| globus minor | The inferior part of the epididymis that leads into the ductus deferens; part of the reservoir of spermatozoa. Synonym: cauda epididymidis, cauda epididymis, globus minor. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| globus pallidus | The representation of the phylogenetically oldest part of the corpus striatum called the paleostriatum. It forms the smaller, more medial part of the lentiform nucleus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| globus pallidus necrosis | <radiology> Carbon monoxide poisoning, barbiturate intoxication, cyanide poisoning, hydrogen sulfide poisoning, hypoglycaemia, hypoxia, hypotension, Leigh disease, Wilson disease CT: bilateral, symmetric low density in globus pallidus Cf: methanol intoxication leading to putamenal haemorrhagic necrosis (changes seen more laterally) (12 Dec 1998) |
| glochid | A barbed hair or bristle. (09 Oct 1997) |
| glochidiate | <botany> Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles. Origin: Gr. Point of an arrow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glochidium | Origin: NL, fr. Gr. The point of an arrow. <zoology> The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Gloger's rule | The rule or observation that the skin of a warm-blooded animal species tends to become darker in colour towards warmer climates at lower altitudes or lower latitudes, and to become lighter in colour towards colder climates at higher altitudes or higher latitudes. (09 Oct 1997) |
| glomal | Relating to or involving a glomus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glomangioma | <tumour> A variant of glomus tumour, characterised by multiple tumours resembling cavernous haemangioma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glomangiosis | The occurrence of multiple complexes of small vascular channels, each resembling a glomus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glome | <anatomy> One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot. Origin: L. Glomus a ball. Cf. Globe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glomectomy | Excision of a glomus tumour. Origin: L. Glomus + G. Ektome, cutting out (05 Mar 2000) |
| glomera | Plural of glomus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glomera aortica | Small masses of chromaffin cells found near the sympathetic ganglia along the abdominal aorta. They serve as chemoreceptors responsive to oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen ion concentration, and help to control respiration. (12 Dec 1998) |
| glomerate | To gather or wind into a ball, growing, collected or arranged in a rounded mass, as glands, flowers, etc., clustered. (09 Oct 1997) |