Glossary of Medical
Terms, Abbreviations
&
Symbols
Dutch-English,
French-English,
German-English
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German terms starting with "Z" may be in the
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an initial "C"...
zaadbal
= testis / zaadblaasje
= seminal vesicle / zaadleider
= vas deferens; seminal duct / zaadstreng
= spermatic cord / zaadvocht
= seminal fluid / Zaekum
=
caecum / Zahnbein
= dentine / Zahnbelag
see
Zahnstein
/ Zahnfleischtasche
= dental alveolus / Zahnpfeiler = abutment (metal
connector screwed
into post of an implant and then screwed or cemented to a crown; not
same as Pfeilerzahn q.v.) (dent.) / Zahnstein
= dental plaque; "tartar" / zandlopermaag
= hourglass stomach /
Zange
= forceps (obstetrics e.g.)
/ Zäpfchen
=
uvula / Zapfenempfindlichkeit =
cone sensitivity (ophthal.)
/ Zecke
= tick (parasite)
/ zeefbeen
= ethmoid
bone / zeefbeencellen
= ethmoid cells / Zehrflechte
=
lupus vulgaris; tuberculosis of the skin / Zeitextrapolation
=
exposure-duration extrapolation (tox.)
/ Zeitgeber =
zeitgeber (lower case NB:
"The regular day-night changes
in
tissues, physiologic functions and behaviour of organisms are based on
endogenous rhythmic processes which under constant conditions continue
with periods slightly deviating from 24h. These "circadian" rhythms
have properties of self-sustained oscillators. Under natural
conditions, circadian rhythms are synchronized (entrained)
to 24 h by periodic factors in the environment, the so-called
"zeitgebers". In the laboratory, circadian rhythms can also be
entrained to periods other than 24h within certain limits..."
(source:
abstract of German paper, Excerpta
Medica) / Zellatmung
= cell respiration / Zellausläufer
= pseudopodium (phagocytosis)
/ Zellschädigungspotential
= cytotoxic potential / Zellstoffwechsel
= intermediary metabolism /
Zellteilungsrate
= mitotic rate /
zellvermittelt
= cell-mediated / Zellvitalität
= cell viability
/
Zellverband
= cell cluster / zenuwbaan
= nerve path / zenuwknoop
= ganglion (nerves)
/ zerebral
= neurological (symptoms)
/ Zerfall =
(cell) death: "Dieser
Befund (höherer
Serum-Lysozymwert)
wurde schon von
früheren Untersuchungen gefunden und mit einem
stärkeren
Makrophagenzerfall bei den Silikotikern erklärt";
"Macrophages
containing dust may die and liberate toxic substances that cause
inflammation and fibrosis"; "Fibrosis
develops as a result of
phospholipid release from dead, dust-laden macrophages"
/ Zerfallsmaterial
= cell debris; cell detritus / Zertrümmerungsbruch
=
comminuted
fracture / Zervix
see
Gebärmutterhals
/ zesde ziekte
see
sixth
disease
/
zetpil
=
suppository (pharm.)
/ zeugungsfähig
= fertile / ZGG = Zehengrundgelenk, see
MTP
/ Ziegenpeter
= mumps / ziektebeeld
= pathology; clinical picture;
(pathological) condition / ziekelijk
= pathological / ziekteverwekker
= (infective e.g.)
agent; pathogen; bacterium /
ZIFT
= zygote intrafallopian transfer (fertility)
/ Zinnoxydlunge
= stannosis (rmed.)
/ zintuigfysiologie
=
aesthesiophysiology (the
physiology of sensation and the sense organs)
/ Zipfel
= cusp (heart valves e.g.)
/ "Zipperlein"
= gout / Zirbeldrüse
= pineal body; pineal gland;
epiphysis
cerebri / zitbeen
= ischial bone; os ischii; ischium / Zitterlähmung,
see
Parkinson
/ Z.n. (also Zn, ZN or
just Z) =
Zustand nach, see S/P /
ZNS = Zentralnervensystem
see
CNS
/ Zökum
= caecum / zona =
shingles; herpes zoster / zone
donneuse = donor site (skin
graft) / zone
de prise = bed (skin
graft) / zone
réceptrice =
recipient site (skin graft)
/ zonnesteek
= sunstroke / zonnevlecht
= solar plexus / Zotte
see
Chorionzotte
/
Zottenhaut
= chorion / fysiologisch zout
= physiological saline (usually
just "saline") / ZPP
= zinc protoporphyrin (tox.)
/ Zuckerharnruhr; Zuckerkrankheit
= diabetes mellitus / Zuckermangelkrankheit
= hypoglycaemia / Zuckerrohrlunge
= bagassosis (rmed.)
/ Zufallsbefund = incidental finding /
Zugang
= portal (arthroscopy e.g.)
/ Zugmuskel
=
Muskel / zuigelingensterfte
= infant mortality /
zulassungsüberschreitende
Anwendung = off-label use (of
drug
in clinical trial) / Zungenbändchen
= frenulum of tongue / Zungenbein
= hyoid bone; os hyoideum /
sich zurückbilden
= recede; disappear (symptoms)
/ zurückgebogen
= retroflexed / zurückhaltend
(as suffix)
= -static / zusammenhängend
= consolidated (areas of
tissue in lung disease)
/ Zusatz
= supplement (e.g.
culture medium supplemented with antibiotics)
Zusatzphage =
supplementary phage (microbiol.)
/ zuurstofspanning
=
oxygen tension (rmed., blood
gases) / beobachtendes
Zuwarten;
kontrolliertes Zuwarten
see
WW
/
ZVI
= zerebrovaskulärer Insult,
see
CVA
/ zwachtel
=
dressing; bandage / zwam
= fungus / Zwangsernährung
=
forced feeding; force-feeding / Zwangshaltung
= forced posture (erg.)
/ "zwartkopje"
= comedo; "blackhead" (derm.)
/ zweer
= ulcer / zweigipfelig
= dicrotic (pulse)
/
Zweiklassenmedizin
= two-tier medicine / zweizipfelig
= bicuspid (valve e.g.)
/ Zwerchfell
= diaphragm (anat.)
/ Zwerchfellbruch =
diaphragmatic hernia / Zwerchfellfurchen;
Zwerchfellschnürfurchen = diaphragmatic furrows
(furrowing)
(of liver, typically in lung disease) / Zwergwuchs
= dwarfism; nanism / zwevend
(operating theatre instruments)
= suspended (from
ceiling to save space) / zwezerik
= thymus / Zwischenhirn
see
diencephalon
/ Zwischenwirbelscheibe
= interverterbal disc / Zwischenwirt
= intermediate host (parasites)
/ Zwitter
= hermaphrodite / Zwölffingerdarm
=
duodenum /
Zwölffingerdarmgeschwür =
duodenal ulcer / Zylinderepithel
= columnar epithelium / Zystenlunge
= honeycomb lung (rad./rmed.)
/ Zytotoxizität =
cytotoxicity /
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