| Kr | Symbol for krypton. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| kra | <zoology> A long-tailed ape (Macacus cynomolgus) of India and Sumatra. It is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kra-kra | A term applied in west Africa to a pruritic papular skin eruption, which may lead to ulceration; some cases are caused by Onchocerca. Synonym: kra-kra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Krabbe's disease | <radiology> Dysmyelinating disease, autosomal recessive, usually presents by 1 yr, specific enzyme deficiency identified, rapid spontaneous nystagmus, poikilothermia Synonym: Krabbe leukodystrophy (12 Dec 1998) |
| Krabbe, Knud | <person> Danish neurologist, 1885-1961. See: Krabbe's disease, Christensen-Krabbe disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| krait | <zoology> A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus coeruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kraken | A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus. "To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence, would be presumption." (Goldsmith) "Like a kraken huge and black." (Longfellow) Origin: Prob. From OSw. Krake, or ODan. Krage the trunk of a tree, the branches of which are not entirely cut off, to which it was likened by the Norwegian mariners. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| krameria | <botany> A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (K. Triandra), found in Peru, rhatany root, used as a medicine, is obtained. Origin: NL. So called after the German botanists, J. G. H. & W. H. Kramer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| krameric | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, Krameria (rhatany); as, krameric acid, usually called ratanhia-tannic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Krantz, Kermit | <person> U.S. Obstetrician-gynecologist, *1923. See: Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kraske's operation | Removal of the coccyx and excision of the left wing of the sacrum in order to afford approach for resection of the rectum for cancer or stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kraske, Paul | <person> German surgeon, 1851-1930. See: Kraske's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kraurosis vulvae | An atrophic disease affecting the female external genitalia, most often of older women, resulting in drying and shriveling of the parts, and marked by leukoplakic patches on the mucosa, itching, dyspareunia, dysuria, and soreness. It occurs most commonly as a result of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus of the vulva, but may be associated with other types of genital atrophy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Krause graft | A full-thickness skin graft. Synonym: Krause-Wolfe graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Krause's bone | Small bone (secondary ossification centre) in the triradiate cartilage between the ilium, the ischium, and the pubic bone in the growing acetabulum. (05 Mar 2000) |