All-Meat Syndrome: Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism, ( complication of renal disease affecting all 4 parthyroid glands ), with osteodystrophia fibrosa, ( lesion of bone in which fibro-osseous tissue replaces resorbed bone), in dogs & cats. Results from high phosphorus/low calcium content of a diet consisting mainly of meat.
Antipruritic: Preventing or relieving itching, or an agent that does this.
Robert-Jones bandage: Heavily padded bandage of cotton batting or cotton wool in a wrapping material. Sometimes with added stiffening devices, ( plastic piping or parallel strips of thin metal ), applied as a pressure bandage to provide temporary support for a fractured limb prior to plaster immobilization or immediately afterwards.
Cochlea: Spiral tube forming part of the inner ear which is essential organ of hearing.
Dander: Small scales from hair/feathers of animals. May be cause of allergy in sensitive persons.
Diverticulitis: Infammation, esp. of the small pockets in wall of colon that fill with stagnant fecal material and become infammed.
Fecalith:Hard, impacted mass of feces in colon.
Foveation: Formation of pits on a surface, ( skin ). Occurs in smallpox, chickenpox, or vaccinia.
Good Samaritan Law: Provides protection against claims of malpractice for medical practitioners who render emergency care at scene of an accident, except when gross negligence/willful misconduct can be proved.
Hickey-Hare Test: Hypertonic saline infusion test, induces plasma hyperosmolality. Used for distinguishing different causes of polyuria/polydipsia.
Incontinence: Inability to control excretory functions.
Myelomeningocele: Hernial protrusion of the spinal cord and meninges thru a defect in the vertebral arch.