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- 3. Producing swelling.
- 5. Is an inflammatory disease in which the immune system overreacts, causing clusters of inflamed tissue called "granulomas" to form in different organs of the body. It most commonly affects the lungs and lymph nodes, but it can also affect the eyes, skin, heart and nervous system.
- 7. Form when immune cells clump together and create tiny nodules at the site of the infection or inflammation.
- 9. Are common benign kidney neoplasms that account for 3 to 7 percent of renal neoplasms.
- 12. A benign tumor formed from glandular structures in epithelial tissue.
- 14. Are proteins found in the blood that precipitate (clump together) in the cold and may cause inflammation and organ damage.
- 17. Falling into disuse; denoting abolition of a function.
- 20. Is characterized histopathologically by the presence of a significant number of tumor cells with vacuolated lipid-filled cytoplasm.
- 22. Abnormal change in the nature of a tissue. A change of cells to a form that does not normally occur in the tissue in which it is found.
- 23. Painful or difficult urination.
- 25. Production of hyaline-like material.
- 27. Is a cancer of the plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies that protect us from infection.
- 29. A translucent bluish-white type of cartilage present in the joints, the respiratory tract, and the immature skeleton.
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- 1. Occurs when the immune system, which normally helps protect the body from infection and disease, attacks its own tissues.
- 2. The cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.
- 4. Is characterized by vascular lesions with fibromuscular thickening of the intima and media of small arteries and arterioles, which induces narrowing of the lumen (arteriolosclerosis) and/or hyalinosis.
- 6. A breakdown of muscle tissue that releases a damaging protein into the blood.
- 8. Is a rare type of tumor that forms in the nervous system. They grow from cells called Schwann cells. This tumor is often benign, which means they are not cancer but, in rare cases, they can become cancer.
- 10. Containing less than the normal number of cells.
- 11. Having an affinity for silver.
- 13. Is a type of neuroendocrine tumor that grows from neuroendocrine cells. These tumors often grow very slowly.
- 14. Any of a number of substances, such as interferon, interleukin, and growth factors, which are secreted by certain cells of the immune system and have an effect on other cells. They are a broad and loose category of small proteins important in cell signaling.
- 15. A condition which is the consequence of a previous disease or injury.
- 16. Is a genus of trematodes, commonly known as blood flukes. They are parasitic flatworms responsible for a highly significant group of infections in humans termed schistosomiasis.
- 18. Is a rare inflammatory condition that typically occurs in immunocompromised individuals and is thought to be secondary to a bactericidal defect in macrophages. It typically affects the urinary tract, but the involvement of nearly every organ system has been reported.
- 19. Blood in your urine.
- 21. Is swelling caused by too much fluid trapped in the body's tissues. It can affect any part of the body.
- 24. Also known as fibroids, are a group of benign smooth muscle tumors commonly present in premenopausal women. These tumors are of monoclonal origin which arises from the smooth muscle of the uterus.
- 26. Inflammation of the renal pelvis.
- 28. Is a condition in which blood flow (and thus oxygen) is restricted or reduced in a part of the body.