| scutum | Origin: L. 1. An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry. 2. A penthouse or awning. 3. <zoology> The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. Under Thorax. One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| angina pectoris | A paroxysmal thoracic pain, with a failing of suffocation and impending death, due, most often, to anoxia of the myocardium and precipitated by effort or excitement. (18 Nov 1997) |
| angina pectoris decubitus | Anginal pain developing while the subject is recumbent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| angina pectoris sine dolore | <disease> Attacks of cardiac distress accompanied by apprehension. Synonym: angina pectoris sine dolore, angor pectoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| angina pectoris, variant | A clinical syndrome characterised by development of chest pain at rest with concomitant transient st segment elevation in the electrocardiogram, but exercise capacity is well preserved. (12 Dec 1998) |
| angina pectoris vasomotoria | Angina pectoris in which the breast pain is comparatively slight, but pallor followed by cyanosis, and coldness and numbness of the extremities, are marked. Synonym: angina spuria, angina vasomotoria, pseudangina, pseudoangina, reflex angina, vasomotor angina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| angor pectoris | <disease> Attacks of cardiac distress accompanied by apprehension. Synonym: angina pectoris sine dolore, angor pectoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| variant angina pectoris | A form of angina pectoris, characterised by pain that is not precipitated by cardiac work, is of longer duration, is usually more severe, and is associated with unusual electrocardiographic manifestations including elevated ST segments in leads that are ordinarily depressed in typical angina, and usually without reciprocal ST changes; occurring at night in bed. Synonym: angina inversa, variant angina pectoris. (05 Mar 2000) |