| AHN | Army Head Nurse; assistant head nurse |
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| HC | hair cell; hairy cell; handicapped; head circumference; head compression; health care; healthy contr... |
| HF | Hageman factor; haplotype frequency; hard filled [capsule]; hay fever; head of fetus; head forward; ... |
| I&I | illness and injuries |
| POMONA | pregnancy and postpartum, osteoporosis, mastectomy rehabilitation, osteoarthritis, nerve pain, athle... |
| radiation injuries, experimental | Harmful effects of exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation produced experimentally in chordates. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| mandibular injuries | Injuries to the lower jaw bone. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maxillofacial injuries | General or unspecified injuries involving the face and jaw (either upper, lower, or both). (12 Dec 1998) |
| chemical eye injuries | <ophthalmology> There are basically two types of chemical eye injury: acids and bases, with the latter being more severe. Alkali injury to the eye results in a penetrating injury known as liquefaction necrosis. Acid injury results in coagulation necrosis. Both injuries require immediate copious eye irrigation with water in addition to medical attention. (05 Jan 1998) |
| whiplash injuries | Hyperextension injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind by a fast-moving vehicle, in an automobile accident. (12 Dec 1998) |
| wrist injuries | Injuries to the wrist or the wrist joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hand injuries | General or unspecified injuries to the hand. (12 Dec 1998) |
| heart injuries | General or unspecified injuries to the heart. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Salter-Harris classification of epiphysial plate injuries | The classification of epiphysial plate injuries into five groups (I to V), according to the pattern of damage to epiphysis, physis, and/or metaphysis; the classification correlates with different prognoses regarding the effects of the injury on subsequent growth and subsequent deformity of the epiphysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soft tissue injuries | Injuries of tissue other than bone. The concept is usually general and does not customarily refer to internal organs or viscera. It is meaningful with reference to regions or organs where soft tissue (muscle, fat, skin) should be differentiated from bones or bone tissue, as "soft tissue injuries of the hand". (12 Dec 1998) |
| spinal cord injuries | Injuries to the spinal cord, that is, the part of the central nervous system that is situated within the vertebral column. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spinal injuries | Injuries involving the vertebral column. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neck injuries | General or unspecified injuries to the neck. It includes injuries to the skin, muscles, and other soft tissues of the neck. (12 Dec 1998) |
| needlestick injuries | Penetrating stab wounds caused by needles. They are of special concern to health care workers since such injuries put them at risk for developing infectious disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tendon injuries | Injuries to the fibrous cords of connective tissue which attach muscles to bones or other structures. (12 Dec 1998) |