Recently added articles from The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia:
, an orthopedic device that holds various pieces of traction equipment, such as pulleys, ropes, and weights, to various parts of the body. It consists of metal uprights, one at the head of the bed and
-atrophia, -trophy
-chondroma
-epistatic, adj.
, a one- or two-sided small knotty growth (nodular hyperplasia) of cells of the corpus luteum on the ovaries (ovarian lutein cells), occasionally developing during the last trimester of pregnancy.
-arol
-cardia
-dipine
-(r)rhage
-azoline
-chromic, -chromatic
-evacuation, n.
, a painless, round, firm, and gray or red bump on the skin. It is most commonly found on the arms and legs and needs no treatment. Also called fibrous histiocytoma.
-aster
-chirurgia
-dralazine
, a primitive excretory organ in the developing embryo. In humans and other mammals the structure is non-functional and temporary, disappearing with the formation of the middle kidney (mesonephros).
-astine
-chloric
-emia, -aemia, -hemia, -haemia
, one that occurs in the period between wakefulness and sleep. See also hallucination.
-azepam
-chromia
-esotropic, adj.
, 1. the area between the foot and the leg (the ankle). 2. also called tarsal plate. Any one of the plates of cartilage, each about 2.5 cm long, forming the eyelids. One tarsal plate shapes each eyeli
-arit-
-capnia
-diastolic
-(r)rhaphy, -(r)rhaphia
-azosin
-chylia
-exhibitionist, n.
-(r)rhythmia
-barb
-conazole
-fibrate
-(r)rhea, -(r)rhoea, -(r)rhoeica
-bacteremic, adj.
-cide, -cid
-exogenic, adj.
-albuminuria
-biotic
-cythemia, -cythaemia
-formin
-adol
-biotactic, adj.
-cycline
-filcon
-andr-
-bronchiolar, adj.
-dapsone
-fungin
-aldrate
-bol
-dactyl
-frigidity, n.
*ADVERSE EFFECT
-aphrodisia
-bulemic, n., adj.
-developmental, adj.
-fylline
-ac
-biorhythmic, adj.
-curium
-fibrous