| verminous abscess | Abscess due to parasitic worms or in which worms are found. Synonym: verminous abscess. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| verminous aneurysm | An aneurysm in horses caused by Strongylus vulgaris larvae; usually involving the mesenteric arteries. Synonym: worm aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| verminous appendicitis | Appendicitis caused by obstruction or response to the presence of parasitic worms such as Ascaris lumbricoides, Strongyloides stercoralis, or the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| verminous bronchitis | Bronchitis and bronchopneumonia caused by invasion of the bronchi by lungworms; occurs commonly in cattle, swine, and sheep, but rarely in other species. Synonym: hoose, husk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| verminous ileus | Obstruction due to masses of intestinal parasites. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermis | 1. A worm; any structure or part resembling a worm in shape. 2. The narrow middle zone between the two hemispheres of the cerebellum; the portion projecting above the level of the hemispheres on the upper surface is called the superior vermis; the lower portion, sunken between the two hemispheres and forming the floor of the vallecula, is the inferior vermis. Origin: L. Worm (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermis folium | A small posterior subdivision of the superior vermis of the cerebellum. Synonym: folium vermis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermivorous | <ornithology, zoology> Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds. Origin: L. Vermis a worm + vorare to devour: cf. F. Vermivore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vermix | A wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the caecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity. Synonym: appendix vermiformis, appendix ceci, processus vermiformis, vermiform appendage, vermiform process, vermix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermuth | A liqueur made of white wine, absinthe, and various aromatic drugs, used to excite the appetite. Alternative forms: vermouth. Origin: F. Vermout. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vernacular | Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language. "A vernacular disease." "His skill the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue." (Fuller) "Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted." (Pope) Origin: L. Vernaculus born in one's house, native, fr. Verna a slave born in his master's house, a native, probably akin to Skr. Vas to dwell, E. Was. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vernacular name | <zoology> The colloquial names of taxa i.e. In any language or form other than that of zoological nomenclature. Have no status in nomenclature. (09 Jan 1998) |
| vernal | Belonging to the spring, appearing or occurring in spring, of the spring season. (09 Oct 1997) |
| vernal catarrh | A chronic, bilateral conjunctival inflammation with photophobia and intense itching that recurs seasonally during warm weather; characterised in the palpebral form by cobblestone papillae in the upper palpebral conjunctiva and in the bulbar form by gelatinous nodules adjacent to the corneoscleral limbus. Synonym: allergic conjunctivitis, spring conjunctivitis, spring ophthalmia, vernal catarrh, vernal keratoconjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vernal conjunctivitis | A chronic, bilateral conjunctival inflammation with photophobia and intense itching that recurs seasonally during warm weather; characterised in the palpebral form by cobblestone papillae in the upper palpebral conjunctiva and in the bulbar form by gelatinous nodules adjacent to the corneoscleral limbus. Synonym: allergic conjunctivitis, spring conjunctivitis, spring ophthalmia, vernal catarrh, vernal keratoconjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |