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101Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …
102Kidney — One of a pair of organs located in the right and left side of the abdomen which clear "poisons" from the blood, regulate acid concentration and maintain water balance in the body by excreting urine. The kidneys are part of the urinary… …
103Molluscum contagiosum — A contagious disease of the skin marked by the occurrence of rounded soft tumors of the skin caused by the growth of a virus (one that belongs to the virus family called the Poxviridae). The disease is characterized by the appearance of a few to… …
104Osteitis — is inflammation of the bone. For example, patients with what is called the SAPHO syndrome develop osteitis the O in SAPHO stands for oteitis and the bone inflammation typically affects the sacroiliac joints (sacroiliitis) and the spine… …
105Pus — A thick whitish yellow fluid which results from the accumulation of white blood cells (WBCs), liquified tissue and cellular debris. Pus is commonly a site of infection or foreign material in the body. * * * A fluid product of inflammation,… …
106Rhinitis — Irritation of the nose. Derived from the Greek word rhinos meaning of the nose. * * * Inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane. SYN: nasal catarrh. [rhin + G. itis, inflammation] acute r. an acute catarrhal inflammation of the …
107pneumonia — Inflammation of the lung parenchyma characterized by consolidation of the affected part, the alveolar air spaces being filled with exudate, inflammatory cells, and fibrin. Most cases are due to infection by bacteria or viruses, a few to …
108tyroma — A caseous tumor. [G. tyros, cheese, + oma, tumor] …
109Fluorescence in situ hybridization — A metaphase cell positive for the bcr/abl rearrangement (associated with chronic myelogenous leukemia) using FISH. The chromosomes can be seen in blue. The chromosome that is labeled with green and red spots (upper left) is the one where the… …
110Clinical scientist — This term is frequently used to denote : A biomedical scientist or A clinical laboratory scientist See also Clinical pathologist Clinical biologist Medical laboratory …
