| Abernethy, John | <person> British surgeon and anatomist, 1764-1831. See: Abernethy's fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| aberrancy | State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc. <geometry> Aberrancy of curvature, the deviation of a curve from a circular form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aberrant | Wandering or deviating from the usual or normal course. Origin: L. Aberrans (18 Nov 1997) |
| aberrant artery | Artery having an unusual origin or course. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant bile ducts | Small duct's occasionally present in the ligaments of the liver or originating from the surface of the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant bundles | A group, or groups, of fibres from the corticobulbar or corticonuclear tract, directed to each of the motor nuclei of cranial nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant complex | An anomalous electrocardiographic complex, more specifically an abnormal ventricular complex caused by abnormal intraventricular conduction of a supraventricular impulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant ducts | The superior or inferior diverticula of the epididymis. Synonym: ductuli aberrantes, aberrant ducts, ductus aberrantes, vasa aberrantes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant ductules | The superior or inferior diverticula of the epididymis. Synonym: ductuli aberrantes, aberrant ducts, ductus aberrantes, vasa aberrantes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant ganglion | A collection of nerve cells sometimes found on a posterior spinal nerve root between the spinal ganglion and the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant goiter | Enlargement of a supernumerary thyroid gland. Synonym: struma aberrata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant haemoglobin | A mutant Hb that functions abnormally. Compare: variant haemoglobin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant obturator artery | See: pubic branch of inferior epigastric artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant regeneration | Misdirected regrowth of nerve fibres seen for example, after oculomotor nerve injury. Synonym: misdirection phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant ventricular conduction | Abnormal intraventricular conduction of a supraventricular beat, especially where surrounding beats are normally conducted. Synonym: ventricular aberration. (05 Mar 2000) |