nevus elasticus (탄력 섬유성 모반
| malignant pustule | The skin of B. Anthracis infection characteristic lesion that begins as a papule and soon becomes a vesicle and breaks, discharging a bloody serum; the seat of this vesicle, in about 36 hours, becomes a bluish black necrotic mass; constitutional symptoms of septicaemia are severe: high fever, vomiting, profuse sweating, and extreme prostration; the infection is often fatal. Synonym: malignant pustule. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| malignant scleritis | Progressive inflammation of the anterior sclera and adjacent choroid with associated uveitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant smallpox | Malignant smallpox, usually of the haemorrhagic form. Synonym: malignant smallpox. Variola miliaris, a form of varioloid in which the eruption consists of miliary vesicles without the formation of pustules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant stupor | A stuporous condition from which recovery is infrequent, as opposed to benign stupor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant synovioma | <radiology> Soft-tissue mass, usually about 1 cm from joint, amorphous calcifications (33%), most common at knee, bone erosion (wide zone of transition), juxta-articular osteoporosis Cf: pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVS) (12 Dec 1998) |
| malignant teratoma | <oncology, tumour> A collection of cancerous cells which form cysts that contain one or more of the three primary embryonic germ layers: skin, hair or teeth. (27 Sep 1997) |
| malignant tertian fever | <infectious disease> A tropical parasitic disease caused by one of the genus Plasmodium and carried by infected mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. This parasite uses red blood cells to complete its reproductive cycle. Common symptoms of an attack include high fever, chills, sweats and body aches. (27 Sep 1997) |
| malignant tertian malaria | <infectious disease> A tropical parasitic disease caused by one of the genus Plasmodium and carried by infected mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. This parasite uses red blood cells to complete its reproductive cycle. Common symptoms of an attack include high fever, chills, sweats and body aches. (27 Sep 1997) |
| malignant tertian malarial parasite | A species of protozoa that is the causal agent of falciparum malaria (malaria, falciparum). It is most prevalent in the tropics and subtropics. (12 Dec 1998) |
| malignant tumour | A mass of cancer cells. These cells have uncontrolled growth and will invade surrounding tissues and spread to distant sites of the body, setting up new cancer sites, a process called metastasis. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Rhodesian malignant theileriosis | A highly pathogenic protozoan disease of cattle in Zimbabwe caused by Theileria parva bovis and transmitted by the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. See: kaodzera. Tropical theileriosis, a highly pathogenic protozoan disease of cattle in northern Africa, southern Europe, the Near and Middle East, and central Asia; caused by Theileria annulata and transmitted by ticks of the genus Hyalomma. Synonym: Mediterranean theileriosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| midline malignant reticulosis granuloma | Destruction of the nasal septum, hard palate, lateral nasal walls, paranasal sinuses, skin of the face, orbit and nasopharynx by an inflammatory infiltrate with atypical lymphocytic and histiocytic cells; presumably a form of lymphoma in most cases. An obsolete term for polymorphic reticulosis. Synonym: granuloma gangrenescens, malignant granuloma, midline malignant reticulosis granuloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mixed tumour, malignant | A malignant tumour composed of more than one type of neoplastic tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pleural effusion, malignant | Presence of fluid in the pleural cavity as a complication of malignant disease. Malignant pleural effusions often contain actual malignant cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| histiocytic disorders, malignant | Distinctive neoplastic disorders of histiocytes. Included are acute monocytic leukaemias, malignant histiocytosis (histiocytosis, malignant), and true histiocytic lymphomas. (12 Dec 1998) |