See Also: transient acantholytic dermatosis(medicine)
heterosis(medicine)
heterosis(encyclopedia)
heterosis(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
TRANSIENT(medicine)
transient(dictionary)
transient retinopathy(medicine)
transient 2, noun(dictionary)
transient agammaglobulinaemia(medicine)

transient acantholytic dermatosis (medicine) and heterosis (medicine)


transient acantholytic dermatosis (medicine)


transient acantholytic dermatosis


A pruritic papular eruption, with histologic suprabasal acantholysis, of the chest, with scattered lesions of the back and lateral aspects of the extremities, lasting from a few weeks to several months; seen predominantly in males over 40.

Synonym: Grover's disease.


heterosis (medicine)


heterosis
<biology> The observation that in some circumstances, the heterozygotes in a population have higher Fitness than the homozygotes, for example they grow better, are better able to survive, and/or are more fertile than the homozygotes. The effect of heterosis can also apply to hybrids (thus hybrid vigor).