Category: K

  • Kocher’s reflex

    A contraction of abdominal muscles following moderate compression of the testicle.  

  • Kocherization

    An operative maneuver (as per Theodor Kocher) to mobilize the duodenum prior to performing other procedures locally or before incising the duodenum, e.g., to expose the papilla of Vater.  

  • Knuckle pad

    A discrete fibromatous pad appearing over a finger joint. It usually appears between the ages of 15 and 30. A congenital condition in which small nodules appear on the dorsal side of fingers.    

  • Knowns

    In hypnotherapy those feelings, ideas, or images familiar to a person and therefore comfortably identifiable.  

  • Knot

    An intertwining of a cord or cordlike structure to form a lump or knob. A technique used for formal hairstyling that creates the look of a knot or bun.  

  • Knoop hardness test

    A test of surface hardness, using a stylus with a pyramidal diamond indenter. The long diagonal of the resulting indentation determines the hardness of the substance.  

  • Knockdown

    A modification of a gene that limits its expression to specified conditions or circumstances.  

  • Knob

    A protuberance on a surface or extremity; a mass or nodule.  

  • Knitting

    The process of healing by uniting pieces of a fractured bone.  

  • Kniest dysplasia

    An autosomal-dominant collagen disorder that causes dwarfism. Findings include a short trunk, prominent and stiff joints, flattened face, eye abnormalities, deafness, inguinal hernias, hip dislocation, cleft palate, and talipes-equinovarus. Patients develop severe dorsal kyphosis or kyphoscoliosis and lumbar lordosis.