| gigawatt | <radiobiology> Unit of power equal to 10^9 watts, 1000 megawatts, or 1 million kilowatts. 1 gigawatt is a typical size for a nuclear fission reactor, and is expected to be the typical size of a fusion reactor. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| gigerium | Origin: NL, fr. L. Gigeria, pl, the cooked entrails of poultry. <anatomy, ornithology> The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| giggle | To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity. "Giggling and laughing with all their might at the piteous hap of the fairy wight." (J. R. Drake) Origin: Akin to gaggle: cf. OD. Ghichelen, G. Kichern. A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Gigli | Leonardo, Italian gynecologist, 1863-1908. See: Gigli's operation, Gigli's saw. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gigli's operation | Severance of the pubic bone a few centimeters lateral to the symphysis, in order to increase the capacity of a contracted pelvis sufficiently to permit the passage of a living child. Synonym: Gigli's operation, pelviotomy, pelvitomy. Origin: L. Pubis, pubic bone, + G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gigli's saw | A hand-held wire saw for use in craniotomy or pubiotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| GIH | somatostatin |
| Gil-Vernet operation | Extension of a standard pyelotomy into the lower pole infundibulum through the avascular plane between the posterior and basilar segmental renal arteries. Synonym: Gil-Vernet operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gil-Vernet, Jose Maria Vila | <person> Spanish urologist, *1922. See: Gil-Vernet operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gila monster | <zoology> A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, new Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gilbert | The unit of magnetomotive force or magnetic potential. Origin: W. Gilbert, English physicist, 1544-1603 (05 Mar 2000) |
| gilbert's disease | A benign familial disorder, transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. It is characterised by low-grade chronic hyperbilirubinaemia with considerable daily fluctuations of the bilirubin level. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Gilbert's syndrome | <syndrome> An inherited disorder that affects the way bilirubin in handled by the liver. Thought to be due to an inborn error of bilirubin metabolism. Symptoms include mild jaundice, weakness, fatigue, nausea and abdominal pain. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Gilbert, Nicholas | <person> French physician, 1858-1927. See: Gilbert's disease, Gilbert's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gilbert, Walter | <person> The coinventor of Maxam-Gilbert sequencing, which is a lab technique used to find the sequence of nucleotide bases of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA). He is also known for his research on the intron-exon gene structure of eukaryotes. In 1980, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Paul Berg, a biochemist. (09 Oct 1997) |