| PTE | parathyroid extract; posttraumatic epilepsy; pretibial edema; proximal tibial epiphysis; pulmonary t... |
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| PTFS | posttraumatic fibromyalgia syndrome |
| PTPI | posttraumatic pulmonary insufficiency |
| PTS | para-toluenesulfonic acid; postthrombotic syndrome; posttraumatic syndrome; Pressure and Tension Sca... |
| PTSD | posttraumatic stress disorder |
| PUV | Posterior Urethral Valves |
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| UPP | Urethral pressure profile |
| UPP | Urethral pressure profilometry |
| BUG | bulbo-urethral gland |
| oesophageal stricture, chronic | A longstanding narrowing or closure of the normal opening of the swallowing tube leading to the stomach, usually caused by scarring by acid irritation. Narrowing of the oesophagus. A common complication of chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Severa procedures are available for stretching (dilating) the strictures without having to resort to surgery. One of the procedures involves placing a deflated balloon across the stricture at the time of endoscopy. The balloon is then inflated, thereby opening the narrowingcaused by the stricture. Another method involves inserting tapered dilators of different sizes through the mouth into the oesophagus to dilate the stricture. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| organic stricture | A stricture due to the presence of cicatricial or other new tissue, not spasmodic. Synonym: permanent stricture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporary stricture | A stricture due to localised spasm of muscular fibres in the wall of the canal. Synonym: functional stricture, temporary stricture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional stricture | A stricture due to localised spasm of muscular fibres in the wall of the canal. Synonym: functional stricture, temporary stricture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic | Occurring as a result of or after injury. (21 Jun 2000) |
| posttraumatic arterial thrombosis | Posttraumatic venous thrombosis, intravascular clotting due to injury to a vessel wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic automatism | A posttraumatic state in which the individual performs automatically without immediate or later memory of that behaviour. (27 Sep 1997) |
| posttraumatic delirium | Delirium caused by a structural traumatic brain injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic epilepsy | A convulsive state following and causally related to head injury; with brain damage either manifested clinically or ascertained by special examinations such as computed tomography. To assume causal relationship, the individual must have had no previous epilepsy, no cerebral disease, and no other brain trauma. The attacks should have started, depending on the severity of the wounding, within 3 months to 2 years of the alleged trauma and be of a type compatible with the site of injury and the EEG abnormalities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic hydrocephalus | Ventricular dilation following injury, due either to impaired circulation and/or absorption of cerebrospinal fluid or due to loss of brain substance (h. Ex vacuo). (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic leptomeningeal cyst | A persistent cystic accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid with progressive loss of bone and dura, occurring at the site of a previous fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic neck syndrome | <syndrome> A clinical complex of pain, tenderness, tight neck musculature, vasomotor instability, and ill-defined symptoms such as dizziness and blurred vision as the result of trauma to the neck. Also variously termed occipital or suboccipital neuralgia or neuritis; cervical tension syndrome; cervical myospasm, myositis, or fibrositis. Synonym: cervical fibrositis, cervical tension syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic neurosis | Any functional nervous disorder following an accident or injury. See: posttraumatic stress disorder. Synonym: accident neurosis, posttraumatic neurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic osteoporosis | Atrophy of bones, commonly of the carpal or tarsal bones, following a slight injury such as a sprain. See: causalgia, reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Synonym: acute reflex bone atrophy, posttraumatic osteoporosis, Sudeck's syndrome. Origin: L. English sweat (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic pericarditis | Pericardial inflammation developing following injury to the chest. (05 Mar 2000) |