Dictionary of family medicine J

• j   noun the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet;  a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
• ja.
• jakob.
• james   noun a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri;  a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads;  (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament;  writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843 1916);  United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842 1910);  United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847 1882);  the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566 1625);  the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633 1701);  a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473 1513);  a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle
• jane.
• janeway.
• januvia.
• japan   noun lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient;  lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer;  a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean;  a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building;  verb coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan
• japan epa lipid intervention study.
• japanese   adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language;  noun the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese;  a native or inhabitant of Japan
• japanese encephalitis.
• jaundice   noun yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia;  a rough and bitter manner;  verb affect with, or as if with, jaundice;  distort adversely
• jaundice with.
• jaw   noun holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object;  the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth;  the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth;  verb censure severely or angrily;  talk incessantly and tiresomely;  talk socially without exchanging too much information; chew (food)
• jb.
• jc.
• jcm.
• jdf.
• je.
• jeghers.
• jejuni.
• jejunitis   noun inflammation of the jejunum of the small intestine
• jejunoileal.
• jelis.
• jenner   noun English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749 1823)
• jentadueto.
• jeor.
• jerk   noun an abrupt spasmodic movement;  raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms;  a dull stupid fatuous person;  (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration;  a sudden abrupt pull;  meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun;  verb throw or toss with a quick motion; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions;  make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion;  pull, or move with a sudden movement;  jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
• jerks.
• jews.
• jgr.
• jh.
• jiangtang.
• jionts.
• jiroveci.
• jiroveci pneumonia hiv.
• jirovecii.
• jitteriness   noun the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
• jk.
• jm.
• jnc.
• jnc vii.
• jnc vii seventh report of the joint national committee on.
• johann.
• john   noun the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament;  (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation;  youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167 1216);  a room or building equipped with one or more toilets;  a prostitute's customer
• johns   noun United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930)
• johnson   noun 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808 1875);  36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908 1973);  English writer and lexicographer (1709 1784)
• joint   adj. involving both houses of a legislature;  united or combined;  affecting or involving two or more;  noun marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking;  junction by which parts or objects are joined together;  a disreputable place of entertainment; (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion);  a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion;  the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made;  verb separate (meat) at the joint;  fasten with a joint;  provide with a joint;  fit as if by joints
• joint disease deformities in rheumatoid arthritis.
• joints.
• jones   noun English phonetician (1881 1967);  one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573 1652);  American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747 1792);  United States golfer (1902 1971);  United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864 1900);  United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830 1930)
• jordan   noun an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea;  a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
• journal   noun the part of the axle contained by a bearing;  a record book as a physical object;  a periodical dedicated to a particular subject;  a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations;  a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
• joy   noun something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness;  the emotion of great happiness;  verb make glad or happy;  feel happiness or joy
• jp.
• jr   noun a son who has the same first name as his father
• jt.
• jugular   adj. relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat;  noun a vital part that is vulnerable to attack;  veins in the neck that return blood from the head
• junction   noun an act of joining or adjoining things;  the place where two or more things come together;  something that joins or connects; the state of being joined together;  the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
• junctional.
• justice   noun the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments;  the quality of being just or fair;  the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870;  a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
• juvenile   adj. of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people;  displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity;  noun a youthful person
• jw.

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