| pseudocoel | An internal fluid-filled body cavity within an organism other than the gut which lies between the gut (derived from the endoderm) and the muscles (derived from the mesoderm) of the outer body wall (derived from the ectoderm). It may contain other organs besides the gut. It is derived from the blastocoel during embryonic development. It is found in triploblastic animals called pseudocoelomates. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| pseudocoelia | <anatomy> The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. False + hollow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pseudocoelomate | A triploblastic organism which has an internal, fluid-filled body cavity derived from the blastocoel of the embryo. This cavity surrounds the gut, may contain various other organs, and is called the pseudocoel. It differs from the coeloms of true coelomates because it is not derived from or completely lined with tissue derived from the mesoderm.The term is used to classify multicellular animals by developmental pattern. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pseudocolloid | A colloid-like or mucoid substance found in ovarian cysts, in the lips, and elsewhere. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocolloid of lips | A condition marked by the presence of numerous small, yellowish white bodies or granules on the inner surface and vermilion border of the lips; histologically the lesions are ectopic sebaceous glands. Synonym: Fordyce's disease, Fordyce's granules, pseudocolloid of lips. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocollusion | In psychoanalysis, a merely apparent sense of closeness emanating from a transference. Origin: pseudo-+ Fr. Collusion, fr. L. Colludo, to play together (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocoma | <syndrome> Basis pontis infarct resulting in tetraplegia, horizontal ophthalmoplegia, dysphagia, and facial diplegia with preserved consciousness; caused by basilar artery occlusion. Synonym: pseudocoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocowpox | An infection of cows' udders by pseudocowpox virus, a member of the Poxviridae, that is transmitted to the fingers and hands of milkers, producing nodules and lymphangitis, and occasionally widespread papular or papulovesicular eruptions; human infection is transferable to uninfected cows. Synonym: milkers' nodes, paravaccinia, pseudocowpox. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudocowpox virus | A species of parapoxvirus causing a pox-like disease on udders of cows that may spread to milkers. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |