| cul-de-sac | 1. A blind pouch or tubular cavity closed at one end; e.g., diverticulum; caecum. Synonym: rectouterine pouch. Origin: Fr. Bottom of a sack (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cul-de-sac smear | A cytologic specimen of material obtained by aspirating the pouch of Douglas from the posterior vaginal fornix and prepared by smearing, centrifuging, or filtering; used principally for ovarian cancer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| culdocentesis | Aspiration of fluid from the cul-de-sac (rectouterine excavation) by puncture of the vaginal vault near the midline between the uterosacral ligaments. Origin: cul-de-sac + G. Kentesis, puncture (05 Mar 2000) |
| culdoplasty | Plastic surgery to remedy relaxation of the posterior fornix of the vagina. Origin: cul-de-sac + G. Plastos, formed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| culdoscope | <instrument> Endoscopic instrument used in culdoscopy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| culdoscopy | <procedure> Examination of the internal female pelvic organs through an incision in the vagina. (09 Oct 1997) |
| culdotomy | 1. Cutting into the cul-de-sac of Douglas. Synonym: vaginal celiotomy. Origin: cul-de-sac + G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| culex | A genus of mosquitoes (culicidae) commonly found in tropical regions. Species of this genus are vectors for st. Louis encephalitis (encephalitis, st. Louis) as well as many other diseases of man and domestic and wild animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| culicidae | A family of the order diptera that comprises the mosquitoes. The larval stages are aquatic, and the adults can be recognised by the characteristic wing venation, the scales along the wing veins, and the long proboscis. Many species are of particular medical importance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| culicidal | Destructive to mosquitoes. Origin: L. Culex, gnat, + caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000) |
| culicide | An agent that destroys mosquitoes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| culicifuge | 1. Driving away gnats and mosquitoes. 2. An agent that keeps mosquitoes from biting. Origin: L. Culex, gnat + fugo, to drive away (05 Mar 2000) |
| Culicoides | A genus of minute biting gnats or midges, vectors of several nonpathogenic human filariae (Mansonella, Dipetalonema), of Onchocerca in horses and cattle, and of several viral agents of domestic sheep and fowl. Origin: L. Culex, gnat (05 Mar 2000) |
| Culicoides austeni | Species that is an intermediate host of the filarial worm, Mansonella perstans, chiefly in equatorial Africa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Culicoides furens | Species that is a vector of Mansonella ozzardi, in the West Indies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| greater cul-de-sac | The portion of the stomach that lies above the cardiac notch. Synonym: fundus gastricus, fundus ventriculi, greater cul-de-sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Gruber's cul-de-sac | A lateral diverticulum in the suprasternal space beside the medial extremity of the clavicle behind the sternal attachment of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjunctival cul-de-sac | The space formed by the junction of the bulbar and palpebral portions of the conjunctiva, that of the upper lid being the fornix conjunctivae superior and that of the lower lid the fornix conjunctivae inferior. Synonym: fornix conjunctivae, conjunctival cul-de-sac, retrotarsal fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas' cul-de-sac | <anatomy> A pocket formed by the deflection of the peritoneum from the rectum to the uterus. Synonym: excavatio rectouterina, cavum douglasi, cul-de-sac, Douglas' cul-de-sac, Douglas' pouch, pouch of Douglas, rectovaginouterine pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lesser cul-de-sac | The initial portion of the pyloric part of the stomach, which may temporarily become partially or completely shut off from the remainder of the stomach during digestion by peristaltic contraction of the prepyloric "sphincter"; it is demarcated, sometimes, from the second part of the pyloric part of the stomach (pyloric canal) by a slight groove. Synonym: antrum pyloricum, antrum, lesser cul-de-sac. (05 Mar 2000) |