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61method — The mode or manner or orderly sequence of events of a process or procedure. SEE ALSO: fixative, operation, procedure, stain, technique. [G. methodos; fr. meta, after, + hodos, way] Abell Kendall m. a …
62mycetoma — A chronic infection involving the subcutaneous tissue, skin, and contiguous bone; characterized by the formation of localized lesions with tumefactions and multiple draining sinuses. The exudate contains granules that may be …
63pyostomatitis — A suppurating inflammatory eruption of the mouth. [pyo + G. stoma, mouth, + itis, inflammation] p. vegetans confluent pustular lesions of the mouth, with proliferative and verrucose eruptions of the …
64scrofuloderma — Tuberculosis resulting from extension into the skin from underlying atypical mycobacterial infection, most commonly of cervical lymph node s in children with tonsillar infection by bovine tubercle bacillus. [ …
65sinus — 1. [TA] A channel for the passage of blood or lymph, without the coats of an ordinary vessel; e.g., blood passages in the gravid uterus or those in the cerebral meninges. 2. [TA] A cavity or …
66smallpox — An acute eruptive contagious disease caused by a poxvirus (Orthopoxvirus, a member of the family Poxviridae) and marked at the onset by chills, high fever, backache, and headache; in 2–5 days the constitu …
67sporotrichosis — A chronic cutaneous mycosis spread by way of the lymphatics and caused by inoculation of Sporothrix schenckii, typically rare in tissue sections but rapidly growing in cultures. Extracutaneous s. probably originates in the lung but disseminates… …
68gathering — gath·er·ing n a suppurating swelling: ABSCESS …
69Phormia — Phor·mia fȯr mē ə n a genus of dipteran flies of the family Calliphoridae including one (P. regina) causing myiasis in sheep * * * n. a genus of non bloodsucking flies, commonly known as blowflies. The maggot of P. regina normally breeds in… …
70pilonidal sinus — a short tract leading from an opening in the skin in or near the cleft at the top of the buttocks and containing hairs. The sinus may be recurrently infected, leading to pain and the discharge of pus. Treatment is by surgical opening and cleaning …
