| pseudohypertrophic | Relating to or marked by pseudohypertrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy | The most common childhood muscular dystrophy, with onset usually before age 6. Characterised by symmetrical weakness and wasting of first the pelvic and crural muscles and then the pectoral and proximal upper extremity muscles; pseudohypertrophy of some muscles, especially the calf; heart involvement; sometimes mild mental retardation; progressive course and early death, usually in adolescence. X-linked inheritance (affects males and transmitted by females). Synonym: childhood muscular dystrophy, Duchenne's disease, pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudohypertrophy | Increase in size of an organ or a part, due not to increase in size or number of the specific functional elements but to that of some other tissue, fatty or fibrous. Synonym: false hypertrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudohypha | A chain of easily disrupted fungal cells that is intermediate between a chain of budding cells and a true hypha, marked by constrictions rather than septa at the junctions. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Hyphe, a web (hypha) (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudohypoaldosteronism | A hereditary disorder characterised by salt wasting and growth retardation, presenting in infancy as high levels of urinary sodium despite hyponatraemia, hyperkalaemia, hyperreninaemia, and elevated aldosterone levels. The mode of inheritance is probably autosomal dominant, affecting electrolyte secretion in the kidney tubule. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pseudohyponatraemia | A low serum sodium concentration due to volume displacement by massive hyperlipidemia or hyperproteinaemia; also used to describe the low serum sodium concentration which may occur with high blood glucose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudohypoparathyroidism | <radiology> A heritable syndrome featuring: hypocalcaemia, brachydactyly, moderate dwarfing, mental retardation, soft tissue calcifications, basal ganglia calcifications, cataracts, tetany (12 Dec 1998) |
| pseudoicterus | Yellowish discoloration of the skin not due to bile pigments, as in Addison's disease. Synonym: pseudojaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoileus | Absolute obstipation, stimulating ileus, due to paralysis of the intestinal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoinfarction | Any condition mimicking myocardial infarction, for example, acute pericarditis, dissecting aneurysm of the aorta, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoinfluenza | An epidemic catarrh simulating influenza, but less severe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudointraligamentous | Falsely giving the impression of lying within the broad ligament; e.g., a pseudointraligamentous tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoisochromatic | Apparently of the same colour; denoting certain charts containing coloured spots mixed with figures printed in confusion colours; used in testing for colour vision deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoisoenzymes | Multiple forms of enzymes that catalyze the same reaction and have the same amino acid sequence; differences are due to effects of some posttranslational modification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudojaundice | Yellowish discoloration of the skin not due to bile pigments, as in Addison's disease. Synonym: pseudojaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |