(anatomy, phonetics) Of or pertaining to the palate.


septoplasty

septoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural septoplasties)

(surgery) A corrective surgical procedure to straighten a deviated nasal septum.

(surgery) A surgical procedure to harvest cartilage from the nasal septum to be used as grafting material.


septorhinoplasty

septorhinoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural septorhinoplasties)

(surgery) A surgical procedure that combines a septoplasty and a rhinoplasty in order to improve the function and appearance of the nose.


superexpression

superexpression (countable and uncountable, plural superexpressions)

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angiocardiography

(medicine) A technique for radiographic examination of the heart chambers and thoracic vessels wherein a liquid radiocontrast agent is injected into the bloodstream, then the tissues are examined using X-rays.

angiocardiographie

radiographic examination using a liquid contrast agent


cementogenesis

These enamel-like aberrations in cementogenesis are intriguing and could offer new insights and strategies to regenerate acellular cementum.

2002, John Ide Ingle, Leif K. Bakland, Endodontics, volume 1, page 28:

Evidence supporting a role for EMPs^([enamel matrix proteins]) in cementogenesis has been accumulating from investigations employing immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, and in vitro assays, all supporting EMP expression by HERS^([Hertwig's epithelial root sheath]) cells in several species[…].

2007, Brian L. Foster, Tracy E. Popowics, Hanson K. Fong, Martha J.Somerman, “Advances in Defining Regulators of Cementum Development and Periodontal Regeneration”, in Gerald P. Schatten, editor, Current Topics in Developmental Biology, volume 78, page 68:

Cementogenesis persists throughout the life of the tooth, allowing for continuous reattachment of the periodontal ligaments.

2010, Peter S. Ungar, Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity, page 23:

(anatomy, dentistry) The process of the development of cementum.


JVP

jugular venous pressure
jugular venous pressure#English

(medicine) Initialism of jugular venous pressure.


VBAC

Initialism of vaginal birth after cesarean.

I was worried about having a VBAC because my mother nearly bled to death when she gave live birth to me after having had a cesarean.

"In contrast, women who live in El Centro (Imperial County) have vaginal births after cesareans, known as VBACs, at less than a tenth of the state rate and have some of the highest rates of cesareans in the state."

2011, Victoria Colliver, “C-section not necessarily end to vaginal delivery”, in San Francisco Chronicle:

(medicine) A vaginal birth undertaken with precautionary measures subsequent to a cesarean section birth.


JVD

(emergency medicine) Initialism of jugular vein distention.


AEIOU TIPS

Ealiest known use is from April 1980 in a paper by Carl C. Bell.

(emergency medicine) Initialism of alcohol, epilepsy, insulin, overdose, underdose/uremia, trauma, infection, psychiatric, stroke/shock: reasons why a patient may have an altered mental state.


Kussmaul breathing

(pathology) A form of labored breathing and hyperventilation associated with metabolic acidosis, renal failure, and diabetes.

respiração de Kussmaul

labored breathing associated with metabolic acidosis, renal failure, and diabetes


HHNC

hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma#English

(emergency medicine) Initialism of hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma.


v-fib

v-fib (usually uncountable, plural v-fibs)

ventricular fibrillation
ventricular fibrillation#English

(medicine) Abbreviation of ventricular fibrillation;


v-fib

en-verb

v-fib (third-person singular simple present v-fibs, present participle v-fibbing, simple past and past participle v-fibbed)

v-fibs (present singular third-person)
v-fibbing (participle present)
v-fibbed (participle past)
v-fibbed (past)

ventricular fibrillation
ventricular fibrillation

(medicine) To undergo ventricular fibrillation.


vfib

(medicine) Abbreviation of ventricular fibrillation.


SLUDGE

(emergency medicine, mnemonic) An acronym used to help remember the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome: "salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal upset, emesis".


GPAL

(emergency medicine) Initialism of gravida, para, abortus, living: used to identify the numbers and types of pregnancies, births, abortions and living children a patient may have had.


NRARP

(emergency medicine) Initialism of normal (rate and depth), regular rhythm, audible (breath sounds), rise and fall of chest, and pink skin color: signs of a patient with adequate breathing.


tripod position

A patient in the tripod position is likely to have a problem with the ventilatory pump or a need for high levels of ventilation.

2005, Richard M. Schwartzstein, Michael J. Parker, Respiratory physiology: a clinical approach, page 16:

(medicine) A physical stance a person in respiratory distress takes leaning their hands on their thighs with their arms supported on them; leaning or sitting against a wall in a similar fashion


hyposkeletal

the hyposkeletal muscles

(anatomy) Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial.


hysterogenic

en-adj

hysterogenic (comparative more hysterogenic, superlative most hysterogenic)

more hysterogenic (comparative)
most hysterogenic (superlative)

He was delighted, for instance, to discover hysterogenic points, zones of hypersensitivity which, when fingered, provoked an attack; it confirmed his conviction of the reality of ‘latent hysteria’.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 495:


Trendelenburg position

From Trendelenburg + position, after Friedrich Trendelenburg, the German surgeon who developed the position.

(medicine) A physical position that a patient is placed in by raising the inferior half by 30 degrees, especially useful for superior trauma or pelvic access.


Fowler's position

After the position's developer, Dr. George Ryerson Fowler.

(medicine) A physical position where the patient's head is raised by 45-60 degrees to promote oxygenation via maximum chest expansion.

Fowlerova poloha

physical position raising the patient's head by 45-60 degrees


high Fowler's

(medicine) A physical position that a patient is placed in, raising the head by 60-90 degrees.


low Fowler's

(medicine) A physical position that a patient is placed in, raising the head by 15-30 degrees.


semi-Fowler's

(medicine) A physical position that a patient is placed raising the head by 30 degrees.


Fowler's

From Fowler + -'s, after the developer of the position, Dr. George Ryerson Fowler.


salpingopharyngeus

Borrowed from New Latin salpingopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus salpingopharyngeus (“salpingopharyngeal muscle”).

clipping

(anatomy) A muscle of the pharynx that arises from the inferior part of the Eustachian tube near its opening and passes downward to the constrictors of the pharynx, joining the posterior part of the palatopharyngeus.


pelvic lines

That guy is so fat you cannot see his pelvic lines.


Trendelenburg

Named after Friedrich Trendelenburg, the German surgeon developer of the position

(medicine) A physical position that a patient is placed raising the inferior half by 30 degrees, especially useful for superior trauma or pelvic access.


abdominal ring

(anatomy) Either of the two openings in the abdominal muscle wall allowing the inguinal canal to pass through.

liesring

either of two openings in the abdominal muscle wall


nicergoline

(pharmacology) An ergot derivative used to treat senile dementia and other disorders with vascular origins.


dihydroergocryptine

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A dopamine agonist of the ergoline chemical class used as an antiparkinsonian drug.


iliac crest

I forgot to press down in addition to in and up on her iliac crests during my patient assessment.

(anatomy) The visible impressions made by the ilium marking the top of the pelvis at the threshold of the torso and lower extremities.


fascia lata

en-noun

fascia lata (plural fasciae latae or fascia latas)

fasciae latae (plural)
fascia latas (plural)

(anatomy) The deep fascia connective tissue surrounding the muscle of the thigh.


hypochloremia

hypochloremia (usually uncountable, plural hypochloremias)

By surface analysis, hypo- + chlor- + -emia.

surf

(medicine) An electrolyte disturbance whereby there is an abnormally depleted level of the chloride ion in the blood.


PTCA

(medicine) Initialism of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.


v-tach

en-noun

v-tach (usually uncountable, plural v-tachs)

Ventricular tachycardia
ventricular tachycardia#English


v-tach

en-verb

v-tach (third-person singular simple present v-tachs, present participle v-taching, simple past and past participle v-tached)

v-tachs (present singular third-person)
v-taching (participle present)
v-tached (participle past)
v-tached (past)

ventricular tachycardia
ventricular tachycardia

(medicine) To undergo ventricular tachycardia.


retinaculum

From Latin retināculum, from retinēre (“hold back”).

the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves

(anatomy) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.


ileocolic

The ileocolic artery is the lowest branch arising from the concavity of the superior mesenteric artery.

(anatomy) Relating to the ileum and colon


uncinate fasciculus

en-noun

uncinate fasciculus (plural uncinate fasciculi)

(anatomy) A tract of white matter in the human brain that connects limbic and frontal parts.


polyostotic

(medicine) Pertaining to multiple bones.


brachiobasilic

a brachiobasilic fistula

(anatomy) Pertaining to the arm and basilic vein.


basilic vein

(anatomy) A large superficial vein of the upper limb that helps drain parts of hand and forearm.


conjunctivochalasis

The symptoms of conjunctivochalasis range from dry eye, epiphora, and irritation, to localized pain, foreign body sensation, subconjunctival hemorrhage, and ulceration.

(medicine) A condition where the eye surface has excess folds of the conjunctiva located between the globe of the eye and the eyelid margin.


flucloxacillin

(pharmacology) A narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class, used to treat infections caused by susceptible gram-positive bacteria.


dicloxacillin

(pharmacology) A narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class, used in the form of its hydrated sodium salt C₁₉H₁₆Cl₂N₃NaO₅S·H₂O especially against beta-lactamase producing staphylococci.


CTE

CTE (countable and uncountable, plural CTEs)

(pathology, neurology) Initialism of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.


chronic traumatic encephalopathy

chronic traumatic encephalopathy (plural chronic traumatic encephalopathies)

chronic traumatic encephalopathies (plural)

(medicine, pathology, neurology) A progressive degenerative disease found in individuals who have been subjected to multiple concussions and other forms of head injury.


bloodborne

(medicine) Usually of a pathogen: carried in the bloodstream and other body fluids.


antitrypanosomal

(pharmacology, immunology) Countering trypanosomes.


trisome

(cytology) A chromosome which is represented three times instead of the usual two.


lactifuge

From Latin lac (“milk”, stem lact-) + -fuge.

(medicine) A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body


lytta

From Ancient Greek λύττα (lútta), variant of λύσσα (lússa, “lyssa, rabies”), then "sign of rabies under the tongue"; compare French lysses.

(anatomy, archaic) A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog.


DUMBELS

(emergency medicine, mnemonic) An acronym used to remember the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome: ("diaphoresis/diarrhea, urination, miosis, bronchospasm/bradycardia/bronchorrhea, emesis, lacrimation, salivation").


TS girl

(medicine) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see TS, girl. (A girl who has a medical condition, such as Turner syndrome or Tourette syndrome, which is initialized "TS".)


narcissistic personality disorder

narcissistic personality disorder (usually uncountable, plural narcissistic personality disorders)

narcissistic personality disorders (plural)

People with narcissistic personality disorder usually have very low self-esteem and base all their self-worth on how much attention they receive.

personality disorder
personality disorder

(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized largely by an overinflated sense of self-importance typically caused by unbalanced parental valuation during childhood.


iliac furrow

Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, is also known as an athlete's girdle or Adonis belt.

His physique is like a Roman god with very pronounced iliac furrows or Apollo's belt.

The inferolateral edge of the oblique muscles rolling over to the inguinal ligament produces a V-shaped taper running from the iliac crest to the pubis, known as the iliac furrow, Apollo’s or Adonis’s belt.

2021, Sergey Y. Turin, Sammy Sinno, “BodyBanking Six-Pack: Enhancing Abdominals with Lipocyte Extraction, Grafting, and Molding” (chapter 37), in Douglas S. Steinbrech, editor, Male Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag KG, →DOI, →ISBN, Part III: Body Surgery, pages 448–449:

(anatomy) The visible indentation above an iliac crest and beneath the navel, usually only visible on physically fit people.


housecare

Service responses to the problems of old age couched in terms of housecare are clearly irrelevant to the needs of many older people.

1987, Christina R. Victor, Old age in modern society: a textbook of social gerontology, page 254:

(medicine) Treatment of a patient at his or her own home.


athlete's girdle

Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, also known as an athlete's girdle, Apollo's Belt or an Adonis belt

2005, Henry Gray, Susan Standring, Harold Ellis, "Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice", Page 22

My goal is to be as ripped as those juiceheads with the deep-ass athlete's girdles at the gym


Adonis belt

I have been working hard on my cardio routine to develop a very pronounced Adonis belt.

aficionados (or at least the more aesthetically minded among them) sometimes refer to this as an 'Apollo's belt' or 'Adonis girdle' – a classic case of reality mirroring art, rather than the other way round.

2011, Michael Squire, The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy, page 61:


explosive decompression

explosive decompression (countable and uncountable, plural explosive decompressions)

(aviation, medicine) A situation where the ambient air pressure suddenly drops faster than the air in the lungs can escape, creating a risk of barotrauma to the lung tissue.


sincipital

First attested in 1653; formed as the Latin sinciput (stem: sincipit-) + the English -al on the pattern of a Latin etymon of the form sincipitālis, which is first attested later (in 1757); compare the French sincipital (first attested in 1812).

(anatomy) Of or relating to the sinciput.


oxycrate

From Ancient Greek ὀξύκρατον (oxúkraton), from ὀξύς (oxús) + κεράννυμι (keránnumi).

(medicine, archaic) A mixture of water and vinegar.


pachycurare

neuromuscular-blocking agent
neuromuscular-blocking agent

(pharmacology) A compound belonging to a class of neuromuscular-blocking agents that are structurally bulky and usually associated with nondepolarising activity.


keratonyxis

(medicine, archaic) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye and breaking up the opaque mass.


subocular

By surface analysis, sub- + ocul- + -ar.


desegmentation

desegmentation (usually uncountable, plural desegmentations)

(anatomy) The loss or obliteration of division into segments.


PASG

(emergency medicine) Initialism of pneumatic antishock garment.: inflatable trousers that apply pressure to the inferior half of a patient's body to decrease blood loss and prevent the onset of shock, similar to a tourniquet.


MAST

(emergency medicine, military) Initialism of military antishock trousers; inflatable trousers that apply pressure to the inferior half of a patient's body to decrease blood loss and prevent the onset of shock, similar to a tourniquet.


bloodloss

Red blood cells with or without cryosupernatant plasma depending on volume need were given to compensate for bloodloss.

2012, P. Fondu, O. Thijs, Haemostatic Failure in Liver Disease, →ISBN, page 122:

Thus, bloodloss also revealed in rabbits subjected to prolonged Fe administration certain changes in leucopoiesis, especially in lymphopoiesis.

2013, A. A. Letavet, E. B. Kurlyandskaya, The Toxicology of Radioactive Substances: Volume 3.59, →ISBN, page 82:

An important problem is the coagulation abnormalities, intrinsic to the deterioration of liver function, with subsequent massive peroperative bloodloss.

2013, C.H. Gips, R.A. Krom, Progress in Liver Transplantation, →ISBN, page 5:

(pathology) alternative form of blood loss.


aganglionic

aganglionic rectum

aganglionic segment of the colon


antihydropic

en-adj

antihydropic (comparative more antihydropic, superlative most antihydropic)

more antihydropic (comparative)
most antihydropic (superlative)

(archaic, medicine) Countering dropsy (edema or swelling.


antihydropic

(archaic, medicine) A remedy for dropsy.


antiloimic

In this view muriatic, nitric, and acetic acids are preferable antiloimics to chlorine, which acts so injuriously on the lungs.


disassimilative

disassimilative (comparative more disassimilative, superlative most disassimilative)

more disassimilative (comparative)
most disassimilative (superlative)

1888-1889, John Gray McKendrick, A Text Book of Physiology
Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of animal cells.

(physiology) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation.


interfascicular

interfascicular spaces of connective tissue

interfascicular cells

interfascicular tissue


laryngismus

/læɹɪnˈd͡ʒɪzməs/

Borrowed from New Latin laryngismus, from the Ancient Greek λαρυγγισμός (larungismós, “a croaking”), from λάρυγξ (lárunx), whence also larynx. By surface analysis, laryng- + -ismus.


nervimotion

(physiology) The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves.


nummulation

A marked peculiarity of these bodies is their tendency to cohere immediately after the blood is drawn, thus forming Schultze's grannule-masses, and this process is analogous to the nummulation of the red corpuscules.

1886 William Osler, “Cartwright Lectures on Certain Problems in the Physiology of the Blood,” Lecture 1, in Gaillard’s Medical Journal Volume 42

Examples of the other blood coagulation system measurement items include coagulation of blood (blood clotting), …, nummulation of red blood cells, blood aggregation, …, and fibrinolysis.

2019, Aya Murata et al., United States Patent Application Pub. No. 2019/0049428 A1

(physiology, rare) The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope.


osteogenetic

osteogenetic fibre

the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum

osteogenetic sarcoma

osteogenetic cell

osteogenetic tissue

(physiology) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone.


supersacral

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(anatomy) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum.


synochal

en-adj

synochal (comparative more synochal, superlative most synochal)

more synochal (comparative)
most synochal (superlative)

synochal fever

(medicine, obsolete) Of or pertaining to synocha; like synocha.


tympanitic

tympanitic (comparative more tympanitic, superlative most tympanitic)

more tympanitic (comparative)
most tympanitic (superlative)

Latin tympaniticus (“one afflicted with tympanites”).

uder

(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or suffering from, tympany.


upshoot

(pathology) An involuntary upward movement of the eye


urethrotome

(surgery) An instrument for cutting a urethral stricture.


postanal

postanal tail

postanal scales

postanal angle

(anatomy) Situated behind, or posterior to, the anus.


musculocutaneous

the musculocutaneous nerve

(anatomy) Pertaining to muscles and skin.


neuropore

(anatomy) An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal.


periuterine

periuterine veins


gravedo

(medicine, archaic) A cold in the head, or nasal catarrh.


tricrotic

en-adj

tricrotic (comparative more tricrotic, superlative most tricrotic)

more tricrotic (comparative)
most tricrotic (superlative)

(physiology) Of or pertaining to tricrotism; characterized by tricrotism.


diamond carry

From diamond + carry. The four people doing the carrying resemble the four points of a diamond shape.

(medicine, first aid) A very stable method of carrying a spine board with one carrier at the head end, one at the foot end and one at each side.


B-NICE

(emergency medicine) Initialism of biological, nuclear / radiological, incendiary, chemical, and explosive agents, used to remember the types of hazmat emergencies.


sutural

a sutural dehiscence

sutural elevation

sutural fold

(botany, surgery) Of or pertaining to a suture


uraniscoplasty

(archaic, surgery) palatoplasty (the forming an artificial palate)


emasculator

(veterinary) A type of clamp used to crush the spermatic cord when castrating livestock.