| Koplik's spots |
small red spots with white centers found on the mucous membranes of the mouth and tongue; symptom of measles that appears one or two days before the measles rash appears
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| Korsakoff's syndrome |
alcoholic dementia: dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
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| Kocher's operation |
1. a method of excising the ankle joint by a cut below the outer malleolus, division of the peroneal tendons, removal of the diseased tissues, and suture of the divided tendons. 2. a method of reducing a subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus. 3. excision of the tongue through an incision extending from the symphysis of the jaw to the hyoid bone and thence to the mastoid process. 4. see under maneuver. 5. a method of pylorectomy.
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| Kocher's reflex |
contraction of the abdominal muscle on compression of the testicle; called also testicular compression r.
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| Kondoleon's operation |
a formerly common treatment for elephantiasis and other types of lymphedema by the removal of strips of subcutaneous tissue; it was later modified as Homans' operation.
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