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Desmoplastic
This term refers to the growth of fibrous or connective tissue. Some tumors elicit a desmoplastic reaction, the pervasive growth of dense fibrous tissue around the tumor. Scar tissue (adhesion) within the abdomen after abdominal surgery is…
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Show more- Tuberculosis, bovine See: Bovine tuberculosis
- Gastroenteritis Gastroenteritis: Inflammation of the stomach and the intestines. Can cause nausea and vomiting and/or…
- Tom- Or tomo- before a consonant. A combining form meaning a cut, section, slice or layer, as might be achieved by…
- Maneuver, Valsalva See: Valsalva maneuver
- Nonsense mutation A mutation (a change) in a base in the DNA that prematurely stops the translation (reading) of messenger RNA…
- Echopraxia The involuntary imitation of the movements of another person. Echopraxia is a feature of schizophrenia…
- Electrodesiccation Use of an electric current to destroy cancerous tissue and control bleeding
- Ring chromosome A structurally abnormal chromosome in which the end of each chromosome arm has been lost and the broken arms…
- Black eye Bruising of the eyelid and/or under- eye area as a result of trauma to the eye. Colloquially called a shiner
- Primordia See: Primordium
- Baldness, patchy Baldness, patchy: Patchy baldness. Also referred to as alopecia areata. Alopecia means baldness and areata…
- Atherectomy A procedure for opening up an artery by removing the plaque (atheroma) produced by the build-up of…