| MCTD | mixed connective tissue disease |
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| OCTD | overlap connective tissue disease |
| UCTD | undifferentiated (unclassifiable) connective tissue disease |
| uCTD | undifferentiated connective tissue disease |
| ABCDES | abnormal alignment, bones-periarticular osteoporosis, cartilage-joint space loss, deformities, margi... |
| cancellous tissue | Latticelike or spongy osseous tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cardiac muscle tissue | See: cardiac muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gamgee tissue | A thick layer of absorbent cotton between two layers of absorbent gauze, used in surgical dressings. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gelatinous tissue | A type of connective tissue little differentiated beyond the mesenchymal stage; its ground substance of glycoproteins is abundant and contains fine collagenous fibres and fibroblasts; in its most characteristic form, it appears in the umbilical cord as Wharton's jelly. Synonym: gelatinous tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Verhoeff's elastic tissue stain | <technique> A stain for tissue sections in which a mixture of haematoxylin, ferric chloride, and Lugol's iodine solution is used; tissue may be counterstained, if desired, with eosin or van Gieson's stain; elastic fibres and nuclei appear blue-black to black while collagen and other components are shades of pink to red. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cartilaginous tissue | See: cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernous tissue | A tissue with numerous vascular spaces that may become engorged with blood. Synonym: cavernous tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reticular tissue | Retiform tissue, a tissue in which the argyrophilic collagenous fibres form a network and that usually has a network of reticular cells associated with the fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periapical tissue | Tissue surrounding the apex of a tooth, including the apical portion of the periodontal membrane and alveolar bone. (12 Dec 1998) |
| granulation tissue | Highly vascularised tissue that replaces the initial fibrin clot in a wound. Vascularisation is by ingrowth of capillary endothelium from the surrounding vasculature. The tissue is also rich in fibroblasts (that will eventually produce the fibrous tissue) and leucocytes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| mesenchymal tissue | Embryonic connective tissue. See: mesenchyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peripheral lymphoid tissue | Secondary lymphoid tissue, not necessarily located peripherally. See: lymphoid tissue. (18 Nov 1997) |
| mesonephric tissue | Intermediate mesoderm situated in the thoracic and lumbar regions of the embryo or foetus; it evolves into the mesonephros and associated structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metanephrogenic tissue | Tissue derived from the intermediate mesoderm caudal to mesonephric levels and concerned with the formation of the nephrons of the metanephros. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ground tissue | <plant biology> Plant tissues other than those of the vascular system and the dermal tissues. Composed of relatively undifferentiated cells. (18 Nov 1997) |