| acute parenchymatous hepatitis | A lesion in which there is extensive and rapid death of parenchymal cells of the liver, sometimes with fatty degeneration of the size of the organ; the necrosis may result from fulminant viral infection or chemical poisoning; associated with jaundice. Synonym: acute parenchymatous hepatitis, Rokitansky's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| parenchymatous | Relating to the parenchyma. Synonym: parenchymal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parenchymatous cartilage | An embryonic or immature stage of cartilage in which it consists chiefly of cells with very little matrix. Synonym: parenchymatous cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parenchymatous cell of corpus pineale | A cell of the pineal body with long processes ending in bulbous expansions. Pinealocytes receive a direct innervation from sympathetic neurons that form recognizable synapses. The club-shaped endings of pinealocyte processes terminate in perivascular spaces surrounding capillaries. Synonym: chief cell of corpus pineale, parenchymatous cell of corpus pineale. Origin: pineal + G. Kytos, cell (05 Mar 2000) |
| parenchymatous degeneration | Swelling of cells due to injury to the membranes affecting ionic transfer; causes an accumulation of intracellular water. Synonym: albuminous swelling, granular degeneration, hydropic degeneration, parenchymatous degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parenchymatous goiter | A form of goiter in which there is a great increase in the follicles with proliferation of the epithelium. Synonym: follicular goiter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parenchymatous haemorrhage | Bleeding into the substance of an organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parenchymatous mastitis | Inflammation of the secreting tissue of the breast. Synonym: glandular mastitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parenchymatous neuritis | Inflammation of the nervous substance proper, the axons, and myelin. Synonym: axial neuritis, central neuritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acanthamoeba keratitis | Infection of the cornea by an ameboid protozoan which may cause corneal ulceration leading to blindness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| actinic keratitis | A reaction of the cornea to ultraviolet light. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vascular keratitis | Superficial cellular infiltration of the cornea and neovascularization between Bowman's membrane and the epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marginal keratitis | A corneal inflammation at the limbus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| geographic keratitis | Keratitis with coalescence of superficial lesions in herpes keratitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesicular keratitis | Keratitis with coalescence of areas of epithelial corneal oedema. (05 Mar 2000) |