Dictionary of family medicine K

• k   noun street names for ketamine;  the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet;  a unit of information equal to one thousand (1024) bytes; the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;  a light soft silver white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
• ka   noun unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
• kala.
• kallmann.
• kansasii.
• kaplan.
• kaposi.
• kaposi sarcoma thallium and gallium scanning.
• kaptchuk.
• karnofsky.
• karyorrhexis.
• kava   noun an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub
• kawasaki.
• kazano.
• kb   noun a unit of information equal to one thousand (1024) bytes
• kbg.
• kbg keishi bukuryo gan.
• keeping   noun conformity or harmony;  the act of retaining something;  the responsibility of a guardian or keeper
• kegel.
• keishi bukuryo gan.
• keloid   noun raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair
• keloids.
• kennedy   noun a large airport on Long Island east of New York City;  35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917 1963)
• kennell.
• ker.
• keratectomy.
• keratitis   noun inflammation of the cornea causing watery painful eyes and blurred vision
• keratitis sicca.
• keratoconjunctivitis   noun inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva
• keratoconus   noun abnormal cone shaped protrusion of the cornea of the eye; can be treated by epikeratophakia
• keratomileusis.
• keratosis   noun a skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin
• kernig.
• kerry.
• kessel.
• ketamine   noun a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP
• ketoacidosis   noun acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus
• ketoacids.
• ketones.
• ketoprofen   noun nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail)
• ketosis   noun an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus
• key   adj. serving as an essential component;  effective; producing a desired effect;  noun metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated;  a lever that actuates a mechanism when depressed;  pitch of the voice;  something crucial for explaining;  a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access;  a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations;  a list of answers to a test;  any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music;  (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court;  a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida;  United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star Spangled Banner' (1779 1843);  a kilogram of a narcotic drug;  the central building block at the top of an arch or vault;  mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock);  a winged often one seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple;  verb harmonize with or adjust to; regulate the musical pitch of;  vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key;  provide with a key;  identify as in botany or biology, for example
• keys.
• kidney   noun either of two bean shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine
• kidney disease   noun a disease affecting the kidneys
• kidneys.
• kiecolt glaser.
• kiesselbach.
• kimmelstiel wilson.
• kinase   noun an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme
• kindling   noun material for starting a fire;  the act of setting something on fire
• kinesics.
• kinetic   adj. characterized by motion;  relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith;  supplying motive force
• king   noun (chess) the weakest but the most important piece;  one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king;  a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward; a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom;  a competitor who holds a preeminent position;  United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929 1968);  United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925);  United States woman tennis player (born in 1943); preeminence in a particular category or group or field;  a very wealthy or powerful businessman
• kingdom   noun a basic group of natural objects;  the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia;  a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state;  the domain ruled by a king or queen;  a country with a king as head of state;  a domain in which something is dominant
• kinmonth.
• kis.
• kisspeptin.
• kit   noun young of any of various fur bearing animals;  gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose;  a case for containing a set of articles;  verb supply with a set of articles or tools
• klaus.
• klebsiella   noun a genus of nonmotile rod shaped Gram negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections
• kleinman.
• klinefelter   noun United States physician who first described the XXY syndrome (born in 1912)
• knee   noun the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee;  hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella;  joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
• knees.
• knock   noun the act of hitting vigorously;  negative criticism;  a bad experience;  the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing);  a vigorous blow;  verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws;  deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room";  rap with the knuckles; knock against with force or violence;  sound like a car engine that is firing too early;  make light, repeated taps on a surface
• knowledge   noun the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
• knox   noun Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514 1572)
• koestler   noun British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905 1983)
• kohler.
• koilonychia.
• kombiglyze.
• konrad.
• koos.
• korsakoff.
• korzybski   noun United States semanticist (born in Poland) (1879 1950)
• kr   noun a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999;  a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air
• kraus.
• krusei.
• kubler ross.
• kuhn   noun Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900 1967)
• kussmaul.
• kw   noun a unit of power equal to 1000 watts
• kyphoscoliosis.
• kyphosis   noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column

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