| CAPD | continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis |
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| CCPD | continuous cycling (cyclical) peritoneal dialysis |
| CPD | calcium pyrophosphate deposition; cephalopelvic disproportion; cerebelloparenchymal disorder; childh... |
| HPD | hearing protective device; high-protein diet; home peritoneal dialysis |
| IPD | idiopathic Parkinson disease; idiopathic protracted diarrhea; immediate pigment darkening; increase ... |
| kidney dialysis | <technique> The process of separating crystalloids and colloids in solution by the difference in their rates of diffusion through a semipermeable membrane, crystalloids pass through readily, colloids very slowly or not at all. <technique> A medical procedure that uses a machine to filter waste products from the bloodstream and restore the bloods normal constituents. A necessary form of treatment in the patient with end-stage renal disease. In most circumstances, kidney dialysis is administered in a fixed schedule of three times per week. See: haemodialysis. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution (26 Nov 1998) |
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| macrophages, peritoneal | Mononuclear phagocytes derived from bone marrow precursors but resident in the peritoneum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| panniculitis, peritoneal | Condition of the peritoneum, most commonly of the mesentery, but also of the omentum, characterised by tissue thickening, alteration of fat cells, infiltration of lipid-laden macrophages, and fibrosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| greater peritoneal cavity | The space enclosed by the peritoneum. It is divided into two portions, the greater sac and the lesser sac or omental bursa, which lies behind the stomach. The two sacs are connected by the foramen of winslow, or epiploic foramen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peritoneal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the peritoneum. Origin: Cf. F. Peritoneal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| peritoneal button | A device used to drain ascitic fluid to subcutaneous space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peritoneal cavity | The space enclosed by the peritoneum. It is divided into two portions, the greater sac and the lesser sac or omental bursa, which lies behind the stomach. The two sacs are connected by the foramen of winslow, or epiploic foramen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peritoneal diseases | Conditions or disorders affecting the peritoneum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peritoneal exudate | A term most commonly used to describe the fluid drained from the peritoneal cavity some time after the injection of an irritant solution. For example: a standard method for obtaining neutrophil leucocytes is to inject intraperitoneally saline with glycogen (to activate complement) and drain off the leucocyte rich peritoneal exudate some hours later. (18 Nov 1997) |
| peritoneal fossae | Depressions or pouches formed between various peritoneal folds; they may be the sites of internal hernias. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peritoneal lavage | Washing out of the peritoneal cavity. The procedure is a diagnostic as well as a therapeutic technique following abdominal trauma or inflammation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peritoneal transfusion | The injection of saline solution or other fluid into the peritoneal cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peritoneal villi | Villi on the surface of the peritoneum. Synonym: villi peritoneales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complications of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt | <radiology> Kinking, interruption, exit from peritoneal cavity with growth, through processus vaginalis to scrotum, CSFoma, mass effect exhibited on bowel gas pattern with malfunctioning shunt, lack of movement of shunt tip with positional or temporal change, perforation of hollow viscus (e.g., bowel or bladder) (12 Dec 1998) |
| superior recess of lesser peritoneal sac | Pneumoenteric recess, a recess of the embryonic celom between the right lung bud and the gut; it is normally largely obliterated before birth, leaving only the superior recess of the vestibule of the lesser peritoneal sac as a vestige. (05 Mar 2000) |