| vat | 1. A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like. "Let him produce his vase and tubs, in opposition to heaps of arms and standards." (Addison) 2. A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States. The old Dutch grain vat averaged 0.762 Winchester bushel. The old London coal vat contained 9 bushels. The solid-measurement vat of Amsterdam contains 40 cubic feet; the wine vat.57 imperial gallons, and the vat for olive oil.45 imperial gallons. 3. <chemistry> A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in. A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry. 4. A vessel for holding holy water. Origin: A dialectic form for fat, OE. Fat, AS. Faet; akin to D.vat, OS. Fat, G. Fass, OHG. Faz, Icel. & Sw. Fat, Dan.fad, Lith. Pdas a pot, and probably to G. Fassen to seize, to contain, OHG. Fazzn, D. Vatten. Cf. Fat a vat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| VAT ATPase | <enzyme> A member of the cdc48/p97 family of atpases; isolated from thermoplasma acidophilum; genbank u78072; do confuse with vat protein Registry number: EC 3.6.1.- Synonym: vcp-like atpase, thermoplasma, vat gene product, thermoplasma (26 Jun 1999) |
| VATER | Acronym for vertebral defects, anal atresia, tracheoesophageal fistula with oesophageal atresia, and radial and renal anomalies. See: VATER complex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| VATER complex | A constellation of vertebral defects, anal atresia, tracheoesophageal fistula with oesophageal atresia, and renal and radial anomalies; associated with Fanconi's anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vater syndrome | <radiology> V vertebral anomalies vascular anomalies, A anal atresia, T tracheo-oesophageal fistula, E oesophageal atresia, R renal anomalies radial dysplasia (12 Dec 1998) |
| Vater's ampulla | The dilatation formed by junction of the common bile duct and the pancreatic ducts proximal to their opening into the lumen of the duodenum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Vater's corpuscles | Small oval bodies in the skin of the fingers, in the mesentery, tendons, and elsewhere, formed of concentric layers of connective tissue with a soft core in which the axon of a nerve fibre runs, splitting up into a number of fibrils that terminate in bulbous enlargements; they are sensitive to pressure. Synonym: corpuscula lamellosa, pacinian corpuscles, Vater's corpuscles, Vater-Pacini corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vater's fold | A fold of mucous membrane in the duodenum just above the greater duodenal papilla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vater, Abraham | <person> Was a student and follower of Ruysch in Amsterdam. Wrote on a wide range of anatomical subjects between 1707 and 1750. Was Professor of Anatomy and Botany in Wittenburg (1719) and later (1737) Professor of Pathology and Therapeutics in the same University. Vater's Tubercle - papilla duodeni - papilla of Santorini. Vater's Ampulla - ampulla of the bile duct. Lived: 1684-1751. B. Wittenburg, Dec 9th, 1684, d. Wittenburg, Nov 18th, 1751. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Vater-Pacini corpuscles | Small oval bodies in the skin of the fingers, in the mesentery, tendons, and elsewhere, formed of concentric layers of connective tissue with a soft core in which the axon of a nerve fibre runs, splitting up into a number of fibrils that terminate in bulbous enlargements; they are sensitive to pressure. Synonym: corpuscula lamellosa, pacinian corpuscles, Vater's corpuscles, Vater-Pacini corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaticanism | The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support of the authority of the pope; ultramontanism; a term used only by persons who are not Roman Catholics. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| VATS | <abbreviation> Video-assisted thoracic surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |