| hyperhidrosis | Excessive perspiration. Also called hyperidrosis, polyhidrosis and polyidrosis. Origin: Gr. Hidrosis = sweating (18 Nov 1997) |
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| hyperhidrosis oleosa | seborrhoea oleosa |
| circumscribed | Limited in space, well localised. (27 Sep 1997) |
| circumscribed breast lesions | <radiology> Lucent, lipoma, oil cyst (following haematoma or biopsy), galactocele (associated with lactation), mixed density, fibro-adeno-lipoma, galactocele, intramammary lymph node, haematoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| circumscribed craniomalacia | A disease marked by the presence of areas of thinning and softening in the bones of the skull and widening of the sutures and fontanelles. Usually of syphilitic or rachitic origin. Synonym: circumscribed craniomalacia. Origin: cranio-+ L. Tabes, a wasting (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumscribed peritonitis | Peritonitis confined to a demarcated region of the peritoneal cavity. Synonym: circumscribed peritonitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumscribed pyocephalus | Abscess of the brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| progressive circumscribed cerebral atrophy | Circumscribed atrophy of the cerebral cortex. Synonym: lobar sclerosis, progressive circumscribed cerebral atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scleroderma, circumscribed | A chronic, localised hardening and thickening of the skin. Lesions may be categorised as morphea (guttate, profunda, pansclerotic) or linear (with or without melorheostosis or hemiatrophy). It is twice as common in women as in men. The condition is characterised by skin ischemia, lymphocytic infiltrates, swollen collagen bundles, and thickening of the dermis with reduction of subcutaneous fat. (12 Dec 1998) |
| unilateral | <anatomy> Affecting only one side. Origin: L. Latus = side (18 Nov 1997) |
| unilateral anaesthesia | <neurology> The inability to feel touches (tactile sensations) on one side of the body. (09 Oct 1997) |
| unilateral hemianopia | Uniocular hemianopia, loss of sight in one-half of the visual field of one eye only. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unilateral hermaphroditism | Hermaphroditism in which the doubling of sex characteristics occurs on one side only: ovotestis on one side and either ovary or testis on the other. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unilateral hyperlucent lung | Chronic bronchiolitis obliterans predominating on one side. See: unilateral lobar emphysema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unilateral large kidney | <radiology> Multifocal: xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP), malakoplakia, multicystic dysplastic kidney Cf: other urographic patterns smooth kidney: renal vein thrombosis, acute arterial infarction, obstructive uropathy, acute bacterial nephritis, compensatory hypertrophy, duplicated pelvocalyceal system Cf: other urographic patterns multifocal: solid neoplastic mass, malignant, adenocarcinoma, adult nephroblastoma, invasive transitional cell carcinoma, sarcoma, metastasis, benign, hamartoma, adenoma, mesenchymal tumour cystic mass, simple cyst, focal hydronephrosis, multilocular cystic nephroma, arteriovenous malformation Cf: other urographic patterns (12 Dec 1998) |