| diaphragmatic | Relating to a diaphragm. Synonym: phrenic. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| diaphragmatic eventration | <radiology> Upward displacement of abdominal contents secondary to a congenitally thin hypoplastic diaphragm, location: anteromedial on right, total involvement on the left, R:L = 5:1, findings: small diaphragmatic excursions, often lobulated contour see: elevated hemidiaphragm (12 Dec 1998) |
| diaphragmatic flutter | Rapid rhythmical contractions (average, 150 per minute) of the diaphragm, simulating atrial flutter clinically and sometimes electrocardiographically. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic hernia | A condition present at birth where there is abnormal protrusion of abdominal contents upward through a defect in the diaphragm. This condition is treated as a surgical emergency due to interference with the infant's breathing. Smaller, less serious diaphragmatic hernias may also be seen in adults. (27 Sep 1997) |
| diaphragmatic ligament of the mesonephros | The segment of the urogenital ridge that extends from the mesonephros to the diaphragm; becomes the suspensory ligament of the ovary. Synonym: urogenital mesentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic myocardial infarction | Infarction in which the inferior or diaphragmatic wall of the heart is involved, producing indicative changes in leads II, III, and aVF in the electrocardiogram. Synonym: diaphragmatic myocardial infarction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic nodes | Three groups of small nodes, anterior, middle, and posterior, on the upper surface of the diaphragm; they receive afferents from the liver, diaphragm, and intercostal spaces and send efferents to parasternal and posterior mediastinal nodes. Synonym: nodi lymphatici phrenici superiores, diaphragmatic nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic pacemaker | A device that paces the diaphragm, used in patients with chronic ventilatory insufficiency resulting from malfunction of the respiratory control centre on certain types of phrenic nerve malfunction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic peritonitis | Peritonitis affecting mainly the peritoneal surface of the diaphragm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic pleura | The layer of parietal pleura covering the upper surface of the diaphragm, except along its costal attachments and where it is covered with the pericardium. Synonym: pleura diaphragmatica, phrenic pleura, pleura phrenica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic pleurisy | An acute infectious disease usually occurring in epidemic form, characterised by paroxysms of pain, usually in the chest, and associated with strains of Enterovirus coxsackievirus type B. Synonym: benign dry pleurisy, Bornholm disease, Daae's disease, devil's grip, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic benign dry pleurisy, epidemic diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic myositis, myositis epidemica acuta, epidemic transient diaphragmatic spasm, Sylvest's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic surface | The surface of an organ in contact with the diaphragm, as of the heart, liver, lungs, and spleen. Synonym: facies diaphragmatica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatocele | Rarely used term for diaphragmatic hernia. Origin: diaphragm + G. Kele, hernia (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmodynia | Synonym: diaphragmalgia. Origin: diaphragm + G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphyseal | Relating to a diaphysis. Synonym: diaphyseal. (05 Mar 2000) |