Author: Glossary

An insoluble protein formed when rennin or pepsin acts on the casein in milk; this reaction, which results in the curdling of milk, occurs only in the presence of calcium ions.  

A tumor involving the prickle-cell layer of the epidermis. A growth that originates from the skin’s prickle-cell layer.  

Abnormality of vision (e.g., visual hallucinations).  

One of the small masses of chromaffin tissue along the abdominal aorta that secrete epinephrine.  

A derivative of aminobenzoic acid. The salt, paraaminohippurate, is used to test the excretory capacity of the renal tubules.  

A woman who has produced a viable infant (weighing at least 500 g or of more than 20 weeks gestation) regardless of whether the infant is alive at birth. A multiple birth is considered to be a single parous experience.  

Denoting the presence of both papules and vesicles. A condition defined by the coexistence of both papules and vesicles.  

The presence of numerous and generalized papules.  

Denoting the occurrence of papules on reddened skin.  

A soft, painful, skin-colored papule present on the non weight-bearing portion of the heel. It disappears when weight is taken off the foot and heel. This papule is caused by herniation of fat through connective tissue defects.