| 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) |
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| haematogenous | <physiology> Originating in the blood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| haematogenous abscess | An abscess caused by blood-borne organisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haematogenous embolism | Embolism occurring in a blood vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| acholuric jaundice | Jaundice with excessive amounts of unconjugated bilirubin in the plasma and without bile pigments in the urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anhepatic jaundice | Jaundice due to haemolysis, with normal function of the liver and biliary tract. Synonym: anhepatogenous jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anhepatogenous jaundice | Jaundice due to haemolysis, with normal function of the liver and biliary tract. Synonym: anhepatogenous jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| painless jaundice | Jaundice not associated with abdominal pain; usually used for obstructive jaundice resulting from obstruction of the common bile duct at the head of the pancreas by a tumour or impaction of a stone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant jaundice | Jaundice associated with high fever and delirium; seen in severe hepatitis and other diseases of the liver with severe functional failure. Synonym: malignant jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| catarrhal jaundice | An obsolete term for viral hepatitis type A. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regurgitation jaundice | Jaundice due to biliary obstruction, the bile pigment having been conjugated and secreted by the hepatic cells and then reabsorbed into the bloodstream. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mechanical jaundice | Jaundice resulting from obstruction to the flow of bile into the duodenum, whether intra-or extrahepatic. Synonym: mechanical jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |