| Krukenberg, Adolph | <person> German anatomist, 1816-1877. See: Krukenberg's veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Hannover, Adolph | <person> Danish anatomist, 1814-1894. See: Hannover's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Jungling, Adolph | <person> German surgeon, 1884-1944. See: Jungling's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Krebs, Hans Adolph | <person> A German-born British chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his research in intermediate metabolism. Lived: 1900-1981. (13 Nov 1997) |
| Krebs, Sir Hans Adolph | <person> German biochemist in England and Nobel laureate, 1900-1981. See: Krebs cycle, Krebs-Henseleit cycle, Krebs-Ringer solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Krukenberg, Friedrich | <person> German pathologist, 1871-1946. See: Krukenberg's amputation, Krukenberg's spindle, Krukenberg's tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Krukenberg's amputation | A cineplastic amputation at the carpus with the distal end of the forearm used to create a fork-like stump; especially valuable in the blind because the stump has proprioception. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Krukenberg's spindle | A vertical fusiform area of melanin pigmentation on the posterior surface of the central cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Krukenberg's tumour | A metastatic carcinoma of the ovary, usually bilateral and secondary to a mucous carcinoma of the stomach, which contains signet-ring cells filled with mucus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Krukenberg's veins | The terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie centrally in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids. Synonym: venae centrales hepatis, Krukenberg's veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| krukenberg tumour | <radiology> Ovarian metastasis of stomach carcinoma, also: colon, breast, other mucin-gland organs, 6% of malignant ovarian tumours (12 Dec 1998) |