Category: G
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Gold beater’s skin
A thin, adhesive layer derived from the intestines of cattle, sometimes utilized as a surgical bandage.
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Generalized arteriolar sclerosis
Hardening impacting the small arteries in the kidney, liver, brain, intestines, muscles, and other organs. This is more commonly observed in individuals with severe hypertension.
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Gastrosalivary reflex
The production of saliva in response to the introduction of food into the mouth or stomach, particularly when it contains meat or items with a tangy flavor.
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Goat-leap pulse
A pulse characterized by a gentle throb followed by a powerful beat.
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Gestational psychosis
A mental disorder that emerges during pregnancy.
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Gonococcal peritonitis
A type of peritonitis caused by the gonorrhea bacteria. It’s more prevalent in females when the gonorrheal infection from the vagina spreads upward through the uterus into the Fallopian tubes and abdominal cavity.
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Generally contracted pelvis
A pelvis where all dimensions are reduced.
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Gummatous osteitis
An inflammation that is identified by the development of syphilitic growths within or on bones.
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Grey induration
Widespread fibrosis of the lung observed in long-standing pneumonia.
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Gummatous
Having the characteristics of gumma or being afflicted by gumma.