| ABMT | <haematology, procedure> A process in which a patients healthy bone marrow is withdrawn and preserved. It is later injected back into the patient to replace bone marrow damaged by high doses of radiation therapy. It can then produce healthy blood cells. This treatment is used to offset the detrimental effects of high-dose radiation used in certain types of cancer. (31 Dec 1997) |
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| abnerval | Away from a nerve; denoting specifically a current of electricity passing through a muscular fibre in a direction away from the point of entrance of the nerve fibre. Synonym: abneural. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abneural | Away from the neural axis. Origin: L. Ab, away from, + G. Neuron, nerve (05 Mar 2000) |
| abnodation | The act of cutting away the knots of trees. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| abnormal | Not normal, contrary to the usual structure, position, behaviour or rule. (06 Oct 1997) |
| abnormal cleavage of cardiac valve | Congenital malformation of a valve leaflet with a defect extending from the free margin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abnormal correspondence | Abnormal correspondence, a condition, frequent in strabismus, in which corresponding retinal points do not have the same visual direction; the fovea of one eye corresponds to an extrafoveal area of the fellow eye. Synonym: abnormal correspondence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abnormal heart chamber dimensions | <radiology> Left ventricular volume overload, left ventricular hypertrophy, right ventricular volume overload, right ventricular hypertrophy, fixed subvalvular aortic stenosis, hypoplastic left/right ventricle; common ventricle, congestive cardiomyopathy (12 Dec 1998) |
| abnormal occlusion | An arrangement of the teeth which is not considered to be within the normal range of variation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abnormal placental size | <radiology> TOO BIG (greater than5cm in sections obtained at right angles to the long axis), maternal disease, diabetic mothers (= villous oedema), intrauterine infections, anaemic mothers (= normal histology), foetal disease, erythroblatosis foetalis (= villous oedema and hyperplasia), umbilical vein obstruction, foetal high output failure, large chorioangioma, sacrococcygeal teratoma, arteriovenous fistula too small, preeclampsia (associated with placental infarcts in 33-60%) (12 Dec 1998) |
| abnormalities | Congenital malformations of organs or parts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| abnormalities, drug-induced | Congenital abnormalities caused by medicinal substances or drugs of abuse given to or taken by the mother, or to which she is inadvertently exposed during the manufacture of such substances. The concept excludes abnormalities resulting from exposure to non-medicinal chemicals in the environment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| abnormalities, radiation-induced | Congenital changes in the morphology of organs produced by exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| abnormality | 1. The state or quality of being abnormal. 2. An anomaly, deformity, malformation, impairment, or dysfunction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ABO antigens | <haematology, immunology> A system of genetically determined antigens (proteins) located on the surface of the erythrocyte. The presence of these specific antigens gives a blood its unique properties. Because of the antigen differences existing between individuals, blood groups are significant in blood transfusions, maternal-foetal incompatibilities (erythroblastosis foetalis), tissue and organ transplantation. (27 Sep 1997) |
| abrasion |
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off erosion by friction grinding: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
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| abreaction |
catharsis: (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
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| ABO system |
ABO blood group system: a classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O
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| abdominal pregnancy |
ectopic pregnancy in the abdominal cavity
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| abruptio placentae |
a disorder of pregnancy in which the placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterus
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| AB | showing humiliation or submissiveness |
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| AB | of the most contemptible kind |
| AB | most unfortunate or miserable |
| AB | showing utter resignation or hopelessness |
| AB | a low or downcast state |
| AB | in a hopeless resigned manner |
| AB | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion |
| AB | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
| AB | a member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea |
| AB | a Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz people |
| AB | an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea |
| AB | a member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea |