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DictionarySeespothypnogenic spot
hyp·no·gen·ic spota pressure-sensitive point on the body of certain susceptible people, which, when pressed, causes the induction of sleep.hyp·no·gen·ic spot (hip'nō-jen'ik spot) A pressure-sensitive point on the body of certain susceptible people, which, when pressed, causes the induction of sleep. spotS16-888800 (spot) 1. A small surface area differing in appearance from its surroundings. Synonym: macula2. Randomly collected, as in “spot” urine specimen.ash-leaf spotWhite macules found on the trunk and extremities of persons with tuberous sclerosis.Bitot spots See: Bitot spotsblind spot1. Physiological scotoma situated 15° to the outside of the visual fixation point; the point where the optic nerve enters the eye (optic disk), a region devoid of rods and cones. See: scotoma2. In psychiatry, the inability of an individual to have insight into his or her own personality.blue spotMongolian spot.Brushfield spot See: Brushfield spotcherry-red spotA red spot occurring on the retina in children with Tay-Sachs disease. Synonym: Tay spotcold spotAn area on a nuclear medicine scan in which no radioactive tracer is taken up, indicative of nonfunctioning tissue in a gland or other structure.corneal spotLeukoma.cotton-wool spotA tiny infarct in the retina, present in hypertension, diabetes mellitus, bacterial endocarditis, and other diseases.focal spotThe area on the x-ray tube target that is bombarded with electrons to produce x-radiation.Fordyce spots See: Fordyce diseasegenital spotThe area on the nasal mucosa that tends to bleed during menstruation. See: vicarious menstruationhematocystic spotAny of the focal red marks seen on esophageal varices. They consist of aneurysms of the wall of the dilated blood vessel. Their presence increases the likelihood that the varix may bleed. histo spotsScarring of the macula found in those infected with Histoplasma capsulatum.hot spot1. An area on the surface of the skin that, when stimulated, experiences a sensation of warmth.2. In a nuclear medicine scan, a region of the image that shows an abnormally high concentration of injected isotope.3. Any location that has been radioactively contaminated.4. . In radiation oncology, a tissue region that is exposed to much more radiation than neighboring tissues.hypnogenic spotHypnogenic zone.Koplik spot See: Koplik spotliver spotA popular term for a pigmentary skin discoloration, usually in yellow-brown patches. See: Lentigo senilismilk spotA dense area of macrophages in the omentum. MONGOLIAN SPOTSmongolian spotAny of the blue or mulberry-colored spots usually located in the sacral region. It may be present at birth in Asian, American Indian, black, and Southern European infants and usually disappears during childhood. Synonym: blue spot See: illustrationrose spotsRose-colored maculae occurring on the abdomen or loins in typhoid fever.Roth spots See: Roth spotsruby spotCherry angioma.shin spotsThe colloquial name for necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum. This condition is usually, but not always, associated with diabetes. See: necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorumSoemmering spot See: Soemmering, Samuel T. vonTardieu spot See: Tardieu spotTay spot See: cherry-red spotTrousseau spots See: Trousseau, Armandwhite spotsLight-colored, elevated areas of various sizes occurring on the ventricular surface of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve in endocarditis.yellow spot Abbreviation: y.s.
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