31 Terms
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Diseases
toxicodendron dermatitis
Health care; Diseases
An allergic contact dermatitis caused by exposure to plants of the genus Toxicodendron (formerly Rhus). These include poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac, all plants that contain the substance ...
glucagonoma
Health care; Diseases
An almost always malignant glucagon-secreting tumor derived from the pancreatic alpha cells. It is characterized by a distinctive migratory erythema; weight loss; stomatitis; glossitis; diabetes ...
small cell carcinoma
Health care; Diseases
An anaplastic, highly malignant, and usually bronchogenic carcinoma composed of small ovoid cells with scanty neoplasm. It is characterized by a dominant, deeply basophilic nucleus, and absent or ...
discrete subaortic stenosis
Health care; Diseases
An anatomic alteration in the mitral valve apparatus and interventricular septum leading to obstruction of left ventricular outflow.
abdominal aortic aneurysm
Health care; Diseases
An aneurysm in that part of the aorta continuing from the thoracic region and giving rise to the inferior phrenic, lumbar, median sacral, mesenteric, renal, and ovarian or testicular arteries.
thoracic aortic aneurysm
Health care; Diseases
An aneurysm in the proximal portion of the descending aorta proceeding from the arch of the aorta and giving rise to the bronchial, esophageal, pericardiac, and mediastinal branches.
small-cell lymphoma
Health care; Diseases
A B-cell lymphoma presumably representing a tumor of interfollicular B-lymphocytes that may be functional. Those that are secrete identical immunoglobulin molecules.
