| Kirk, Norman Thomas | <person> U.S. Army surgeon, 1888-1960. See: Kirk's amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Kirkland knife | A heart-shaped knife used in gingival surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kirkland, Olin | <person> U.S. Periodontist, 1876-1969. See: Kirkland knife. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kirner deformity | <radiology> Familial incurving of 5th distal phalanx (12 Dec 1998) |
| Kirschner's apparatus | An apparatus for skeletal traction in long bone fracture. Synonym: Kirschner's apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kirschner's wire | An apparatus for skeletal traction in long bone fracture. Synonym: Kirschner's apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kirschner, Martin | <person> German surgeon, 1879-1942. See: Kirschner's apparatus, Kirschner's wire. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kirsome | Christian; christened. "I am a true kirsome woman." (Beau. & Fl) Origin: Corrupted from chrisom. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Kirsten sarcoma virus | <virology> A murine sarcoma inducing retrovirus, generated by passaging a murine erythoblastosis virus in newborn rats. Source of the Ki ras oncogene. (18 Nov 1997) |
| kirtle | A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women. "Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue." (Longfellow) The term is still retained in the provinces, in the sense of " an outer petticoat." Origin: OE. Kirtel, curtel, AS. Cyrtel; skin to Icel. Kyrtill, Sw. Kjortel, Dan. Kiortel, kiole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kirumbo | <zoology> A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus discolour), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Kisch's reflex | Closure of the eye in response to stimulation of the skin at the depth of the external auditory meatus. Synonym: auriculopalpebral reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kisch, Bruno | <person> German physiologist, 1890-1966. See: Kisch's reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kisenyi sheep disease virus | A virus, in the family Bunyaviridae, that is probably the same as Nairobi sheep disease virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kish | <chemical> A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting. Origin: Cf. G. Kies gravel, pyrites. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |