| STC | serum theophylline concentration; soft tissue calcification; stroke treatment center; subtotal colec... |
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| diffuse abdominal calcification | <radiology> Ovarian cystadenocarcinoma (psammomatous Calcium), pseudomyxoma peritonei, pseudomucinous cystadenoma of ovary, mucocele of appendix, undifferentiated abdominal malignancy, TB peritonitis, oil granulomata, meconium peritonitis (12 Dec 1998) |
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| dystrophic calcification | Calcification occurring in degenerated or necrotic tissue, as in hyalinised scars, degenerated foci in leiomyomas, and caseous nodules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intra-ocular calcification | <radiology> Retinoblastoma, foreign body, post-inflammatory atrophy of globe, chronic hypercalcaemia, tuberous sclerosis, cataract, Coats disease (congenital vascular anomaly of retina) (12 Dec 1998) |
| eggshell calcification | A thin layer of calcification around an intrathoracic lymph node, usually in silicosis, seen on a chest radiograph. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eggshell lymph node calcification | <radiology> Silicosis, sarcoid, treated Hodgkin's lymphoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| tooth calcification | The process whereby calcium salts are deposited in the dental enamel. The process is normal in the development of bones and teeth. (boucher's clinical dental terminology, 4th ed, p43) (12 Dec 1998) |
| ureteral calcification | <radiology> Calculi, schistosomiasis, TB (12 Dec 1998) |
| absorption lines | The dark line's in the solar spectrum due to absorption by the solar and the earth's atmosphere; the phenomenon occurs because rays passing from an incandescent body through a colder medium are absorbed by elements in that medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accretion lines | Line's seen in microscopic sections of the enamel, marking successive layers of added material. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amphotropic packaging cell lines | <cell culture, molecular biology> Clonal entities that express genes or act as viral vectors that infect cell lines to stably infect and then express genes of choice. Usually an amphotropic virus. (04 Nov 1997) |
| Baillarger's lines | Two laminae of white fibres that course parallel to the surface of the cerebral cortex and are visible as outer and inner line's in sections cut perpendicular to the surface; the line of Gennari in the calcarine cortex represents the outer of these lines. Synonym: Baillarger's bands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Beau's lines | Transverse depressions on the fingernails following severe febrile disease, malnutrition, trauma, myocardial infarction, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Paton's lines | Concentric lines on the surface of an abnormal retina. Synonym: Paton's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Voigt's lines | A dorso-ventral line of pigmentation occurring symmetrically and bilaterally for about 10 cm along the lateral edge of the biceps muscle, seen in some blacks. Synonym: Voigt's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mees' lines | Horizontal white bands of the nails seen in chronic arsenical poisoning, and occasionally in leprosy. Synonym: Mees' stripes. (05 Mar 2000) |