| hepatitis, infectious canine | An adenovirus infection causing fever, oedema, vomiting, and diarrhoea in dogs, especially puppies. In foxes it causes acute encephalitis with convulsions, paralysis, coma, and death. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hepatitis, toxic | Acute hepatitis caused by true hepatotoxins such as amanita phaloides toxin, carbon tetrachloride, yellow phosphorus, and a variety of drugs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatitis, viral | Liver inflammation caused by viruses. Specific hepatitis viruses have been labelled a, b, c, d, e, f, and g. While other viruses, such as the mononucleosis (epstein-barr) virus and cytomegalovirus, can also cause hepatitis, the liver is not their primary target. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatitis, viral, animal | Viral hepatitis in animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatitis, viral, human | Viral hepatitis in man. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatitis-associated antigen | A term used for the surface antigen of hepatitis B virus before its nature was established. See: hepatitis B surface antigen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepato | <anatomy> Pertaining to the liver. (16 Dec 1997) |
| hepato-pancreas | <marine biology> Digestive gland of crustaceans with functions approximately analogous to liver and pancreas of vertebrates enzyme secretion, food absorption and storage. <zoology> A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc, usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hepatobiliary | <anatomy> Pertaining to the liver and the bile or the biliary ducts. (18 Nov 1997) |
| hepatobiliary imaging | <radiology> The hepatobiliary scan (Tc-99m DISIDA or MBF) is the initial procedure of choice to diagnose acute cholecystitis., Sensitivity 95% False negatives: acalculous cholecystitis, Specificity 95% False positives: non-fasting state, alcoholism, parenteral nutrition (TPN), acute pancreatitis, recent narcotic use, hepatocellular disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatoblastoma | <radiology> 3rd most common intra-abdominal malignancy (after neuroblastoma and Wilms tumour), kids: 50% before 18 m/o, almost all less than 3 years of age, right lobe (75%), both lobes or multicentric (33%), metastasis at diagnosis in 10% most likely to be local invasion, regional nodes, lungs, increased aFP in 67-90%, liver enzymes usually normal associated with, hemihypertrophy, macroglossia, sexual precocity (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatocarcinoma | <oncology, tumour> Malignant tumour derived from hepatocytes. Associated with hepatitis B in 80-90% of cases. (18 Nov 1997) |
| hepatocele | <medicine> Hernia of the liver. Origin: Gr, the liver + tumour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hepatocellular | <anatomy> Pertaining to or affecting liver cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| hepatocellular adenoma | <radiology> Liver cell adenoma (LCA), rare, benign, F more than M, atypical hepatocytes, no bile ducts or Kuppfer cells (unlike FNH), haemorrhage common, NM: cold nodule associated with: oral contraceptives, type 1 glycogen storage disease (von Gierke) (12 Dec 1998) |