| mucous plug | A mass of mucus and cells filling the cervical canal between periods or during pregnancy; a mass of mucous occluding a main or lobar bronchus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vaginal plug | A plug formed by the coagulation of semen; found in the vagina after copulation in certain animals, such as the baboon, rat, and squirrel. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| meconium plug | <radiology> Functional colonic inertia, Diagnosis/Treatment: Gastrografin enema (Differential diagnosis: Hirschsprung disease, meconium ileus), F/U with another enema for confirmation, associated with maternal diabetes (12 Dec 1998) |
| plug | 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple. 2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. 3. A high, tapering silk hat. 4. A worthless horse. 5. A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. Hawse plug, a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet. Origin: Akin to D. Plug, G. Pflock, Dan. Plok, plug, Sw. Plugg; cf. W. Ploc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| epithelial plug | A mass of epithelial cells temporarily occluding an embryonic opening; the term is most commonly used with reference to the external nares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laminated epithelial plug | An accretion of epithelia in the external auditory canal. Synonym: laminated epithelial plug. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pemphigoid, benign mucous membrane | A chronic blistering disease with predilection for mucous membranes and less frequently the skin, and with a tendency to scarring. It is sometimes called ocular pemphigoid because of conjunctival mucous membrane involvement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mucous | 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance. 2. Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane. Mucous membrane. <anatomy> A form of connective tissue in an early stage of development, found in the umbilical cord and in the embryo, and also in certain tumours called myxomata. Origin: L. Mucosus, fr. Mucus mucus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mucous cast | <nephrology> An elongated, ribbon-like mucous thread with poorly defined edges and pointed or split ends, often confused with a true urinary cast. Synonym: cylindroid, mucous cast, pseudocast, spurious cast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucous cell | A cell secreting mucus; e.g., a goblet cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucous colitis | An affection of the mucous membrane of the colon characterised by colicky pain, constipation or diarrhoea (sometimes alternating), and passage of mucous or slimy pseudomembranous shreds and patches. Synonym: mucocolitis, myxomembranous colitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucous connective tissue | A type of connective tissue little differentiated beyond the mesenchymal stage; its ground substance of glycoproteins is abundant and contains fine collagenous fibres and fibroblasts; in its most characteristic form, it appears in the umbilical cord as Wharton's jelly. Synonym: gelatinous tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucous cyst | A retention cyst resulting from obstruction in the duct of a mucous gland. Synonym: mucocele. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucous diarrhoea | Diarrhoea with the presence of considerable mucus in the stools. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucous gland | <anatomy> A type of merocrine gland that produces a thick (mucopolysaccharide rich) secretion as opposed to a serous gland). (18 Nov 1997) |
| mucous glands of auditory tube | Glands located principally near the pharyngeal end of the auditory tube. Synonym: glandulae tubariae, glands of auditory tube, glands of eustachian tube. (05 Mar 2000) |