| HOCA | <abbreviation> High osmolar contrast agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hocco | <zoology> The crested curassow. Synonym: royal pheasant. See Curassow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hoche's bundle | A compact bundle composed of descending branches of posterior root fibres located near the border between the fasciculi gracilis and cuneatus of the cervical and thoracic spinal cord; it corresponds to the septomarginal fasciculus, Hoche's tract, or oval area of Flechsig in the lumbar, and to the triangle of Philippe-Gombault in the sacral spinal segments; like these, it can be demonstrated only in cases of demyelination resulting from dorsal root lesions. Synonym: fasciculus semilunaris, fasciculus interfascicularis, comma bundle of Schultze, comma tract of Schultze, interfascicular fasciculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hoche's tract | A compact bundle composed of descending branches of posterior root fibres located near the border between the fasciculi gracilis and cuneatus of the cervical and thoracic spinal cord; it corresponds to the septomarginal fasciculus, Hoche's tract, or oval area of Flechsig in the lumbar, and to the triangle of Philippe-Gombault in the sacral spinal segments; like these, it can be demonstrated only in cases of demyelination resulting from dorsal root lesions. Synonym: fasciculus semilunaris, fasciculus interfascicularis, comma bundle of Schultze, comma tract of Schultze, interfascicular fasciculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hoche, Alfred | <person> German psychiatrist. Lived: 1865-1943. See: Hoche's bundle, Hoche's tract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hock | <veterinary> The tarsus in the horse and other quadrupeds; the joint of the hind limb between the stifle and the fetlock; corresponds to the ankle in humans. Origin: O.E. Hoh, heel (05 Mar 2000) |
| hockherb | <botany> The mallow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| HOCM | <abbreviation> 1. high osmolar contrast medium. 2. hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. (21 Jun 2000) |