| atrophic pharyngitis | Chronic pharyngitis accompanied by a varying degree of atrophy of the mucous glands and absence of their secretion. Synonym: pharyngitis sicca. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| gangrenous pharyngitis | Gangrenous inflammation of the pharyngeal mucous membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| membranous pharyngitis | Inflammation accompanied by a fibrinous exudate, forming a nondiphtheritic false membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngitis | <pathology> Inflammation of the pharynx. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pharyngitis sicca | Chronic pharyngitis accompanied by a varying degree of atrophy of the mucous glands and absence of their secretion. Synonym: pharyngitis sicca. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ulcerative pharyngitis | Inflammation of the pharynx marked by ulceration of the mucosa; may have a viral aetiology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ulceromembranous pharyngitis | Inflammation of the pharyngeal mucosa with membranous debris overlying the ulcerative lesions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic | A myocardial disease characterised by hypertrophy, involving mainly the interventricular septum, interfering with left ventricular emptying. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gastritis, hypertrophic | Gastritis with hypertrophy of gastric mucosa folds. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea, weight loss, excessive mucus secretion, and hypoproteinaemia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chronic hypertrophic vulvitis | Swelling of the vulval tissues due to lymphatic obstruction; in some cases it may be caused by filariasis, with induration or ulceration of the skin. Synonym: elephantiasis vulvae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic interstitial hypertrophic neuropathy | dejerine-Sottas disease |
| cicatrix, hypertrophic | An elevated scar, resembling a keloid, but which does not spread into surrounding tissues. It is formed by enlargement and overgrowth of cicatricial tissue and regresses spontaneously. (12 Dec 1998) |
| progressive hypertrophic polyneuropathy | A familial type of demyelinating sensorimotor polyneuropathy that begins in early childhood and is slowly progressive; clinically characterised by foot pain and paresthesias, followed by symmetrical weakness and wasting of the distal limbs; one of the causes of stork legs; patients are wheelchair bound at an early age; peripheral nerves are palpably enlarged and non-tender; pathologically, onion bulb formation is seen in the nerves: whorls of overlapping, intertwined Schwann cell processes that encircle bare axons; usually autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: Dejerine's disease, progressive hypertrophic polyneuropathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hereditary hypertrophic neuropathy | dejerine-Sottas disease |
| hypertrophic | Relating to or characterised by hypertrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |