| pseudocumene | <chemistry> A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colourless liquid and used in the sterilization of catgut Chemical name: trimethyl benzene Synonym: pseudocumol. Source: Websters Dictionary (21 Jun 2000) |
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| pseudocumol | <chemistry> A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colourless liquid and used in the sterilization of catgut Chemical name: trimethyl benzene Synonym: pseudocumol. Source: Websters Dictionary (21 Jun 2000) |
| pseudocyesis | <obstetrics, psychiatry> A condition in which some signs and symptoms suggest pregnancy, although the woman is not pregnant. Synonym: hysterical pregnancy, pseudocyesis, pseudopregnancy, spurious pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocylindroid | <nephrology> A shred of mucus or other substance in the urine resembling a renal cast. (21 Jun 2000) |
| pseudocyst | 1. An accumulation of fluid in a cystlike loculus, but without an epithelial or other membranous lining. Synonym: adventitious cyst, false cyst. 2. A cyst whose wall is formed by a host cell and not by a parasite. 3. A mass of 50 or more Toxoplasma bradyzoites, found within a host cell, frequently in the brain; formerly called a pseudocyst, but now considered a true cyst enclosed in its own membrane within the host cell that may rupture to release particles that form new cysts, and apparently is infective to another vertebrate host. See: bradyzoite. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Kystis, bladder (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudodeciduosis | A decidual response of endometrium in the absence of pregnancy. Origin: pseudo-+ L. Deciduus, falling off (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudodementia | A severe form of depression resulting from a progressive brain disorder in which cognitive changes mimic those of dementia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pseudodextrocardia | Displacement of the heart to the right, either congenital or due to trauma, with all the chambers and vessels in their correct positions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudodiabetes | A condition in which a false positive test for sugar in the urine occurs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudodiastolic | Seemingly associated with cardiac diastole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudodigitoxin | C41H64O14;a secondary cardiac glycoside from Digitalis purpurea and D. Lanata. Synonym: anhydrogitalin, bigitalin, pseudodigitoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudodiphtheria | 1. One of a group of local infections suggesting diphtheria, but caused by microorganisms other than Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Synonym: Epstein's disease, false diphtheria, pseudodiphtheria. 2. Any microorganism resembling Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Origin: diphtheria + G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudodipsia | Synonym: false thirst. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Dipsa, thirst (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudodiverticulum | An outpouching from the lumen into an area of central necrosis within a large smooth muscle tumour, along any part of the intestinal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudodysentery | Occurrence of symptoms indistinguishable from those of bacillary dysentery, due to causes other than the presence of the specific microorganisms of bacillary dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |