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A transparent substance produced from collagen and deposited around blood vessels and scars when some tissues degenerate. Clear, glassy material that results from the breakdown of certain tissues. A clear glassy material produced as the result of degeneration in certain tissues, particularly connective tissue and epithelial cells. A proteinaceous substance present in tissues that have…

A narrow upper incisor tooth, with notches along the cutting edge, a symptom of congenital syphilis but also occurring naturally.  

Emotional pain. A painful area (used by children).  

Hurler syndrome, or gargoylism, is a type of mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS I) that produces severe mental retardation. Hurler syndrome is transmitted as an autosomal- recessive trait and is due to the lack of a specific enzyme. This enzymatic defect causes excessive buildup of mucopolysaccharides in the tissues. A genetic disorder of the autosomal recessive type, resulting…

Damp, containing moisture vapour.  

Part of the elbow joint, where the trochlea of the humerus and the trochlear notch of the ulna move next to each other.  

A virus that causes genital warts in humans. The virus that causes warts. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infects only the topmost layer of the skin and is responsible for the appearance of skin growths called warts that may appear anywhere on the outer surface of the body. A papillomavirus that is specific to humans and is…

The general behavioural characteristics of human beings.  

Any of the system of antigens on the surface of cells which need to be histocompatible to allow transplants to take place.