| haemorrhagic fever, ebola | A highly fatal, acute haemorrhagic fever, clinically very similar to marburg virus disease, caused by the ebola virus, first occurring in the sudan and adjacent northwestern (what was then) zaire. The natural reservoir and mode of transmission of the virus are unknown, but secondary infection is by direct contact with infected blood and other body secretions. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| haemorrhagic fever, omsk | Infection with the omsk haemorrhagic fever virus, a flavivirus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| haemorrhagic fevers, viral | A group of viral diseases of diverse aetiology but having many similar clinical characteristics; increased capillary permeability, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia are common to all. Haemorrhagic fevers are characterised by sudden onset, fever, headache, generalised myalgia, backache, conjunctivitis, and severe prostration, followed by various haemorrhagic symptoms. Haemorrhagic fever with kidney involvement is haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| haemorrhagic gangrene | Gangrene occurring rarely in advanced meningococcal septicaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic glaucoma | Secondary glaucoma after formation of new blood vessels in the iris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic infarct | An infarct red in colour from infiltration of blood from collateral vessels into the necrotic area. Synonym: haemorrhagic gangrene, red infarct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic iritis | Iritis with such severe hyperaemia that hyphema occurs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic measles | <virology> Haemorrhagic measles is a severe type of measles where the little bumps are darkly coloured because blood has escaped into the skin. (09 Oct 1997) |
| haemorrhagic metalloproteinase | <enzyme> Extracted from vipera berus berus venom; hydrolyzes casein, fibrinogen and splits the insulin b chain at positions ala(14)-leu(15), tyr(16)-leu(17), his(10)-leu(11); digests alpha chain of fibrinogen Registry number: EC 3.4.24.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| haemorrhagic nephritis | Acute glomerulonephritis accompanied by haematuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic pachymeningitis | Subdural haemorrhage associated with pachymeningitis. See: subdural haemorrhage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic pericarditis | Pericarditis with bloodstained effusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic pian | A late, eruptive stage of bartonellosis; characterised by soft conical or pedunculated vascular papules anywhere on the skin or mucous membranes from miliary size to several centimeters, resolving without scars after a few months. Synonym: haemorrhagic pian, Peruvian wart, verruca peruana, verruca peruviana. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic plague | The haemorrhagic form of bubonic plague. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic pleurisy | Pleurisy with an effusion of blood-stained serum. (05 Mar 2000) |