| AVNRT | atrioventricular node reentry tachycardia |
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| BLN | bronchial lymph node |
| BN | bladder neck; branchial neuritis; bronchial node; brown Norway [rat]; bulimia nervosa |
| CASRT | corrected adjusted sinus node recovery time |
| CMN | caudal mediastinal node; cystic medial necrosis |
| suprapyloric node | A lymph node located above the pylorus. Synonym: nodus suprapyloricus, suprapyloric node. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| delphian node | A midline prelaryngeal lymph node, adjacent to the thyroid gland, enlargement of which is indicative of thyroid disease or early metastasis from the subglottic larynx. (05 Mar 2000) |
| syndrome, mucocutaneous lymph node | A syndrome of unknown origin, mainly affecting young children, causing fever, reddening of the eyes more than (conjunctivitis), lips and mucous membranes of the mouth, ulcerative gum disease (gingivitis), swollen glands in the neck (cervical more than lymphadenopathy), and a rash that is raised and bright red (maculoerythematous) in a glove-and-sock fashion over the skin of the hands and feet which becomes hard, swollen (edematous), and peels off. Also called kawasaki's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Osler node | A tender cutaneous lesion, probably of immunopathic origin, characteristic of subacute bacterial endocarditis; small, raised, and discolored, these node's usually appear in the pads of fingers or toes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tawara's node | <cardiology> The location in the heart's conduction system, between the atria and the ventricles, which conducts the normal electrical impulse from the atria to the ventricles. (27 Sep 1997) |
| eggshell lymph node calcification | <radiology> Silicosis, sarcoid, treated Hodgkin's lymphoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| Troisier's node | Historic term for a lymph node immediately above the clavicle, especially on the left side, that is palpably enlarged as the result of a metastasis from a malignant neoplasm; the presence of such a node indicates that the probable site of primary involvement is in an abdominal organ. See: signal node. Synonym: Troisier's node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculosis, lymph node | Infection of the lymph nodes by tuberculosis. Tuberculous infection of the cervical lymph nodes is scrofula. (12 Dec 1998) |
| jugulodigastric lymph node | A prominent lymph node in the deep lateral cervical group lying below the digastric muscle and anterior to the internal jugular vein; it receives lymphatic drainage from the pharynx, palatine tonsil, and tongue. Synonym: nodus jugulodigastricus, jugulodigastric node, subdigastric node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugulodigastric node | A prominent lymph node in the deep lateral cervical group lying below the digastric muscle and anterior to the internal jugular vein; it receives lymphatic drainage from the pharynx, palatine tonsil, and tongue. Synonym: nodus jugulodigastricus, jugulodigastric node, subdigastric node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugulo-omohyoid lymph node | A lymph node of the lateral deep cervical group that lies above the intermediate tendon of the omohyoid muscle and anterior to the internal jugular vein; it receives lymphatic drainage from the submental, submandibular, and deep anterior cervical nodes; its efferent vessels go to other deep lateral cervical nodes. Synonym: nodus jugulo-omohyoideus, jugulo-omohyoid node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugulo-omohyoid node | A lymph node of the lateral deep cervical group that lies above the intermediate tendon of the omohyoid muscle and anterior to the internal jugular vein; it receives lymphatic drainage from the submental, submandibular, and deep anterior cervical nodes; its efferent vessels go to other deep lateral cervical nodes. Synonym: nodus jugulo-omohyoideus, jugulo-omohyoid node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Keith and Flack node | sinoatrial node |
| Keith's node | sinoatrial node |
| Koch's node | sinoatrial node |