| GCT | general care and treatment; germ-cell tumor; giant cell thyroiditis; giant cell tumor |
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| PC | avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; packed cells; paper chromatography; paracortex; parent cell... |
| RCC | radiological control center; rape crisis center; ratio of cost to charges; receptor-chemoeffector co... |
| SC | conditioned stimulus; sacrococcygeal; Sanitary Corps; scalenus [muscle]; scapula; Schwann cell; scia... |
| SCA | self-care agency; severe congenital anomaly; sickle-cell anemia; single-camera autostereoscopic [ima... |
| ovarian tubular adenoma | <oncology, tumour> A type of ovarian tumour whose sells secrete a male sex hormone (testosterone) causing virilisation in women. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| oxyphil adenoma | <tumour> A glandular tumour composed of large cells with cytoplasm that is granular and eosinophilic due to the presence of abundant mitochondria; occurs uncommonly in the kidney, salivary glands, and endocrine glands. Synonym: oxyphil adenoma. Origin: onco-+ G. Kytos, cell, + -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| testicular tubular adenoma | A neoplasm of the ovary, arising from the ovarian stroma, mimicking to a greater or lesser extent derivatives of the sex cord mesenchyme of the testis, and sometimes causing defeminization and virilization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thyrotropin-producing adenoma | <tumour> A rare pituitary adenoma usually associated with hypo-or hyperthyroidism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embryonal adenoma | <tumour> A benign neoplasm in which the glandular epithelial elements are not fully differentiated, resembling immature tissue observed in embryonic development. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eosinophil adenoma | <endocrinology, oncology, tumour> A benign tumour, usually found in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, whose cells stain with acid dyes. Such pituitary tumours may give rise to excessive secretion of growth hormone, resulting in gigantism or acromegaly. A specific type of acidophil adenoma may give rise to nonpuerperal galactorrhoea. (25 Jun 1999) |
| tubular adenoma | <tumour> A benign neoplasm composed of epithelial tissue resembling a tubular gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibroid adenoma | <oncology, tumour> A benign solid growth, usually found in the breast. (09 Oct 1997) |
| lactating adenoma | <tumour> An uncommon adenoma of the breast composed of tubuloacinar structures with pronounced secretory changes such as seen in pregnancy and lactation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| follicular adenoma | <tumour> An adenoma of the thyroid with a simple glandular pattern. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fuchs' adenoma | <tumour> A benign epithelial tumour of the non-pigmented epithelium of the ciliary body, rarely exceeding 1 mm in diameter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| T-cell-rich, B-cell lymphoma | <tumour> A B-cell lymphoma in which more than 90% of the cells are of T-cell origin, masking the large cells that form the neoplastic B-cell component. See: adult T-cell lymphoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absorption cell | A small glass chamber with parallel sides, in which absorption spectra of solutions can be obtained. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acid cell | One of the cell's of the gastric glands; it lies upon the basement membrane, covered by the chief cell's, and secretes hydrochloric acid that reaches the lumen of the gland through fine intracellular and intercellular canals (canaliculi). Synonym: acid cell, oxyntic cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acidophil cell | A cell whose cytoplasm or its granules stain with acid dyes. (05 Mar 2000) |