impressio cardiaca pulmonis |
The depression on the medial surface of each lung produced by the presence of the heart. It is more pronounced on the left lung. Synonym: impressio cardiaca pulmonis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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impressio colica |
<anatomy> A hollow on the visceral surface of the right lobe of the liver anteriorly, corresponding to the situation of the right flexure and beginning of the transverse colon. Synonym: impressio colica. (05 Mar 2000) |
impressio duodenalis |
A hollow on the visceral surface of the right lobe of the liver alongside the gallbladder, marking the situation of the duodenum. Synonym: impressio duodenalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
impressio gastrica |
A hollow on the visceral surface of the left lobe of the liver corresponding to the location of the stomach. Synonym: impressio gastrica. (05 Mar 2000) |
impressio ligamenti costoclavicularis |
<anatomy> An irregular pitted area on the inferior surface of the clavicle at its sternal end, giving attachment to the costoclavicular ligament. Synonym: impressio ligamenti costoclavicularis, costal tuberosity, rhomboid impression, tuberositas costalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
impressio oesophagea |
The marking of the oesophagus on the back of the left lobe of the liver. Synonym: impressio oesophagea. (05 Mar 2000) |
impressio petrosa pallii |
A shallow impression on the inferior surface of the cerebral hemisphere made by the superior margin of the petrous part of the temporal bone. Synonym: impressio petrosa pallii. (05 Mar 2000) |
impressio renalis |
A hollow on the visceral surface of the right lobe of the liver, in which lies the right kidney. Synonym: impressio renalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
impressio suprarenalis |
A hollow on the visceral surface of the right lobe of the liver, adjoining the groove for inferior venae cava, in which lies the right suprarenal gland. Synonym: impressio suprarenalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
impressio trigeminalis |
A depression on the anterior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone, near the apex, lodging the trigeminal ganglion. Synonym: impressio trigeminalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
impression |
1. The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence. 2. <dentistry> The first step in making a model of your teeth. You bite into a container filled with algenate, and the algenate hardens to produce a mold of your teeth. 3. That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without. "The stamp and clear impression of good sense." (Cowper) "To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must spin, we must weave, we must build." (Barrow) 4. The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time. "Ten impressions which his books have had." (Dryden) Origin: F. Impression, L. Impressio. (27 Oct 1998) |
impression area |
In dentistry, that surface which is recorded in an impression. (05 Mar 2000) |
impression compound |
A thermoplastic material usually composed of gum damar and prepared chalk, used especially for making dental impressions. Synonym: impression compound, modeling composition, modeling compound. (05 Mar 2000) |
impression for costoclavicular ligament |
<anatomy> An irregular pitted area on the inferior surface of the clavicle at its sternal end, giving attachment to the costoclavicular ligament. Synonym: impressio ligamenti costoclavicularis, costal tuberosity, rhomboid impression, tuberositas costalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
impression material |
Any substance or combination of substances used for making a negative reproduction or impression. (05 Mar 2000) |
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impermeable
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preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through; "impermeable stone"; "an impermeable layer of scum"; "a coat impermeable to rain"
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not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument"
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implanted pacemaker
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internal pacemaker, an artificial cardiac pacemaker completely implanted into the subcutaneous tissue.
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impacted fracture
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fracture in which one fragment is firmly driven into the other. See Plate 18.
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imprinting
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Imprinting, or silencing, is the suppression of certain genes on chromosomes, depending on from which parent they were received.When DNA is passed to daughter cells after fertilization of an egg by a sperm, certain alleles can become active only if they were received from the mother, others only if they came from the father. ...
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