Category: G

Lump or protrusion on the body surface, especially of the spine, resulting from fracture or collapse of a vertebra. A sharply angled curvature of the backbone, resulting from collapse of a vertebra. Infection with tuberculosis was a common cause.  

Medical specialty concerned with the geographic distribution of diseases and their causes as related to climate, elevation, topography, and culture; also called geomedicine.  

Genicula, kneelike bend in a small structure, such as a vein. A sharp bend in an anatomical structure, such as the bend in the facial nerve in the medial wall of the middle ear. A structure resembling a knot or a knee, indicating an abrupt bend or angle in a small structure.  

Origin, evolution or generation of something.  

Minute pores between cells; provide pathways for intercellular communication by means of transfer of ions and other molecules from one cell to another. Minute pores between cells that provide pathways for intercellular communication. Originally described in muscle tissue, they are known to be present in most animal cells.  

Condition in which proteins having antibody activity (immunoglobulins) increase greatly in the blood. Any disease in which serum immunoglobulins are increased, such as multiple myeloma, benign monoclonal gammopathy, and cirrhosis.  

Abnormal heart rhythm during which extra heart sounds are heard during each cardiac cycle; the combination of normal and abnormal sounds much like a horse galloping. Sometimes called a gallop rhythm. An extra heart sound (i.e., a third or fourth heart sound), typically heard during diastole.  

Normal retching reaction, which may be produced by touching the soft palate at the back of the mouth; also called pharyngeal reflex. Response by the throat that causes retching. This is the automatic response of trying to take a deep breath or choking when something is introduced into the back of the mouth and throat.…

Component of Gram’s staining method: Ig iodine, 2g potassium iodide in 300 ml distilled water (cf. Lugol’s iodine).  

Infusion agar plus 1.0 per cent glycerol monoacetate for enhancing pigment production by Staph, pyogenes.