| viscometer | An apparatus for determining the viscosity of a fluid; in medicine, usually of the blood. Synonym: viscometer. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| axis cylinder | An obsolete term for axon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cylinder | 1. A cylindrical lens. 2. A cylindrical or rodlike renal cast. 3. A cylindrical metal container for gases stored under high pressure. Origin: G. Kylindros, a roll (05 Mar 2000) |
| cylinder retinoscopy | Determination of spherical, astigmatic, and refractive error using cylindrical lenses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kulz's cylinder | A renal cast of strongly refracting granules said to be indicative of imminent coma in diabetes. Synonym: Kulz's cylinder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concentric | Having a common centre, such that two or more spheres, circles, or segments of circles are within one another. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concentric fibroma | <tumour> A benign neoplasm, actually a leiomyoma, that occupies the entire circumference of the wall of the uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concentric hypertrophy | Thickening of the walls of the heart or any cavity with apparent diminution of the capacity of the cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concentric lamella | One of the concentric tubular layers of bone surrounding the central canal in an osteon. Synonym: haversian lamella. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hassall's concentric corpuscle | Small spherical bodies of keratinised and usually squamous epithelial cells arranged in a concentric pattern around clusters of degenerating lymphocytes, eosinophils, and macrophages; found in the medulla of the lobules of the thymus. Synonym: Hassall's bodies, Hassall's concentric corpuscle, Virchow-Hassall bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |