| gingival pocket | An abnormal extension of a gingival sulcus not accompanied by the apical migration of the epithelial attachment. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| periodontal pocket | An abnormal extension of a gingival sulcus accompanied by the apical migration of the epithelial attachment and bone resorption. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth. 2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven. 3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc. In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity, the articles being sold by actual weight. 4. A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like. 5. <chemical> A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity. A hole containing water. 6. <zoology> Same as Pouch. Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation of compound words usually of obvious signification; as, pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or pocket-picking, etc. Out of pocket. See Out, Pocket borough, a borough "owned" by some person. See Borough. Pocket gopher, a sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges in the exchequer. Origin: OE. Poket, Prov. F. & OF. Poquette, F. Pochette, dim. Fr. Poque, pouque, F. Poche; probably of Teutonic origin. See Poke a pocket, and cf. Poach to cook eggs, to plunder, and Pouch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Seessel's pocket | The part of the embryonic foregut extending cephalad to the level of the oral plate and caudal to the pituitary diverticulum (Rathke's pouch). Synonym: preoral gut. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subcrestal pocket | A pocket extending apically below the level of the adjacent alveolar crest. Synonym: infrabony pocket, intrabony pocket. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Troltsch's pocket | Synonym: anterior recess of tympanic membrane, posterior recess of tympanic membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scleral | Relating to the sclera. Synonym: sclerotic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scleral buckling | An operation for retinal detachment which reduces the size of the globe by indenting the sclera so that it approximates the retina. (12 Dec 1998) |
| scleral buckling operation | An operation performed in retinal detachment to indent the sclerochoroidal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scleral diseases | General disorders of the sclera or white of the eye. They may include anatomic, embryologic, degenerative, or pigmentation defects. (12 Dec 1998) |
| scleral ectasia | Localised bulging of the sclera. Synonym: scleral ectasia. Origin: scler-+ G. Ektasis, an extension (05 Mar 2000) |
| scleral resection | Shortening of the outer coat of the eye in retinal separation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scleral rigidity | The resistance of the eye to changes in shape with changes in intraocular pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scleral ring | The appearance of the sclera adjacent to the optic disk when the retinal pigment epithelium does not extend to the optic nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scleral roll | A ridge of the sclera at the internal scleral sulcus from which ciliary muscle fibres take origin. Synonym: scleral roll. Vascular spur, partial septum between vessels (arteries and veins) at the level of fusion or branching at acute angle. See: calcar. (05 Mar 2000) |