Author: Glossary

To the degree of tactile sensibility.  

Examination using the diaphanoscope; transillumination.  

A device for transillumination of body cavities.  

A very small electric light used in transillumination.  

The state of metabolic inactivity that some plants, seeds, eggs, and insect forms assume to survive adverse conditions such as winter.  

Presence of diamines in the urine.  

A chromogen, C12H14N4, used in immunocytochemistry to highlight peroxidase.  

A chemical compound with two amino, — NH2, groups,  

Any chemical compound that contains two amidine, C(NH)NH2, groups.  

Any diameter of the pelvis found by measuring a straight line between any two points. Anteroposterior: the distance between the sacrovertebral angle and the symphysis pubis. Bi-ischial: the distance between the ischial spines. Conjugata diagonalis: the distance between the sacrovertebral angle and the symphysis pubis. Conjugatavera: the true conjugate between the sacrovertebral angle and the…