Radiographic demonstration of the azygos venous system after injection of contrast medium.
Origin
[azygos + G. gramma, a writing]
azygoesophageal recess
the region below the azygos vein arch in which the right lung intrudes into the mediastinum between the heart and vertebral column, bordered on the left by the esophagus.
azurophilia
A condition in which the blood contains cells having azurophil granulations.
azurophil granule
a granule that stains a reddish purple color with an azure dye; such granule’s are seen in dry smears of certain mature and developing blood cells, and are membrane-bound primary lysosomes containing enzymes. Syn: kappa granule.
azurophil, azurophile
Staining readily with an azure dye, denoting especially the hyperchromatin and reddish purple granules of certain blood cells.
Origin
[azure + G. philos, fond]
azuresin
A complex of azure A and carbacrylic resin; used as an indicator for the detection of gastric achlorhydria without intubation. Syn: quinine carbacrylic resin.
azure
A term for a group of basic blue methylthionine or phenothiazine dyes; used as biological stains, especially in blood and nuclear stains.
azure A
azure B
azure C
azure I
azure II
azure lunula of nails
bluish nonblanching discoloration of the lunulae of all the fingernails in hepatolenticular degeneration.
azure II
a mixture of azure I and methylene blue; the eosinate, azure II-eosin, is the principal ingredient of Giemsa stain.
azure I
a mixture of azure A and B. Syn: methylene azure.