| KVE | Kaposi's varicelliform eruption |
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| LR | labeled release; laboratory references; laboratory report; labor room; lactated Ringer [solution]; l... |
| NLP | no light perception; nodular liquefying panniculitis; normal light perception; normal luteal phase |
| PL | palmaris longus; pancreatic lipase; perception of light; peroneus longus; phospholipase; phospholipi... |
| VL | variable domain of the light chain; variable light chain |
| delayed eruption | A dental eruption pattern which is chronologically late in comparison with the average pattern of dental eruption; eruption of the first tooth occurs at a later age than the average, and the intervals of time between subsequent dental eruption's are longer than the average. Drug eruption, any eruption caused by the ingestion, injection, or inhalation of a drug, most often the result of allergic sensitization; reactions to drugs applied to the cutaneous surface are not generally designated as drug eruption, but as contact-type dermatitis. Synonym: dermatitis medicamentosa, dermatosis medicamentosa, drug rash, medicinal eruption. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| eruption | 1. <dentistry> The act of breaking out, appearing or becoming visible, as eruption of the teeth. 2. <dermatology> Visible efflorescent lesions of the skin due to disease, especially an exanthematous disease and marked by redness and prominence, a rash. See: exanthema. Origin: L. Eruptio = a breaking out (08 Jan 1998) |
| eruption cyst | A form of dentigerous cyst in the soft tissues in conjunction with an erupting tooth; seen on the alveolar ridge of children. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kaposi varicelliform eruption | A generalised vesiculopustular eruption of viral origin, superimposed upon a preexisting atopic dermatitis. It may be caused by herpes simplex virus (herpes virus hominis) (eczema herpeticum) or vaccinia virus (eczema vaccinatum). (12 Dec 1998) |
| feigned eruption | Self-induced skin lesions resulting from habitual rubbing, scratching or hair-pulling, malingering, or mental disturbance. Synonym: dermatitis autophytica, factitial dermatitis, feigned eruption. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fixed drug eruption | A type of drug eruption that recurs at a fixed site (or sites) following the administration of a particular drug; the lesions usually consist of intensely erythematous and purplish, sharply demarcated macules, and occasionally of herpetic vesicles; the affected areas undergo gradual involution, but flare and enlarge on readministration of the offending drug and may become hyperpigmented. Iodine eruption, an acneform or follicular eruption or granulomatous lesion caused by a reaction to systemic iodine or iodide administration. Kaposi's varicelliform eruption, a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis, with generalised vesicles and vesicopapules and high fever. Synonym: eczema vaccinatum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alternating light test | Test to detect a relative afferent defect in one eye by watching pupillary movements. With the patient fixing in the distance, the light is held on each eye for about a second, and quickly moved to the other eye. Assuming no defect of the innervation to the iris sphincter in one eye (which would produce an anisocoria in light), the eye with the weaker light response has a relative afferent pupillary defect. This asymmetry of pupillomotor input can be estimated by holding neutral density filters in front of the better eye until the pupillary responses of the two eyes are balanced. Synonym: swinging light test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Begg light wire differential force technique | An orthodontic appliance utilizing small gauge labial wires with expansion and contraction loops formed into it and attached to bands fitted to individual teeth; sometimes called Begg light wire differential force technique. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gene rearrangement, b-lymphocyte, light chain | Ordered rearrangement of b-lymphocyte variable gene regions coding for the kappa or lambda light chains, thereby contributing to antibody diversity. It occurs during the second stage of differentiation of the immature b-lymphocyte. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ray, light | <microscopy> The term applied to the lines perpendicular to the wavefronts of waves of light to indicate their direction of travel in an isotropic medium. Note the wave normal and the ray do not coincide in isotropic media. (05 Aug 1998) |
| reflected light | Light directed backward from a mirror. (05 Mar 2000) |
| refracted light | Bent rays of light changed in passage from one transparent medium to another of unequal density. See: refraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visible light | <physics> Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 400 nanometres and 750 nanometres. Electromagnetic radiation within this range can be detected by the human eye. Colours depend on the wavelength lengths, a short wavelength (the 400 nm side) looks blue and a long wavelength (the 750 nm side) looks red. (09 Oct 1997) |
| metals, light | Metals with low specific gravity, typically smaller than 5, characterised by a single valence (1, 2, or 3), a simple spectrum, strong electromotive force (positive), and colourless compounds. (12 Dec 1998) |
| minimum light | Threshold of visual sensation, the minimal light intensity evoking a visual sensation. Synonym: achromatic threshold, minimum light threshold. (05 Mar 2000) |