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Degustation
The sense of taste; the function or act of tasting.
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Degos disease
A rare form of vasculitis that damages small blood vessels. The disease initially results in tissue infarction within the skin, but in some instances causes widespread and occasionally fatal tissue infarction in the gastrointestinal tract and other organs.
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Vacuolar degeneration
Swelling of cells with an increase in the number and size of vacuoles.
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Spongy degeneration
Familial demyelination of the deep layers of the cerebral cortex. The affected area has a spongy appearance. Symptoms include mental retardation, enlarged head, muscular flaccidity, and blindness. Death usually occurs before 18 months of age.
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Senile degeneration
The bodily and mental changes that occur during pathological aging.
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Polypoid degeneration
Formation of polyp-like growths on mucous membranes.
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Pigmentary degeneration
Degeneration in which affected cells develop an abnormal color.
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Mucous degeneration
Deposition of mucus in the connective tissue of organs or in epithelial cells.
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Hydropic degeneration
Pathological change in cells marked by the appearance of water droplets in the cytoplasm.
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Hyaline degeneration
A form of degeneration in which the tissues assume a homogeneous, glassy appearance. It is caused by hyaline deposits replacing musculoelastic elements of blood vessels with a firm, transparent substance that causes loss of elasticity. It is responsible for hardening of the arteries and is often followed by calcification or deposit of lime salts in…
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