| LAM | laminectomy; laminin; late ambulatory monitoring; Latin American male; left anterior measurement; le... |
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| LCAM | liver cell adhesion molecule |
| NCAM | neural cell adhesion molecule |
| SAM | S-adenosyl-L-methionine; scanning acoustic microscope; senescence accelerated mouse; sex arousal mec... |
| VCAM | vascular cell adhesion molecule |
| corneal endothelial polymorphism | A greater than normal variation in the shape of the cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| high endothelial postcapillary venules | Venule's in the lymph nodes, tonsils, and Peyer's patches that have a high-walled endothelium through which blood lymphocytes migrate into the lymphatic parenchyma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia | A benign florid papillary endothelial proliferation within the veins of the skin or subcutis, less often in visceral blood vessels. Synonym: Masson's pseudoangiosarcoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iridocorneal endothelial syndrome | <syndrome> Syndrome of glaucoma, iris atrophy, decreased corneal endothelium, anterior peripheral synechia, and multiple iris nodules. Synonym: Cogan-Reese syndrome, iris-nevus syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endothelial | Pertaining to or made up of endothelium. (16 Dec 1997) |
| endothelial cell | A thin, flattened cell, a layer of them lines the inside surfaces of body cavities, blood vessels, and lymph vessels, making up the endothelium. (09 Oct 1997) |
| endothelial cyst | A serous cyst whose sac is lined with endothelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endothelial dystrophy of cornea | Spontaneous loss of corneal endothelium leading to oedema of the corneal stroma and epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endothelial growth factors | These growth factors are soluble mitogens secreted by a variety of organs. The factors are a mixture of two single chain polypeptides which have affinity to heparin. Their molecular weight are organ and species dependent. They have mitogenic and chemotactic effects and can stimulate endothelial cells to grow and synthesise DNA. The factors are related to both the basic and acidic fibroblast growth factors but have different amino acid sequences. (12 Dec 1998) |
| endothelial leukocyte | Old term for a monocyte, a type of leukocyte thought to be derived from reticuloendothelial tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| endothelial relaxing factor | A molecule functioning as a neurotransmitter and produced by activated macrophages. It is capable of killing tumour cells, parasites, and intracellular bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endothelio-endothelial placenta | A placenta in which the endothelium of the maternal vessels comes in direct contact with the endothelium of the foetal vessels to form the placental barrier. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fuchs' endothelial dystrophy | Disorder caused by loss of endothelium of the central cornea. It is characterised by hyaline endothelial outgrowths on descemet's membrane, epithelial blisters, reduced vision, and pain. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adhesion | 1. <chemistry> The property of remaining in close proximity, as that resulting from the physical attraction of molecules to a substance or the molecular attraction existing between the surfaces of contacting bodies. 2. The stable joining of parts to each other, which may occur abnormally. 3. A fibrous band or structure by which parts abnormally adhere. Origin: L. Adhaesio, from adhaerere = to stick to (15 Jan 1998) |