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Pleomorphic
Many-formed. A tumor may be pleomorphic. Pleomorphic is synonymous with protean (capable of assuming different shapes like the many-formed Greek god Proteus).
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- Dystrophy, muscular One of a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or…
- Pigmentation The coloring of the skin, hair, mucous membranes, and retina of the eye. Pigmentation is due to the…
- Patent ductus arteriosus Failure for the ductus arteriosus, an arterial shunt in fetal life, to close on schedule. Before birth, blood…
- Endoderm One of the three primary germ cell layers -- the other two are the mesoderm and ectoderm -- in the very early…
- Cavernous sinus A large channel of venous blood creating a 'sinus' cavity bordered by the sphenoid bone and the temporal bone…
- Torsion fracture A fracture, also called a spiral fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. align=center>
- Diplopia The condition in which a single object appears as two objects. Also called 'double vision.' From the Greek…
- Oligodactyly Fewer than the normal number of fingers or toes. Oligo- is from the Greek 'oligos' (few or scanty) + -dactyly…
- Germ 1. A cell or group of cells (called a primordium) capable of developing into an organ, a part or an organism…
- Elbow, cellulitis of the Inflammation of the skin around the elbow due to infection (cellulitis) commonly occurs as a result of…