| immature | 1. Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans. "An ill-measured and immature counsel." 2. Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death. Origin: L. Immaturus; pref. Im- not + maturus mature, ripe. See Mature. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| immature cataract | A stage of partial lens opacification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immature granulocyte | An immature neutrophil, except that it may be neutrophilic, acidophilic, or basophilic in character. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acquired trichoepithelioma | An enlarged follicular opening of the skin, with a keratinous plug and occasional lanugo or mature hair. Synonym: acquired trichoepithelioma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hereditary multiple trichoepithelioma | <tumour> Multiple small benign nodules, occurring mostly on the skin of the face, derived from basal cells of hair follicles enclosing small keratin cysts; frequent autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: acanthoma adenoides cysticum, Brooke's tumour, epithelioma adenoides cysticum, hereditary multiple trichoepithelioma. Origin: tricho-+ epithelioma (05 Mar 2000) |
| desmoplastic trichoepithelioma | <tumour> A solitary, hard, annular, centrally depressed papule, occurring usually in women on the face, consisting of dermal strands of basaloid cells and small keratinous cysts within sclerotic desmoplastic stroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trichoepithelioma | <tumour> Multiple small benign nodules, occurring mostly on the skin of the face, derived from basal cells of hair follicles enclosing small keratin cysts; frequent autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: acanthoma adenoides cysticum, Brooke's tumour, epithelioma adenoides cysticum, hereditary multiple trichoepithelioma. Origin: tricho-+ epithelioma (05 Mar 2000) |