Medical Dictionary Terms Beginning with J

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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA): JAMA, which began publication in 1883, now bills itself as "the world's best-read medical journal". However one defines "best-read", JAMA clearly ranks as one of the two leading general medical journals
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Journal, medical, first American

Journal, medical, first American: The first U.S. medical journal, the Medical Repository was founded in 1797 and published quarterly until 1824. It was ôthe first serious attempt in this country to present the relation between science and practi
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Jugular

Jugular: The principal vein in the front of either side of the neck. The word comes from the Latin jugulum meaning throat. The jugular is &the vein of the throat& or in ancient times &the sacrificial vein.&
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Juvenile

Juvenile: Between infantile and adult as, for example, in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (onset before age 16 years).
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Juvenile chronic arthritis, systemic-onset

Juvenile chronic arthritis, systemic-onset: See: Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, systemic-onset (Still’s disease).
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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, (Still's disease)

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (Still’s disease): Also known as systemic-onset juvenile chronic arthritis. Still’s disease presents with systemic (bodywide) illness including high intermittent fever, a salmon-colored skin rash, swollen l
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Juxta- (prefix)

Juxta- (prefix): Our prefix "juxta-" comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtaarticular is composed of juxta, near + articular, from the Latin "articulus", a joint = near a joint. A juxtaarticular fracture is a break near a join
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Juxtaarticular

Juxtaarticular: The prefix "juxta-" comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtaarticular is composed of juxta, near + articular, from the Latin "articulus", a joint = near a joint. A juxtaarticular fracture is a break near a joi
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Juxtaglomerular apparatus

Juxtaglomerular apparatus: The prefix "juxta-" comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. The juxtaglomerular apparatus is a collective term referring to the cells near a structure called the glomerulus in the kidney. The juxtaglomer
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Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition: The prefix "juxta-" comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtaposition is thus the act of placing two or more things side by side or the state of being so placed. To lose a pair of juxtaposed teeth is to lose teet
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Juxtapyloric

Juxtapyloric: The prefix "juxta-" comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtapyloric thus means near the pylorus (the muscular area at the junction of the stomach and the first part of the small intestine, the duodenum). To speak
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Juxtaspinal

Juxtaspinal: Near the spinal column. The prefix "juxta-" comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Other examples of terms starting with "juxta-" include. for examples, juxtaarticular and juxtapyloric. Juxtaarticular is composed of j
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Juxtavesicular

Juxtavesicular: Near the bladder. The prefix "juxta-" comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close and "vesicular" refers to the bladder (the vesicle). Other examples of terms starting with "juxta-" inclue juxtaarticular and juxtapyloric.
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