dyscrasia
61dysproteinemia — An abnormality in plasma proteins, usually in immunoglobulins. * * * dys·pro·tein·emia or chiefly Brit dys·pro·tein·ae·mia .dis .prōt ən ē mē ə, .prō .tēn , .prōt ē ən n any abnormality of the protein content of the blood dys·pro·tein·emic or… …
62hemodyscrasia — Any abnormal condition or disorder of the blood and hemopoietic tissue, used especially with reference to those resulting in changes in the formed elements. SYN: hematodyscrasia. [hemo + G. dyscrasia, bad temperament] …
63vaccinia — An infection, primarily local and limited to the site of inoculation, induced in humans by inoculation with the v. virus, type species in the genus Orthopoxvirus (family Poxviridae) in …
64Mass drug administration — Distribution of antimalarials in Italy in the 1930s The administration of drugs to whole populations irrespective of disease status is referred to as mass drug administration (MDA). This article describes the administration of antimalarial drugs… …
65PCD — pacer cardioverter defibrillator; papillary collecting duct; paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration; paroxysmal cerebral dysrhythmia; percutaneous catheter drainage; pervasive developmental disorder; phosphate citrate dextrose; plasma cell… …
66dys- — ♦ Préfixe, du gr. dus , exprimant l idée de difficulté, de manque (nombreux mots de médecine). ● dys Préfixe indiquant une difficulté, une anomalie, le mauvais état ou le mauvais fonctionnement de quelque chose. dys élément, du gr. dus,… …
67plasma cell disorders — see under dyscrasia …
68benign monoclonal gammopathy — the presence of a serum M component without signs or symptoms of multiple myeloma, Waldenstrцm macroglobulinemia, or other plasma cell neoplasms; it occurs in about 3 per cent of the population over age 70. A few patients eventually develop a… …
69Waldenstrцm macroglobulinemia — a plasma cell dyscrasia resembling leukemia, with cells of lymphocytic, plasmacytic, or intermediate morphology, that secrete an IgM M component. There is diffuse infiltration of bone marrow and often the spleen, liver, lymph nodes, or central… …
70light chain nephropathy — nephropathy caused by deposition of abnormal light chains (usually kappa chains but sometimes lambda chains) in renal basement membranes, often with glomerulosclerosis; it may be associated with a plasma cell dyscrasia such as multiple myeloma… …
