(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
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Hyperplasia
An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.
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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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The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: increase, excessive, growth, normal, elements.To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: increase, excessive, growth, normal, elements.To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: increase, excessive, growth, normal, elements.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: increase, excessive, growth, normal, elements.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: increase, excessive, growth, normal, elements.a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: increase, excessive, growth, normal, elements.To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: increase, excessive, growth, normal, elements.an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: increase, excessive, growth, normal, elements.To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: increase, excessive, growth, normal, elements.One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: increase, excessive, growth, normal, elements.Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, ele…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: increase, excessive, growth, normal, elements.An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, ar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: increase, excessive, growth, normal, elements.
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