Life Cycle Stages
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Life Cycle Stages. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Life Cycle Stages.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Larva - Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamor...
Life Cycle Stages - The continuous sequence of changes undergone by metamorphosing insects and other animals during the ...
Merozoites - Uninuclear cells or a stage in the life cycle of sporozoan protozoa. Merozoites, released from rupt...
Nymph - The immature stage in the life cycle of those orders of insects characterized by gradual metamorphos...
Oocysts - Zygote-containing cysts of sporozoan protozoa. Further development in an oocyst produces small indiv...
Pupa - An inactive stage between the larval and adult stages in the life cycle of insects....
Schizonts - Multinucleate cells or a stage in the development of sporozoan protozoa. It is exemplified by the li...
Sporozoites - The product of meiotic division of zygotes in parasitic protozoa comprising haploid cells. These in...
Trophozoites - Cells or feeding stage in the life cycle of sporozoan protozoa. In the malarial parasite, the tropho...
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
