| abdominal dropsy | <clinical sign, gastroenterology> An effusion and accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity. Synonym: abdominal dropsy, peritoneal dropsy, hydroperitonia, hydrops abdominis. Origin: L, Gr. Askites from askos = bag (18 Nov 1997) |
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| cardiac dropsy | Oedema due to heart failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutritional dropsy | Oedema due to hypoproteinaemia secondary to malnutrition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dropsy | Origin: OE. Dropsie, dropesie, OF. Idropisie, F. Hydropisie, L. Hydropisis, fr. Gr. Dropsy, fr. Water. See Water, and cf. Hydropsy. <medicine> An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dropsy of pericardium | <cardiology> A collection of fluid or blood in the pericardial space (inside the pericardial sac) around the heart. Some causes include congestive heart failure, cancer and autoimmune disease. (27 Sep 1997) |
| epidemic dropsy | A disease causing occasional epidemics in India and Mauritius; marked by oedema, anaemia, eruptive angiomatosis, and mild fever; may be associated with nutritional deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| famine dropsy | Oedema occurring with the hypoproteinaemia of low protein intake occurring as starvation of a large population group. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior belly of digastric muscle | <anatomy> The portion of the digastric muscle which extends anteriorly from the intermediate tendon, and attaches to the posterior aspect of the mandible. Synonym: venter anterior musculi digastrici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| belly | Origin: OE. Bali, bely, AS. Belg, baelg, baelig, bag, bellows, belly; akin to Icel. Belgr bag, bellows, Sw. Balg, Dan. Baelg, D. & G. Balg, cf. W. Bol the paunch or belly, dim. Boly, Ir. Bolg. Cf. Bellows, Follicle, Fool, Bilge. 1. That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen. Formerly all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were called bellies; the lower belly being the abdomen; the middle belly, the thorax; and the upper belly, the head. 2. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly. "Underneath the belly of their steeds." (Shak) 3. The womb. "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee." (Jer. I. 5) 4. The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship. "Out of the belly of hell cried I." (Jonah II. 2) 5. The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back. Belly doublet, a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down so as to cover the belly. Shak. Belly fretting, the chafing of a horse's belly with a girth. Johnson. Belly timber, food. Belly worm, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach or intestines). To cause to swell out; to fill. "Your breath of full consent bellied his sails." (Shak) Origin: Bellied; Bellying. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| belly button | The navel or umbilicus. The one-time site of attachment of the umbilical cord. The term belly button was coined around 1877. (12 Dec 1998) |
| posterior belly of digastric muscle | <anatomy> Portion of digastric muscle posterior to the intermediate tendon, attaching to the digastric groove of the temporal bone. Synonym: venter posterior musculi digastrici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prune belly | See: abdominal muscle deficiency syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prune belly syndrome | <radiology> Absent abdominal musculature, undescended testes, dilated ureters and calyces, clubbed feet, heart and lung abnormalities, predominantly in males Synonym: Eagle-Barrett syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |
| speckled-belly | <zoology> The gadwall. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| superior belly of omohyoid muscle | <anatomy> The superior belly of the omohyoid muscle, attached to the hyoid bone. Synonym: venter superior musculi omohyoidei. (05 Mar 2000) |