rarefaction of bone

rarefaction of bone
raréfaction du tissu osseux

English-French medical dictionary. 2015.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Regardez d'autres dictionnaires:

  • rarefaction — 1. The process of becoming light or less dense; the condition of being light; opposed to condensation. 2. In vascular physiology, the process that results in a reduction in the density of capillaries in a tissue. [L. rarus, thin, s …   Medical dictionary

  • rarefaction — n. thinning of bony tissue sufficient to cause decreased density of bone to X rays, as in osteoporosis …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Ostéonécrose du maxillaire — Ostéonécrose de la mâchoire Classification et ressources externes Ostéonécrose du maxillaire CIM 10 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter — Classification and external resources OMIM 603896 Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter (VWM disease) is an autosomal recessive neurological disease. The cause of the disease are mutations in any of the 5 genes encoding subunits of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Auditory brainstem response — The auditory brainstem response (ABR) is an auditory evoked potential extracted from ongoing electrical activity in the brain and recorded via electrodes placed on the scalp. The resulting recording is a series of vertex positive waves of which I …   Wikipedia

  • test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …   Medical dictionary

  • osteitis deformans — noun a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities • Syn: ↑Paget s disease • Hypernyms: ↑osteitis * * * də̇ˈfȯrˌmanz noun Etymology:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • osteoporosis — noun (plural osteoporoses) Etymology: New Latin, from oste + porosis rarefaction, from porus pore + osis Date: 1846 a condition that affects especially older women and is characterized by decrease in bone mass with decreased density and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • porosis — A porous condition. SYN: porosity (1). [L. porosus, porous] cerebral p. a porous condition of the brain caused by postmortem growth of Clostridium perfringens or other gas forming organisms in the tissue. * * * …   Medical dictionary

  • Empedocles — M.R.Wright INTRODUCTION Empedocles was a native of Acragas (Agrigento) in Sicily, a Doric colony founded on the south coast of the island in the sixth century BC, which soon grew to rival Syracuse in its prosperity. A line of temples, many of… …   History of philosophy

  • MONNAIE — L’étymologie et la linguistique suffisent à rendre quelque peu mystérieuses l’origine et la signification du mot «monnaie». Le terme français provient de ce que la monnaie romaine était frappée dans le temple de Juno Moneta (de monere :… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”