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61Kammerer , Paul — (1880–1926) Austrian zoologist Kammerer, the son of a prosperous factory owner, was educated at the university in his native city of Vienna, where he obtained his PhD. He then joined the staff of the university s recently opened Institute of… …
62Magnocellular neurosecretory cell — Not to be confused with Magnocellular cell. Magnocellular neurosecretory cells are large cells within the supraoptic nucleus and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. They are also found in smaller numbers in accessory cell groups between… …
63Warble fly — Taxobox name = Warble flies regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo = Diptera subordo = Brachycera infraordo = Muscomorpha… …
64purpura hemorrhagica — noun purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors • Syn: ↑thrombocytopenic purpura, ↑idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, ↑Werlhof s disease • Hypernyms: ↑purpura, ↑peliosis,… …
65angioedema — ▪ pathology also called Angioneurotic Edema, or Giant Urticaria, allergic disorder in which large, localized, painless swellings similar to hives appear under the skin. The swelling is caused by massive accumulation of fluid (edema)… …
66bone remodeling — ▪ physiology continuing process of synthesis and destruction that gives bone its mature structure and maintains normal calcium levels in the body. Destruction, or resorption, of bone by large cells called osteoclasts (osteoclast) releases… …
67goundou — A disease, endemic in West Africa, characterized by exostoses from the nasal processes of the maxillary bones, producing a symmetrical swelling on each side of the nose; believed to be an osteitis connected with yaws. SYN: anákhré, dog nose,… …
68multicentric reticulohistiocytosis — one of the two types of reticulohistiocytoma, a rare systemic disease seen mainly in women, characterized by polyarthritis of the hands and large joints with nodular swellings in the skin, bone, and mucous and synovial membranes and sometimes… …
69Bagelheads — People who inject saline into their foreheads to create bagel shaped lumps. Bizarremag reported recently on an extreme body modification fad sweeping the Japanese club scene, wherein people inject their foreheads with saline solution – causing… …
70goundou — anákhré; n. a condition following an infection with yaws in which the nasal processes of the upper jaw bone thicken (see hyperostosis) to form two large bony swellings, about 7 cm in diameter, on either side of the nose. The swellings not only… …
