| gonioscope | <instrument> A lens designed to study the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye. Origin: G. Gonia, angle, + skopeo, to examine (05 Mar 2000) |
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| gonioscopy | <procedure> Examination of the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye with the gonioscope. (18 Nov 1997) |
| goniosynechia | Adhesion of the iris to the posterior surface of the cornea in the angle of the anterior chamber; associated with angle-closure glaucoma. Synonym: peripheral anterior synechia. Origin: G. Gonia, angle, + synechis, holding together (05 Mar 2000) |
| goniotomy | Surgical opening of the trabecular meshwork in congenital glaucoma. Origin: G. Gonia, angle, + tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| gonitis | An obsolete term for inflammation of the knee. Origin: G. Gony, knee, + -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| gono-opsonin | A specific gonococcal opsonin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gonoblastid | <zoology> A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore. See: Gonoblastidium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gonoblastidium | Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Offspring + to bud. <zoology> A blastostyle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gonocalyx | <zoology> The bell of a sessile gonozooid. Origin: Gr. Offspring + E. Calyx. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gonocele | A cystic lesion of the epididymis or rete testis, resulting from obstruction and containing secretions from the testis. Origin: G. Gone, seed, + kele, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| gonochorism | Separation of the sexes in different individuals; opposed to hermaphroditism. In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs. In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless. Origin: Gr. Offspring + to separate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gonocide | 1. Destructive to the gonococcus. 2. An agent that kills gonococci. Synonym: gonococcicide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gonococcaemia | The presence of gonococci in the circulating blood. Synonym: gonohemia. Origin: Gonococcus + G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| gonococcal | Relating to the gonococcus. Synonym: gonococcic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gonococcal arthritis | Joint space infection in humans caused by disseminated Neisseria gonorrhoeae; characteristically monarticular, but may be polyarticular. Synonym: gonorrhoeal arthritis. (05 Mar 2000) |