| pseudocowpox virus | A species of parapoxvirus causing a pox-like disease on udders of cows that may spread to milkers. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| pseudocoxalgia | Synonym: Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. Origin: pseudo-+ L. Coxa, hip, + G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocrisis | A temporary fall of the temperature in a disease usually ending by crisis; not a true crisis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocroup | A spasmodic closure of the glottis, lasting a few seconds, followed by a noisy inspiration. Compare: laryngitis stridulosa. Synonym: pseudocroup, spasmus glottidis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocryptorchism | A condition in which the testes descend to the scrotum but continue to move up and down, rising high in the inguinal canal at one time and descending to the scrotum at another. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Kryptos, hidden, + orchis, testis (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| 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) |