Membranous
Pertaining to a membrane. As in acute membranous gingivitis, membranous nephropathy, and pseudomembranous colitis.
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- Membranous gingivitis, acute
A progressive and painful infection of the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Symptoms include ulceration, swelling, and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and spirochetes) have been thought to be involved, but the actual cause is not yet known. […]
- Membranous glomerulonephritis
A disease affecting the glomerulus, the tiny structure in the kidney composed of capillary blood vessels that is actively involved in the filtration of the blood to form urine. The main sign of the disease is marked proteinuria. The majority of cases are primary, meaning the cause is not known. The remaining cases are secondary […]
- Membranous nephropathy
A frequent type of primary glomerular disease — a disease affecting the glomerulus, the tiny ball-shaped structure in the kidney composed of capillary blood vessels that is actively involved in the filtration of the blood to form urine. The main sign of the disease is marked proteinuria (protein in the urine). The majority (about 2/3) […]
- Memory
Explicit memory; Implicit memory. .
- Memory B cells
Secondary immune-system components that have an affinity for a particular antigen. Like other B cells, memory B cells originate from lymphocytes that develop and are activated in the bone marrow.