| pseudocast | <nephrology> An elongated, ribbon-like mucous thread with poorly defined edges and pointed or split ends, often confused with a true urinary cast. Synonym: cylindroid, mucous cast, pseudocast, spurious cast. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pseudocatalase | <enzyme> Microbial enzyme; does not contain haem; contains manganese; does not have superoxide dismutase activity Registry number: EC 1.11.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| pseudocele | Synonym: cavity of septum pellucidum. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Koilia, cavity (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocelom | A partial or false celom, typical of Nematoda (roundworms) and related phyla, in which the body cavity is lined by mesoderm along only one surface (hypodermis, under the cuticular body wall). Compare: celom, acelom. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Koiloma, hollow (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocephalocele | Acquired herniation of intracranial tissues caused by injury or disease. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Kephale, head, + kele, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudochancre | A non-specific indurated sore, usually located on the penis, resembling a chancre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocholinesterase | <enzyme> An enzyme involved in the breakdown of acetylcholine. Associated with acetylcholinesterase. Acetylcholinesterase is found in nerve tissue while pseudocholinesterase is found primarily in the liver. Measurement of pseudocholinesterase may be performed as a screening tool prior to the administration of electroconvulsive therapy. It is also useful in identifying organophosphate toxicity or congenital enzyme deficiencies. (06 Oct 1997) |
| pseudocholinesterase deficiency | An autosomal dominant disorder manifested by exaggerated responses to drugs ordinarily hydrolyzed by serum pseudocholinesterase (e.g., succinylcholine); believed to entail production of a variant enzyme that is less active than the normal enzyme in hydrolyzing appropriate substrates, but also abnormally resistant to the effects of anticholinesterases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudochorea | A spasmodic affection or extensive tic resembling chorea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudochromesthesia | 1. An anomaly in which each vowel in the printed word is seen as coloured. See: photism. Synonym: colour hearing. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Chroma, colour, + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudochromidrosis | Pseudochromhidrosis The presence of pigment on the skin in association with sweating, but due to the local action of pigment-forming bacteria and not to the excretion of coloured sweat. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Chroma, colour, + hidros, sweat (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudochylous | Resembling chyle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudochylous ascites | Presence in the peritoneum of an opalescent or cloudy fluid that does not contain fat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocirrhosis | An extensive fibrotic reaction within the liver as a result of chronic constrictive pericarditis or prolonged congestive heart failure; true cirrhosis with fibrous bridging of lobules is unusual. Synonym: cardiac liver, congestive cirrhosis, pseudocirrhosis, stasis cirrhosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoclonus | Unsustained clonic response despite continued force to elicit it. (05 Mar 2000) |