(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pathology.Hypoplasia
underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells
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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 decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underdevelopment, organ, decrease, number, cells.nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underdevelopment, organ, decrease, number, cells.A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from idorgan.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underdevelopment, organ, decrease, number, cells.counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underdevelopment, organ, decrease, number, cells.counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underdevelopment, organ, decrease, number, cells.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underdevelopment, organ, decrease, number, cells.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underdevelopment, organ, decrease, number, cells.(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underdevelopment, organ, decrease, number, cells.(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underdevelopment, organ, decrease, number, cells.A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underdevelopment, organ, decrease, number, cells.counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underdevelopment, organ, decrease, number, cells.any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underdevelopment, organ, decrease, number, cells.Explore Academic Dictionary
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