| external occipital protuberance | A prominence about the centre of the outer surface of the squamous portion of the occipital bone, giving attachment to the ligamentum nuchae. Synonym: protuberantia occipitalis externa. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| external opening of urethra | The slitlike opening of the urethra in the glans penis, the external orifice of the urethra (in the female) in the vestibule, usually upon a slight elevation, the papilla urethrae. Synonym: ostium urethrae externum, external opening of urethra, meatus urinarius, orificium urethrae externum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external ophthalmopathy | Any disease of the conjunctiva, cornea, or adnexa of the eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external ophthalmoplegia | Paralysis affecting one or more of the extrinsic eye muscles. Synonym: external ophthalmoplegia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external os of uterus | The vaginal opening of the uterus. Synonym: ostium uteri, mouth of the womb, opening of uterus, orificium externum uteri, os uteri externum, ostium uteri externum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external ovular transmigration | Direct ovular transmigration occurs when the ovum passes across the pelvic cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external pacemaker | An artificial cardiac pacemaker whose electrodes for delivering rhythmical electrical stimuli to the heart are placed on the chest wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external phase | The medium or fluid in which a disperse is suspended. Synonym: continuous phase, dispersion medium, dispersion phase, external medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external pin fixation | In oral surgery, stabilization of fractures of the mandible, maxilla, or zygoma by pins or screws drilled into the bony part through the overlying skin and connected by a metal bar. Pin fixation by replacing the rigid metal bar connector with an acrylic bar adapted at the time of reduction of the fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external pterygoid muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, inferior head from lateral lamina of pterygoid process; superior head from infratemporal crest and adjacent greater wing of the sphenoid; insertion, into pterygoid pit of mandible and articular disk; action, brings jaw forward, opens jaw; nerve supply, nerve to lateral pterygoid from mandibular division of trigeminal. Synonym: musculus pterygoideus lateralis, external pterygoid muscle, musculus pterygoideus externus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external pudendal arteries | Origin, femoral; distribution, skin over pubis, skin over penis and skin of scrotum or labium majus via anterior scrotal (labial) arteries; anastomoses, dorsal artery of penis or clitoris, posterior scrotal or labial arteries. Synonym: arteriae pudendae externae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external pudendal veins | These correspond to the arteries of the same name; they empty into the great saphenous vein or directly into the femoral vein, and receive the superficial dorsal vein of the penis (clitoris) and the anterior scrotal (or labial) veins. Synonym: venae pudendae externae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external pyocephalus | Meningeal suppuration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external radiation | Radiation therapy that uses a machine located outside the body to aim high-energy rays at the cancer. (16 Dec 1997) |
| external radiation therapy | Radiation therapy using a machine located outside the body to aim high-energy rays at a tumour. (12 Dec 1998) |
| external ear |
the part of the ear visible externally
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| external iliac artery |
the outer branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body; becomes the femoral artery
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| external iliac vein |
a continuation of the femoral vein; unites with the internal iliac vein to form the common iliac vein
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| external jugular vein |
formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins; empties into the subclavian vein
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| external oblique muscle |
a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
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| EXT | make external or objective, or give reality to |
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| EXT | embodying in an outward form |
| EXT | make external or objective, or give reality to |
| EXT | bring outside the body for surgery, of organs |
| EXT | capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out |
| EXT | kill en masse |
| EXT | destroy completely, as if down to the roots |
| EXT | destroyed completely |
| EXT | the act of exterminating |
| EXT | complete annihilation |
| EXT | someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) |
| EXT | a nonresident doctor or medical student |