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Cytotoxin
An agent that inhibits or prevents the function of cells. A substance which has a toxic effect on cells. An antibody or other substance that attacks the cells, preventing their normal function and/or destroying them. An antibody or toxin that attacks the cells of particular organs.
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Cytotoxic
Having the ability to kill cells. Of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells; cell-killing. Poisonous to cells. Toxic to cells, preventing their reproduction or growth. An agent that is toxic to certain cells a nd thus toxic to organs, tissues, or other cells. A substance that is toxic to cells. Referring to…
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
A DNA virus, genetically distinct from other herpesviruses, that grows more readily in fibroblasts than in epithelial and lymphoid cells; causes cytomegalic inclusion disease and mononucleosis, and is secreted in renal transplant patients. A virus that infects 40-90 percent of American heterosexuals, and about 95 percent of homosexuals. CMV normally produces a latent (nonclinical, nonobvious)…
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Cytokine
Any of several regulatory proteins, such as the interleukins and lymphokines, that are released by cells of the immune system and act as intercellular or intracellular mediators in the generation of an immune response, e.g., platelet‐derived growth factor (PDGF), insulin growth factors (IGFs), transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF‐β1), bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), and epidermal…
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Traumatic (hemorrhagic bone) c
A radiolucent lesion in the bone without a radiopaque border; a cavity of disputed cause, lined by extremely thin or no tissue, which may contain fluid (blood or serum). It is assumed to have been caused by trauma. Teeth, if present, are vital. Not a true cyst.
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Simple bone c
Benign, empty or fluid‐filled space within bone that is lacking an epithelial lining. Also known as hemorrhagic bone cyst or traumatic bone cyst.
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Retention c
Caused by retention of glandular secretion.
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Residual c
A cyst in the maxilla or mandible that remains after the associated tooth has been removed.
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Ranula
Forms in the floor of the mouth as a result of trauma or blockage of a salivary gland duct. It may be lined with epithelium. A ranula is mucus extravasation occurring in the floor of the mouth and usually associated with a sublingual gland. A small cyst under the tongue, on the floor of the…
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Radicular c
A cyst along the root of a tooth. Also known as an apical periodontal cyst.
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