| SEC | secretin; Singapore epidemic conjunctivitis; soft elastic capsule |
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| TARA | total articular replacement arthroplasty; tumor-associated rejection antigen |
| fibrous | Composed of or containing fibroblasts, and also the fibrils and fibres of connective tissue formed by such cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fibrous adhesion | Fibrous strands resulting from the organization of fibrinous adhesion's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrous ankylosis | Stiffening of a joint due to the presence of fibrous bands between and about the bones forming the joint. Synonym: false ankylosis, pseudankylosis. Intracapsular ankylosis, stiffness of a joint due to the presence of bony or fibrous adhesions between the articular surfaces of the joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrous appendix of liver | A fibrous process, into which the tip of the left lobe of the liver may taper out, that passes with the left triangular ligament to be attached to the diaphragm. Synonym: appendix fibrosa hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrous astrocyte | Stellate astrocytic cell with long processes found mainly in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord and characterised by having bundles of glial filaments in its cytoplasm; origin of most astrocytomas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrous bacterial viruses | Deoxyribonucleoproteins that "infect" and replicate in Gram-negative bacteria having sex pili and that, unlike bacteriophage, are released from infected bacteria without damage to the cell; they seem to be of two kinds, one of which has a specificity for F pili and the other for I pili. Synonym: fibrous bacterial viruses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrous cortical defect | A common 1 to 3 cm defect in the cortex of a bone, most commonly the lower femoral shaft of a child, filled with fibrous tissue. Nonosteogenic or nonossifying fibroma by convention refers to lesions greater than 3 cm in diameter. See: nonossifying fibroma. Synonym: nonosteogenic fibroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrous degeneration | Not a degeneration per se, but rather a reparative process; cells and foci of tissue previously affected with degenerative processes, and necrosis, are replaced by cellular fibrous tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrous digital sheaths of foot | Fibrous sheaths of the toes, the tubular fibrous layer enclosing the synovial sheath and the tendons of the long and short flexors of the toes and the flexor hallucis longus in the digits; they are composed of annular and cruciform parts. Synonym: vaginae fibrosae digitorum pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrous digital sheaths of hand | Fibrous sheaths of the digits of the hand, the tubular fibrous layers that enclose the synovial sheaths and the superficial and deep flexor tendons and the tendon of the flexor pollicis longus in their passage along their respective digits; they are composed of annular and cruciform parts. Synonym: vaginae fibrosae digitorum manus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrous dysplasia | A condition of cystic bone growth that results from abnormal bone development. May occur with bone lesions, skin pigmentation and endocrine abnormalities. See: McCune-Albright syndrome. Origin: Gr. Plassein = to form (27 Sep 1997) |
| fibrous dysplasia, monostotic | Fibrous dysplasia of bone involving only one bone. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fibrous dysplasia of bone | A disease of bone marked by thinning of the cortex and replacement of bone marrow by gritty fibrous tissue containing bony spicules, producing pain, disability, and gradually increasing deformity. Only one bone may be involved (fibrous dysplasia, monostotic) or several (fibrous dysplasia, polyostotic). (12 Dec 1998) |
| fibrous dysplasia of jaws | <radiology> Hereditary form of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, involves mandible (12 Dec 1998) |
| fibrous dysplasia, polyostotic | Fibrous dysplasia of bone affecting several or many bones. When associated with melanotic pigmentation of the skin and endocrine disorders, it is known as albright's syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |