n
Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil.
adj
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
n
(anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
n
(anatomy) The dilated end of a duct.
n
(medicine) A congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.
n
(anatomy) A loop-shaped structure.
n
(biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.
adj
Synonym of aryepiglottic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, such as the basilic vein.
adj
By means of both nostrils
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or resembling, a bursa
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the caveolae.
adj
Surrounding the nostrils
adj
Around or encircling the mouth
adj
(architecture) Alternative form of cleithral [(anatomy) Relating to, or having, a cleithrum.]
adj
Of or pertaining to the cloaca
adj
Alternative form of cluneal [(anatomy) of or relating to a group of cutaneous nerves of the buttocks]
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the abdomen
n
(ophthalmology) A concretion of material in a lacrymal or nasal duct.
n
A dorsal branch of the avian mesobronchium or prolongation
adj
(anatomy) epiglottic; relating to the epiglottis
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to the face, fingers and genitals.
adj
Of or pertaining to a fistula.
n
(anatomy) A shallow depression in the posterior dorsal midline of the tongue that is the remnant of the more cranial part of the embryonic duct from which the thyroid gland developed.
n
Alternative form of Gartner's canal [Synonym of Gartner's duct]
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the galea aponeurosis.
adj
(anatomy) relating to the gastrocnemius
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a genu or to the knee.
adj
(informal) Pertaining to the groin.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium and groin; applied to a branch of the first lumbar nerve.
adj
Of or pertaining to the groin.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the groin and leg.
adj
(anatomy) Between alveoli.
n
(anatomy) Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.
adj
(relational) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein.
adj
Obsolete form of jugular. [(anatomy, relational) Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.]
adj
(anatomy) Beside the mouth.
adj
(anatomy) Describing the caudal part of the external genitals of an embryo before sexual differentiation
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to tears or the tear-secreting organs.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the lacunae and the canaliculi
n
(anatomy) Synonym of laryngeal saccule.
n
A dark vertical line, running up the abdomen from the pubis to the navel (though it sometimes runs further, to the top of the abdomen) that forms during pregnancy.
n
The part of a sphincter composed of smooth muscle
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lore.
n
(anatomy) A point of the skin one-third of the distance from the ASIS to the umbilicus, which corresponds to the most common location of the base of the appendix.
adj
Of, pertaining to or resembling a meatus.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a single alveolus, or to only one of the two lungs
adv
By, through or using the nose.
n
(medicine) Synonym of scaphoid abdomen
n
An umbilical cord that has become wrapped 360 degrees around the neck of a foetus.
adj
(pharmacology) Done or taken by the mouth.
adj
Of, or pertaining to an orifice.
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to the orifices of the body.
adj
Alternative form of orofaciodigital [(pathology) Affecting the mouth, face, and digits.]
adj
Involving the mouth and the genitals.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the movement of the mouth.
adj
Relating to, or directed towards the mucous surfaces of the mouth (cheek).
adj
(anatomy) Relating to any orifice, or ostium.
adj
Of or pertaining to the ostiole.
adj
(anatomy) Beyond the pharynx
adj
Relating to the parotid gland.
adv
(US, medicine) Alternative form of per os: via the mouth; orally.
adj
(anatomy) Around the areola.
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the mouth
adj
(medicine) Around the orifices of the body.
adj
(anatomy) Around the tonsils.
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the tracheae.
adj
(medicine) By way of the mouth.
adj
Relating to the pharynx and the skin
n
(zootomy) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.
adj
Relating to a postcleithrum
n
(anatomy) The cleft between the labia majora.
n
(embryogenesis) A depression in the roof of the developing mouth in front of the buccopharyngeal membrane. It gives rise to the adenohypophysis.
adj
Of or relating to rhinorrhea.
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to a rhonchus; produced by rhonchi.
n
(anatomy) Either of two ligaments running from the uterus through the inguinal canal to the labia majora; ligamentum teres uteri.
n
Alternative form of tonsillolith [(dentistry) A calculus that forms in the rear of the mouth, in the crevasses of the palatine tonsils.]
adj
(medicine) Of, or relating to torticollis.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the trachea and the sternum
adj
(medicine) Through the mouth.
n
(anatomy) A crescent-shaped anatomic space encompassed by the lower edge of the left lung, the anterior border of the spleen, the left costal margin and the inferior margin of the left lobe of the liver.
adj
Alternative form of umbilical [Of, or relating to, the navel (umbilicus) or the umbilical cord.]
adj
(anatomy) Relating to utricles and to saccules.
n
Small tubular accessory lacrimal glands found in the lacrimal caruncle of the eyelid, which produce tears to be secreted onto the surface of the conjunctiva.
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