| nonneurogenic neurogenic bladder | <urology> Detrusor-sphincter incoordination with urinary incontinence, constipation, urinary tract infection, upper tract changes. Synonym: Hinman syndrome, pseudoneurogenic bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nonobstructive jaundice | <biochemistry, hepatology> Any jaundice in which the main biliary passages are not obstructed, e.g., haemolytic jaundice or jaundice due to hepatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonoccluded virus | <virology> A virus not inclosed in an inclusion body, usually with reference to an insect virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonocclusion | <dentistry> Failure of a tooth to contact an opposing tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonodontogenic cyst | <embryology> Cysts formed from epithelial inclusions in the lines of fusion of the embryonic processes which form the jaws. They include nasopalatine or incisive canal cyst, incisive papilla cyst, globulomaxillary cyst, median palatal cyst, median alveolar cyst, median mandibular cyst, and nasoalveolar cyst. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nonoestrogenic | 1. Not causing estrus in animals. 2. Not having an action similar to that of an oestrogen. Compare: nonuterotropic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonoic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, nonane; as, nonoic acid, which is also called pelargonic acid. Cf. Pelargonic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nonone | <chemistry> Any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons (C9H14) of the valylene series. Origin: Nonane + -one, suffix denoting the third degree of unsaturation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nonorganic aphonia | hysterical aphonia |
| nonose | A sugar with nine carbon atoms. Origin: L. Nonus, ninth (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonossifying fibroma | <tumour> A loculated osteolytic focus of cellular fibrous tissue, slightly expanding a bone, usually near the end of a long bone in older children; similar to fibrous cortical defect, although larger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonosteogenic fibroma | A common 1 to 3 cm defect in the cortex of a bone, most commonly the lower femoral shaft of a child, filled with fibrous tissue. Nonosteogenic or nonossifying fibroma by convention refers to lesions greater than 3 cm in diameter. See: nonossifying fibroma. Synonym: nonosteogenic fibroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonovulational menstruation | anovular menstruation |
| nonoxygenous | <chemistry> Without oxygen; characterised by the absence of oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nonoxynol | <chemical> Alpha-(4-nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxypoly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl). Nonionic surfactant mixtures varying in the number of repeating ethoxy (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) groups. They are used as detergents, emulsifiers, wetting agents, defoaming agents, etc. Nonoxynol-9, the compound with 9 repeating ethoxy groups, is a spermatocide, formulated primarily as a component of vaginal foams and creams. Pharmacological action: excipient, spermatocidal agents, surface-active agent. Chemical name: Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), alpha-(4-nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxy- (12 Dec 1998) |