13 Terms
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Diseases
glucose intolerance
Health care; Diseases
A pathological state in which blood glucose level is less than approximately 140 mg/100 ml of plasma at fasting, and above approximately 200 mg/100 ml plasma at 30-, 60-, or 90-minute during a ...
leukemoid reaction
Health care; Diseases
A peripheral blood picture resembling that of leukemia or indistinguishable from it on the basis of morphologic appearance alone.
cystic mesothelioma
Health care; Diseases
A peritoneal mesothelioma affecting mainly young females and producing cysts of variable size and number lined by a single layer of benign mesothelial cells. The disease follows a benign course and ...
argyria
Health care; Diseases
A permanent ashen-gray discoloration of the skin, conjunctiva, and internal organs resulting from long-continued use of silver salts.
dystonia
Health care; Diseases
A persistent attitude or posture due to the co-contraction of agonists and antagonist muscles in one region of the body. It most often affects the large axial muscles of the trunk and limb girdles. ...
Bowen's disease
Health care; Diseases
A persistent progressive non-elevated red scaly or crusted plaque which is due to an intradermal carcinoma and is potentially malignant. Atypical squamous cells proliferate through the whole ...
