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Cushing (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Disease, Cushing(health)
Cushing syndrome(encyclopedia)

Cushing response (medicine) and oxeye (medicine)


Cushing response (medicine)


Cushing response -->
Cushing phenomenon


A rise in systemic blood pressure when the intracranial pressure acutely increases, usually in excess of 50% of the systolic arterial pressure.

Synonym: Cushing effect, Cushing response.


oxeye (medicine)


oxeye


1. <botany> The oxeye daisy. See Daisy. The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).

A genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large yellow flowers.

2. <zoology> A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) and the blue titmouse (P. Coeruleus). The dunlin.

A fish; the bogue, or box.

<botany> Creeping oxeye, a West Indian composite shrub (Borrichia arborescens).

Origin: Ox + eye.

Source: Websters Dictionary