| Jacquart's facial angle | A facial angle with the intersection always at the nasal spine point; additional variation uses the supraorbital point instead of the glabella, and this latter version is also known as ophryospinal facial angle or Topinard's facial angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Jacquart, Henri | <person> 19th century French physician. See: Jacquart's facial angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jacquemet's recess | A pouch of peritoneum between the gallbladder and the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jacquemet, Marcel | <person> French anatomist, 1872-1908. See: Jacquemet's recess. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jacquemin's test | A test for phenol; to the suspected fluid an equal amount of aniline is added, and, after thorough admixture, a little solution of sodium hypochlorite; if phenol is present the fluid becomes blue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jacquemin, Emile | <person> 19th century French chemist. See: Jacquemin's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jacques' plexus | A nerve plexus within the muscular coat of the uterine (fallopian) tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jacques, Paul | <person> 19th century French physician. See: Jacques' plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jacquet's erythema | Colloquially referred to as diaper, ammonia, or napkin rash; dermatitis of thighs and buttocks resulting from exposure to urine and faeces in infants' diapers. Formerly attributed to ammonia formation; moisture, bacterial growth, and alkalinity may all induce lesions. Synonym: ammonia rash, diaper rash, Jacquet's erythema, napkin rash. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jacquet, Leonard | <person> French dermatologist, 1860-1914. See: Jacquet's erythema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jactation | A throwing or tossing of the body; a shaking or agitation. Origin: L. Jactatio, fr. Jactare: af. F. Jactation. See Jactancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jactitation | 1. Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. 2. <medicine> A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. Jactitation of marriage, a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue. Origin: L. Jactitare to utter in public, from jactare. See Jactancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jaculation | The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears. "Hurled to and fro with jaculation dire." (Milton) Origin: L. Jaculatio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jaculator | 1. One who throws or casts. 2. <zoology> The archer fish (Toxotes jaculator). Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Jadassohn's nevus | Congenital papillary acanthosis of the epidermis, with hyperplasia of sebaceous glands developing at puberty and presence of apocrine glands in non-apocrine areas of the skin (commonly the scalp). A variety of epithelial tumours may arise from a nevus sebaceus in adult life, most commonly basal cell carcinoma. Synonym: Jadassohn's nevus, organoid nevus. (05 Mar 2000) |