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Koebner phenomenon
The appearance of a skin lesion as a result of nonspecific trauma (e.g., sunlight, burn, operative wound). It will appear at the trauma site and may be of a type found elsewhere on the skin. It may be seen in lichen planus or eczema but is particularly characteristic of psoriasis. The lesion must be sufficient…
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Kocher’s reflex
A contraction of abdominal muscles following moderate compression of the testicle.
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Kocherization
An operative maneuver (as per Theodor Kocher) to mobilize the duodenum prior to performing other procedures locally or before incising the duodenum, e.g., to expose the papilla of Vater.
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Knuckle pad
A discrete fibromatous pad appearing over a finger joint. It usually appears between the ages of 15 and 30. A congenital condition in which small nodules appear on the dorsal side of fingers.
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Knowns
In hypnotherapy those feelings, ideas, or images familiar to a person and therefore comfortably identifiable.
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Fund of knowledge
Information that a person has stored in memory about people, places, and things. The fund of stored memories increases with education and decreases in dementia.
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Deficient knowledge
Lack of specific information necessary for the patient and significant other(s) to make informed choices regarding condition/therapies/treatment plan.
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True knot
A knot formed by the fetus slipping through a loop of the umbilical cord.
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Syncytial knot
A protuberance formed by many nuclei of the syntrophoblast and found on the surface of a chorionic villus.
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Surgeon’s knot
A double knot in which the cord is passed through the first loop twice.
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