Category: G

Nerve tissue which is of a dark grey colour and forms part of the central nervous system. Those parts of the brain and spinal cord that comprise mainly the interconnected and tightly packed nuclei of neurons (nerve cells). The tissue is darker than that of the white matter, which is made of axons from the…

Part of the grey matter nearest to the central canal of the spinal cord, where axons cross over each other.  

A convex line of the stomach.  

A median vein draining the choroid plexuses of the lateral and third ventricles.  

An SI unit of measurement of absorbed radiation equal to 100 rads. The absorption of one joule per kilogram by material exposed to ionizing radiation. One gray equals 100 rad. A unit of radiation dosage within the International System of Units (SI).  

A malignant tumour in kidney cells [Described 1883. After Paul Albert Grawitz (1850-1932), Professor of Pathology at Greifswald, Germany.]  

The importance or potential danger of a disease or situation.  

Women who have given birth to at least four live babies.  

A procedure that involves scraping the surface of an ulcer which is healing slowly to make it heal more rapidly. The process of brushing or scraping the surface of a slowly healing ulcer or wound to stimulate healing. Grattage removes granulation tissue, which, though a stage in the healing process, sometimes overgrows or becomes infected…

A diagram which shows the relationship between quantities as a line. A visual presentation of statistical, clinical, or experimental data represented by a relationship between two sets of numbers or variables on the ordinate (y) (vertical) axis and the abscissa (x) (horizontal) axis. A diagram illustrating the correlation between two quantities, where one quantity depends…