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Neurofibroma
tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve
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a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.the most common form of skin cancer
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.a neoplasm originating in the epidermis
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium
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(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, fibrous, covering, peripheral, nerve.A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, fibrous, covering, peripheral, nerve.A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, fibrous, covering, peripheral, nerve.glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision; "open-angle glaucoma is the most comm…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, fibrous, covering, peripheral, nerve.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: tumor, fibrous, covering, peripheral, nerve.(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, fibrous, covering, peripheral, nerve.A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, fibrous, covering, peripheral, nerve.impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, fibrous, covering, peripheral, nerve.Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, fibrous, covering, peripheral, nerve.The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, fibrous, covering, peripheral, nerve.A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, fibrous, covering, peripheral, nerve.benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus)
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