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31Yeast infection — Overgrowth of yeast can affect the skin (yeast rash), mouth (thrush), digestive tract, esophagus, vagina (vaginitis), and other parts of the body. Yeast infections occur most frequently in moist areas of the body. Although Candida albicans and… …
32stasis syndrome — overgrowth of bacteria within the small intestine resulting from a variety of conditions causing stasis. The most common causes are disturbances to intestinal motility or decreased acid secretion; it may also be caused by structural abnormalities …
33Hyperostosis — Overgrowth of bone. Hyperostosis is a nonspecific term that does not refer to any particular condition. * * * 1. Hypertrophy of bone. 2. SYN: exostosis. [hyper + G. osteon, bone, + osis, condition] ankylosing h. SYN: diffuse idiopathic skeletal h …
34acrokeratosis — Overgrowth of the horny layer of the skin, usually nodular configurations, of the dorsum of the fingers and toes, and occasionally on the rim of the ear and tip of the nose. [acro + G. keras, horn, + osis, condition] paraneoplastic a. a rare nail …
35gliosis — Overgrowth of the astrocytes in an area of damage in the brain or spinal cord. isomorphous g. a g. in which there is a regular and ordered arrangement of glial fibers. piloid g. an area of chronic, reactive …
36Langerhans cell histiocytosis — overgrowth of cells of the reticuloendothelial system. This includes disorders previously called histiocytosis X, including eosinophilic granuloma, Hand Schüller Christian disease, and Letterer Siwe disease. P. Langerhans (1847 88), German… …
37endarteritis proliferans — overgrowth of fibrous tissue in the internal layers of the aorta or some other artery …
38facial hemihypertrophy — overgrowth of one side of the face. Called also hemifacial hypertrophy. Facial hemihypertrophy as part of epidermal nevus syndrome …
39unilateral hypertrophy — overgrowth of one side of the entire body or of a portion of one side, as of the face …
40Langerhans cell histiocytosis — overgrowth of cells of the reticuloendothelial system. This includes disorders previously called histiocytosis X, including eosinophilic granuloma, Hand Schüller Christian disease, and Letterer Siwe disease [Langerhans (1847–88), German physician …
