Author: Glossary

The superior oblique muscle of the eye.  

A medicated tablet or troche. A medicated tablet, often in the shape of a small, flavored lozenge.  

Plastic surgery of the neck of the femur.  

The gluteal tubercle of the femur when it is unusually prominent.  

A cushion or pillow used to hold the hip of a postoperative patient in neutral position.  

A nonsystematic or semisystematic name and qualifying term used to name drugs. These names do not provide assistance in determining biological action or function of the drug. Examples are aspirin, caffeine, and belladonna.  

To reduce to a fine powder by rubbing.  

A radioactively labeled nucleoside used to measure T lymphocyte proliferation in vitro. Thymidine is essential for DNA synthesis; thus the amount of 3H-Tdr taken up is a general measure of the number of new lymphocytes produced.  

A color vision defect similar to tritanopia but less pronounced.  

A chemical compound containing three sulfur atoms.