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  Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Medullary sponge kidney
Medullary sponge kidney is a congenital defect of the kidneys where the kidneys fill with pools of urine.
The symptoms associated with medullary sponge kidney are those related to infection and stone passage.
The appearance of medullary sponge kidney on an intravenous pyelogram (x rays of the upper urinary system) is characteristic.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2601/is_0008/ai_2601000887   (490 words)

  
 MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Medullary carcinoma of thyroid
Thyroid - medullary carcinoma; Cancer - thyroid (medullary carcinoma)
Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid is a malignancy of the thyroid gland arising from the C cell, which secretes the hormone calcitonin.
A thyroid biopsy shows medullary carcinoma of thyroid cells.
www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000374.htm   (492 words)

  
 Herbal Encyclopedia - G
The root is smaller, tortuous, and of a uniform yellowish-brown colour, finely wrinkled on the surface.
Both rhizome and root in transverse section exhibit a distinctly radiate appearance, the thin cortex or bark enclosing a large, pale, yellowish-white wood, which consists of narrow bundles with small pores, alternating with straight, whitish, medullary rays about six or eight cells in thickness.
In the case of the rhizome, a small pith, frequently divided into four nearly equal parts, is also present, particularly in smaller and younger pieces.
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 Holistic Health Encyclopedia - N
The caudate nucleus and putamen form a functional unit (the neostriatum) of the corpus striatum.
The part of the corpus striatum somewhat resembling a biconvex lens, divided into an external, larger, lateral part, the putamen, and an internal, smaller, lighter colored medial part (globus pallidus), which is in turn subdivided into a smaller, medial, and a larger, lateral part by the medial medullary lamina.
A species of atom characterized by the atomic number, mass number, and quantum state of its nucleus, and capable of existing for a measurable lifetime (generally greater than 10
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