| 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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| macromolecule |
a polymer.
Ãâó: matse1.mse.uiuc.edu/~tw/polymers/glos.html
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| macrobiotic diet |
Low-fat, high-fibre diet of whole grains, vegetables, sea algae, and seeds, that are prepared in accordance with specific principles; said to synchronise eating habits with the cycles of nature.
Ãâó: www.cma.asn.au/glossary.htm
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