| LD5 | isoenzyme of lactate dehydrogenase found in the liver and muscles |
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| MT | magnetization transfer; malaria therapy; malignant teratoma; mammary tumor; mammilothalamic tract; m... |
| BGC | basal ganglion calcification; blood group class |
| calcif | calcification |
| DIPC | diffuse interstitial pulmonary calcification |
| membranous ossification | Intramembranous ossification, development of osseous tissue within mesenchymal tissue without prior cartilage formation, such as occurs in the frontal and parietal bones. Synonym: intramembranous ossification. Metaplastic ossification, the formation of irregular foci of bone (sometimes including bone marrow) in various soft structures, such as the muscles, lungs, brain, and other sites where osseous tissue is abnormal. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| co-ossification | State of being joined by bone formation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| point of ossification | The site of earliest bone formation via accumulation of osteoblasts within connective tissue (membranous ossification) or of earliest destruction of cartilage prior to onset of ossification (endochondral ossification). Synonym: punctum ossificationis, ossific centre, point of ossification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary centre of ossification | This is the first site where bone begins to form in the shaft of a long bone or in the body of an irregular bone. Synonym: punctum ossificationis primarium, primary point of ossification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary point of ossification | This is the first site where bone begins to form in the shaft of a long bone or in the body of an irregular bone. Synonym: punctum ossificationis primarium, primary point of ossification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary centre of ossification | This is the centre of bone formation appearing later than the punctum ossificationis primarium, usually in epiphysis. Synonym: punctum ossificationis secundarium, secondary point of ossification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary point of ossification | This is the centre of bone formation appearing later than the punctum ossificationis primarium, usually in epiphysis. Synonym: punctum ossificationis secundarium, secondary point of ossification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intramembranous ossification | Intramembranous ossification, development of osseous tissue within mesenchymal tissue without prior cartilage formation, such as occurs in the frontal and parietal bones. Synonym: intramembranous ossification. Metaplastic ossification, the formation of irregular foci of bone (sometimes including bone marrow) in various soft structures, such as the muscles, lungs, brain, and other sites where osseous tissue is abnormal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ossification | <orthopaedics> Pathology> The formation of bone or of a bony substance, the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance. Origin: L. Ossificatio (18 Nov 1997) |
| ossification, heterotopic | The development of bony substance in normally soft structures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament | Ossification or calcification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spinal column. The main symptoms arise from myelopathy of various degrees of severity, usually spinal cord compression caused by stenosis of the spinal canal. It is very common in the japanese but relatively less common in caucasians. It is frequently, but not exclusively, located at the level of the cervical spine. It is often associated with anterior ankylosing hyperostosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| elbow ossification centres | <radiology> Order of ossification: CRITOE, Capitellum, Radius, Internal (medial) epicondyle, Trochlea, Olecranom, External (lateral) epicondyle (12 Dec 1998) |
| adrenal calcification | <radiology> Haemorrhage, cyst, Addison's disease (e.g., TB, histo), neoplasm, pheochromocytoma, adrenal cortical adenoma/carcinoma, adrenal choristoma (myelolipoma), metastatic melanoma, Wolman disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| basal ganglia calcification | <radiology> Idiopathic: normal variant (50%), abnormal calcium metabolism, hyperparathyroidism, hypo-, pseudohypo-, and pseudo-pseudohypoparathyroidism, ToRCHS infection (especially CMV, toxo), tuberous sclerosis, Cockayne syndrome, Fahr syndrome (ferrocalcinosis), lipoid proteinosis (hyalinosis cutis) (12 Dec 1998) |
| bladder calcification | <radiology> Schistosomiasis (bilharziasis), major cause worldwide, 50% have calcification, can cause squamous cell carcinoma, TB and other infections, radiation cystitis, calculi, bladder neoplasms, transitional cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, leiomyosarcoma, haemangioma, neuroblastoma, osteosarcoma (12 Dec 1998) |