Category: K

Referring to kyphosis.  

A skin test to confirm the presence of sarcoidosis [After Morten Ansgar Kveim (b. 1892), Swedish physician]. The characteristic histological test used for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. The test involves an intradermal injection of sarcoid spleen tissue; if positive, non-caseating granulomata are seen at the injection site in 4—6 weeks. A positive test is highly…

Large specialised liver cells which break down haemoglobin into bile. Specialized cells found in the liver that destroy bacteria, foreign proteins, and worn-out blood cells.  

A long steel nail used in operations to pin fractures of long bones, especially the femur, through the bone marrow [Described 1940. After Gerhard Kiintscher (1900-72), German surgeon.] A surgical nail inserted into the medulla of a fractured bone to fix it. First introduced by a 20th-century German surgeon.  

A malignant tumour in the ovary secondary to a tumour in the stomach [After Friedrich Krukenberg (1871-1946), German gynaecologist].  

Encapsulated nerve endings in the mucous membrane of the mouth, nose, eyes and genitals [Described 1860. After Wilhelm Johann Friedrich Krause (1833-1910), German anatomist.]  

A condition in which the vulva becomes thin and dry due to lack of oestrogen, found usually in elderly women.  

A condition in which the foreskin becomes dry and shrivelled. Kraurosis in which the glans penis atrophies and becomes shriveled.  

A method of finding a person’s blood pressure by inflating a cuff around his or her upper arm to a pressure well above the systolic blood pressure and then gradually decreasing it.  

The bacillus which causes conjunctivitis.