| supra-esophageal | <botany> Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the oesophagus; as, the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea. Alternative forms: supra-oesophagal, and supra-oesophageal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| esophageal | <anatomy> Pertaining to the oesophagus. Alternative forms: sophageal. (01 Mar 1998) |
| chronic hypertensive disease | The chronic accumulative effects of long-standing high blood pressure on such vital organs as the heart, kidney, and brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypertensive | 1. Marked by an increased blood pressure. 2. Denoting a person suffering from high blood pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypertensive angiopathy | A condition of turkeys of unknown aetiology, associated with sudden death in rapidly growing male birds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypertensive arteriopathy | Arterial degeneration resulting from hypertension. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypertensive arteriosclerosis | Progressive increase in muscle and elastic tissue of arterial walls, resulting from hypertension; in longstanding hypertension, elastic tissue forms numerous concentric layers in the intima and there is replacement of muscle by collagen fibres and hyaline thickening of the intima of arterioles; such changes can develop with increasing age in the absence of hypertension and may then be referred to as senile arteriosclerosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypertensive encephalopathy | A metabolic encephalopathy caused by diffuse cerebral oedema; follows an abrupt elevation of blood pressure in a long-term hypertensive patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypertensive retinopathy | A retinal condition occurring in accelerated vascular hypertension, marked by arteriolar constriction, flame-shaped haemorrhages, cotton-wool patches, star-figure oedema at the macula, and papilledema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arterial arch of upper eyelid | Formed by communicating branches of the medial and lateral palpebral arteries. Often two arches are present, one located near the free border of the tarsal plate, the other along the upper border of the tarsus. Synonym: arcus palpebralis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bones of upper extremity | The bones of the upper and lower arm. They include the clavicle and scapula. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bones of upper limb | These include the superior limb girdle (scapula and clavicle) and the skeleton of the free superior limb (humerus, radius, ulna, wrist bones, metacarpus, and bones of the fingers). Synonym: ossa membri superioris, bones of superior limb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regions of upper limb | The topographic divisions of the upper limb: deltoid, arm, elbow, forearm, carpal region, and hand. Synonym: regiones membri superioris, regions of superior limb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| denture, complete, upper | A complete denture replacing all the natural maxillary teeth and associated maxillary structures. It is completely supported by the oral tissue and underlying maxillary bone. (12 Dec 1998) |
| quadrate muscle of upper lip | Composed of three heads usually described as three separate muscles; they are the caput angulare or levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle; caput infraorbitale or levator labii superioris muscle; caput zygomaticum or zygomaticus minor muscle. Synonym: quadrate muscle of upper lip. (05 Mar 2000) |