| atonic ulcer | An ulcer that shows little or no tendency to heal. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| atonic | 1. <medicine> Characterised by atony, or want of vital energy; as, an atonic disease. 2. Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable. 3. Destitute of tone vocality; surd. Origin: Cf. F. Atonique. See Atony. 1. A word that has no accent. 2. An element of speech entirely destitute of vocality, or produced by the breath alone; a nonvocal or surd consonant; a breathing. 3. <medicine> A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| atonic bladder | A large, dilated, and nonemptying bladder; usually due to disturbance of innervation or to chronic obstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atonic dyspepsia | Dyspepsia with impaired tone in the muscular walls of the stomach. Synonym: functional dyspepsia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atonic ectropion | Ectropion of the lower eyelid following paralysis of the orbicularis oculi muscle. Synonym: flaccid ectropion, paralytic ectropion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atonic entropion | Entropion that follows loss of tone of the orbicularis oculi muscle or elasticity of the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atonic seizure | Seizure characterised by sudden loss of muscle tone. Synonym: akinetic seizure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congenital atonic pseudoparalysis | Atonic pseudoparalysis of congenital origin (neither familial nor hereditary), observed especially in infants and characterised by absences of muscular tone only in muscles innervated by the spinal nerves. Synonym: congenital atonic pseudoparalysis, myatonia congenita, Oppenheim's disease, Oppenheim's syndrome. An indefinite term for a number of congenital neuromuscular disorders that cause generalised myotonia in young children, and that have a benign course (static or regressive). (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute decubitus ulcer | A severe form of bedsore, of neutrophic origin, occurring in hemiplegia or paraplegia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aden ulcer | The lesion occurring in cutaneous leishmaniasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amputating ulcer | An ulcer encircling a limb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anastomotic ulcer | An ulcer of jejunum, after gastroenterostomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anti-ulcer agents | Various agents with different action mechanisms used to treat or ameliorate ulcers or irritation of the gastrointestinal tract. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aphthous ulcer | <gastroenterology> A type of benign mouth ulcer often caused by injury to the mucosal lining of the oral cavity, viral infection or vitamin deficiency. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Buruli ulcer | An ulcer of the skin, with widespread necrosis of subcutaneous fat, due to infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans; occurs in Uganda in persons living on the Nile river banks. Origin: Buruli, district in Uganda (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gaboon ulcer | A form of tropical ulcer affecting the residents of this region; it resembles a syphilitic ulcer, especially in the appearance of its scar. Origin: Gaboon, a region in Africa (05 Mar 2000) |