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  • 41cololysis — Procedure of freeing the colon from adhesions. [colo + G. lysis, loosening] …

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  • 42conjunctivochalasis — Condition in which redundant bulbar conjunctiva billows over the eyelid margin or covers the lower punctum. [conjunctiva + G. chalasis, a loosening] …

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  • 43corelysis — A rarely used term for freeing of adhesions between lens capsule and the iris. [G. kore, pupil, + lysis, a loosening] * * * co·re·ly·sis .kōr ə lī səs, .kȯr ; kȯ rel ə səs, kō n, pl ly·ses .sēz the operation of breaking loose adhesions formed… …

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  • 44cytolysis — The dissolution of a cell. [cyto + G. lysis, loosening] * * * cy·tol·y·sis sī täl ə səs n, pl y·ses .sēz the usu. pathological dissolution or disintegration of cells cy·to·lyt·ic .sīt əl it ik adj * * * n. the breakdown of cells, particularly by… …

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  • 45dermatochalasis — A congenital or acquired condition characterized by deficient elastic fibers of the skin, which may hang in folds; vascular anomalies may be present; inheritance is either autosomal dominant or recessive, the latter sometimes in …

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  • 46disorder — A disturbance of function, structure, or both, resulting from a genetic or embryonic failure in development or from exogenous factors such as poison, trauma, or disease. adjustmen …

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  • 47duodenolysis — Incision of adhesions to the duodenum. [duodeno + G. lysis, a freeing] * * * du·o·de·nol·y·sis (doo″o də nolґə sis) the operation of loosening the duodenum from adhesions …

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  • 48elastolysis — Dissolution of elastic fibers. [elasto + G. lysis, loosening, fr. luo, to loosen] generalized e. SYN: dermatochalasis. * * * elas·tol·y·sis (e″las tolґə sis) [elasto + lysis] a defect in the elastic tissue, resulting in atrophy and… …

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  • 49epilate — To extract a hair; to remove the hair from a part by forcible extraction, electrolysis, or loosening at the root by chemical means. Cf.:depilate. [L. e, out, + pilus, a hair] * * * ep·i·late (epґĭ lāt) depilate …

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  • 50erythrocytolysis — SYN: hemolysis. [erythrocyte + G. lysis, loosening] * * * eryth·ro·cy·tol·y·sis (ə rith″ro si tolґə sis) hemolysis …

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