| villous | Pubescent, shaggy, covered with fine long hairs, but the hairs not matted. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| villous adenoma | <tumour> Appears as a solitary sessile, often large, tumour of colonic mucosa composed of mucinous epithelium covering delicate vascular projections; malignant change occurs frequently; hypersecretion occurs rarely. Also known as adenoma. Synonym: papillary adenoma of large intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| villous atrophy | Abnormality of the small intestinal mucosa with crypt hyperplasia, resulting in flattening of the mucosa and the appearance of atrophy of villi; clinically seen in malabsorption syndromes such as sprue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| villous carcinoma | <tumour> A form of carcinoma in which there are numerous, closely packed, papillary projections of neoplastic epithelial tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| villous papilloma | <tumour> A papilloma composed of slender, finger-like excrescences occurring in the bladder or large intestine, or from the choroid plexus of the cerebral ventricles; villous papilloma's of the colon are usually sessile and frequently become malignant. Synonym: villous tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| villous placenta | A placenta in which the chorion forms villi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| villous tenosynovitis | A condition resembling pigmented villonodular synovitis but arising in periarticular soft tissue rather than in joint synovia; occurs most commonly in the hands. Synonym: villonodular pigmented tenosynovitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| villous tumour | <tumour> A papilloma composed of slender, finger-like excrescences occurring in the bladder or large intestine, or from the choroid plexus of the cerebral ventricles; villous papilloma's of the colon are usually sessile and frequently become malignant. Synonym: villous tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| villus | Origin: L, shaggy hair, a tuft of hair. 1. <anatomy> One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface. 2. <botany> Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| villusectomy | Synonym: synovectomy. Origin: villus + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| viloxazine | <chemical> A morpholine derivative used as an antidepressant. It is similar in action to imipramine. Pharmacological action: adrenergic uptake inhibitors, antidepressive agents, second-generation. Chemical name: Morpholine, 2-((2-ethoxyphenoxy)methyl)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| vimen | <botany> A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch. Origin: L, a twig. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vimentin | <protein> Intermediate filament protein (58 kD) found in mesodermally derived cells (including muscle). (18 Nov 1997) |
| vimentin kinase | <enzyme> 37 kD protein from bhk cells; phosphorylates vimentin at thr-457 and ser-458 in the c-terminal non-alpha-helical domain Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| vimineous | 1. Of or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs. "In the hive's vimineous dome." 2. <botany> Producing long, slender twigs or shoots. Origin: L. Vimineus, fr. Vimen pliant twig. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |