Category: P

A condition in which polyps are found in many places in the intestine, usually resulting from an earlier infection. A condition in which the bowel lining (mucosa) is covered by elevated or protuberant plaques (pseudo-polyps) that are not true polyps but residual islands of inflamed mucosa. It is usually found in chronic ulcerative colitis. The…

Loss of muscular power in the limbs without true paralysis. Paralysis caused by hysteria.  

A condition in which symptoms such as stomach cramps, nausea and bloating indicate a blockage in the intestines although no blockage exists. Dilation or enlargement of the colon that mimics a mechanical obstruction in the absence of an actual blockage. This condition typically develops after abdominal surgery or in people who are severely ill. Most…

A tumour rich in mucus. A mucoid tumor of the peritoneum, often seen in association with myxomas of the ovary. In pseudomyxoma peritonei material from a myxoma, usually in the ovary, is spilled into the peritoneal cavity and continues to be produced within the abdomen, often to massive proportions. A peritoneal tumor resembling a myxoma…

A rod-shaped bacterium which lives in soil or decomposing organic material and can cause disease in plants and sometimes in humans.  

An overgrowth of fatty or fibrous tissue in a part or organ, which results in the part or organ being enlarged. Enlargement of muscles due to infiltration by fatty tissue. Increase in the size of an organ or structure caused by excessive growth of cells that have a packing or supporting role but do not…

A hereditary disease affecting the muscles, which swell and become weak, beginning in early childhood. A condition in which certain muscles enlarge owing to a fatty and fibrous degeneration, giving a false appearance of increased strength.  

A condition in which a person has either ovaries or testes but external genitalia that are not clearly of either sex. Congenital condition in which either a male or a female has external genitalia resembling those of the opposite sex (e.g., a woman with an enlarged clitoris and labia resembling a penis and scrotum. A…

Enlargement of the male breast because of extra fatty tissue.  

A space which fills with fluid in an organ but without the walls which would form a cyst, as a result of softening or necrosis of the tissue. A formation that appears to be a cyst but lacks the internal fluid-filled nature of an actual cyst. A fluid-filled space without a proper wall or lining,…