| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
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| loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury |
abiotrophy
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| abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues |
acidosis
|
| any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection) |
acute brain disorder
,
acute organic brain syndrome
|
| abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen |
adhesion
|
| simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids |
albumen
,
albumin
|
| simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye |
albuminoid
,
scleroprotein
|
| abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues |
alkalosis
|
| antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species |
alloantibody
,
isoantibody
|
| effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes |
altitude sickness
|
| disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma |
amyloidosis
|
| progressive wasting of muscle tissues |
amyotrophia
,
amyotrophy
|
| severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues |
anoxia
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| substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues |
antiseptic
|
| ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids |
astringency
,
stypsis
|
| drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals |
astringent
,
astringent drug
,
styptic
|
| common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues |
atomic number 7
,
N
,
nitrogen
|
| wearing away of body tissues |
atrophy
|
| antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it |
autoantibody
|
| any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues |
autoimmune disease
,
autoimmune disorder
|
| production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions |
autoimmunity
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