lines of Zahn — laminations visible in antemortem blood clots, caused by alternating layers of gray white fibrin interspersed with narrow zones of apparent red clot … Medical dictionary
Zahn — Many people have the surname Zahn:Zahn is also the German word for tooth.*Johann Zahn (1631 1707), German canon who wrote on the camera obscura and who invented an early camera. *Joe Zahn owner of Zahn s Airport North Amityville, New York (closed … Wikipedia
Zahn infarct lines — (tsahn) [Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn, German born pathologist in Switzerland, 1845–1904] see under infarct and line … Medical dictionary
Zahn — Friedrich W., German pathologist, 1845–1904. See Z. infarct, lines of Z., under line, striae of Z., under stria … Medical dictionary
line — 1. A mark, strip, or streak. In anatomy, a long, narrow mark, strip, or streak distinguished from the adjacent tissues by color, texture, or elevation. SEE ALSO: linea. 2. A unit of … Medical dictionary
stria — 1. A stripe, band, streak, or line, distinguished by color, texture, depression, or elevation from the tissue in which it is found. SYN: striation (1). 2. SYN: striae cutis distensae. [L … Medical dictionary
Thrombus — Clot redirects here. For other uses, see Clot (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Embolism. Blood clot diagram. A thrombus (Greek θρόμβος), or blood clot, is the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis. It is achieved via… … Wikipedia
Heart murmur — For the French motion picture, see Murmur of the Heart. Cardiac murmurs and other cardiac sounds Auscultogram from normal and abnormal heart sounds ICD 10 … Wikipedia
Watson's water hammer pulse — is the medical sign which describes a pulse that is bounding and forceful,[1] or, in other words, rapidly increasing and subsequently collapsing,[2] as if it were the hitting of a water hammer that was causing the pulse. This is associated with… … Wikipedia
Osler's node — Osler s lesions found on the hand and fingers of a 43 year old male with subacute bacterial endocarditis. Osler s nodes are painful, red, raised lesions found on the hands and feet. They are associated with a number of conditions, including… … Wikipedia
