| macrocephaly |
Enlargement of the head.
Ãâó: www.understandingnf1.org/glossary/
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| macrophage |
A type of immune cell found in the body's tissues and organs. Macrophages rid the body of worn-out cells and other debris, secrete powerful antigen-destroying chemicals, and play an important role in activating T cells.
Ãâó: www.leukine.com/patient/290.html
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| macroglobulinemia |
An increase of one type of immunoglobulin referred to as macroglobulin. It differs from other immunoglobulin molecules in being five times the size of standard-sized immunoglobulin. In this disease state, B lymphocytes produce an excess amount of this type of immunoglobulin. The malignant form of the disease, a type of chronic B lymphocyte leukemia, is referred to as Waldenstr?
Ãâó: www.cllinfo.com/Glossary/glossary_M.html
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| macrostomia |
is a greatly exaggerated width of the mouth, resulting from the failure of the upper jaw and lower jaw processes to merge properly in the first weeks of fetal development in the first branchial arch.
Ãâó: craniofacial.seattlechildrens.org/resources/glossa...
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| macrophage |
cell that ingests foreign substances and presents them to the immune system
Ãâó: www.transplantrx.com/resources/glossary.htm
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