| CMI | carbohydrate metabolism index; care management integration; case mix index; cell-mediated immunity; ... |
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| CSI | calculus surface index; cancer serum index; cavernous sinus infiltration; cervical spine injury; che... |
| DI | date of injury; defective interfering [particle]; dentinogenesis imperfecta; deoxyribonucleic acid i... |
| DICOM | digital imaging and communication in medicine |
| DTIA | Doppler tissue imaging acceleration |
| molluscum body | A disticntive intracellular spherical body in the lesions of molluscum contagiosum caused by a member of the family Poxviridae; it consists of degenerated cytoplasm and the virus. Synonym: molluscum corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pigmented layer of ciliary body | The continuation of the pigment layer of the retina onto the posterior aspect of the ciliary body. Synonym: pigmented layer of ciliary body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pineal body | A small conical midline body attached to the posterior part of the third ventricle and lying between the superior colliculi, below the splenium of the corpus callosum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Weibel Palade body | <haematology> Cytoplasmic organelle found in the vascular endothelial cells of some animals, though not in the endothelium of all vessels. Although markers for endothelium, their absence does not necessarily mean the cells are not of endothelial origin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| wolffian body | <anatomy> The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Middle + kidney. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| multilamellar body | <cell biology> A specialised region of various protozoans in which phagocytosis is likely to occur. Often there is a clear concentration of microtubules or/and microfilaments in the region of the cytostome. In ciliates there may be a specialised arrangement of cilia around the cytostome. (18 Nov 1997) |
| multivesicular body | Secondary lysosome containing many vesicles of around 50 nm diameter. (18 Nov 1997) |
| polar body | <cell biology> In animals each meiotic division of the oocyte leads to the formation of one large cell (the egg) and a small polar body as the other cell. Polar body formation is a consequence of the very eccentric position of the nucleus and the spindle. (18 Nov 1997) |
| polyhedral body | An inclusion body associated with replication of certain insect viruses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myelin body | <cell biology> Structure that can form spontaneously when bilayer forming phospholipids (e.g. Egg lecithin) are added to water. They are reminiscent of the concentric layer structure of myelin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Councilman body | An eosinophilic globule, seen in the liver in yellow fever, derived from necrosis of a single hepatic cell. Synonym: Councilman's lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myositis, inclusion body | A progressive inflammatory myopathy primarily involving muscles of the pelvic region and legs, usually seen in older people. The muscles are infiltrated by mononuclear inflammatory cells, sarcoplasmic vacuoles, masses of filaments and filamentous microtubules, and sometimes eosinophilic bodies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pontobulbar body | A collection of nerve cells in the lower part of the medulla oblongata forming a ridge which crosses the restiform body obliquely. Synonym: corpus pontobulbare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior quadrigeminal body | The ovoid, paired, inferior eminence of the laminae of mesencephalic tectum; it receives the lateral lemniscus and projects by way of the brachium of inferior colliculus to the medial geniculate body of the thalamus, and is thus an essential way-station in the central auditory pathway. Synonym: colliculus inferior, corpus quadrigeminum posterius, inferior nasal colliculus, posterior quadrigeminal body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heinz body anaemia | A congenital haemolytic anaemia, due to autosomal inheritance of one of many unstable haemoglobins. The anaemia is of variable severity and characterised by the presence in vivo or in vitro of Heinz bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |