| VE | vaginal examination; Venezuelan encephalitis; venous emptying; venous extension; ventilation; ventil... |
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| ves | bladder [Lat. vesica]; vesicular; vessel |
| VMAT | vesicular monoamine transformer |
| VR | right arm [electrode]; valve replacement; variable ratio; vascular resistance; venous reflux; venous... |
| VS | vaccination scar; vaccine serotype; vagal stimulation; vasospasm; venesection; ventricular septum; v... |
| vermiform appendix | A wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the caecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity. Synonym: appendix vermiformis, appendix ceci, processus vermiformis, vermiform appendage, vermiform process, vermix. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mesentery of appendix | The short mesentery of the appendix lying behind the terminal ileum, in which the appendicular artery courses. Synonym: mesenteriolum processus vermiformis, mesentery of appendix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ruptured appendix | <surgery> Advanced appendicitis (delayed surgery) can result in a ruptured appendix. Clinically, the patient will have increased abdominal pain, diffusely over the entire abdomen (rather than just the right-lower quadrant. The fever usually becomes high-grade (over 101 degrees Fahrenheit) and the white blood cell count that typically exceeds 20,000 cells per cubic millimetre. Surgery for this condition is associated with higher morbidity. (17 Dec 1997) |
| Morgagni's appendix | <anatomy> An inconstant narrow lobe of the thyroid gland that arises from the upper border of the isthmus and extends upward, sometimes as far as the hyoid bone; it marks the point of continuity with the thyroglossal duct. Synonym: lobus pyramidalis glandulae thyroideae, Lallouette's pyramid, Morgagni's appendix, pyramid of thyroid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ostium of vermiform appendix | The opening of the vermiform appendix into the lumen of the caecum. Synonym: ostium appendicis vermiformis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epiploic appendix | A finger-like projection of fat attached to the colon. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fibrous appendix of liver | A fibrous process, into which the tip of the left lobe of the liver may taper out, that passes with the left triangular ligament to be attached to the diaphragm. Synonym: appendix fibrosa hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesicular | 1. Composed of or relating to small, saclike bodies. 2. Pertaining to or made up of vesicles on the skin. Origin: L. Vesicula = a little bladder (18 Nov 1997) |
| vesicular appendage | A small fluid-filled cyst attached by a slender stalk to the fimbriated end of the uterine tube; a vestigial remnant of the embryonic mesonephric duct. Synonym: appendix vesiculosa, Morgagni's hydatid, morgagnian cyst, stalked hydatid, vesicular appendage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesicular appendices of uterine tube | A small fluid-filled cyst attached by a slender stalk to the fimbriated end of the uterine tube; a vestigial remnant of the embryonic mesonephric duct. Synonym: appendix vesiculosa, Morgagni's hydatid, morgagnian cyst, stalked hydatid, vesicular appendage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesicular exanthema | An extinct disease of swine caused by vesicular exanthema virus of swine, a member of the family Caliciviridae; it closely resembled foot-and-mouth disease and, in swine, was characterised by fever, loss of weight, and vesicles on the snout, tongue, and feet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesicular exanthema of swine | A calicivirus infection of swine characterised by hydropic degeneration of the oral and cutaneous epithelia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vesicular exanthema of swine virus | The type species of the genus calicivirus, an RNA virus infecting pigs. The resulting infection is an acute febrile disease which is clinically indistinguishable from foot and mouth disease. Transmission is by contaminated food. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vesicular keratitis | Keratitis with coalescence of areas of epithelial corneal oedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesicular keratopathy | Corneal epithelial oedema with formation of vacuoles. (05 Mar 2000) |