patch

patch
1. A small circumscribed area differing in color or structure from the surrounding surface. 2. In dermatology, a flat area greater than 1.0 cm in diameter. 3. An intermediate stage in the formation of a cap on the surface of a cell.
- butterfly p. SYN: butterfly (2).
- p. clamping a technique used in the study of ion channels in which the movement of ions across a small p. of isolated membrane is measured when the membrane is electrically polarized or hyperpolarized and maintained at that potential. SYN: p. clamp.
- cotton-wool patches white, fuzzy areas on the surface of the retina (accumulations of cellular organelles) caused by damage (usually infarction) of the retinal fiber layer. SYN: cotton-wool spots.
- herald p. the initial rapidly enlarging oval-shaped red papulosquamous lesion, usually on the trunk, heralding the widespread eruption of pityriasis rosea, and preceding the latter by 7–14 days.
- Hutchinson p. SYN: salmon p..
- mucous p. an oval to round, yellow-gray to white, membrane-covered lesion or lesions occurring on the mucous membranes; usually seen in secondary syphilis.
- Peyer patches SYN: aggregated lymphoid nodules of small intestine, under nodule.
- salmon p. 1. an intraretinal hemorrhage seen in sickle cell retinopathy; 2. the appearance of an orbital lymphoid tumor as seen in the subconjunctival space; 3. a common macular orange-pink to red vascular malformation present at or near birth on the head and neck that involutes during childhood. SYN: Hutchinson p..
- shagreen p. SYN: shagreen skin.
- smoker's patches SYN: leukoplakia.
- soldier's patches SYN: milk spots (1), under spot.
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patch 'pach n
1 a) a piece of material used medically usu. to cover a wound or repair a defect see PATCH GRAFT
b) a usu. disk-shaped piece of material that is worn on the skin and contains a substance (as a drug) that is absorbed at a constant rate through the skin and into the bloodstream <a nicotine \patch> called also skin patch
c) a shield worn over the socket of an injured or missing eye
2) a circumscribed region of tissue (as on the skin or in a section from an organ) that differs from the normal color or composition <sometimes great white \patches develop on the tongue, the cheeks, and the gums (Morris Fishbein)>
patch vt
patchy adj, patch·i·er; -est

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(pach) [L. pittacium; Gr. pittakion] 1. any area that differs in color or texture from the surrounding surface and is not elevated above it; see also macule and spot. 2. a small piece of cloth or other material that covers part of another surface. a 3. macule more than 1 cm in diameter.

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