See Also: Mohs' chemosurgery(medicine)
Mohs' fresh tissue chemosurgery technique(medicine)
Chemosurgery(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Mohs(dictionary)
Mohs scale(medicine)
mohs surgery(medicine)
Mohs' surgery(medicine)
Mohs, Frederic(medicine)
Mohs hardness(encyclopedia)

head cap (medicine) and Mohs' chemosurgery (medicine)


head cap (medicine)


head cap -->
acrosomal cap


A collapsed membranous vesicle that covers the anterior part of the nucleus of the spermatozoon, derived from the acrosomal granule; the carbohydrate-rich substance of the cap is associated with hydrolytic enzymes that aid in sperm penetration of the zona pellucida of the ovum.

Synonym: head cap.


Mohs' chemosurgery (medicine)


Mohs' chemosurgery


A technique for removal of skin tumours with a minimum of normal tissue, by prior necrosis with zinc chloride paste, mapping of the tumour site, and excision and microscopic examination of frozen section of thin horizontal layers of tissue, until all of the tumour is removed. More recently, the preliminary step of chemical necrosis has been omitted.

Synonym: microscopically controlled surgery, Mohs' micrographic surgery, Mohs' surgery.