| radial scar | A variant of sclerosing adenosis of the breast with central scar formation and radiating hyperplastic ducts. Synonym: radial scar. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cheloid scar | An overgrowth of scar tissue that can result in cosmetic deformity. (27 Sep 1997) |
| scar | To mark with a scar or scars. "Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow." (Shak) "His cheeks were deeply scarred." (Macaulay) Origin: Scarred; Scarring. 1. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement. "This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . And not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body." (T. Burnet) 2. <botany> A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. Origin: OF. Escare, F. Eschare an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp. Escara), L. Eschara, fr. Gr. Hearth, fireplace, scab, eschar. Cf. Eschar. <zoology> A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish. Origin: L. Scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. Skaros. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scar cancer | <tumour> Carcinoma of the lung, usually adenocarcinoma, arising from a peripheral lung scar or associated with interstitial fibrosis in a honeycomb lung. Synonym: scar cancer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scar cancer of the lungs | A pulmonary cancer intimately related to a localised area of parenchymal fibrosis; the cancer probably induces the fibrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scar carcinoma | <tumour> Carcinoma of the lung, usually adenocarcinoma, arising from a peripheral lung scar or associated with interstitial fibrosis in a honeycomb lung. Synonym: scar cancer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypertrophic scar | An elevated scar resembling a keloid but which does not spread into surrounding tissues, is rarely painful, and regresses spontaneously; collagen bundles run parallel to the skin surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cancer, ovary | Cancer of the egg sac of females. most ovarian growths in women under age 30 are benign, fluid-filled cysts. There are several types of ovarian cancer. Symptoms of ovarian cancer can be vague. Detection of ovarian cancer involves physical examination (including pelvic exam), ultrasound, X-ray tests, CA-125 blood test and biopsy of the ovary. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medial pole of ovary | The rounded medial end of the ovary, usually directed toward the uterus. Synonym: extremitas uterina ovarii, medial pole of ovary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of ovary | The surface of the ovary that faces the pelvic cavity. Synonym: facies medialis ovarii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual ovary syndrome | <syndrome> The development of a pelvic mass, pelvic pain, and occasionally dyspareunia following hysterectomy without removal of both ovaries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| resistant ovary syndrome | <syndrome> An obsolete term for amenorrhoea associated with hypergonadotrophism and normal ovarian follicles. Synonym: resistant ovary syndrome. Origin: after the surname of the first reported patient (05 Mar 2000) |
| rete cyst of ovary | A cyst derived from the germinal cords in the hilum of the ovary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chinese hamster ovary cell | <cell culture> Cells from the ovaries of Chinese hamsters that are used to grow viruses, including the ones from the family Herpesviridae. (05 Jan 1998) |
| mesovarian border of ovary | The border of the ovary to which the mesovarium is attached. Synonym: margo mesovaricus ovarii, mesovarian margin of ovary. (05 Mar 2000) |