| 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) |
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| 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) |
| pseudocoarctation | Distortion, often with slight narrowing, of the aortic arch at the level of insertion of the ligamentum arteriosum. Synonym: buckled aorta, kinked aorta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocoarctation of the aorta | A rare abnormality of the arch of the aorta that constricts that vessel but is not a true coarctation in that there is no significant encroachment on the lumen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocoel | An internal fluid-filled body cavity within an organism other than the gut which lies between the gut (derived from the endoderm) and the muscles (derived from the mesoderm) of the outer body wall (derived from the ectoderm). It may contain other organs besides the gut. It is derived from the blastocoel during embryonic development. It is found in triploblastic animals called pseudocoelomates. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pseudocoelia | <anatomy> The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. False + hollow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pseudocoelomate | A triploblastic organism which has an internal, fluid-filled body cavity derived from the blastocoel of the embryo. This cavity surrounds the gut, may contain various other organs, and is called the pseudocoel. It differs from the coeloms of true coelomates because it is not derived from or completely lined with tissue derived from the mesoderm.The term is used to classify multicellular animals by developmental pattern. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pseudocolloid | A colloid-like or mucoid substance found in ovarian cysts, in the lips, and elsewhere. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocolloid of lips | A condition marked by the presence of numerous small, yellowish white bodies or granules on the inner surface and vermilion border of the lips; histologically the lesions are ectopic sebaceous glands. Synonym: Fordyce's disease, Fordyce's granules, pseudocolloid of lips. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocollusion | In psychoanalysis, a merely apparent sense of closeness emanating from a transference. Origin: pseudo-+ Fr. Collusion, fr. L. Colludo, to play together (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocoma | <syndrome> Basis pontis infarct resulting in tetraplegia, horizontal ophthalmoplegia, dysphagia, and facial diplegia with preserved consciousness; caused by basilar artery occlusion. Synonym: pseudocoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocowpox | An infection of cows' udders by pseudocowpox virus, a member of the Poxviridae, that is transmitted to the fingers and hands of milkers, producing nodules and lymphangitis, and occasionally widespread papular or papulovesicular eruptions; human infection is transferable to uninfected cows. Synonym: milkers' nodes, paravaccinia, pseudocowpox. (05 Mar 2000) |