| Kocher's incision | An incision parallel with right costal margin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| UV incision nuclease | <enzyme> DNA repair enzymes which nick at thymine dimers or thymine glycols in damaged DNA, later enzymes excise the damaged part Registry number: EC 3.1.- Synonym: incision endonuclease (26 Jun 1999) |
| flank incision | An incision usually made near and parallel to the twelfth rib between the iliac crest on the lower side and the ribs on the upper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| band-shaped keratopathy | A horizontal, gray, interpalpebral opacity of the cornea that begins at the periphery and progresses centrally; occurs in hypercalcaemia, chronic iridocyclitis, and Still's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bean-shaped plasma | <radiobiology> A toroidal plasma indented on the inboard side (the side with the donut hole), that results in additional stability to ballooning modes. Moderate indentation may provide access to the second-stability region (high beta). (13 Nov 1997) |
| bell-shaped crown | A crown of a tooth with an exaggerated occlusogingival contour; human deciduous molars typify the bell-shaped crown. (05 Mar 2000) |
| boat-shaped | <botany> See Cymbiform. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| boat-shaped abdomen | A condition in which the anterior abdominal wall is sunken and presents a concave rather than a convex contour. Synonym: boat-shaped abdomen, navicular abdomen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bristle-shaped | Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bullet shaped vertebrae | <radiology> Differential diagnosis: Morquio disease, achondroplasia, Hurler disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| pear-shaped area | A cushioned mass of tissue, frequently pear-shaped, located on the alveolar process of the mandible behind the area of the last natural molar tooth. Synonym: pear-shaped area. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wedge-shaped | 1. Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform. 2. <botany> Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wedge-shaped fasciculus | The larger lateral subdivision of the posterior funiculus. Synonym: fasciculus cuneatus, Burdach's column, Burdach's fasciculus, Burdach's tract, cuneate funiculus, wedge-shaped fasciculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wedge-shaped tubercle | tubercle of cuneate nucleus |
| wheel-shaped | 1. Shaped like a wheel. 2. <botany> Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |