granulomatous

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The granulomatous, or infiltrative diseases, can behave like tumors in how difficult they are to treat.

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  1. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with granuloma. In most of the granulomatous disorders we may have not merely a diffusion of the disease throughout the individual organism, but also a transference of it from one individual to another. Ziegler, Pathol. Anat. (trans.), i. § 117.

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  • The proposed methodology is illustrated by using the data from a chronic granulomatous disease study. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • This may also be an important advance in the understanding and treatment of Blau Syndrome, a rare genetic disease characterized by granulomatous arthritis (arthritis caused by bacteria), uveitis (inflammation in the middle layer of the eye), skin rash and cranial neuropathy (a disorder affecting nerves that control sight, eye movement, hearing, and taste). —  innovations-report
  • Produces granulomatous inflammation of the respiratory tracts and necrotizing, pauci-immune glomerulonephritis. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Most common cause of saddle nose deformity in USA (nose flattened due to destruction of nasal septum by granulomatous inflammation). —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • These can include past parasite damage, tumor, and granulomatous enteritis or other infiltrative bowel diseases. —  TheHorse.com News
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