| RS | radioscaphoid; random sample; rating schedule; Raynaud syndrome; recipient's serum; rectal sinus; re... |
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| Sweet, Robert Douglas | <person> 20th century English dermatologist. See: Sweet's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Symmers, Douglas | <person> U.S. Pathologist, 1879-1952. See: Brill-Symmers disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas abscess | Suppuration in Douglas pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas bag | A large bag in which expired gas is collected for several minutes to determine oxygen consumption in humans under conditions of actual work. Origin: C.G. Douglas (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas, Beverly | <person> U.S. Surgeon, *1891. See: Douglas graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas, Claude | <person> English physiologist, 1882-1963. See: Douglas bag. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas' cul-de-sac | <anatomy> A pocket formed by the deflection of the peritoneum from the rectum to the uterus. Synonym: excavatio rectouterina, cavum douglasi, cul-de-sac, Douglas' cul-de-sac, Douglas' pouch, pouch of Douglas, rectovaginouterine pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas' fold | A fold of peritoneum, containing the rectouterine muscle, passing from the sacrum to the base of the broad ligament on either side, forming the lateral boundary of the rectouterine (Douglas') pouch. Synonym: plica rectouterina, Douglas' fold, Jarjavay's ligament, Petit's ligament, rectouterine fold, uterosacral ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas graft | An obsolete eponym for sieve graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas, James | <person> Scottish anatomist in London, 1675-1742. See: Douglas abscess, Douglas' cul-de-sac, Douglas' fold, Douglas' line, Douglas' pouch, cavum douglasi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas, John | <person> Irish obstetrician, 1777-1850. See: Douglas' spontaneous evolution, Douglas mechanism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas' line | A crescentic line, not always clearly defined, which marks the lower limit of the posterior layer of the sheath of the rectus abdominis muscle. Synonym: linea arcuata vaginae musculi recti abdominis, Douglas' line, linea saemicircularis, saemicircular line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas mechanism | Mechanism of spontaneous evolution in transverse lie; extreme lateral flexion of the vertebral column with birth of the lateral aspect of thorax before the buttocks. (05 Mar 2000) |
| douglas' pouch | A sac or recess formed by a fold of the peritoneum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Douglas' spontaneous evolution | A mechanism whereby molding of the foetus and impaction of the shoulder and prolapsed arm occurs in transverse lie, allowing vaginal delivery with the lateral aspect of the thorax following the prolapsed shoulder. (05 Mar 2000) |