Category: U

Referring to ultrasound. An instrument which locates organs or tissues inside the body using ultrasound. The study of ultrasound and its use in medical treatments. Ultrasonic vibrations produced by an appropriate generator are used for: (1) the disintegration of bacterial cells, without chemical or heat intervention, and the consequent denaturation of proteins; and (2) cleaning…

Referring to something so small that it cannot be seen using a standard microscope. Invisible to a standard microscope.  

A secondary pulse in the wrist, taken near the inner edge of the forearm.  

A nerve which runs from the neck to the elbow and controls the muscles in the forearm and some of the fingers. Nerve, a branch of the brachial plexus, that supplies the skin and muscles of the little-finger side of the forearm and hand; it is the funny bone of the elbow. One of the…

Referring to the ulna. The inner of the two bones in the forearm. It is wide at its upper end, and its olecranon process forms the point of the elbow. In its lower part it is more fragile and liable to be broken by a fall upon the forearm while something is grasped in the…

Referring to an ulcer. Like an ulcer.  

Inflammation of the gums, which can also affect the mucous membrane in the mouth.  

Referring to ulcers, or characterized by ulcers. Pertaining to or marked by the occurrence of ulcers.  

Developing into an ulcer.  

Covered with ulcers. To produce or become affected with an ulcer. Of the nature of an ulcer or affected with one. Impaired to the extent that the outermost layer of tissue is compromised and/or undergoes necrosis, resulting in tissue loss and death.