| Jansen's operation | An operation for frontal sinus disease, the lower wall and lower portion of the anterior wall being removed and the mucous membrane curetted away. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Jansen, Albert | <person> German otologist, 1859-1933. See: Jansen's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jansenist | A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace. Origin: F. Janseniste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Jansky's classification | The classification of human blood groups now designated O, A, B, and AB. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jansky, Jan | <person> Czech physician, 1873-1921. See: Jansky-Bielschowsky disease, Jansky's classification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jansky-Bielschowsky disease | Cerebral sphingolipidosis, early juvenile type. (05 Mar 2000) |
| janthina | <zoology> See Ianthina. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Janus green B | C30H31N6Cl; diethylsafraninazodimethylaniline chloride;a basic dye used in histology and to stain mitochondria supravitally. (05 Mar 2000) |
| japan | Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. <botany> Japan allspice, a cloverlike plant (Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover. Japan earth. See Catechu. Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry. Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the poison sumac. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Japan wax | A vegetable wax derived from Rhus succedanea and Toxicodendron verniciferum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| japanese b encephalitis | <pathology> An epidemic viral encephalitis that strikes populations in Japan and other East Asian countries, typically in summer months. Symptoms canresemble poliomyelitis, but the disease can also be virtually symptomless. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Japanese B encephalitis virus | A virus of the genus Flavivirus (group B arbovirus) occurring particularly in Japan but probably widespread throughout Southeast Asia; the virus is normally present in humans, especially in children, as an inapparent infection, but may cause febrile response and sometimes encephalitis; it may cause encephalitis in horses and abortion in pigs; wild birds are probably the natural hosts and culicine mosquitoes the vectors. Synonym: Russian autumn encephalitis virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Japanese dysentery | Infection with Shigella dysenteriae, S. Flexneri, or other organisms. Synonym: Japanese dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Japanese river fever | See Typhus, scrub. (12 Dec 1998) |
| japonica | <botany> A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other genera have species of the same name. Origin: NL, Japanese, fr. Japonia Japan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |