| karnal blunt | A fungal wheat disease caused byTilletia indica. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| karnofsky performance score | A measure given by a physician to a patients ability to perform certain ordinary tasks: 100-normal, no complaints, 70-unable to carry on normal activity, 50-requires considerable assistance, 40 - disabled, 30 - hospitalisation recommended. (09 Oct 1997) |
| karnofsky performance status | A performance measure for rating the ability of a person to perform usual activities, evaluating a patient's progress after a therapeutic procedure, and determining a patient's suitability for therapy. It is used most commonly in the prognosis of cancer therapy, usually after chemotherapy and customarily administered before and after therapy. It was named for dr. David a. Karnofsky, an american specialist in cancer chemotherapy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Karnofsky scale | A performance scale for rating a person's usual activities; used to evaluate a patient's progress after a therapeutic procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| karnofsky score | A measure of the patients overall physical health, judged by their level of activity. (16 Dec 1997) |
| Karnofsky, D | <person> 20th century U.S. Physician. See: Karnofsky scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| karpholite | <chemical> A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow colour. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese. Origin: Gr. Rice straw: cf. F. Carpholithe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kartagener syndrome | <radiology> Dysmotile cilia syndrome, situs inversus, sinusitis, bronchiectasis, deafness, infertility, defiency of dynein arms of cilia (12 Dec 1998) |
| kartagener's syndrome | <syndrome> The trio of sinusitis, bronchitis and situs inversus (lateral reversal of the position all organs in the chest and abdomen with the heart and stomach on the right, the liver on the left, etc.--opposite or inverted from their usual position). (12 Dec 1998) |
| Kartagener's triad | <syndrome> The trio of sinusitis, bronchitis and situs inversus (lateral reversal of the position all organs in the chest and abdomen with the heart and stomach on the right, the liver on the left, etc.--opposite or inverted from their usual position). (12 Dec 1998) |
| Kartagener, Manes | <person> Swiss physician, 1897-1975. See: Kartagener's syndrome, Kartagener's triad. (05 Mar 2000) |
| karyo- | Nucleus. Compare: nucleo-. Origin: G. Karyon, nucleus (05 Mar 2000) |
| karyochrome | A nerve cell body having little or no Nissl substance visible but a nucleus that stains intensely. Origin: karyo-+ G. Chroma, colour (05 Mar 2000) |
| karyochrome cell | See: karyochrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| karyoclasis | Synonym: karyorrhexis. Origin: karyo-+ G. Klasis, a breaking (05 Mar 2000) |