| bilious | Synonym: biliary. 2. Relating to or characteristic of biliousness. 3. Formerly, denoting a temperament characterised by a quick, irritable temper. Synonym: choleric. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bilious headache | <disease> An often familial symptom complex of periodic attacks of vascular headache, usually temporal and unilateral in onset, commonly associated with irritability, nausea, vomiting, constipation or diarrhoea and often photophobia, attacks are preceded by constriction of the cranial arteries, usually with resultant prodromal sensory (especially ocular) symptoms and commence with the vasodilation that follows. Origin: Gr. Hemikrania = an affection of half of the head (18 Nov 1997) |
| bilious pneumonia | Pneumonia following aspiration of gastric contents containing bile. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bilious remittent fever | Old term for relapsing fever, malarial "bilious" vomiting associated with marked increase of serum bilirubin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bilious remittent malaria | A form of falciparum malaria characterised by bilious vomiting, bilious diarrhoea, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bilious typhoid of Griesinger | An acute infection characterised by recurrent episodes of pyrexia alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition has worldwide distribution and is caused by spirochetes of the genus borrelia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bilious vomit | Vomit containing large amounts of bile suggestive of bowel obstruction distal to the papilla of Vater. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rice-water stool | A watery fluid containing whitish flocculi, discharged from the bowel in cholera and occasionally in other cases of serous diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rotavirus stool test | <investigation> A test which detects the presence of rotavirus in the stool. This virus is a common cause of childhood gastroenteritis. (17 Dec 1997) |
| haematuric bilious fever | Haematuria due to renal lesions caused by the malarial haematozoon, Plasmodium falciparum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stool | <botany> A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil. Origin: L. Stolo. See Stolon. <agriculture> To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stool culture | A test used to identify pathogenic organisms in the stools that may be responsible for gastroenteritis. Often performed in cases of unexplained diarrhoea. May indicate bacterial, viral or parasitic disease. Cultures are also helpful in assisting the selection an appropriate antibiotic agent. See: Traveler's Diarrhoea. (27 Sep 1997) |
| stool guaiac test | <investigation> A chemical test measures the presence of fresh or decomposed blood. Blood may arise from bleeding anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract, from the mouth to the anus. An easy to perform colourmetric test. (27 Sep 1997) |
| stool smear | A microscopic slide preparation that is used to identify pathogenic micro-organisms within a stool specimen. (27 Sep 1997) |
| stool test | A test to see whether there is blood in the bowel movement. Also called a faecal occult blood test: a test to check for hidden blood in stool. (faecal refers to stool. Occult means hidden.) (12 Dec 1998) |