| SDH | serine dehydratase; sorbitol dehydrogenase; spinal dorsal horn; subdural hematoma; succinate dehydro... |
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| YNS | yellow nail syndrome |
| ten Horn | C., Dutch surgeon. See: ten Horn's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ten Horn's sign | <clinical sign> Pain caused by gentle traction on the right spermatic cord, indicative of appendicitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tip of posterior horn | The pointed extremity of each posterior gray column or cornu of the spinal cord. Synonym: apex cornus posterioris, caput cornus, tip of posterior horn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uterine horn | cornu uteri |
| lateral horn | The small lateral gray column of the spinal cord as appearing in transverse section containing the interomedial cell column. See: gray columns. Synonym: cornu laterale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontal horn | See: inferior horn of lateral ventricle, inferior horn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lesser horn of hyoid bone | The shorter and more medial of the two processes on either side of the hyoid bone. Synonym: cornu minus ossis hyoidei, styloid cornu. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of nail | The exposed portion of the nail distal to its root. Synonym: corpus unguis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| racket nail | A broad flat thumbnail resulting from a congenital shorter and wider distal phalanx of the thumb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| germinative layer of nail | The deeper layer of the nail that is continuous with the stratum germinativum of the surrounding skin and from which the nail plate is continuously formed. Synonym: germinative layer of nail. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parrot-beak nail | A markedly curved fingernail. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reedy nail | A nail marked by longitudinal ridges and furrows. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retinacula of nail | Fibrous attachments of the nail-bed to the underlying phalanx. Synonym: retinacula unguis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| groove of nail matrix | The cutaneous furrow in which the lateral border of the nail is situated. Synonym: groove of nail matrix, vallecula unguis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| root of nail | The proximal end of the nail, concealed under a fold of skin. Synonym: radix unguis. (05 Mar 2000) |