(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
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Bronchospasm
a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis
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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 suffix used in medical terms to denote an inflammatory disease of; as, arthritis; bronchitis, phrenitis.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spasm, bronchi, makes, exhalation, difficult.a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spasm, bronchi, makes, exhalation, difficult.A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spasm, bronchi, makes, exhalation, difficult.Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spasm, bronchi, makes, exhalation, difficult.To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spasm, bronchi, makes, exhalation, difficult.Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spasm, bronchi, makes, exhalation, difficult.the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spasm, bronchi, makes, exhalation, difficult.The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spasm, bronchi, makes, exhalation, difficult.Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spasm, bronchi, makes, exhalation, difficult.Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spasm, bronchi, makes, exhalation, difficult.Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spasm, bronchi, makes, exhalation, difficult.a form of bronchitis characterized by excess production of sputum leading to a chronic cough and obstruction of air flow
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spasm, bronchi, makes, exhalation, difficult.
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