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Medical Dictionary Terms Beginning with K
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Kala-azar
Kala-azar: (Hindi for black fever). A disease of the vicera, particularly the liver, spleen, bone marrow and lymph nodes, due to infection be a parasite (called Leishmania). Also known as visceral leishmaniasis.more detail info...
Kaposi's sarcoma
Kaposi's sarcoma: A relatively rare type of cancer that develops on the skin of some elderly persons or those with a weak immune system, including acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Kaposi's sarcoma is a type of vascular (angioblastic) canmore detail info...
Kartagener syndrome
Kartagener syndrome: The trio of sinusitis, bronchitis and situs inversus (lateral reversal of the position all organs in the chest and abdomen with the heart and stomach on the right, the liver on the left, etc. - opposite or &inverted&more detail info...
Karyotype
Karyotype: A standard arrangement of the chromosome complement, done for chromosome analysis.more detail info...
Karyotyping
Karyotyping: Chromosome study.more detail info...
Karyotyping, flow
Karyotyping, flow: Use of flow cytometry to analyze and/or separate chromosomes on the basis of their DNA content. Flow cytometry detects the light- absorbing or fluorescing properties of chromosomes passing in a narrow stream through a laser beam andmore detail info...
KawasakiÆs disease
Kawasaki’s disease: A syndrome of unknown origin, Kawasaki's disease mainly affects young children, causing fever, reddening of the eyes (conjunctivitis), lips and mucous membranes of the mouth, ulcerative gum disease (gingivitis), swollen gmore detail info...
Kb
Kb: Abbreviation for kilobase.more detail info...
Keloid
Keloid: A tough heaped-up scar that rises quite abruptly above the rest of the skin. It is irregularly shaped and tends to enlarge progressively. Keloids are due to an excessive response to trauma such as a cut to the skin. In creating a normal scmore detail info...
Keratectomy
Keratectomy: Removal of part of the cornea. This can be done by surgical excision or by laser. One such laser procedure is PRK (photorefractive keratectomy).more detail info...
Keratectomy, photorefractive (PRK)
Keratectomy, photorefractive (PRK): A kind of laser eye surgery designed to change the shape of the cornea to eliminate (or reduce) the need for glasses and contact lenses. The laser is used to remove the outer layer of the cornea and flatten tmore detail info...
Keratin
Keratin: Protein in the upper layer of the skin, hair, nails and animal horns. The word keratin comes from the Indo-European ker meaning horn.more detail info...
Keratitis
Keratitis: Inflammation of the cornea (transparent structure at the front of the eye).more detail info...
Keratitis, rosacea
Keratitis, rosacea: A condition affecting the eyes in a disease called rosacea (see below). About half of all people with rosacea feel burning and grittiness of the eyes (conjunctivitis). If this is not treated, the complications of rosacea keratitis (inmore detail info...
Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome: An inherited disorder in which affected persons have gradual destruction of the cornea (keratitis) of the eye (possibly leading to blindness), localized areas of disfiguring reddish thickened skin (ichthyosmore detail info...
Kerato- (prefix)
Kerato- (prefix): Kerato- is a confusing prefix since it can refer to the cornea (as in keratitis and keratocornea) or to &horny& tissue (as in keratin and keratosis).more detail info...
Keratoconjunctitis
Keratoconjunctitis: Inflammation of the eye involving both the cornea and conjunctiva.more detail info...
Keratoconus
Keratoconus: Cone-shaped cornea with the apex of the cone being forward. Also called conical cornea.more detail info...
Keratodermia blennorrhagicum (KB)
Keratodermia blennorrhagicum (KB): A skin disease of the palms and soles that occurs in patients with Reiter's syndrome. Reiter's is a systemic rheumatic disease, "systemic" meaning that it can and does affect other organs than the joints, causing inflammmore detail info...
Keratoma
Keratoma: A callus.more detail info...
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