6 Terms
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Diseases
nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Health care; Diseases
A polyuric disorder characterized by normal rates of renal filtration and solute excretion, but a persistent hypotonic urine. This condition is due to the failure of renal tubules to respond to ...
signet ring cell carcinoma
Health care; Diseases
A poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in which the nucleus is pressed to one side by a cytoplasmic droplet of mucus. It usually arises in the gastrointestinal system.
neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Health care; Diseases
A potentially fatal syndrome associated primarily with the use of neuroleptic agents (see antipsychotic agents) which are in turn associated with dopaminergic receptor blockade (see dopamine ...
ectopic pregnancy
Health care; Diseases
A potentially life-threatening condition in which the embryo implants outside the uterine endometrial cavity. Most ectopic pregnancies (>96%) occur in the fallopian tube (tubal pregnancy), but they ...
lumpy skin disease
Health care; Diseases
A poxvirus infection of cattle characterized by the appearance of nodules on all parts of the skin.
fowlpox
Health care; Diseases
A poxvirus infection of poultry and other birds characterized by the formation of wart-like nodules on the skin and diphtheritic necrotic masses (cankers) in the upper digestive and respiratory ...
