| pseudohyponatraemia | A low serum sodium concentration due to volume displacement by massive hyperlipidemia or hyperproteinaemia; also used to describe the low serum sodium concentration which may occur with high blood glucose. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pseudohypoparathyroidism | <radiology> A heritable syndrome featuring: hypocalcaemia, brachydactyly, moderate dwarfing, mental retardation, soft tissue calcifications, basal ganglia calcifications, cataracts, tetany (12 Dec 1998) |
| pseudoicterus | Yellowish discoloration of the skin not due to bile pigments, as in Addison's disease. Synonym: pseudojaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoileus | Absolute obstipation, stimulating ileus, due to paralysis of the intestinal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoinfarction | Any condition mimicking myocardial infarction, for example, acute pericarditis, dissecting aneurysm of the aorta, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoinfluenza | An epidemic catarrh simulating influenza, but less severe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudointraligamentous | Falsely giving the impression of lying within the broad ligament; e.g., a pseudointraligamentous tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoisochromatic | Apparently of the same colour; denoting certain charts containing coloured spots mixed with figures printed in confusion colours; used in testing for colour vision deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoisoenzymes | Multiple forms of enzymes that catalyze the same reaction and have the same amino acid sequence; differences are due to effects of some posttranslational modification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudojaundice | Yellowish discoloration of the skin not due to bile pigments, as in Addison's disease. Synonym: pseudojaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudokeratin | A protein extracted from epidermis and nervous tissue (glial fibrils), probably involved in keratinization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudolamina | The extended apical portion of a phyllode. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pseudolepromatous leishmaniasis | Leishmaniasis caused by several New and Old World species and strains of Leishmania (L. Mexicana amazonensis, L. M. Pifanoi, possibly L. M. Garnhami and L. M. Venezuelensis; in Ethiopia, L. Aethiopica, and unidentified leishmanial agents in Namibia and Tanzania). The condition is associated with a suppressed cell-mediated immune response, so that the non-ulcerating, non-necrotizing cutaneous lesions can spread widely over the body; great numbers of parasite-filled macrophages are found in the dermal lesions. Healing does not appear to occur unless an acquired cellular hypersensitivity can develop. Synonym: anergic leishmaniasis, diffuse leishmaniasis, disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis, leishmaniasis tegumentaria diffusa, pseudolepromatous leishmaniasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudolipoma | <tumour> Any circumscribed, soft, smooth, usually movable swelling or tumefaction that grossly resembles a lipoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudolithiasis | A disorder resembling one of the syndromes associated with a stone in a hollow viscus or elsewhere. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |