Howship
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Howship — This is a very interesting surname with a complicated origin. It derives either from a village such as Howsham in Lincoln or Howlish in Durham, or from a lost medieval place. The latter is not so unusual, some five thousand surnames are believed… … Surnames reference
Howship-Romberg sign — is a sign used to identify obturator hernia.cite journal |author=Haraguchi M, Matsuo S, Kanetaka K, et al |title=Obturator hernia in an ageing society |journal=Ann. Acad. Med. Singap. |volume=36 |issue=6 |pages=413–5 |year=2007 |month=June… … Wikipedia
Howship-Lakunen — [ha̲u̲schip...; nach dem engl. Chirurgen John Howship, 1781 1841] Mehrz.: grubenartige Vertiefungen, die sich in Knochen infolge des von ↑Osteoklasten bewirkten Abbaus der Knochensubstanz bilden … Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke
Howship's lacuna — How·ship s lacuna hau̇ .ships n a groove or cavity usu. containing osteoclasts that occurs in bone which is undergoing reabsorption Howship John (1781 1841) British anatomist. Howship was a surgeon at St. George s and Charing Cross hospitals in… … Medical dictionary
Howship lacuna — How·ship lacuna (houґship) [John Howship, English surgeon, 1781–1841] see absorption lacuna, under lacuna … Medical dictionary
Howship-Romberg sign — How·ship Rom·berg sign (houґship romґberg) [J. Howship; Moritz Heinrich von Romberg, German neurologist, 1795–1873] see under sign … Medical dictionary
howship's lacuna — ˈhau̇ˌships noun Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: after John Howship died 1841 English anatomist : a groove or cavity containing osteoclasts in bone that is undergoing absorption … Useful english dictionary
howship's — how·ship s … English syllables
Howship — … Useful english dictionary
Howship lacuna — resorption l … Medical dictionary
