| Kohler's disease | Epiphysial aseptic necrosis of the tarsal navicular bone or of the patella. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Kohler, Alban | <person> German roentgenologist, 1874-1947. See: Kohler's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kohler, August | <person> German microscopist, 1866-1948. See: Kohler illumination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kohlmeier-Degos syndrome | <syndrome> Vascular occlusive disorder predominantly involving the small arteries of the skin and bowel with about one-fifth of patients having central nervous system symptoms secondary to arterial fibrosis and thrombosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kohlrausch's muscle | <anatomy> The longitudinal muscle's of the rectal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kohlrausch's valves | The three or four crescentic folds placed horizontally in the rectal mucous membrane; the superior rectal fold is situated near the beginning of the rectum on the left side; the middle rectal fold (Nelaton's fold) is most prominent and consistent and projects from the right side about 8 cm above the anus (approximately the level of the floor of the rectouterine or rectovesical pouch); the inferior rectal fold is on the left side about 5 cm above the anus. Synonym: plicae transversales recti, Houston's folds, Houston's valves, Kohlrausch's valves, plicae recti, rectal folds, rectal valves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kohlrausch, Otto | <person> German physician, 1811-1854. See: Kohlrausch's muscle, Kohlrausch's valves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kohn's pores | Openings in the interalveolar septa of the lung. Synonym: Kohn's pores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kohn, Hans | <person> German pathologist, *1866. See: Kohn's pores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kohnstamm's phenomenon | Involuntary arm abduction that follows sustained isometric contraction of the deltoid and supraspinatus muscles (usually performed by pushing the upper extremity forcibly and against an immovable vertical surface while standing closely beside it). Synonym: Kohnstamm's phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kohnstamm, Oskar | <person> German physician, 1871-1917. See: Kohnstamm's phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| koilocyte | A squamous cell, often binucleated, showing a perinuclear halo; characteristic of condyloma acuminatum. Origin: G. Koilos, hollow, + kytos, cell (05 Mar 2000) |
| koilocytosis | Perinuclear vacuolation. See: koilocyte. Origin: G. Koilos, hollow, + kytos, cell, + -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| koilonychia | <clinical sign> Dystrophy of the fingernails, sometimes associated with iron deficiency anaemia, in which they are thin and concave, with the edges raises. Synonym: spoon nail. (15 Nov 1997) |
| koilosternia | Synonym: pectus excavatum. Origin: G. Koilos, hollow, + sternon, chest (sternum) (05 Mar 2000) |