| Moore, Charles | <person> English surgeon, 1821-1870. See: Moore's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Moore, Robert Foster | <person> British ophthalmologist, 1878-1963. See: Moore's lightning streaks. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Moore's lightning streaks | Photopsia manifested by vertical flashes of light, seen usually on the temporal side of the affected eye, caused by the involutional shrinkage of vitreous humor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Moore's method | Treatment of aneurysm by the introduction of silver or zinc wire into the sac to induce fibrin deposition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Austin Flint | <person> Flint, the son and grandson of physicians, was born in Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1832. He founded the Buffalo Medical College. Austin became associated with Dr. Samuel D. Gross at the University of Louisville. He was a pioneer user and advocator of the binaural stethoscope, and was called the "American Laennec." This internist described a loud presystolic murmur at the cardiac apex in aortic regurgitation now known as the Austin Flint Murmur (1862). He introduced the terms "cavernous" and "broncho-vesicular respiration." His "Principles and Practice of Medicine" published in 1866 was a leading textbook of medicine for many years. Lived: 1812-1886. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Austin Flint murmur | Synonym: Austin Flint phenomenon, Flint's murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Austin Flint phenomenon | The murmur of relative mitral stenosis during significant aortic regurgitation owing to narrowing of the mitral orifice by pressure of the aortic regurgitant flow on the anterior mitral leaflet. Synonym: Austin Flint murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Flint, Austin | <person> Flint, the son and grandson of physicians, was born in Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1832. He founded the Buffalo Medical College. Austin became associated with Dr. Samuel D. Gross at the University of Louisville. He was a pioneer user and advocator of the binaural stethoscope, and was called the "American Laennec." This internist described a loud presystolic murmur at the cardiac apex in aortic regurgitation now known as the Austin Flint Murmur (1862). He introduced the terms "cavernous" and "broncho-vesicular respiration." His "Principles and Practice of Medicine" published in 1866 was a leading textbook of medicine for many years. Lived: 1812-1886. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Flint, Austin Jr | <person> U.S. Physiologist, 1836-1915. See: Flint's arcade. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arthroplasty | <orthopaedics> The surgical repair of a joint. (27 Sep 1997) |
| arthroplasty, replacement | Partial or total replacement of a joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| arthroplasty, replacement, hip | Replacement of the hip joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| arthroplasty, replacement, knee | Replacement of the knee joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gap arthroplasty | The surgical correction of ankylosis by creating a space between the ankylosed part of a joint and the portion for which movement is desired. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Charnley hip arthroplasty | A form of total hip replacement consisting of the application of an acetabular cup and a femoral head prosthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |