Medical terms - Letter J
125 terms start with the letter J.
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Jurisprudence, medical
See: Medical jurisprudence
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Juvenile
Between infantile and adult as, for example, in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (onset before age 16 years) and juvenile diabetes (type 1 diabetes)
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Juvenile chronic arthritis, systemic-onset
See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
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Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia
See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
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Juvenile CML
Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia. See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
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Juvenile diabetes
See Diabetes, type 1
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Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis
A genetic disorder characterized by multiple subcutaneous nodules and gingival hypertrophy (overgrowth of the gums) beginning in the first few years of life and, later, joint contractures. There are deposits of hyaline…
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Juvenile intestinal polyposis
See: Juvenile polyposis
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Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis
Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths on the vocal cords in children and young adults. A baby can contract juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis by being contaminated with the human…
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Juvenile melanoma
See: Melanoma, juvenile
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Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
Leukemia: Abbreviated JMML. A rare cancer of the myeloid cells in the bone marrow, accounting for less than 1% of all childhood leukemia. JMML is most common in children under four years of age, especially those with…
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Juvenile polyposis
An autosomal dominant disorder in which polyps develop throughout the gastrointestinal tract in the first decade or two of life. People with the disease are at increased risk for developing gastrointestinal cancers…
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Juvenile polyposis coli
See: Juvenile polyposis
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Juvenile polyposis of stomach
See: Juvenile polyposis
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Juvenile polyposis syndrome
See: Juvenile polyposis
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Juvenile retinoschisis
A genetic disease of the eye characterized by retinoschisis (splitting of the retina) symmetrically involving the macula, the area of the retina responsible for central vision, with onset in the first decade of life, in…
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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
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Juvenile-onset diabetes
See Diabetes, type 1
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Juxta-
The prefix "juxta-" comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtaarticular is composed of juxta, near + articular, from the Latin "articulus", a joint = near a joint. A juxtaarticular fracture is a…
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Juxtaarticular
The prefix 'juxta-' comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtaarticular is composed of juxta, near + articular, from the Latin 'articulus', a joint = near a joint. A juxtaarticular fracture is a…
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Juxtaglomerular apparatus
The prefix 'juxta-' comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. The juxtaglomerular apparatus is a collective term referring to the cells near a structure called the glomerulus in the kidney. The…
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Juxtaposition
The prefix 'juxta-' comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtaposition is thus the act of placing two or more things side by side or the state of being so placed. To lose a pair of juxtaposed…
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Juxtapyloric
The prefix 'juxta-' comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtapyloric thus means near the pylorus (the muscular area at the junction of the stomach and the first part of the small intestine, the…
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Juxtaspinal
Near the spinal column. The prefix 'juxta-' comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Other examples of terms starting with 'juxta-' include. for examples, juxtaarticular and juxtapyloric…
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Juxtavesicular
Near the bladder. From juxta-, meaning near, nearby, or close + vesicular, referring to the bladder (the vesicle)