| GIS | gas in stomach; gastrointestinal series; geographic information system; guaranteed income supplement... |
|---|---|
| LFS | lateral facet syndrome; Li-Fraumeni syndrome; limbic forebrain structure; liver function series |
| MS | Maffuci syndrome; maladjustment score; mandibular series; Marfan syndrome; Marie-Strumpell [syndrome... |
| RC | an electronic circuit containing a resistor and capacitor in series; radiocarpal; reaction center; r... |
| SBS | shaken baby syndrome; short bowel syndrome; sick building syndrome; sinobronchial syndrome; small bo... |
| regional enterocolitis | The changes of regional enteritis involving both the colon and the small intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|---|
| regional granulomatous lymphadenitis | <disease> A self-limiting bacterial infection of the regional lymph nodes (lymphadenitis) caused by afipia felis, a gram-negative bacterium recently identified as bartonella henselae. It usually arises one or more weeks following a feline scratch, with raised inflammatory nodules at the site of the scratch being the primary symptom. It results in tender and enlarged lymph glands above the site of injury. A chronic benign adenopathy, especially in children and young adults, commonly associated with a recent cat scratch or bite and caused by bacteria including Bartonella henselae and Alipia felis; the lymphadenopathy usually resolves spontaneously within a period of several months, but complications involving central nervous system, liver, spleen, lung, and skin have been seen. Synonym: benign inoculation lymphoreticulosis, benign inoculation reticulosis, cat-scratch fever, regional granulomatous lymphadenitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regional health planning | Planning for health resources at a community or regional level. (12 Dec 1998) |
| regional hypothermia | Reduction of the temperature of an extremity or organ by external cold or perfusion with cold blood or solutions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regional involvement | <oncology> The spread of cancer from its original site to nearby surrounding areas. Regional cancers are confined to one location of the body. Regional involvement in breast cancer could include spread to the lymph nodes or to the chest wall. (12 Mar 1998) |
| regional lymphadenitis | Inflammation of a group of lymph nodes receiving drainage from a site of infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regional medical programs | Coordination of activities and programs among health care institutions within defined geographic areas for the purpose of improving delivery and quality of medical care to the patients. These programs are mandated under u.s. Public law 89-239. (12 Dec 1998) |
| perfusion, regional | Neoplasm drug therapy involving an extracorporeal circuit with temporary exclusion of the tumour-bearing area from the general circulation during which high concentrations of the drug are perfused to the isolated part. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intravenous regional anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia by intravenous injection of local anaesthetic solution distal to an occlusive tourniquet in an extremity previously exsanguinated by pressure or gravity. Synonym: Bier's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enteritis, regional | Crohn's disease by another name, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine primarily in the small and large intestines but which can occur anywhere in the digestive system between the mouth and the anus. Named after Burrill Crohn who described the disease in 1932. The disease usually affects persons in their teens or early twenties. It tends to be a chronic, recurrent condition with periods of remission and exacerbation. In the early stages, Crohn's disease causes small scattered shallow crater-like areas (erosions) called apthous ulcers in the inner surface of the bowel. With time, deeper and larger ulcers develop, causing scarring and stiffness of the bowel and the bowel becomes increasingly narrowed, leading to obstruction. Deep ulcers can puncture holes in the bowel wall, leading to infection in the abdominal cavity (peritonitis) and in adjacent organs. When only the large intestine (colon) is involved, the condition is called Crohn's colitis. When only the small intestine is involved, the condition is called Crohn's enteritis. When only the end of the small intestine (the terminal ileum) is involved, it is termed terminal ileitis. When both the small intestine and the large intestine are involved, the condition is called Crohn's enterocolitis (or ileocolitis). Abdominal pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, fever, and weight loss can be symptoms. Crohn's disease can be associated with reddish tender skin nodules, and inflammation of the joints, spine, eyes, and liver. Diagnosis is by barium enema, barium X-ray of the small bowel, and colonoscopy. Treatment includes medications for inflammation, immune suppression, antibiotics, or surgery. (The disease is also called granulomatous enteritis). (12 Dec 1998) |
| aromatic series | All the compounds derived from benzene, or similar cyclic compounds that obey Huckel's rule, distinguished from those compounds that are acyclic or that contain rings that lack the conjugated double bond structure characteristic of benzene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granulocytic series | <haematology> The cells in the several stages of development in the bone marrow leading to the mature granulocyte of the circulation, e.g., myeloblasts, different stages of the myelocyte, granulocytes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myeloid series | The granulocytic and the erythrocytic series. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hofmeister series | <chemistry> The series of cations Magnesium, Calcium, Sr2+, Ba2+, Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, and of anions citrate3-, tartrate2-, SO42-, acetate-, NO3-, CIO3-, I-, CNS- (among others). Each series is arranged in order of decreasing ability to: 1) precipitate the dispersed substance of lyophilic soltions; 2) "salt out" organic substances (e.g., aniline, ethyl acetate) from aqueous solutions; or 3) inhibit the swelling of gels. These effects, among other related ones, are ascribable to the abstraction and binding of water by these ions (i.e., hydration), which also decreases in the orders given, so that (in the monovalent cation series) Li+, with the smallest crystal radius, has the largest hydrated radius, and vice versa for Cs+. Synonym: lyotropic series. (05 Mar 2000) |
| homologous series | A series of organic compounds, the succeeding members of which differ from each other by the radical CH2 (as in the fatty series). (05 Mar 2000) |