| angina spuria | Angina pectoris in which the breast pain is comparatively slight, but pallor followed by cyanosis, and coldness and numbness of the extremities, are marked. Synonym: angina spuria, angina vasomotoria, pseudangina, pseudoangina, reflex angina, vasomotor angina. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| glottis spuria | The interval between the false vocal cords or vestibular folds. Synonym: false glottis, glottis spuria, rima respiratoria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvis spuria | The expanded portion of the pelvis above the brim. Synonym: pelvis major, false pelvis, large pelvis, pelvis spuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| melena spuria | <paediatrics> Passage in the stool of blood that has been swallowed, especially that swallowed by nurslings from a fissured nipple. (05 Mar 2000) |
| placenta spuria | A mass of placental tissue which has no vascular connection with the main placenta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemospermia spuria | Haemospermia occurring in the prostatic urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amenorrhoea | <gynaecology> The absence or discontinuation or abnormal stoppage of the menstrual periods. Synonym: amenia. Origin: Gr. Men = month, rhoia = flow (14 May 1997) |
| amenorrhoea-galactorrhoea syndrome | <syndrome> Unphysiologic lactation from endocrinological causes or from a pituitary tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic amenorrhoea | Amenorrhoea due to organic disease, either uterine or other, e.g., ovarian or pituitary failure, Simmonds' disease, inconstant and irrelevant debility. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic amenorrhoea | Amenorrhoea of pregnancy or the menopause, not associated with an organic disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postpartum amenorrhoea | <obstetrics> Permanent amenorrhoea following childbirth, sometimes due to pituitary failure resulting from postpartum haemorrhage and consequent necrosis of the pituitary (Simmonds' disease). (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary amenorrhoea | Amenorrhoea in which the menses have never occurred. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary amenorrhoea | Amenorrhoea in which the menses appeared at puberty but subsequently ceased. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperprolactinaemic amenorrhoea | Amenorrhoea associated with abnormally high levels of serum prolactin; often accompanied by unphysiological lactation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypophysial amenorrhoea | Amenorrhoea due to inadequate gonadotrophic secretions by the anterior lobe of the hypophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |