Category: V

A trade name for doxycycline.  

The part of the auditory nerve which carries information about balance to the brain. The division of the vestibulocochlear nerve that carries impulses from the semicircular canals, utricle, and saccule of the inner ear to the brain, conveying information about the body’s posture and movements in space and allowing coordination and balance. A main division…

The glands at the point where the vagina and vulva join, which secrete a lubricating substance. Either of two pairs of glands at the vagina-vulva junction, the secretions of which lubricate the vagina during coitus. The posterior pair is also called Bartholin’s glands. The two pairs of glands that open at the junction of the…

Folds in the larynx above the vocal folds, which are not used for speech.  

Referring to a skin disorder which has both blisters and papules. Describing a skin condition typified by having both vesicles (blisters) and papules (raised spots). Related to a skin rash characterized by both vesicles and papules. Relating to a skin eruption that includes both small, fluid-filled blisters and solid, raised bumps.  

An X-ray examination of the seminal vesicles. X-ray examination of the seminal vesicles. This is usually performed by injecting radio-opaque contrast material into the exposed vasa deferentia. It can also be undertaken by inserting a catheter into the ejaculatory duct (which discharges semen from the vesicle into the vas deferens) via an ‘endoscope. This examination…

A surgical operation to remove a seminal vesicle. Surgical removal of a seminal vesicle. This operation, which is rarely undertaken, may be performed for a tumor of the seminal vesicles. Partial or complete excision of a vesicle, particularly a seminal vesicle. The complete or partial extraction of the seminal vesicles through surgery. The surgical procedure…

The formation of blisters on the skin. The formation of vesicles or the state of having or forming them. The creation of small fluid-filled sacs or blisters.  

The sound made during the normal breathing process. Normal breath sounds heard in the lung by means of a stethoscope. These are soft regular sounds which become altered by disease; the changed characteristics may help the physician to diagnose a disease in the lung. The noise generated when air flows in and out of well-functioning…