(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
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Arterial plaque
a fatty deposit inside an arterial wall; characteristic of atherosclerosis
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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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severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatty, deposit, inside, arterial, wall.The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial syst…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatty, deposit, inside, arterial, wall.(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatty, deposit, inside, arterial, wall.Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatty, deposit, inside, arterial, wall.the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries; "arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatty, deposit, inside, arterial, wall.The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic ac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatty, deposit, inside, arterial, wall.To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatty, deposit, inside, arterial, wall.One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatty, deposit, inside, arterial, wall.a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatty, deposit, inside, arterial, wall.The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing aw…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatty, deposit, inside, arterial, wall.The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fatty, deposit, inside, arterial, wall.The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a bu…
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