| ESS | empty sella syndrome; endostreptosin; erythrocyte-sensitizing substance; euthyroid sick syndrome; ev... |
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| PES | Patient Escort Service; photoelectron spectroscopy; physicians' equity services; polyethylene sulfon... |
| LEMO | lowest empty molecular orbital |
| JP drain | The original suction drain. The drain itself is inside the body. It is made of Teflon and has multip... |
| Sa | the most anterior point of the anterior contour of the sella turcica [point]; saline; Staphylococcus... |
| ESS | Empty sella syndrome |
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| EBW | empty body weight |
| ems | empty spiracles |
| empty sella | A sella turcica, often enlarged, that contains no discernible pituitary gland; may be primarily due to an incompetent sellar diaphragm with compression of the pituitary gland by herniating arachnoid or secondarily due to surgery or radiotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| empty sella syndrome | <radiology> Aetiology, idiopathic, most commonly reported in middle-aged obese women (associated with DM, hypertension, normal pituitary function), secondary, pituitary adenoma, surgery or irradiation, communicating hydrocephalus, familial (very rare) X-ray findings: sella normal or increased, intrasellar herniation of subarachnoid space, symptoms: headache, visual disorders, with or without decreased pituitary function, cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea (12 Dec 1998) |
| magnification empty | <microscopy> Magnification beyond which no new information is revealed. (05 Aug 1998) |
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| empty | 1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles. 2. Free; clear; devoid; often with of. "That fair female troop . . . Empty of all good." "I shall find you empty of that fault." (Shak) 3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." "When ye go ye shall not go empty." (Ex. Iii. 21) 4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language; as, empty words, or threats. "Words are but empty thanks." (Cibber) 5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; said of pleasure, the world, etc. "Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise." (Pope) 6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine. "Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind." (Gen. Xli. 27) 7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. "That in civility thou seem'st so empty." (Shak) 8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams. Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as, empty-handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling. Synonym: See Vacant. Origin: AS. Emtig, aemtig, aemetig, fr. Aemta, aemetta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. Emsig busy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sella | 1. A seat for a rider, usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle. 2. A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc. 3. A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc. 4. A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar. 5. <machinery> A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support. 6. <zoology> The clitellus of an earthworm. 7. The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors. <medicine> Saddle bar, any thin plicated bivalve shaell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; so called from its shape. Synonym: saddle oyster. Origin: OE. Sadel, AS. Sadol; akin to D. Zadel, G. Sattel, OHG. Satal, satul, Icel. Sothull, Dan. & Sw. Sadel; cf. Russ. Siedlo; all perh. Ultimately from the root of E. Sit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sella turcica | <anatomy> A transverse depression crossing the midline on the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid bone and containing the pituitary gland. It is named "turkish saddle" from its resemblance to the saddle used by turks. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diaphragm of sella | A fold of dura mater extending transversely across the sella turcica and roofing over the hypophyseal fossa; it is perforated in its centre for the passage of the infundibulum. Synonym: diaphragma sellae, diaphragm sellae, tentorium of hypophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| J-sella deformity | Pear-shaped or J-shaped deformity of sella turcica caused by increased pressure on growing sphenoid bone; noted in the mucopolysaccharide storage diseases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| j-shaped sella | <radiology> Cretinism (hypothyroidism), optic glioma, neurofibromatosis, Hurler syndrome (MPS I), mild arrested hydrocephalus, normal variant (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Empty Sella Turcica Syndrome, Primary Empty Sella Syndrome, Secondary Empty Sella Syndrome, Empty Sella Syndromes
| empty sella s. |
a syndrome diagnosed radiologically in which the diaphragma sellae is vestigial and the enlarged sella turcica forms an extension of the subarachnoid space and is filled with cerebrospinal fluid. The pituitary fossa appears empty, although the pituitary gland is present in a flattened form; pituitary hormone secretion may be normal, deficient, or excessive. Sometimes there is downward herniation of the optic chiasm, which leads to defects in the visual field.
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