| DIT | deferoxamine infusion test; diet-induced thermogenesis; diiodotyrosine; drug-induced thrombocytopeni... |
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| HAT | Halsted Aphasia Test; head, arm, trunk; heparin-associated thrombocytopenia; heterophil antibody tit... |
| HATT | heparin-associated thrombocytopenia and thrombosis |
| HIT | hemagglutination inhibition test; heparin-induced thrombocytopenia; histamine inhalation test; hyper... |
| HITT | heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis |
| essential thrombocytopenia | A primary form of thrombocytopenia, in contrast to secondary forms that are associated with metastatic neoplasms, tuberculosis, and leukaemia involving the bone marrow, or with direct suppression of bone marrow by the use of chemical agents, or with other conditions. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| adenoviruses, canine | Species of the genus mastadenovirus that causes fever, oedema, vomiting, and diarrhoea in dogs and encephalitis in foxes. Epizootics have also been caused in bears, wolves, coyotes, and skunks. (12 Dec 1998) |
| canine | <zoology> Relating to, affecting, resembling or derived from a dog. (16 Dec 1997) |
| canine adenovirus 1 | A virus causing infectious canine hepatitis in dogs. Synonym: fox encephalitis virus, Rubarth's disease virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine amoebiasis | Infection of dogs with Entamoeba histolytica acquired from man; dogs are seldom cyst passers, and therefore are not a reservoir for human infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine babesiosis | Malignant fever in dogs caused by Babesia species. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine borreliosis | A disease of dogs caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and characterised by lameness due to a migratory, intermittent, oligoarticular arthritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine distemper | A highly contagious systemic disease of dogs caused by the canine distemper virus and characterised by a diphasic fever, leukopenia, gastrointestinal and respiratory catarrh and, frequently, pneumonic and neurological complications; the disease also occurs in foxes, wolves, ferrets, mink, skunks, and raccoons. Synonym: distemper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine distemper virus | An RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus, a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, that causes canine distemper. Synonym: dog distemper virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine dysautonomia | A newly recognised disease of dogs characterised by dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. Synonym: Key-Gaskell syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine ehrlichiosis | A fatal disease of dogs in Asia, Africa, and the U.S. Caused by Ehrlichia canis, transmitted by the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus, and characterised by haemorrhage, pancytopenia, and emaciation. Synonym: tropical canine pancytopenia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine eminence | An elevation on the maxilla corresponding to the socket of the canine tooth. Synonym: canine prominence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine fossa | A depression on the anterior surface of the maxilla below the infraorbital foramen and on the lateral side of the canine eminence. Synonym: fossa canina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine hereditary blindness | An autosomal dominant condition seen in dogs of the collie and several other breeds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine herpesvirus | A herpesvirus causing an upper respiratory tract infection which becomes generalised in puppies under 1 week of age, terminating invariably in death; infection is milder in older puppies and asymptomatic in adult dogs; the latter may become convalescent viral shedders. (05 Mar 2000) |