| IC | icteric, icterus; immune complex; immunoconjugate; immunocytochemistry; immunocytotoxicity; impedanc... |
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| inorg | inorganic |
| IP | icterus praecox; imaging plate; immune precipitate; immunoblastic plasma; immunoperoxidase technique... |
| IPP | independent practice plan; individual patient profile; inflatable penile prosthesis; inorganic pyrop... |
| Pi, Pi | inorganic phosphate |
| inorganic dental cement | A dental cement consisting usually of metallic salts or oxides which, when mixed with a specific liquid, form a plastic mass that sets. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| inorganic murmur | A cardiac murmur not associated with a significant heart lesion. Synonym: innocent murmur, inorganic murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inorganic phosphate | inorganic orthophosphate |
| inorganic pyrophosphatase | A phosphohydrolase catalyzing hydrolysis of inorganic pyrophosphate to two orthophosphates. (05 Mar 2000) |
| megacolon, toxic | Acute dilatation of the colon associated with amebic or ulcerative colitis. The dilatation may precede perforation of the colon. (12 Dec 1998) |
| goiter, diffuse toxic | Graves' disease, the most common cause of hyperthroidism, too much thyroid hormone. (12 Dec 1998) |
| goiter, toxic multinodular | Condition in which the thyroid gland contains multiple lumps (nodules) that are overactive and produce excess thyroid hormones. This condition is also known as Parry's disease or Plummer's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plants, toxic | Plants or plant parts which are harmful to man or other animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatitis, toxic | Acute hepatitis caused by true hepatotoxins such as amanita phaloides toxin, carbon tetrachloride, yellow phosphorus, and a variety of drugs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| shock, toxic | See Syndrome, toxic shock. (12 Dec 1998) |
| syndrome, toxic shock | A grave condition occurring predominantly in menstruating women using tampons, toxic shock is characterised by a highly toxic state (with sudden high fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle aching) followed by low blood pressure (hypotension) which can lead to shock (and death). There may be a rash resembling sunburn with peeling of skin. The channing laboratory in boston under dr. Edw. Kass discovered that toxic shock was due to a toxin produced by staph (staphylococcus) aureus bacteria growing under conditions with little or no oxygen. The syndrome occurs rarely in women not using tampons and in men. (12 Dec 1998) |
| drugs toxic to lung | <radiology> Bleomycin, methotrexate, cytoxan, amiodarone (12 Dec 1998) |
| toxic | Pertaining to, due to or of the nature of a poison or toxin, manifesting the symptoms of severe infection. (18 Nov 1997) |
| toxic amaurosis | Blindness due to optic neuritis caused by methyl alcohol, lead, arsenic, quinine, or other poisons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic amblyopia | Blindness due to optic neuritis caused by methyl alcohol, lead, arsenic, quinine, or other poisons. (05 Mar 2000) |