| bone marrow transplant | <procedure> A procedure in which a section of bone marrow is taken from one person and transplanted into another. It is used to replace bone marrow that has been damaged or diseased. It can be a treatment option in leukaemia. Acronym: BMT (16 Dec 1997) |
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| bone marrow transplantation | <oncology, procedure> Treatment in which healthy bone marrow replaces bone marrow that has been affected by a disease or by treatment for a disease. Acronym: BMT (12 May 1997) |
| red bone marrow | Bone marrow in which the meshes contain the developmental stages of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and megakaryocytes. Synonym: medulla ossium rubra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| syngeneic bone marrow transplant | <haematology, oncology, procedure> Transplant in which an identical twin is the bone marrow donor. (19 Jan 1998) |
| yellow bone marrow | Bone marrow in which the meshes of the reticular network are filled with fat. Synonym: medulla ossium flava. (05 Mar 2000) |
| agitated depression | Depression with excitement and restlessness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anaclitic depression | Impairment of an infant's physical, social, and intellectual development following separation from its mother or from a mothering surrogate; characterised by listlessness, withdrawal, and anorexia. See: hospitalism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| angle of depression | <orthopaedics> The angle formed by the meeting of a line drawn through the shaft of the femur with one passing through the long axis of the femoral neck; normally it is about 127 |
| major depression | A clinical syndrome that includes a persistent sad mood or loss of interest in activities that persists for at least 2 weeks in the absence of external precipitants. This should not be confused with a grief reaction (death of loved one). Features may include change in eating habits, insomnia, early morning wakening, lack of interest, depressed mood, fatigue and suicidal thoughts. (27 Sep 1997) |
| manic-depression | Alternating moods of abnormal highs (mania) and lows (depression). Called bipolar disease because of the swings between these opposing poles in mood. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reactive depression | A psychological state occasioned directly by an intensely sad external situation (frequently loss of a loved person), relieved by the removal of the external situation (e.g., reunion with a loved person). (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical depression | <psychiatry> A clinical syndrome that includes a persistent sad mood or loss of interest in activities that persists for at least 2 weeks in the absence of external precipitants. This should not be confused with a grief reaction (death of loved one). Features may include change in eating habits, insomnia, early morning wakening, lack of interest, depressed mood, fatigue and suicidal thoughts. (27 Sep 1997) |
| postdrive depression | <cardiology, physiology> Slowing of the heart, often with a rate-dependent blockade of A-V conduction and/or V-A conduction following rapid atrial stimulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pterygoid depression | A depression on the antero-medial side of the neck of the condylar process of the mandible, giving attachment to the lateral pterygoid muscle. Synonym: fovea pterygoidea, pterygoid depression, pterygoid pit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spreading depression | A decrease of activity evoked by local stimulation of the cerebral cortex and spreading slowly over the whole cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |