| syringocele | Synonym: central canal. 2. A meningomyelocele in which there is a cavity in the ectopic spinal cord. Origin: syringo-+ G. Koilia, a hollow (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Cowper's cyst | A retention cyst of a bulbourethral gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cowper's gland | One of two small compound racemose glands, that produce a mucoid secretion, lying side by side along the membranous urethra just above the bulb of the corpus spongiosum; they discharge through a small duct into the spongy portion of the urethra. Synonym: glandula bulbourethralis, Cowper's gland, Mery's gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cowper's glands | <radiology> Bulbourethal glands, 1.5 - 2.0 cm long, originate from posterior part of bulbous urethra, seen on retrograde urethrography: in chronic urethritis, s/p TURP (12 Dec 1998) |
| Cowper's ligament | <anatomy> The part of the fascia lata which is anterior to and provides origin for fibres of the pectineus muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cowper, William | <person> B. Petersfield, Hampshire (Arlesford, according to Cole), in 1666. D. Bishop's Sutton, Mar. 8th, 1709. Was a London Surgeon who published his anatomical works in sumptuous fashion and was one of the first anatomists to dissect a marsupial. Elected F.R.S., 1698. Was much in-debted to the work of Bidloo which he failed to acknowledge. Cowper's Glands - glandulae bulbo-urethrales. These glands had been described previously (1684) by Mery. Lived: 1666-1709. (05 Dec 1998) |