| calcifying odontogenic cyst |
a slow-growing benign neoplasm either in the mandible or in the gingiva, varying from solid to soft and cystlike; the center contains a layer resembling stellate reticulum, with ghost cells, some of which have dystrophic calcification. Called also Gorlin's c.
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| calcified fetus |
A stone baby, or lithopedion, results when a fetus dies during an ectopic (typically abdominal) pregnancy, is too large to be reabsorbed by the body, and calcifies. It is not unusual for a stone baby to remain undiagnosed for decades, and it is often not until a patient is examined for other conditions or a proper examination is conducted that includes an X-ray that a stone baby is found. ...
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| calcification |
the process of deposition of calcium salts, primarily hydroxyapatite. In the formation of bone this is a normal condition. In other organs, this could be an abnormal condition. Calcification of the aortic valve causes narrowing of the passage (aortic stenosis). Also called mineralization.
Ãâó: www.nutrabio.com/Definitions/definitions_c.htm
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| calcification |
A process in which tissue becomes hardened due to deposits of calcium salts. Calcification of blood vessels plays a role in the development of atherosclerosis.
Ãâó: www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/glossary/c...
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| calcification |
deposition of calcium from blood and other body fluids
Ãâó: www.southalabama.edu/alliedhealth/cls/Ravine/gloss...
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