| tabetic | <medicine> Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes; tabid. One affected with tabes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tabetic arthropathy | A neuropathic arthropathy that occurs with tabes dorsalis (tabetic neurosyphilis). See: neuropathic joint. Synonym: Charcot's joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tabetic crisis | A sudden paroxysmal intensification of symptoms in the course of a disease. Origin: L., Gr. Krisis (18 Nov 1997) |
| tabetic cuirass | An analgesic or hypalgesic zone in the proximal thoracic region, found in tabetic neurosyphilis. Synonym: analgesic cuirass, Hitzig's girdle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tabetic dissociation | Loss of proprioceptive sensation with retained pain and temperature sensation due to involvement of the posterior columns of the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tabetic neurosyphilis | See Tabes dorsalis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| air bladder | 1. <anatomy> An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or oesophagus. 2. A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| allantoic bladder | A type of bladder formed as an outgrowth of the cloaca. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apex of urinary bladder | The junction of the superior and anteroinferior surfaces of the bladder, continuous above with the median umbilical ligament. Synonym: apex vesicae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atonic bladder | A large, dilated, and nonemptying bladder; usually due to disturbance of innervation or to chronic obstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autonomic neurogenic bladder | Malfunctioning bladder, secondary to low spinal cord lesions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bar of bladder | A fold of mucous membrane extending from the orifice of the ureter of one side to that of the other side. Synonym: plica interureterica, bar of bladder, Mercier's bar, plica ureterica, torus uretericus, ureteric fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| base of bladder | The fundus is formed by the posterior wall which is somewhat convex. Synonym: fundus vesicae urinariae, bas-fond, base of bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bladder | A membranous sac that serves as a reservoir for urine. Contraction of the bladder results in urination. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bladder calcification | <radiology> Schistosomiasis (bilharziasis), major cause worldwide, 50% have calcification, can cause squamous cell carcinoma, TB and other infections, radiation cystitis, calculi, bladder neoplasms, transitional cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, leiomyosarcoma, haemangioma, neuroblastoma, osteosarcoma (12 Dec 1998) |