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Pigmentation
The coloring of the skin, hair, mucous membranes, and retina of the eye. Pigmentation is due to the deposition of melanin which is a coloring matter. The melanin is produced by specialized cells called melanocytes. Other pigmented terms…
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- Bougie A thin cylinder of rubber, plastic, metal or another material that a physician inserts into or though a body…
- Stones, cystine kidney Cystine kidney stones are due to cystinuria, an inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino…
- Breast milk Milk from the breast. Human milk contains a balance of nutrients that closely matches infant requirements for…
- T-8 cells T cells that express the CD8 transmembrane glycoprotein (CD8+ T cells). They close down the immune response…
- PSC (primary sclerosing cholangitis) See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Lysergic acid diethylamide Better known as LSD. (LSD is the abbreviation for the German name for the drug: Lysergsaure-Diathylamid.)…
- Fusospirochetal gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Scarification The making of many small, superficial scratches in the skin. Scarification may be done in giving a smallpox…
- Chemosis Swelling around the iris (the colored circle that surrounds the pupil) due to edema (swelling) of the bulbar…
- Ovariectomy The removal of one or both ovaries. Also called an oophorectomy