| Garre's osteomyelitis | Chronic osteomyelitis with proliferative periostitis. A focal gross thickening of the periosteum with peripheral reactive bone formation resulting from mild infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis | A proliferative reaction of bone to a low-grade infection of the jaws; most often seen in middle-aged or older black women as extensive, often bilateral radio-opacities of the mandible and maxilla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic focal sclerosing osteomyelitis | A reaction of bone to a mild bacterial infection, often the result of a carious tooth, in persons with a high degree of tissue resistance; results in a localised radio-opacity. Synonym: focal condensing osteitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| osteomyelitis | <pathology> Inflammation of bone caused by a pyogenic organism. It may remain localised or may spread through the bone to involve the marrow, cortex, cancellous tissue and periosteum. Origin: Gr. Myelos = marrow (18 Nov 1997) |
| haematogenous | <physiology> Originating in the blood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| haematogenous abscess | An abscess caused by blood-borne organisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haematogenous embolism | Embolism occurring in a blood vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haematogenous jaundice | <haematology> Haemolytic jaundice is a type of jaundice, where the skin takes on a yellowish hue, which occurs when red blood cells have been destroyed (by haemolysis). (09 Oct 1997) |
| haematogenous metastasis | See: metastasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haematogenous osteitis | Any osteitis caused by infection carried in the bloodstream. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haematogenous pigment | A pigment derived from the haemoglobin of the red blood cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haematogenous theory of endometriosis | That endometrial tissue is carried, like metastases of a malignant tumour, through the blood stream. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abdomen, acute | Clinical syndrome characterised by abdominal pain of great severity associated with other symptoms and signs, usually those of acute peritonitis, which might well be the result of a ruptured abdominal viscus or a similar abdominal catastrophe requiring urgent surgical operation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acute | 1. Sharp, poignant. 2. Having a short and relatively severe course. Origin: L. Acutus = sharp (18 Nov 1997) |
| acute abdomen | Any serious acute intra-abdominal condition (such as appendicitis) attended by pain, tenderness, and muscular rigidity, and for which emergency surgery must be considered. Synonym: surgical abdomen. (05 Mar 2000) |