| AC | abdominal circumference; abdominal compression; absorption coefficient; abuse case; acetate; acetylc... |
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| ACA | abnormal coronary artery; acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans; acute cerebellar ataxia; adenocarcino... |
| AE | above-elbow [amputation]; acrodermatitis enteropathica; activation energy; adult erythrocyte; advers... |
| AH | abdominal hysterectomy; absorptive hypercalciuria; accidental hypothermia; acetohexamide; acid hydro... |
| AKA | above-knee amputation; alcoholic ketoacidosis; also known as; antikeratin antibody |
| alcoholic polyneuropathy | <neurology> A disorder that occurs secondary to the damage to nerve cells from habitual alcohol abuse. The effects of alcoholic polyneuropathy may be due in part to the direct toxic effect alcohol has on nervous tissue in combination with specific nutritional deficiencies (for example B1 or thiamin deficiency and B12 deficiency). Common symptoms include sensory changes, numbness, tingling, muscle weakness, muscle cramps, heat intolerance, impotence, difficulty urinating, swallowing difficulty, speech impairment, diarrhoea and constipation. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (27 Sep 1997) |
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| alcoholic psychoses | Mental disorders that result from alcoholism and that involve organic brain damage, as in delirium tremens and Korsakoff's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alcoholic tincture | A tincture made with undiluted alcohol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alcoholic withdrawal tremor | Intention tremor present in the withdrawal period of one of two types: 1) a tremor of greater than 8 Hz, with continuous antagonistic muscle activity, and 2) a tremor of less than 8 Hz, with intermittent spontaneous antagonistic muscle activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiomyopathy, alcoholic | Cardiomyopathy resulting from: 1) a toxic effect of alcohol on the myocardium; 2) thiamine deficiency due to malnutrition in alcoholics; or 3) a toxic effect of cobalt additives in beer in heavy beer drinkers. This disease is usually manifested by dyspnea and palpitations with cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pancreatitis, alcoholic | An acute or chronic degenerative and inflammatory lesion of the pancreas in the alcoholic which is potentially progressive or possibly reversible. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatitis, alcoholic | An acute or chronic degenerative and inflammatory lesion of the liver in the alcoholic which is potentially progressive though sometimes reversible. It does not necessarily include steatosis, fibrosis, or cirrhosis of alcoholics, although it is frequently associated with these conditions. It is characterised by liver cell necrosis, infiltration by polymorphonuclear leukocytes and lymphocytes, and mallory bodies. The morphologic changes of chronic alcoholic hepatitis are not likely to be confused with chronic hepatitis (hepatitis, chronic). (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychoses, alcoholic | A group of mental disorders associated with organic brain damage and caused by poisoning from alcohol. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Stearns alcoholic amentia | A temporary alcoholic mental disorder resembling delirium tremens but lasting for a longer time and showing a greater degree of amnesia and other mental defects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty liver, alcoholic | Fatty liver in alcoholics. It is potentially reversible and may be associated with alcoholic hepatitis or cirrhosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| liver cirrhosis, alcoholic | Liver cirrhosis in alcoholics. (12 Dec 1998) |
| liver diseases, alcoholic | Liver diseases associated with alcoholism. It usually refers to the coexistence of two or more subentities, i.e., alcoholic fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and alcoholic liver cirrhosis, but may be the general entity when subentities are not specified. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anosognosic epilepsy | Epilepsy characterised by attacks of which the person is unaware. Synonym: anosognosic seizures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| automatic epilepsy | <neurology> Seizures with elaborate and multiple sensory, motor, and/or psychic components. A common feature is the clouding of consciousness and amnesia for the event. Some clinical manifestations may include more complex behaviours like burst of anger, emotional outbursts, fear or automatisms. The EEG often reveals spike discharges in the temporal lobe during sleep. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autonomic epilepsy | Episodes of autonomic dysfunction presumably due to diencephalic irritation. Synonym: diencephalic epilepsy, vasomotor epilepsy, vasovagal epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |