Category: G

A disease of old people, which often affects the arteries in the scalp. Chronic inflammation of large and medium arteries, usually in the head and neck, less commonly throughout the body; also known as temporal or cranial arteritis. The disease takes its name from the extremely large cells that develop in the inflamed blood vessels.…

A very large cell, e.g. an osteoclast or megakaryocyte. Any large cell, such as a megakaryocyte. Giant ceils may have one or many nuclei.  

A spot on the lung produced by the tuberculosis bacillus [Described 1912. After Anton Ghon (1866—1936), Professor of Pathological Anatomy at Prague, Czech Republic.] The lesion produced in the lung of a previously uninfected person by tubercle bacilli. It is a small focus of granulomatous inflammation, which may become visible on a chest X-ray if…

To become healthy again after being ill.  

To stand up. To get out of bed.  

Becoming elderly.  

To become better after an illness or a shock.  

To put your clothes on.  

To become healthy again after being ill. (Of an illness) to stop or become less severe.