| SC | conditioned stimulus; sacrococcygeal; Sanitary Corps; scalenus [muscle]; scapula; Schwann cell; scia... |
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| SCA | self-care agency; severe congenital anomaly; sickle-cell anemia; single-camera autostereoscopic [ima... |
| SCC | self-care center; sequential combination chemotherapy; services for crippled children; short-course ... |
| SCM | Schwann cell membrane; sensation, circulation, and motion; Society of Computer Medicine; soluble cyt... |
| TCE | T-cell enriched; tetrachlorodiphenyl ethane; trichloroethylene T-cell thymus-derived cell |
| pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii | A pulmonary disease occurring in immunodeficient or malnourished patients or infants, characterised by dyspnea, tachypnea, and hypoxaemia. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is a frequently seen opportunistic infection in aids. It is caused by the fungus pneumocystis carinii. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| pneumonia, rickettsial | Pneumonia caused by infection with bacteria of the family rickettsiaceae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumonia, staphylococcal | Pneumonia caused by staphylococcus aureus. This condition is a frequent complication of viral influenza. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumonia, viral | Pneumonia caused by a virus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumonia virus of mice | An RNA virus of the genus Pneumovirus, a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, occurring normally as latent infection in laboratory mice, but capable of activation by serial intranasal passage and causing pneumonia. Synonym: PVM virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumonia with chest-wall involvement | <radiology> Actinomyces israelii, Nocardia asteroides (12 Dec 1998) |
| contusion pneumonia | Inflammation of the lungs following a severe blow on or compression of the chest, or following a wound of the lung itself. Synonym: traumatic pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| core pneumonia | A form of pneumonia in which exudation is confined for a time to the central portion of a lobe or the hilar region. Synonym: core pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mycoplasmal pneumonia | An acute systemic disease with involvement of the lungs, caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae and marked by high fever, cough, relatively few physical signs, and scattered densities on X-rays; usually associated with development of cold agglutinins and antibodies to the bacteria. Synonym: atypical pneumonia, Eaton agent pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mycoplasma pneumonia | <radiology> Usually age less than 40 yrs (12 Dec 1998) |
| mycoplasma pneumonia of pigs | A worldwide chronic pneumonia usually involving only the anterior lobes; it seldom causes death but is responsible for much unthriftiness; it is caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Synonym: virus pneumonia of pigs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postoperative pneumonia | Pneumonia following surgery due to viral or bacterial infection or pulmonary atelectasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary atypical pneumonia | An acute systemic disease with involvement of the lungs, caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae and marked by high fever, cough, relatively few physical signs, and scattered densities on X-rays; usually associated with development of cold agglutinins and antibodies to the bacteria. Synonym: atypical pneumonia, Eaton agent pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hecht's pneumonia | A rare complication of measles, with the postmortem finding of multinucleated giant cells lining alveoli. Synonym: Hecht's pneumonia, interstitial giant cell pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| progressive pneumonia | A chronic progressive, viral disease of sheep and goats manifested as maedi or visna in different parts of the world. See: maedi, visna. (05 Mar 2000) |