| CMT | California mastitis test; cancer multistep therapy; catechol methyltransferase; certified medical tr... |
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| CMTD | Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease |
| CMTS | Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome |
| CMTX | Charcot-Marie-Tooth [syndrome], X-linked |
| TBI | thyroid-binding index; thyroxine-binding index; tooth-brushing instruction; total-body irradiation; ... |
| pathologic | 1. Indicative of or caused by a morbid condition. 2. Pertaining to pathology (branch of medicine that treats the essential nature of the disease, especially the structural and functional changes in tissues and organs of the body caused by the disease). (18 Nov 1997) |
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| pathologic absorption | Parenteral absorption of any excremental or pathologic material into the bloodstream, e.g., pus, urine, bile, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic amenorrhoea | Amenorrhoea due to organic disease, either uterine or other, e.g., ovarian or pituitary failure, Simmonds' disease, inconstant and irrelevant debility. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic amputation | Amputation necessitated by cancer or other disease of the limb and not by an injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic calcification | Calcification occurring in excretory or secretory passages as calculi, and in tissues other than bone and teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic diagnosis | A diagnosis, sometimes postmortem, made from an anatomic and/or histologic study of the lesions present. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic fracture | A fracture occurring at a site weakened by preexisting disease, especially neoplasm or necrosis, of the bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic glycosuria | Chronic excretion of relatively large amounts of sugar in the urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic histology | <study> This is the science concerned with the study of microscopic changes in diseased tissues. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pathologic physiology | That part of the science of disease concerned with disordered function, as distinguished from anatomical lesions. Synonym: physiopathology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic processes | The mechanisms and forms involved in the structural and functional changes in tissue and organs which cause or are caused by disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pathologic retraction ring | A constriction located at the junction of the thinned lower uterine segment with the thick retracted upper uterine segment, resulting from obstructed labour; this is one of the classic signs of threatened rupture of the uterus. Synonym: Bandl's ring, Baudelocque's uterine circle, Scanzoni's second os. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic rigidity | Rigidity of the cervix uteri in labour, due to fibrosis, scarring, cancer, or other condition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic sphincter | A thickening of circular musculature caused by disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic startle syndromes | A group of disorders characterised by markedly exaggerated startle reflex and other exaggerated stimulus-induced responses. Includes hyperexplexia and probably latah and the jumping Frenchman of Maine syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |