| CAD | cadaver, cadaveric; cold agglutinin disease; compressed air disease; computer-assisted design; compu... |
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| CSD | carotid sinus denervation; cat scratch disease; combined system disease; conditionally streptomycin ... |
| CVD | cardiovascular disease; cerebrovascular disease; collagen vascular disease; color-vision-deviant |
| GBD | gallbladder disease; gender behavior disorder; glass blower's disease; granulomatous bowel disease |
| GD | gastroduodenal; Gaucher disease; general diagnostics; general dispensary; gestational day; Gianotti ... |
| right lung segments | <radiology> Upper lobe, apical, posterior, anterior, middle lobe, lateral, medial, lower lobe, superior, medial basal, posterior basal, lateral basal, anterior basal (12 Dec 1998) |
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| groove of lung for subclavian artery | <anatomy, artery> A sulcus on the surface of the lung just below the apex, corresponding to the course of the subclavian artery. Synonym: sulcus subclavius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metastatic cancer to the lung | The spread of cancerous tumours from a distant organ to the lung. Due to the lungs tremendous blood and lymphatic supply it is a frequent site for metastatic cancer. Cancers which commonly metastasize to the lung include osteosarcoma, breast cancer, neuroblastoma, Wilm's tumour and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. (27 Sep 1997) |
| metastatic lung cancer | The spread of cancerous tumours from a distant organ to the lung. Due to the lungs tremendous blood and lymphatic supply it is a frequent site for metastatic cancer. Cancers which commonly metastasize to the lung include osteosarcoma, breast cancer, neuroblastoma, Wilm's tumour and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. (27 Sep 1997) |
| root of lung | All the structures entering or leaving the lung at the hilum, forming a pedicle invested with the pleura; includes the bronchi, pulmonary artery and veins, bronchial arteries and veins, lymphatics, and nerves. Synonym: radix pulmonis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle lobe of right lung | It is located anteriorly between the horizontal and oblique fissures and includes lateral and medial bronchopulmonary segments. Synonym: lobus medius pulmonis dextri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| miliary lung infiltrate | <radiology> T tuberculosis / fungal disease, E eosinophilic granuloma, M metastases (thyroid, melanoma, choriocarcinoma, renal cell, breast), P pneumoconiosis, parasites, E embolism of oily contrast, S sarcoid, T tuberous sclerosis (12 Dec 1998) |
| miner's lung | Pneumonoconiosis from accumulation of carbon from inhaled smoke or coal dust in the lungs. See: pneumomelanosis. Synonym: collier's lung, melanedema, miner's lung. Origin: anthraco-+ G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| pig lung carbonyl reductase | <enzyme> Tetrameric carbonyl reductase; mw 24 kD; properties distinct from monomeric cr; it is mainly distributed in the mitochondria of the pig lung; exhibits very low substrate specificity for aromatic and aliphatic carbonyl compounds and catalyses the oxidation of secondary alcohols and aldehydes; activated 2-5 fold by fatty acids ddbj/embl/genbank d16511 Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| pigment induration of the lung | A condition characterised by firmness of the lungs, and a brown colour associated with haemosiderin-pigmented macrophages in alveoli, consequent upon long-continued congestion due to heart disease. Synonym: pigment induration of the lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
| collier's lung | Pneumonoconiosis from accumulation of carbon from inhaled smoke or coal dust in the lungs. See: pneumomelanosis. Synonym: collier's lung, melanedema, miner's lung. Origin: anthraco-+ G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| welder's lung | Relatively benign form of pneumoconiosis, associated with welding, resulting from deposit of fine metallic particles in the lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coptic lung | Condition caused by the cloth lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mushroom-worker's lung | <chest medicine> Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by inhalation of spores of the mold Thermopolyspora polyspora, Thermoactinomyces vulgaris, Micropolyspora faeni or Micromonospora vulgaris from contaminated mushrooms under cultivation or mushroom compost. (22 Sep 2002) |
| costal surface of lung | The surface of each lung that lies in contact with the costal pleura. Synonym: facies costalis pulmonis. (05 Mar 2000) |