| fibrinous adhesion | An adhesion that consists of fine threads of fibrin resulting from an exudate of plasma or lymph, or an extravasation of blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| acute fibrinous pericarditis | The usual lesion of acute pericarditis in which inflammation produces large quantities of fibrin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fibrinous | Pertaining to or composed of fibrin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrinous bronchitis | Inflammation of the bronchial mucous membrane, accompanied by a fibrinous exudation, which often forms a cast of the bronchial tree with severe obstruction of air flow. Synonym: plastic bronchitis, pseudomembranous bronchitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrinous cast | A yellow cast that somewhat resembles a waxy cast; more likely to occur in the urine of certain patients with acute nephritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrinous degeneration | A process resulting in poorly defined, deeply acidophilic, homogeneous refractile deposits with some staining reactions that resemble fibrin, occurring in connective tissue, blood vessel walls, and other sites. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrinous inflammation | An exudative inflammation in which there is a disproportionately large amount of fibrin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrinous iritis | Acute inflammation of the iris, with profuse exudate; occurs in uveitis of tertiary syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrinous lymph | A euplastic or croupous lymph. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrinous pericarditis | Acute pericarditis with fibrinous exudate. See: bread-and-butter pericardium. Synonym: hairy heart, pericarditis villosa, shaggy pericardium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrinous pleurisy | Pleurisy with a fibrinous exudation, without an effusion of serum, resulting in adhesion between the opposing surfaces of the pleura. Synonym: adhesive pleurisy, fibrinous pleurisy, plastic pleurisy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrinous polyp | A misnomer for a mass of fibrin retained within the uterine cavity after childbirth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adhesion | 1. <chemistry> The property of remaining in close proximity, as that resulting from the physical attraction of molecules to a substance or the molecular attraction existing between the surfaces of contacting bodies. 2. The stable joining of parts to each other, which may occur abnormally. 3. A fibrous band or structure by which parts abnormally adhere. Origin: L. Adhaesio, from adhaerere = to stick to (15 Jan 1998) |
| adhesion dyspepsia | Pain, dyspepsia, and other symptoms alleged to result from perigastric adhesions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adhesion molecules | Molecules that are involved in T helper-accessory cell, T helper-B-cell, and T cytotoxic-target cell interactions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adhesion phenomenon | A phenomenon manifested by the adherence of antigen-antibody-complement complex to "indicator cells" (microorganisms, platelets, leukocytes, or erythrocytes), the reaction being sensitive and specific for the antigen and antibody in the complex. Synonym: erythrocyte adherence phenomenon, immune adherence phenomenon, red cell adherence phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |