| MGPS | hereditary giant platelet syndrome |
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| ADCC cell | Antibody Dependent Cellular(= Cell-Mediated) Cytotoxicity cell |
| HCG, hCG | Human Chorionic Gonadotropin; 사람융모성성선자극호르몬 1. Placental Glycoprotein Hormone &nbs... |
| Th cell | helper T cell(= T4 cell) |
| Ts cell | suppressor T cell(= T8 cell) |
| malignant midline reticulosis | An obsolete term for polymorphic reticulosis (05 Mar 2000) |
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| malignant mole syndrome | <syndrome> Irregularly shaped, variously coloured, distinctively melanocytic, 5 to 10 mm nevi occurring in large numbers (to over 100) primarily on the trunk and extremities, with a high risk of malignancy reported in several members and three generations of a family. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant myopia | pathologic myopia |
| malignant nephrosclerosis | The renal changes in malignant hypertension; subcapsular petechiae, necrosis in the walls of scattered afferent glomerular arterioles, and red blood cells and casts in the urine, with uraemia as a common termination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant oedema | An acute toxaemia of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, and pigs caused by the bacterium Clostridium septicum and characterised by edematous swellings around the entry wound, anorexia, high fever, and death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |