| vanishing l. |
in emphysema, conversion of the lungs into a delicate, fine network of remaining blood vessels among which no alveolar walls survive.
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| vanishing t. |
one that was originally present in the fetus but atrophied in utero because of torsion.
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| vanishing testes s. |
a disorder in males characterized by absence of testes and gonadal tissue (usually unilateral but sometimes bilateral) and a small penis; when it is bilateral the individual will not undergo puberty or adolescent masculinization without testosterone supplements. The testes are thought to have been present in the embryo but to have “vanished” before completion of male sexual differentiation. Called also embryonic testicular regression s.
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| vanishing twin s. |
the disappearance of one fetus following the sonographic diagnosis of a twin pregnancy, with only one twin eventually being delivered; the vanished twin may be resorbed or incorporated into the placental membrane.
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| vanishing twin |
Fetal resorption in multiple gestation. SEE: gestation, multiple.
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