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wasting Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. (Science: medicine)... Read More

runt disease A graft versus host reaction in mice first observed following intravenous injection of allogeneic spleen cells... Read More

Consumption 1. The using up of something, especially the rate at which it is used. 2. Obsolete term for a wasting of the... Read More

Definition noun A deformity marked by the extension of the thumb in the same plane as the palm and fingers or the failure to... Read More

What are Pathogens? Pathogens are defined as microscopic organisms, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites that... Read More

Atrophy (Science: pathology) a wasting Away, a diminution in the size of a cell, tissue, organ or part. Origin: L., gr.... Read More

Visna maedi virus (Science: virology) A retrovirus of sheep and goats. A member of the lentivirus subfamily related to... Read More

Onychatrophia Onychatrophy atrophy of the nails. Origin: onycho-- g. Atrophia, atrophy onychatrophia is an atrophy or... Read More

Definition noun A neurologic disorder generally of unknown cause and characterized by the acute onset of shoulder pain... Read More

Definition noun, plural: efferent nerves The type of nerve that carries nerve impulses away from the central nervous system... Read More

Definition noun, plural: anabolic steroids Any of the synthetic steroid hormones (androgens) that promote muscle and bone... Read More