(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.Hamartoma
a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ
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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…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.Words connected by meaning
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a neoplasm originating in the epidermis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focal, growth, resembles, neoplasm, results.(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focal, growth, resembles, neoplasm, results.A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focal, growth, resembles, neoplasm, results.A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from idorgan.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focal, growth, resembles, neoplasm, results.malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of can…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focal, growth, resembles, neoplasm, results.a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focal, growth, resembles, neoplasm, results.Specifically, having such a combination of concave and convex sides as makes the focal axis the shortest line between them. See Illust…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focal, growth, resembles, neoplasm, results.A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focal, growth, resembles, neoplasm, results.Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focal, growth, resembles, neoplasm, results.A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whose pri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focal, growth, resembles, neoplasm, results.the sustained, concerted actions of policy makers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specifi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focal, growth, resembles, neoplasm, results.malignant neoplasm of the testis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: focal, growth, resembles, neoplasm, results.Explore Academic Dictionary
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