| parasitic melanoderma | Excoriations and melanoderma caused by scratching the bites of the body louse, Pediculus corporis. Synonym: Greenhow's disease, vagabond's disease, vagrant's disease. Racial melanoderma, the normally dark skin of blacks and certain other races. Senile melanoderma, cutaneous pigmentation occurring in the aged. Synonym: melasma universale. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| melanoderma | 1. An abnormal darkening of the skin by deposition of excess melanin. 2. Hyperpigmentation of the skin by melanin or deposition of dark metallic substances such as silver and iron. Origin: melano-+ G. Derma, skin Melanoderma cachecticorum, melanoderma of the cachectic, occurring in certain chronic diseases, such as malaria and tuberculosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| melanoderma chloasma | <medicine> A dark discolouration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease. Melasmic. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Black spot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| parasitic | <biology> Pertaining to, of the nature of or caused by a parasite. Origin: Gr. Parasitikos (18 Nov 1997) |
| parasitic chylocele | Brawny swelling of the scrotum as a result of chronic lymphatic obstruction. Synonym: chyloderma, lymph scrotum, parasitic chylocele. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasitic cyst | A cyst formed by the larva of a metazoan parasite, such as a hydatid or trichinal cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasitic disease | A disease due to the presence and vital activity of a parasite, or as a reaction to a parasite. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasitic diseases | Infections or infestations with parasitic organisms. They are often contracted through contact with an intermediate vector, but may occur as the result of direct exposure. (12 Dec 1998) |
| parasitic diseases, animal | Infections or infestations with parasitic organisms. The infestation may be experimental or veterinary. (12 Dec 1998) |
| parasitic eosinophilic lung disease | <radiology> All are metazoans (mostly nematodes), Ascaris, Strongyloides, Ancyclostoma, Schistosoma, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, pulmonary larva migrans (12 Dec 1998) |
| parasitic granuloma | Cutaneous leishmaniasis manifested as warty papules affecting primarily the lower limbs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasitic haemoptysis | The clinical expression of paragonimiasis, marked by a cough and spitting of blood from the lungs. Synonym: endemic haemoptysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasitic infection | <microbiology> A successful invasion of a host by an organism that uses the host for food and shelter. (27 Sep 1997) |
| parasitic leiomyoma | <tumour> A uterine leiomyoma which has become detached from the uterus and adherent to another peritoneal surface from which it derives a blood supply. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasitic otitis | An infestation of the auditory canal of cats, dogs, foxes, and other animals by auricular mites, chiefly Otodectes cynotis, which infest the ears and cause considerable discomfort and tenderness; in extreme cases, they cause symptoms such as loss of appetite, wasting, and fits. See: otodectic mange. Synonym: parasitic otitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasitic thyroiditis | Chronic South American trypanosomiasis with involvement of the thyroid gland, causing myxoedema. (05 Mar 2000) |