5 Terms
Contributors in Diseases
Diseases
XYY karyotype
Health care; Diseases
Abnormal genetic constitution in males characterized by an extra Y chromosome.
second primary neoplasms
Health care; Diseases
Abnormal growths of tissue that follow a previous neoplasm but are not metastases of the latter. The second neoplasm may have the same or different histological type and can occur in the same or ...
eosinophilia
Health care; Diseases
Abnormal increase in eosinophils in the blood, tissues or organs.
muscle hypertonia
Health care; Diseases
Abnormal increase in skeletal or smooth muscle tone. Skeletal muscle hypertonicity may be associated with pyramidal tract lesions or basal ganglia diseases.
hypertelorism
Health care; Diseases
Abnormal increase in the interorbital distance due to overdevelopment of the lesser wings of the sphenoid.
leukostasis
Health care; Diseases
Abnormal intravascular leukocyte aggregation and clumping often seen in leukemia patients. The brain and lungs are the two most commonly affected organs. This acute syndrome requires aggressive ...
dyskinesias
Health care; Diseases
Abnormal involuntary movements which primarily affect the extremities, trunk, or jaw that occur as a manifestation of an underlying disease process. Conditions which feature recurrent or persistent ...
