| keloidosis | Multiple keloids. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| kemerovo virus | A species of antigenically related tick-borne viruses found in eastern europe, egypt, and sudan. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Kempner diet | A diet of rice, fruit, and sugar, plus vitamin and iron supplements, devised by Kempner to treat hypertension. In 2,000 calories, the diet contains 5 gm or less of fat, about 20 gm of protein, and not more than 150 mg of sodium. Synonym: Kempner diet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kemps | <botany> The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (Plantago Lanceolata). Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Kendall method | A standard method for estimation of total serum cholesterol involving saponification of cholesterol ester by hydroxide, extraction with petroleum ether, and colour development with acetic anhydride-sulfuric acid; the method avoids interference by bilirubin, protein, and haemoglobin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kendall's compounds | A group of corticosteroids. Kendall's compound A (11-dehydrocorticosterone); Kendall's compound B (corticosterone); Kendall's compound E (cortisone); Kendall's compound F (cortisol). Synonym: Kendall's substance. (05 Mar 2000) |