| 영문 | plasma membrane | 한글 | 형질막 |
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| 설명 | 원형질 표면을 덮는 엷은막. 두께는 5~25μm이다. 광학현미경으로는 관찰할 수 없지만 전자현미경으로 관찰이 가능하다. 원형질막의 분자구조는 레시틴이나 콜레스테롤 등의 표면 활성물질 분자가 2분자층으로 그 표면에 배열되며, 이것을 각 1분자층의 단백질 분자가 양쪽에서 샌드위치한 단위막 구조이다. 전자현미경적으로 이 단위는 암-명-암의 3층(각 약 20nm)으로 구별된다. 원형질의 투과성에 중요한 구실을 하며, 생리상태가 변하면 그 투과성도 신속히 변한다. 또, 손상이 되면 쉽게 새로 형성된다. |
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| 영문 | multiple sclerosis | 한글 | 다발경화증 |
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| 설명 | 신경축삭을 둘러싸고 있는 말이집(myelin sheath)의 파괴로 인한 병적상태를 말함. 파괴된 말이집은 흉터를 남기게 되어 신경축삭을 통한 신경전달이 제대로 되지 않아 운동, 감각, 자율신경 모두의 신경전달장애가 나타난다. 이 병터는 어디서나 나타날 수 있어서 그 장애가 나타나는 부위에 따라 서로 다른 증상을 호소한다. |
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| 영문 | multiple personality | 한글 | 다인성 인격 |
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| 설명 | 해리성 정신장애의 하나로 나타난다. 한 사람이 여러 사람의 성격을 소유하고 있는 것으로 마치 “지킬박사와 하이드 씨”와 같은 경우이다. 아마, 현재 자신의 처지에서 벗어나고 싶은 무의식적인 욕망에서 비롯되는 것으로 여겨진다. |
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| 영문 | white blood cell(WBC), leukocyte | 한글 | 백혈구 |
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| 설명 | 혈액내에 골수구계세포와 림프계세포, 단핵구계세포를 모두 통틀어 말한다. 백혈구의 증가가 있으면 대개 감염이 있거나, 혹은 탈수현상이 있음을 의미한다. 또한 지나친 백혈구수의 감소는 인체내 면역기능이 떨어져 있음을 의미하며, 다른 질병에 의해 나타나는 이차적인 현상이 아닌지 꼭 진단을 받아보아야 한다. |
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| AFP | Alpha(α) Feto-Protein [HP 1826, 1858, 1859, 2265] ; Oncofetal Antigens &nbs... |
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| B-J protein | Bence-Jones Protein 의의; Multiple Myeloma |
| MM | Multiple Myeloma |
| SMM | smoldering multiple myeloma |
| PC | avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; packed cells; paper chromatography; paracortex; parent cell... |
| cancer, myeloma | A bone marrow cancer involving a type of white blood cell called a plasma (or myeloma) cell. The tumour cells can form a single collection (a plasmacytoma) or many tumours (multiple myeloma). Plasma cells are part of the immune system and make antibodies. Because patients have an excess of identical plasma cells, they have too much of one type of antibody. As myeloma cells increase in number, they damage and weaken the bones, causing pain and often fractures. When bones are damaged, calcium is released into the blood leading to hypercalcaemia (too much calcium in the blood) and that causes loss of appetite, nausea, thirst, fatigue, muscle weakness, restlessness, and confusion. Myeloma cells prevent the bone marrow from forming normal plasma cells and other white blood cells important to the immune system so patients may not be able to fight infections. The cancer cells can also prevent the growth of new red blood cells, causing anaemia. Excess antibody proteins and calcium may prevent the kidneys from filtering and cleaning the blood properly. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| myeloma | <oncology, tumour> A malignant tumour composed of plasma cells of the type normally found in the bone marrow. (18 Nov 1997) |
| myeloma protein | <haematology, oncology> The immunoglobulins and Bence Jones proteins secreted by myeloma cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| endothelial myeloma | A malignant primary bone tumour that arises most commonly in the first three decades of life. It is highly malignant (prone to spread) and often requires treatment with some combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. (27 Sep 1997) |
| L-chain myeloma | bence Jones myeloma |
| malignant giant cell tumour | A type of bone tumour. (12 Dec 1998) |
| granuloma, plasma cell | A slow-growing benign pseudotumour in which plasma cells greatly outnumber the inflammatory cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| granuloma, plasma cell, orbital | A distinctive, chronic inflammatory reaction in the orbital tissues of the eye, of unknown aetiology, that may closely resemble a neoplasm and often becomes bilateral. Symptoms include exophthalmos and congestion of the lids with oedema. When limitation of ocular motility also occurs, it is sometimes called orbital myositis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| granuloma, plasma cell, pulmonary | A pseudotumour of the lung composed of inflammatory cells and showing complete maturity of fibroblastic components with a striking lack of mitosis. It is also called postinflammatory pseudotumour and pseudoneoplastic pneumonitis. (berardi, r.s. Et al. Inflammatory pseudotumours of the lung. Surg gynecol obstet 156:89-96, jan 83) (12 Dec 1998) |
| plasma cell | <haematology> A terminally differentiated antibody forming and usually antibody secreting, cell of the B-cell lineage. (18 Nov 1997) |
| plasma cell balanitis | Benign circumscribed balanitis characterised microscopically by subepithelial plasma cell infiltration and clinically by small erythematous papular lesions. Synonym: balanitis circumscripta plasmacellularis, balanitis of Zoon, Zoon's erythroplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plasma cell dyscrasia | A diverse group of diseases characterised by the proliferation of a single clone of cells producing a monoclonal immunoglobulin or immunoglobulin fragment (a serum M component). The cells usually have plasma cell morphology, but may have lymphocytic or lymphoplasmacytic morphology. This group includes multiple myeloma, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia, the heavy chain disease, benign monoclonal gammopathy, and immunocytic amyloidosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plasma cell gingivitis | Intense hyperaemic oedema and inflammation of the gingiva resulting from a hypersensitivity reaction. A dense plasma cell infiltrate is seen in the lamina propria. Synonym: atypical gingivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plasma cell hepatitis | <pathology> A type of chronic active hepatitis that results from circulating auto-antibodies and chronic inflammation of the liver. Symptoms are those of chronic active hepatitis. (27 Sep 1997) |
| plasma cell leukaemia | An unusual disease characterised by leukocytosis and other signs and symptoms that are suggestive of leukaemia, in association with diffuse infiltrations and aggregates of plasma cells in the spleen, liver, bone marrow, and lymph nodes, and the presence of considerable numbers of plasma cells in the circulating blood; the total number of leukocytes in the latter may range from normal levels to 80,000 or 90,000 per cu mm, and 5 to 90% may be plasma cells; multiple myelomas are observed in some examples of plasma cell leukaemia, but discrete nodules are not formed in bone. Although there are other clinicopathologic differences in the two conditions, they may be phases of the same basic process. (05 Mar 2000) |