| Kummell's spondylitis | Late posttraumatic collapse of a vertebral body. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| kumquat | <botany> A small tree of the genus Citrus (C. Japonica) growing in China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-coloured fruit used for preserves. Origin: Chin. Kin keu. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Kuntscher | Gerhard, German surgeon, 1902-1972. See: Kuntscher nail. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kuntscher nail | An intramedullary nail used for internal fixation of a fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kupfernickel | <chemical> Copper-nickel; niccolite. Origin: G. See Copper, and Nickel. (21 Mar 1998) |
| Kupffer | Karl W. Von, German anatomist, 1829-1902. See: Kupffer cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kupffer cells | Large star-shaped or pyramidal cells with a large oval nucleus and a small prominent nucleolus. These intensely phagocytic cells line the walls of the sinusoids of the liver and form a part of the reticuloendothelial system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Kupffer, Karl Wilhelm von | <person> B. Munich, Nov. 14th, 1829. Was an Anatomist and Embryologist. Was Professor of Anatomy in Kiel (1867), in Konigsberg (1875) and in Munich (1880). D. Munich, 1902. Kupffer's Cells - "stellate cells" in the lining of blood channels in the liver. Lived: 1829-1902. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Kuppfer cell | <pathology> Specialised macrophage of the liver sinusoids, responsible for the removal of particulate matter from the circulating blood (particularly old erythrocytes). (18 Nov 1997) |
| kurchi bark | The bark of Holarrhena antidysenterica (family Apocynaceae), an Indian tree; used as an astringent and in the treatment of dysentery and amoebiasis. Synonym: kurchi bark. Origin: E. Ind. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kurloff | Mikhail G., Russian physician, 1859-1932. See: Kurloff's bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kurloff cell | <haematology, pathology> Cells found in the blood and organs of guinea pigs that contain large secretory granules but are of unknown function. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Kurloff's bodies | Palely basophilic, granular inclusions sometimes observed in the cytoplasm of the large mononuclear leukocytes (probably lymphocytes) of guinea pigs and certain other animals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kursteiner | (Kuersteiner) W., 19th century German anatomist. See: Kursteiner's canals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kursteiner's canals | A foetal complex of vesicular, canalicular, and glandlike structures derived from parathyroid, thymus, or thymic cord; they are rudimentary and functionless unless persistent postnatally, when they may occur as cystic structures in the vicinity of parathyroid III and thymus III. Kursteiner described three types, type II canal's being associated with thyroaplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |