| conjoined anastomosis | The joining together of two small blood vessels by side-to-side elliptical anastomosis to create a single larger stoma for subsequent end-to-end anastomosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| conjoined asymmetrical twins | Conjoined twin's in which one member is nearly normal (host or autosite) and the other (parasite) is small, incomplete, and dependent for its nutrition upon the more nearly normal member. Synonym: conjoined asymmetrical twins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjoined equal twins | Conjoined twin's in which both members are approximately of the same size, and nearly normal except for the areas of fusion. Synonym: conjoined symmetrical twins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjoined symmetrical twins | Conjoined twin's in which both members are approximately of the same size, and nearly normal except for the areas of fusion. Synonym: conjoined symmetrical twins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjoined tendon | Common tendon of insertion of the transversus and obliquus internus muscles into the crest and spine of the pubis and iliopectineal line; it is frequently muscular rather than aponeurotic and may be poorly developed; forms posterior wall of medial inguinal canal. See: aponeurosis of internal abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: falx inguinalis, tendo conjunctivus, conjoined tendon, falx aponeurotica, inguinal aponeurotic fold. Contracted tendon, a condition of young horses in which the flexor tendon's of the leg are shortened. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjoined unequal twins | Conjoined twin's in which one member is nearly normal (host or autosite) and the other (parasite) is small, incomplete, and dependent for its nutrition upon the more nearly normal member. Synonym: conjoined asymmetrical twins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjoint tendon | Common tendon of insertion of the transversus and obliquus internus muscles into the crest and spine of the pubis and iliopectineal line; it is frequently muscular rather than aponeurotic and may be poorly developed; forms posterior wall of medial inguinal canal. See: aponeurosis of internal abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: falx inguinalis, tendo conjunctivus, conjoined tendon, falx aponeurotica, inguinal aponeurotic fold. Contracted tendon, a condition of young horses in which the flexor tendon's of the leg are shortened. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjoint therapy | A type of therapy in which a therapist sees the two spouses, or parent and child, or other partners together in joint sessions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjugal cancer | Cancer a deux occurring in husband and wife. Cancer a deux, carcinomas occurring at approximately the same time, or in fairly close succession, in two persons who live together. Origin: Fr. Deux, two (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjugant | A member of a mating pair of organisms or gametes undergoing conjugation. See: exconjugant. Origin: L. Con-jugo, to join (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjugase | <enzyme> An enzyme which removes glutamate molecules from the macromolecule polypteroylglutamic acid. (09 Oct 1997) |
| conjugata | Conjugate diameters of the pelvis. See: conjugate. Origin: L. Fem. Of conjugatus, pp. Of con-jugo, to join together (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjugata diagonalis | The anteroposterior dimension of the inlet that measures the clinical distance from the promontory of the sacrum to the lower margin of the symphysis pubica. Synonym: conjugata diagonalis, diagonal conjugate diameter, false conjugate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjugata vera | Distance from the promontory of the sacrum to the upper posterior edge of the pubic symphysis. Synonym: anteroposterior diameter of the pelvic inlet, conjugata vera, conjugate axis, conjugate diameter of pelvic inlet, diameter mediana, internal conjugate, true conjugate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjugate | Paired together. In chemistry, this refers to an acid and a base which can convert to each other by the gain or loss of a proton (a hydrogen nucleus), which together are called a conjugate acid-base pair. It can also refer to two liquids in equilibrium with each other. In mycology (the study of fungi), this refers to a dikaryon with two haploid nuclei in it. (09 Oct 1997) |