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Red bone marrow. A tissue in the bone marrow in which the various classes of blood cells are produced. The bone marrow in which most blood cells are formed.  

Referring to bone marrow, or produced by bone marrow. Referring to the spinal cord. An adjective that relates to the granulocyte precursor cell in the bone marrow. For example, myeloid leukaemia, which arises from abnormal growth in the blood-forming tissue of the bone marrow. Similar to bone marrow; originating from bone marrow; related to myelocytes.…

A precursor of a granulocyte leukocytes (eosinophils, basophils, and neutrophils) that normally occurs in bone marrow but increases in number in peripheral circulation in certain diseases, especially myeloblastic leukemia. The earliest identifiable cell that gives rise to a granulocyte, having a large nucleus and scanty cytoplasm. It is normally found in the blood-forming tissue of…

Referring to nerve fibre covered by a myelin sheath.  

The surgical removal of part or all of a muscle. Removal of all or part of a muscle by surgery. It may be used to correct a squint (caused by unbalanced eye muscles) or to remove a fibroid from the muscular wall of the uterus. The surgical excision of a portion or the entirety of…

A form of skin cancer, with irritating nodules. Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma characterized by irregular shaped nodules and plaques on the trunk that spread to lymph nodes and internal organs. A fairly rare form of chronic lymphoma affecting the skin and internal organs. A rare cancer characterized by multiple scaly patches on the skin. Mycosis fungoides…

One of a group of bacteria including those which cause leprosy and tuberculosis. A genus of rodlike Gram-positive aerobic bacteria that can form filamentous branching structures. Some species are pathogenic to animals and man: M. leprae (Hansen’s bacillus) causes *leprosy; M. tuberculosis (Koch’s bacillus) causes tuberculosis. M. bovis causes tuberculosis in cattle but can also…

A long-term condition affecting the nervous system, in which someone feels tired and depressed and has pain and weakness in the muscles. A syndrome in which various combinations of extreme fatigue, muscle pain, lack of concentration, panic attacks, memory loss and depression occur. Its existence and causes have been the subject of a controversy that…

Unwilling or unable to speak. Felt or expressed without speech. The state of silence, or being without speech, for whatever reason. Some children are aphasic and unable to speak, because of damage to the speech apparatus or the connections to the brain. Some are almost totally unresponsive, except perhaps for a whispered “yes” or “no,”…

To undergo a genetic change. Undergo a spontaneous alteration in the composition of genes or chromosomes, resulting in genetic variations or abnormalities. This phenomenon involves an unanticipated modification in the genetic material, encompassing changes in gene sequences or structural rearrangements within the chromosomes.