| Jolles, Adolf | <person> Austrian chemist, 1863-1944. See: Jolles' test. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Jolly bodies | Spherical or ovoid eccentrically located granules, approximately 1 um in diameter, occasionally observed in the stroma of circulating erythrocytes, especially in stained preparations (as compared with wet unstained films); probably represent nuclear remnants, inasmuch as they can be stained with dyes that are rather specific for chromatin; the significance of the body's is not exactly known; they occur most frequently after splenectomy or in megaloblastic or severe haemolytic anaemia. Synonym: Jolly bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jolly's reaction | Rapid loss of response to faradic stimulation of a muscle with the galvanic response and the power of voluntary contraction retained. Synonym: myasthenic reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jolly, Friedrich | <person> German neurologist, 1844-1904. See: Jolly's reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jolly, Justin | <person> French histologist, 1870-1953. See: Jolly bodies, Howell-Jolly bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jonah | The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious. <zoology> Jonah crab, a large crab (Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jones fracture | <radiology> Fracture base of 5th metatarsal (12 Dec 1998) |
| Jones reducer | <apparatus> An apparatus made up of a column filled with amalgamated zinc which isused to reduce solutions. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Jones' test | A test for patency of the lacrimal system; fluorescein instilled in the conjunctival sac can be recovered from the inferior nasal meatus. Synonym: Jones' test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jones, Ernest | <person> British psychiatrist, 1879-1958. See: Ross-Jones test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jones, Henry Bence | <person> See: Bence Jones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jonnesco's fossa | A peritoneal recess extending upward behind the superior duodenal fold. Synonym: recessus duodenalis superior, duodenojejunal fossa, duodenojejunal recess, Jonnesco's fossa, superior duodenal fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jonnesco, Thomas | <person> Roumanian surgeon, 1860-1926. See: Jonnesco's fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jonquille | <botany> A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. Origin: F. Jonquille, fr. L. Juncus a rush, because it has rushlike leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Jonston's area | An obsolete term for alopecia areata. (05 Mar 2000) |