| No:697 - galactorrhoea | | (galacto- + Gr. rhoia flow) excessive or spontaneous flow of milk; persistent secretion of milk irrespective of nursing. |
| No:698 - galenical | | 1. usually cap : of or relating to Galen or his medical principles or method. 2. constituting a galenical. |
| No:699 - ganglion | | (Gr. 'knot') 1. a knot, or knotlike mass. 2. (NA) a general term for a group of nerve cell bodies located outside the central nervous system; occasionally applied to certain nuclear groups within the brain or spinal cord, e.g. basal ganglia. 3. a benign cystic tumour occurring on a aponeurosis or tendon, as in the wrist or dorsum of the foot; it consists of a thin fibrous capsule enclosing a clear mucinous fluid. |
| No:700 - gangrene | | (L. gangraena; Gr. gangraina an eating sore, which ends in mortification) death of tissue, usually in considerable mass and generally associated with loss of vascular (nutritive) supply and followed by bacterial invasion and putrefaction. Cf. necrosis. |
| No:701 - gastralgia | | (gastr- + -algia) gastric colic. |
| No:702 - gastritis | | (gastr- + -itis) inflammation of the stomach. |
| No:703 - gastroduodenal | | pertaining to or communicating with the stomach and duodenum, as a gastroduodenal fistula. |
| No:704 - gastroenteritis | | (gastro- + enteritis) an acute inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines, characterized by anorexia, nausea, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and weakness, which has various causes, including food poisoning due to infection with such organisms as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella species; consumption of irritating food or drink; or psychological factors such as anger, stress, and fear. Called also enterogastritis. |
| No:705 - gastrointestinal | | (gastro- + intestinal) pertaining to or communicating with the stomach and intestine, as a gastrointestinal fistula. |
| No:706 - gastrooesophageal | | pertaining to the stomach and oesophagus, as the gastrooesophageal junction. |
| No:707 - genetic | | pertaining to reproduction, or to birth or origin. |
| No:708 - genital | | (L. genitalis belonging to birth) pertaining to the genitalia. |
| No:709 - genitourinary | | pertaining to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital; urinosexual. |
| No:710 - geriatric | | pertaining to the treatment of the aged. |
| No:711 - germicide | | an agent that kills pathogenic microorganisms. |
| No:712 - gestation | | (L. gestatio, from gestare to bear) the period of development of the young in viviparous animals, from the time of fertilization of the ovum until birth. |
| No:713 - gingivitis | | (gingiv- + -itis) inflammation of the gingivae. Gingivitis associated with bony changes is referred to as periodontitis. Called also oulitis and ulitis. |
| No:714 - glaucoma | | (Gr. glaukoma opacity of the crystalline lens (from the dull grey gleam of the affected eye)) a group of eye diseases characterized by an increase in intraocular pressure which causes pathological changes in the optic disk and typical defects in the field of vision. |
| No:715 - glomerular | | pertaining to or of the nature of a glomerulus, especially a renal glomerulus. |
| No:716 - glomerulonephritis | | (glomerulus +nephritis) a variety of nephritis characterized by inflammation of the capillary loops in the glomeruli of the kidney. It occurs in acute, subacute, and chronic forms and may be secondary to haemolytic streptococcal infection. Evidence also supports possible immune or autoimmune mechanisms. |
| No:717 - glossitis | | (gloss- + -itis) inflammation of the tongue. |
| No:718 - glossodynia | | (glosso- + Gr. odyn pain) pain in the tongue; glossalgia. |
| No:719 - glottis | | (Gr. glottis) (NA) the vocal apparatus of the larynx, consisting of the true vocal cords (plica) vocalis) and the opening between them (rima glottidis). |
| No:720 - glucose | | (Gr. gleukos sweetness; glykys sweet) D-glucose, a monosaccharide (hexose), C6H12O6, also known as dextrose (q.v.), found in certain foodstuffs, especially fruits, and in the normal blood of all animals. It is the end product of carbohydrate metabolism and is the chief source of energy for living organisms, its utilization being controlled by insulin. Excess glucose is converted to glycogen and stored in the liver and muscles for use as needed and, beyond that, is converted to fat and stored as adipose tissue. Glucose appears in the urine in diabetes mellitus. |
| No:721 - gluten | | (L. 'glue') the protein of wheat and other grains which gives to the dough its tough elastic character. |
| No:722 - glycoside | | any compound that contains a carbohydrate molecule (sugar), particularly any such natural product in plants, convertible, by hydrolytic cleavage, into sugar and a nonsugar component (aglycone), and named specifically for the sugar contained, as glucoside (glucose), pentoside (pentose), fructoside (fructose) etc. |
| No:723 - glycosuria | | (glyco- + Gr. ouron urine + -ia) the presence of glucose in the urine; especially the excretion of an abnormally large amount of sugar (glucose) in the urine, i.e., more than 1 gm. in 24 hours. |
| No:724 - gonadal | | pertaining to a gonad. |
| No:725 - gonadotropic | | (gonad + Gr. tropos a turning) stimulating the gonads; applied to hormones of the anterior pituitary which influence the gonads. |
| No:726 - gonioscopy | | examination of the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye with the gonioscope. |
| No:727 - gonorrhoea | | (gono- + Gr. rhein to flow) infection due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmitted sexually in most cases, but also by contact with infected exudates in neonatal children at birth, or by infants in households with infected inhabitants. It is marked in males by urethritis with pain and purulent discharge, but is commonly asymptomatic in females, although it may extend to produce suppurative salpingitis, oophoritis, tubo-ovarian abscess, and peritonitis. Bacteraemia occurs in both sexes, resulting in cutaneous lesions, arthritis, and rarely meningitis or endocarditis. Formerly called blennorrhagia and blennorrhoea. |
| No:728 - gradual | | taking place by a series of small changes over a long period; not sudden. |
| No:729 - gram-negative | | losing the stain or decolorized by alcohol in Gram's method of staining, a primary characteristic of bacteria having a cell wall composed of a thin layer of peptidoglycan covered by an outer membrane of lipoprotein and lipopolysaccharide. Cf. gram- positive. |
| No:730 - gram-positive | | retaining the stain or resisting decolorization by alcohol in Gram's method of staining, a primary characteristic of bacteria whose cell wall is composed of a thick layer of peptidologlycan with attached teichoic acids. Cf. gramnegative. |
| No:731 - Grandry's corpuscles | | (M. Grandry, Belgian physician of the 19th century) menisci tactus. |
| No:732 - granule | | (L. granulum) a small pill made from sucrose. |
| No:733 - granulocytopenia | | (granulocyte + Gr. penia poverty) agranulocytosis. |
| No:734 - gravidity | | (L. graviditas) pregnancy; the condition of being pregnant, without regard to the outcome. |
| No:735 - gynaecological | | pertaining to gynaecology. |
| No:736 - gynaecomastia | | (gyneco- + Gr. mastos breast) excessive development of the male mammary glands, even to the functional state. |
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