| Gibson's bandage | A bandage, resembling Barton's bandage, for stabilizing a fracture of the mandible. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Gibson, George | <person> Scottish physician, 1854-1913. See: Gibson murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gibson, Kasson | <person> U.S. Dentist, 1849-1925. See: Gibson's bandage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gid | A disease of sheep, characterised by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the Cnurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See Cnurus. Origin: Cf. Giddy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| giddy | 1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy. "By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed." (Tate) 2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. "Upon the giddy footing of the hatches." (Shak) 3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling. "The giddy motion of the whirling mill." (Pope) 4. Characterised by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. "Giddy, foolish hours." Rowe. "Giddy chance." Dryden. "Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm." (Cowper) Origin: OE. Gidi mad, silly, AS. Gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw. Gidda to shake, tremble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Giemsa | <chemical> A Romanovsky type stain that is often used to stain blood films that are suspected to contain protozoan parasites. Contains both basic and acidic dyes and will therefore differentiate acid and basic granules in granulocytes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Giemsa chromosome banding stain | <technique> A unique chromosome staining technique, used in human cytogenetics to identify individual chromosomes, which produces characteristic bands. It utilises acetic acid fixation, air drying, denaturing chromosomes mildly with proteolytic enzymes, salts, heat, detergents, or urea, and finally Giemsa stain; chromosome bands appear similar to those fluorochromed by Q-banding stain. Synonym: Giemsa chromosome banding stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Giemsa stain | <technique> Compound of methylene blue-eosin and methylene blue used for demonstrating Negri bodies, Tunga species, spirochetes and protozoans, and differential staining of blood smears; also used for chromosomes, sometimes after hydrolyzing the cytologic preparation in hot hydrochloric acid, and for showing chromosome G bands; often used in glycerol-methanol buffer solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Giemsa, Gustav | <person> German bacteriologist, 1867-1948. See: Giemsa stain, Giemsa chromosome banding stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gier-eagle | <zoology> A bird referred to in the Bible (and) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus). Origin: Cf. D. Gier vulture, G. Gier, and E. Gyrfalcon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gier-falcon | <zoology> The gyrfalcon. Origin: Cf. Gier-eagle, Gyrfalcon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Gierke cells | Small cells characteristic of the substantia gelatinosa (lamina II) of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gierke's disease | Glycogenosis due to glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency, resulting in accumulation of excessive amounts of glycogen of normal chemical structure, particularly in liver and kidney. Synonym: Gierke's disease, glucose-6-phosphatase hepatorenal glycogenosis, von Gierke's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gierke's respiratory bundle | A slender, compact fibre bundle extending longitudinally through the dorsolateral region of the medullary tegmentum, surrounded by the nucleus of the solitary tract, below the obex decussating over the central canal, and descending over some distance into the upper cervical segments of the spinal cord. It is composed of primary sensory fibres that enter with the vagus, glossopharyngeal, and facial nerves, and in part convey information from stretch receptors and chemoreceptors in the walls of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and intestinal tracts; in rostral parts of the tract impulses are generated by the receptor cells of the taste buds in the mucosa of the tongue. Its fibres are distributed to the nucleus of the solitary tract. Synonym: tractus solitarius, fasciculus rotundus, fasciculus solitarius, funiculus solitarius, Gierke's respiratory bundle, Krause's respiratory bundle, round fasciculus, solitary bundle, solitary fasciculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gierke, Edgar von | <person> German pathologist, 1877-1945. See: Gierke's disease, von Gierke's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |