(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
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Amyloid plaque
a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
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(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a da…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a da…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms a…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.(pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; "the tumor's invasion of surrounding…
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A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plaque, consisting, tangles, amyloid, protein.A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plaque, consisting, tangles, amyloid, protein.a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plaque, consisting, tangles, amyloid, protein.The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plaque, consisting, tangles, amyloid, protein.The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plaque, consisting, tangles, amyloid, protein.that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plaque, consisting, tangles, amyloid, protein.A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a pa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plaque, consisting, tangles, amyloid, protein.One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plaque, consisting, tangles, amyloid, protein.pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plaque, consisting, tangles, amyloid, protein.an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plaque, consisting, tangles, amyloid, protein.that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plaque, consisting, tangles, amyloid, protein.persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plaque, consisting, tangles, amyloid, protein.
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