| pessary corpuscle | An elongated red blood cell with haemoglobin concentrated in the peripheral portion. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Gariel's pessary | A hollow inflatable rubber pessary made in the form of a ring or a pear. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Mayer's pessary | An elastic ring pessary. Synonym: Mayer's pessary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Menge's pessary | A ring pessary with a central horizontal bar into which a detachable handle is inserted. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ring pessary | A ring of rubber, plastic, or metal in which the cervix rests; designed to support the uterus and to correct prolapse of that organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pessary | 1. <apparatus> An instrument placed in the vagina to support the uterus or rectum or as a contraceptive device. 2. <pharmacology> A medicated vaginal suppository. Origin: L. Pessarium (18 Nov 1997) |
| pessary cell | A red blood cell in which the haemoglobin has disappeared from the centre, leaving only the periphery visible. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cube pessary | Plastic or rubber pessary in a cube shape particularly suitable for elderly women with uterine prolapse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hodge's pessary | <gynaecology> A double-curve oblong pessary employed for the correction of retrodeviations of the uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragm pessary | A ring with a covered opening, used as a platform to support uterus, bladder, or rectum, or to prevent conception. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dumontpallier's pessary | An elastic ring pessary. Synonym: Mayer's pessary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amniotic corpuscle | One of a number of small ovoid or rounded, sometimes laminated, bodies resembling a grain of starch and found in nervous tissue, in the prostate, and in pulmonary alveoli; of little pathological significance, and apparently derived from degenerated cells or proteinaceous secretions. Synonym: amniotic corpuscle, amylaceous corpuscle, amyloid corpuscle, colloid corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amyloid corpuscle | One of a number of small ovoid or rounded, sometimes laminated, bodies resembling a grain of starch and found in nervous tissue, in the prostate, and in pulmonary alveoli; of little pathological significance, and apparently derived from degenerated cells or proteinaceous secretions. Synonym: amniotic corpuscle, amylaceous corpuscle, amyloid corpuscle, colloid corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis corpuscle | Axile corpuscle, the central portion of a tactile corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basal corpuscle | <cell biology> Structure found at the base of eukaryotic cilia and flagella consisting of a continuation of the nine outer sets of axonemal microtubules but with the addition of a C tubule to form a triplet (like the centriole). May be self replicating and serves as a nucleating centre for axonemal assembly. Anchored in the cytoplasm by rootlets. Synonymous with kinetosome. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Bizzozero's corpuscle | <haematology> A discoid cell (3m diameter) found in large numbers in blood, important for blood coagulation and for haemostasis by repairing breaches (small breaks) in the walls of blood vessels. Platelet _ granules contain lysosomal enzymes, dense granules contain ADP (a potent platelet aggregating factor) and serotonin (a vasoactive amine). They also release platelet-derived growth factor which presumably contributes to later repair processes by stimulating fibroblast proliferation. Synonym: thrombocytes. (09 Oct 1997) |