tissue softening

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• Osteomalacia — Softening of bones, particularly in the sense of bone weakened by demineralization (the loss of mineral) and most notably by the depletion of calcium from bone. Osteomalacia may be caused by poor dietary intake or poor absorption of calcium and… …   Medical dictionary

• pneumomalacia — Softening of the lung tissue. [G. pneumon, lung, + malakia, softness] * * * pneu·mo·ma·la·cia (noo″mo mə laґshə) [pneumo + malacia] morbid softening of lung tissue …   Medical dictionary

• osteolysis — Softening, absorption, and destruction of bony tissue, a function of the osteoclasts. [osteo + G. lysis, dissolution] * * * os·te·ol·y·sis .äs tē äl ə səs n, pl y·ses .sēz dissolution of bone esp. when associated with resorption * * * n.… …   Medical dictionary

• porotic malacia — softening accompanied by proliferation of connective tissue …   Medical dictionary

• pregnancy — /preg neuhn see/, n., pl. pregnancies. the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant. [1520 30; PREGN(ANT) + ANCY] * * * Process of human gestation that takes place in the female s body as a fetus develops, from fertilization to birth (see… …   Universalium

• environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction       infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …   Universalium

• Malacia — Means softening. Osteomalacia is thus softening of bone (due to deficiency of calcium and vitamin D). * * * A softening or loss of consistency and contiguity in any of the organs or tissues. Also used as a combining form in the suffix position.… …   Medical dictionary

• maceration — 1. Softening by the action of a liquid. 2. Softening of tissues after death by nonputrefactive (sterile) autolysis; seen especially in the stillborn, with detachment of the epidermis. [L. macero, pp. atus, to soften by soaking] * * *… …   Medical dictionary

• Kudoa thyrsites — Taxobox name = Kudoa thrysites regnum = Animalia phylum = Myxozoa classis = Myxosporea ordo = Multivalvulida familia = Kudoidae genus = Kudoa species = K. thrysites binomial = Kudoa thrysites binomial authority = (Gilchrist, 1924) Kudoa thrysites …   Wikipedia

• nervous system disease — Introduction       any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… …   Universalium

• degeneration — 1. Deterioration; passing from a higher to a lower level or type. 2. A worsening of mental, physical, or moral qualities. 3. A retrogressive pathologic change in cells or tissues, in consequence of which their functions are often impaired or… …   Medical dictionary