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| BHK | baby hamster kidney [cells]; type-B Hong Kong [influenza virus] |
| SBS | shaken baby syndrome; short bowel syndrome; sick building syndrome; sinobronchial syndrome; small bo... |
| WB | waist belt; washable base; washed bladder; water bottle; Wechsler-Bellevue [Scale]; weight-bearing; ... |
| WBC | well baby care/clinic; white blood cell; white blood cell count; whole blood cell count |
| test-tube baby | Popular term for a baby born after uterine implantation of a maternal ovum fertilised in vitro. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| floppy baby syndrome | <syndrome> A general medical reference to an abnormal condition of newborns and infants manifest by inadequate tone of the muscles. Hypotonia (inadequately toned muscles resulting in floppiness) in the newborn period and infancy can be due to a multitude of different neurologic and muscle problems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ammonia rash | Colloquially referred to as diaper, ammonia, or napkin rash; dermatitis of thighs and buttocks resulting from exposure to urine and faeces in infants' diapers. Formerly attributed to ammonia formation; moisture, bacterial growth, and alkalinity may all induce lesions. Synonym: ammonia rash, diaper rash, Jacquet's erythema, napkin rash. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antitoxin rash | A cutaneous manifestation of serum sickness. Astacoid rash, a massive exfoliation, sometimes occurring in malignant smallpox, the colour of which resembles that of a boiled lobster. Black currant rash, the cutaneous eruption of lentigines seen in xeroderma pigmentosum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butterfly rash | Origin: Perh. From the colour of a yellow species. AS. Buter-flege, buttor-fleoge; cf. G. Butterfliege, D. Botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly. <zoology> A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. See: Illust. Under Aphrodite] Asclepias butterfly. See Asclepias. Butterfly fish, a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rash | <dermatology> A skin eruption. (27 Sep 1997) |
| caterpillar rash | Allergic contact dermatitis caused by the larva of the browntail moth, puss caterpillar, gypsy moths and other caterpillars. Synonym: caterpillar rash. (05 Mar 2000) |
| photosensitive rash | <dermatology> A rash that occurs from the use of a particular drug when exposed to sunlight. <pharmacology> Medications known to produce a photosensitive skin reaction include: captopril, chlordiazepoxide, furosemide, griseofulvin, oral contraceptives, phenothiazines, sulphonamides, tetracycline, demeclocycline and thiazide diuretics. (13 Oct 1997) |
| wildfire rash | An eruption of papules and vesicles at the orifices of sweat glands, accompanied by redness and inflammatory reaction of the skin. Synonym: heat rash, lichen infantum, lichen strophulosus, prickly heat, strophulus, summer rash, tropical lichen, lichen tropicus, wildfire rash. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Murray Valley rash | A mild febrile illness of humans in Australia characterised by polyarthralgia and rash, caused by the Ross River virus, a member of the family Togaviridae, and transmitted by mosquitoes. Synonym: epidemic exanthema, Murray Valley rash, Ross River fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crystal rash | A noninflammatory form of miliaria in which the vesicles are filled with clear fluid. Synonym: crystal rash, sudamina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heat rash | An eruption of papules and vesicles at the orifices of sweat glands, accompanied by redness and inflammatory reaction of the skin. Synonym: heat rash, lichen infantum, lichen strophulosus, prickly heat, strophulus, summer rash, tropical lichen, lichen tropicus, wildfire rash. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydatid rash | A toxic eruption occasionally following the rupture of a hydatid cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| napkin rash | Colloquially referred to as diaper, ammonia, or napkin rash; dermatitis of thighs and buttocks resulting from exposure to urine and faeces in infants' diapers. Formerly attributed to ammonia formation; moisture, bacterial growth, and alkalinity may all induce lesions. Synonym: ammonia rash, diaper rash, Jacquet's erythema, napkin rash. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nettle rash | An obsolete term for urticaria. Serum rash, a cutaneous manifestation of serum sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |