| cup | 1. An excavated or cup-shaped structure, either anatomical or pathologic. Synonym: poculum. Synonym: cupping glass. Origin: A.S. Cuppe (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cup biopsy forceps | A slender flexible forceps with movable cup-shaped jaws, used to obtain biopsy specimens by introduction through a specially designed endoscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cup of palm | The palm of the hand when contracted and deepened by the action of the muscles on either side. Synonym: Diogenes cup, poculum diogenis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cupola | A cup-shaped or domelike structure. Synonym: cupola. Origin: L. Dim. Of cupa, a tub (05 Mar 2000) |
| cupped | Hollowed; made cup-shaped. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cupping | 1. Formation of a hollow, or cup-shaped excavation. 2. Application of a cupping glass. See: cup. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cupping glass | A glass vessel, from which the air has been exhausted by heat or a special suction apparatus, formerly applied to the skin in order to draw blood to the surface. See: cupping, cup. Synonym: cup. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cupric | Pertaining to copper, particularly to copper in the form of a doubly charged positive ion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cupric acetate | Cu(CH3COOH)2-H2O;a stimulating local caustic to ulcers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cupric arsenite | CuHAsO3;a poisonous green crystalline powder, obsolete as a medicinal agent; now used as an insecticide and pigment. Synonym: copper arsenite, Scheele's green. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cupric chloride | CuCl2-2H2O;has been used as an antiseptic in the treatment of water supplies, ponds, and pools. Synonym: copper bichloride, copper chloride, copper dichloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cupric citrate | A salt of copper used as an astringent and antiseptic. Synonym: copper citrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cupric sulfate | CuSo4-5H2O;it is highly poisonous to algae, is a prompt and active emetic, and is used as an irritant, astringent, and fungicide. Synonym: copper sulfate, copper sulphate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cupriuresis | The urinary excretion of copper. Origin: L. Cuprum, copper, + G. Ouresis, a urinating (05 Mar 2000) |
| cuprizone | <chemical> Copper chelator that inhibits monoamine oxidase and causes liver and brain damage. Pharmacological action: chelating agents, monoamine oxidase inhibitors. Chemical name: Ethanedioic acid, bis(cyclohexylidenehydrazide) (12 Dec 1998) |
| glaucomatous cup | A deep depression of the optic disk combined with optic atrophy; caused by glaucoma. Synonym: glaucomatous excavation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| perilimbal suction cup | A device for increasing intraocular pressure by impeding circulation and aqueous humor flow from the eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic cup | The normally occurring depression or pit in the centre of the optic disc. Synonym: excavatio disci, depression of optic disk, excavatio papillae, physiologic cup, physiologic excavation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monkey-cup | <botany> See Nepenthes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suction cup | One of the cupping glasses of various shapes, formerly used to produce local hyperaemia according to Bier's method. Wet cup, a cupping glass formerly applied to a part previously scarified or incised to draw and remove blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Diogenes cup | The palm of the hand when contracted and deepened by the action of the muscles on either side. Synonym: Diogenes cup, poculum diogenis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry cup | A cupping glass formerly applied to the unbroken skin to draw blood to the area but without removing it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular cup | The double-walled cup formed by the invagination of the embryonic optic vesicle; its inner component becomes the sensory layer of the retina, its outer layer, the pigment layer. Synonym: caliculus ophthalmicus, ocular cup. (05 Mar 2000) |
| optic cup | The double-walled cup formed by the invagination of the embryonic optic vesicle; its inner component becomes the sensory layer of the retina, its outer layer, the pigment layer. Synonym: caliculus ophthalmicus, ocular cup. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eye cup | A small oval receptacle used to apply a liquid to the external eye. (05 Mar 2000) |