English dictionary of medical terms (83)

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[Multilingual]No:1640 - structural
pertaining to or affecting the structure.
[Multilingual]No:1641 - struma
goitre.
[Multilingual]No:1642 - stupor
partial or nearly complete unconsciousness, manifested by the subject's responding only to vigorous stimulation. Also, in psychiatry, a disorder marked by reduced responsiveness.
[Multilingual]No:1643 - subacute
somewhat acute; between acute and chronic.
[Multilingual]No:1644 - subarachnoid
situated or occurring between the arachnoid and the pia mater.
[Multilingual]No:1645 - subcapsular
situated below a capsule.
[Multilingual]No:1646 - subclinical
without clinical manifestations; said of the early stage(s) of an infection or other disease or abnormality before symptoms and signs become apparent or detectable by clinical examination or laboratory tests, or of a very mild form of an infection or other disease or abnormality.
[Multilingual]No:1647 - subconjunctival
situated or occurring beneath the conjunctiva.
[Multilingual]No:1648 - subcuticular
situated beneath the epidermis, subepidermal.
[Multilingual]No:1649 - subjective
(L. subjectivus) pertaining to or perceived only by the affected individual, not perceptible to the senses of another person.
[Multilingual]No:1650 - sublingual
located beneath the tongue.
[Multilingual]No:1651 - substance
(L. substantia) the material constituting an organ or body; called also substantia (NA).
[Multilingual]No:1652 - substitution
(L. substitutio, from sub under + statuere to place) 1. the act of putting one thing in the place of another, especially the chemical replacement of one element or radical by some other. 2. a defense mechanism, operating unconsciously, in which an unattainable or unacceptable goal, emotion, or object is replaced by one that is attainable or acceptable.
[Multilingual]No:1653 - substrate
(L. sub under + stratum layer) a substance upon which an enzyme acts.
[Multilingual]No:1654 - superinfection
a new infection complicating the course of antimicrobial therapy of an existing infectious process, and resulting from invasion by bacteria or fungi resistant to the drug(s) in use. It may occur at the site of the original infection or at a remote site.
[Multilingual]No:1655 - supervision
the act, process, or occupation of supervising : direction, inspection, and critical evaluation: oversight, superintendence.
[Multilingual]No:1656 - supination
(L. supinatio) the act of assuming the supine position, or the state of being supine. Applied to the hand, the act of turning the palm forward (anteriorly) or upward, performed by lateral rotation of the forearm. Applied to the foot, it generally implies movements resulting in raising of the medial margin of the foot, hence of the longitudinal arch.
[Multilingual]No:1657 - supplement
something that supplies a want or make an addition : something that completes, adds a finishing touch, or brings closer to completion or a desired state.
[Multilingual]No:1658 - suppository
(L. suppositorium) a medicated mass adapted for introduction into the rectal, vaginal, or urethral orifice of the body, suppository bases are solid at room temperature but melt or dissolve at body temperature. Commonly used bases are cocoa butter, glycerinated gelatin, hydrogenated vegetable oils, polyethylene glycols of various molecular weights, and fatty acid esters of polyethylene glycol.
[Multilingual]No:1659 - suppressive
tending to suppress : effecting suppression; specifically : serving to suppress activity, function, symptoms.
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