| Cowling's rule | An obsolete rule for a child's dose: that fraction of the adult dose obtained by dividing the age of the child at the nearest birthday by 24. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Cowper's cyst | A retention cyst of a bulbourethral gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cowper's gland | One of two small compound racemose glands, that produce a mucoid secretion, lying side by side along the membranous urethra just above the bulb of the corpus spongiosum; they discharge through a small duct into the spongy portion of the urethra. Synonym: glandula bulbourethralis, Cowper's gland, Mery's gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cowper's glands | <radiology> Bulbourethal glands, 1.5 - 2.0 cm long, originate from posterior part of bulbous urethra, seen on retrograde urethrography: in chronic urethritis, s/p TURP (12 Dec 1998) |
| Cowper's ligament | <anatomy> The part of the fascia lata which is anterior to and provides origin for fibres of the pectineus muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cowper, William | <person> B. Petersfield, Hampshire (Arlesford, according to Cole), in 1666. D. Bishop's Sutton, Mar. 8th, 1709. Was a London Surgeon who published his anatomical works in sumptuous fashion and was one of the first anatomists to dissect a marsupial. Elected F.R.S., 1698. Was much in-debted to the work of Bidloo which he failed to acknowledge. Cowper's Glands - glandulae bulbo-urethrales. These glands had been described previously (1684) by Mery. Lived: 1666-1709. (05 Dec 1998) |
| cowperian | Relating to or described by Cowper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cowperitis | Inflammation of Cowper's gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cowpox | A mild, eruptive skin disease of milk cows caused by cowpox virus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur while milking an infected animal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cowpox virus | A species of orthopoxvirus that is the aetiologic agent of cowpox. It is closely related to but antigenically different from vaccina virus. (12 Dec 1998) |