| koro | A culture-specific acute delusional syndrome occurring mostly in the malay people and southern chinese. The syndrome is characterised by the individual's sudden experience of depersonalization depicted by the belief that his penis is shrinking into his abdomen and that he will die when this occurs. Although generally classified as a culture-specific syndrome, koro may be no more than a variant of castration anxiety (anxiety, castration) as it has been described in non-asian patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| koronion | The tip of the coronoid process of the mandible; a craniometric point. Synonym: koronion. Origin: G. Korone, crow (05 Mar 2000) |
| Korotkoff sounds | Sound's heard over an artery when pressure over it is reduced below systolic arterial pressure, as when blood pressure is determined by the auscultatory method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Korotkoff's test | A test of collateral circulation; while the artery above an aneurysm is compressed, the blood pressure in the distal circulation is estimated; if it is fairly high, the collateral circulation is good. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Korotkoff, Nikolai | <person> Russian physician, 1874-1920. See: Korotkoff sounds, Korotkoff's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| korrigum | <zoology> A West African antelope (Damalis Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Korsakoff's psychosis | <syndrome> May occur as a sequel to chronic alcohol abuse. Features include personality changes, confabulation, psychosis, disorientation, polyneuritis, insomnia and hallucinations. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Korsakoff's syndrome | <syndrome> May occur as a sequel to chronic alcohol abuse. Features include personality changes, confabulation, psychosis, disorientation, polyneuritis, insomnia and hallucinations. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Korsakoff, Sergei | <person> Russian neurologist, 1853-1900. See: Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Koshland, Daniel | <person> U.S. Biochemist, *1920. See: Adair-Koshland-Nemethy-Filmer model, Koshland-Nemethy-Filmer model. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Koshland-Nemethy-Filmer model | <biochemistry, chemistry> A model to explain the allosteric form of cooperativity; in this model, in the absence of ligands, the protein exists in only one conformation; upon binding, the ligand induces a conformational change that may be transmitted to other subunits. Synonym: Adair-Koshland-Nemethy-Filmer model, induced fit model. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kossa stain | <technique> A stain for calcium in mineralised tissue, utilizing a silver nitrate solution followed by sodium thiosulfate; calcified bone but not osteoid is stained brown to black. Synonym: Kossa stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kostmann syndrome | <syndrome> Severe infantile agranulocytosis, an inherited disorder of infancy characterised by severe, recurrent infections, and neutropenia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| koulan | <zoology> A wild horse (Equus, or Asinus, onager) inhabiting the plants of Central Asia. Synonym: gour, khur, and onager. Alternative forms: kulan. It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kousso | <botany> An Abyssinian rosaceous tree (Brayera anthelmintica), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge. Alternative forms: cusso and kosso. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kosher |
A term used in Jewish cookery. Foods marked Kosher, have undergone special examination and been stamped with the Rabbi's seal or has been prepared according to orthodox Jewish dietary laws.
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| kosher |
Meeting Hebrew religious laws, including, for meat, being sold within 48 hours after being butchered. Also a general term for the style of Jewish cuisine that meets the specific religious laws.
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| Kock pouch |
surgical technique of constructing an intra-abdominal pouch from part of the ileum, referred to as "continent ileostomy."
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| Koebner phenomenon |
Tendency of psoriasis to appear on tnilimatized skin.
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| Korsakoff's syndrome |
A disease associated with chronic alcoholism, resulting from a deficiency of vitamin B-1. Patients sustain damage to part of the thalamus and cerebellum. Symptoms include inflammation of nerves, muttering delirium, insomnia, illusions and hallucinations and a lasting amnesia.
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| KO | an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs |
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| KO | sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Mohammed during his life at Mecca and Medina |
| KO | of or related to the sacred texts of Islam |
| KO | Soviet gymnast (born in 1955) |
| KO | Russian chess master (born in 1931) |
| KO | British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956) |
| KO | a mountainous province of central Sudan |
| KO | a group of languages spoken in the relatively small Kordofan area of the south Sudan |
| KO | (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter |
| KO | an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan |
| KO | a strait between Korea and Japan |
| KO | the Altaic language spoken by the Korean people |