| milk scall | Seborrhoea of the scalp in an infant. Synonym: milk crust, milk scall. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| scall | A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp. "It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head." (Lev. Xiii. 30) Origin: Icel. Skalli a bald head. Cf. Scald. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| honeycomb | 1. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs. 2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc, perforated with cells like a honeycomb. <anatomy> Honeycomb moth See Reticulum. Origin: AS. Hunigcamb. See Honey, and 1st Comb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| honeycomb lung | <radiology> Mnemonic: honey and SPICE, sarcoid, pneumoconiosis, interstitial fibrosis, collagen-vascular disease, eosinophilic granuloma, ** see also: interstitial lung disease, honeycombing (12 Dec 1998) |
| honeycomb macula | Oedema of the macular region of the retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| honeycomb pattern | Dense, slightly irregular circular shadows, most common next to the pleura at the lung base, on chest radiographs or CT; caused by chronic interstitial fibrosis of diverse causes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| honeycomb ringworm | 1. <dermatology> A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite. 2. A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement. Synonym: favas and sectila. Origin: L, honeycomb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Doyne's honeycomb choroidopathy | An obsolete term for macular drusen. (05 Mar 2000) |