| Schmorl's jaundice | <paediatrics> Disorder due to jaundice in a newborn baby with high blood levels of the pigment bilirubin that is deposited in the brain resulting in damage. The level of bilirubin is monitored in newborns to determine whether treatment is needed to prevent kernicterus. With brain affected, it is also called bilirubin encephalopathy. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Schmorl's nodule | Prolapse of the nucleus pulposus through the vertebral body endplate into the spongiosa of the vertebra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schmorl's picrothionin stain | <technique> A stain for compact bone which employs thionin and picric acid solutions to produce blue to blue-black staining of bone canaliculi and cells; bone matrix is yellowish and cartilage ground substance is purple. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schmorl, Christian | <person> German pathologist, 1861-1932. See: Schmorl's bacillus, Schmorl's nodule, Schmorl's ferric-ferricyanide reduction stain, Schmorl's picrothionin stain, Schmorl's jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schneider's first rank symptoms | Those symptom's that, when present, indicate that the diagnosis of schizophrenia is likely, provided that organic or toxic aetiology is ruled out: delusion of control, thought broadcasting, thought withdrawal, thought insertion, hearing one's thoughts spoken aloud, auditory hallucinations that comment on one's behaviour, and auditory hallucinations in which two voices carry on a conversation. Synonym: first rank symptoms, schneiderian first rank symptoms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schneider, C | <person> German anatomist, 1614-1680. See: schneiderian membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schneider, Franz | <person> German chemist, 1813-1897. See: Schneider's carmine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schneiderian | <anatomy> Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomist of the seventeenth century. Schneiderian membrane, the mucous membrane which lines the nasal chambers; the pituitary membrane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| schneiderian first rank symptoms | Those symptom's that, when present, indicate that the diagnosis of schizophrenia is likely, provided that organic or toxic aetiology is ruled out: delusion of control, thought broadcasting, thought withdrawal, thought insertion, hearing one's thoughts spoken aloud, auditory hallucinations that comment on one's behaviour, and auditory hallucinations in which two voices carry on a conversation. Synonym: first rank symptoms, schneiderian first rank symptoms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schneiderian membrane | The mucous membrane lining the nasal cavity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Schneidersitz | A typical sitting position with legs crossed in front, exhibited by severely defective patients with phenylketonuria and resembling the position which was commonly attributed to tailors. Origin: Ger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schnitzler syndrome | <syndrome> An extremely rare condition manifested as monoclonal IgM dysproteinaemia without features of lymphoproliferative disease, but with chronic urticaria, fever of unknown origin, disabling bone pain, hyperostosis, and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate. (12 Dec 1998) |
| schoharie grit | <geology> The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; so called from Schoharie, in new York, where it occurs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Scholander apparatus | A device used for determining the oxygen and carbon dioxide percentage in 0.5 ml of a respiratory gas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scholander, Per | <person> Norwegian physiologist, 1905-1980. See: Scholander apparatus, Roughton-Scholander apparatus, Roughton-Scholander syringe. (05 Mar 2000) |