| OPCA | olivopontocerebellar atrophy |
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| POA | pancreatic oncofetal antigen; phalangeal osteoarthritis; preoptic area; primary optic atrophy |
| PPCRA | pigmented paravenous chorioretinal atrophy |
| STVA | subtotal villose atrophy |
| SVA | selective vagotomy and antrectomy; selective visceral angiography; sequential ventriculoatrial [paci... |
| muscular subaortic stenosis | <cardiology> A congenital heart disease that results in abnormal thickening of the ventricular septum and left ventricular wall. Enlargement of the ventricular septum can result in ventricular outflow obstruction (subaortic stenosis) and eventual cardiomyopathy. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| muscular substance of prostate | The smooth muscle in the stroma of the prostate. Synonym: substantia muscularis prostatae, musculus prostaticus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular system | All the muscles of the body collectively. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular tissue | A tissue characterised by the ability to contract upon stimulation; its three varieties are skeletal, cardiac, and smooth. See: muscle. Synonym: flesh. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular triangle | The triangle bounded by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the superior belly of the omohyoid muscle, and the anterior midline of the neck; the infrahyoid muscles occupy most of it. Synonym: trigonum musculare, trigonum omotracheale, inferior carotid triangle, omotracheal triangle, tracheal triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular trophoneurosis | A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. (27 Sep 1997) |
| muscular tunic of gallbladder | Muscular tunic of the gallbladder, consisting of layers of smooth muscle fibres coursing in various directions immediately external to the mucosa of the gallbladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular tunics | See: muscular coat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myopathic atrophy | Muscular atrophy caused by a primary disorder of muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmenopausal atrophy | Atrophy following menopause, as of the genital organs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cyanotic atrophy | Atrophy due to destruction of the parenchymatous cells of an organ as a consequence of chronic venous congestion. Synonym: red atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cyanotic atrophy of the liver | A sequela of longstanding hepatic congestion due to high pressure in the right atrium as in chronic constrictive pericarditis and severe, protracted right ventricular failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pressure atrophy | The wasting of hard or soft tissue resulting from excessive pressure applied to tissue by a denture base. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary idiopathic macular atrophy | Atrophoderma in which the skin becomes bag like and wrinkled. Synonym: atrophia maculosa varioliformis cutis, atrophoderma maculatum, macular atrophy, primary idiopathic macular atrophy, primary macular atrophy of skin. Origin: G. Anetos, relaxed, + derma, skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary macular atrophy of skin | Atrophoderma in which the skin becomes bag like and wrinkled. Synonym: atrophia maculosa varioliformis cutis, atrophoderma maculatum, macular atrophy, primary idiopathic macular atrophy, primary macular atrophy of skin. Origin: G. Anetos, relaxed, + derma, skin (05 Mar 2000) |