| Kelly's operation | Correction of retroversion of the uterus by plication of uterosacral ligaments, correction of urinary stress incontinence by vaginally placing sutures beneath the bladder neck. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Kelly's rectal speculum | A tubular speculum with obturator for rectal examination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kelly, Adam | <person> British otolaryngologist, 1865-1941. See: Paterson-Kelly syndrome, Paterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kelly, Howard | <person> U.S. Gynecologist, 1858-1943. See: Kelly clamp, Kelly's operation, Kelly's rectal speculum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| keloid | <dermatology> A sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar due to the formation of excessive amounts of collagen in the corium during connective tissue repair. Origin: Gr. Kel = tumour, eidos = form (18 Nov 1997) |
| keloidosis | Multiple keloids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| keloplasty | Operative removal of a scar or keloid. Origin: keloid + G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| kelosomia | Congenital protrusion of the abdominal or thoracic viscera, usually with a defect of the sternum and ribs as well as of the abdominal walls. Synonym: kelosomia. Origin: G. Kele, hernia, + soma, body (05 Mar 2000) |
| kelotomy | <medicine> See Celotomy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kelp | 1. The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine. 2. <botany> Any large blackish seaweed. Laminaria is the common kelp of Great Britain; Macrocystis pyrifera and Nereocystis Lutkeana are the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean. Kelp crab, a serranoid food fish (Serranus clathratus) of California. See Cabrilla. Origin: Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kelpfish | <zoology> A small California food fish (Heterostichus rostratus), living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus Platyglossus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kelpy | Origin: Cf. Gael. Cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a cow or horse. An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kelvin | <unit> A temperature scale where zero degrees corresponds to absolute zero (no thermal energy), degrees have same size as in Celsius/centigrade scale. 273.16 K = zero C, 373.16 = 100 C. Abbreviation: K (13 Nov 1997) |
| Kelvin scale | Temperature scale in which the triple point of water is assigned the value of 273.16 K; 캜 = K -273.15. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kelvin, Lord William Thomson | <person> Scottish physicist, 1824-1907. See: kelvin, Kelvin scale. (05 Mar 2000) |