Category: D

The heat-producing response to ingesting food. For several hours after eating, the metabolic rate increases. Heat is a by-product of the digestion, absorption, and breakdown of consumed foods, and the synthesis and storage of proteins and fats. Because the calories used in the thermic response are expended, they are not stored as fat.  

Continuous contraction, especially in degenerated muscles, in response to a continuous electric current.  

Tetanus in which muscle spasms occur first in the head and neck and later are manifested in other muscles of the body.  

A testis located abnormally within the inguinal canal or pelvis.  

The migration of the testis from the abdominal cavity to the scrotum during fetal development.  

A tablet that contains a clinically effective large amount of an active drug.  

Peripheral neuritis affecting diabetics; may affect the spinal cord and simulate tabes caused by syphilis.  

Synovitis with little or no effusion.  

Inflammation and proliferation of the synovial tissues, especially when occurring around foreign bodies (such as silicone joint prostheses) or loose bodies (such as fragments of cartilage or subchondral bone).  

Synovitis with villous growths developing in the sac.