| ND | Doctor of Naturopathy; nasal deformity; natural death; Naval Dispensary; neonatal death; neoplastic ... |
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| SHFD | split hand/foot deformity |
| gooseneck deformity | <radiology> Angiographic sign, seen at diastole in complete AV canal, endocardial cushion defect (ECD), L to R shunt (12 Dec 1998) |
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| mermaid deformity | Union of the legs with partial or complete fusion of the feet. See: sympus. Synonym: mermaid deformity, symmelia. Origin: L. Siren, G. Seiren, a siren (05 Mar 2000) |
| gunstock deformity | A form of cubitus varus resulting from condylar fracture at the elbow in which the axis of the extended forearm is not continuous with that of the arm but is displaced toward midline. (05 Mar 2000) |
| whistling deformity | Deformity caused by insufficient tissue in the lower border of a repaired cleft lip, giving the appearance of whistling. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Whitehead deformity | Circumferential mucosal ectropion at the anus following Whitehead's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contracture deformity | Deformity of a limb without discernable primary changes of bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haglund's deformity | An abnormal prominence of the posterior superior lateral aspect of the os calcis, caused by a gait disorder. Synonym: Haglund's deformity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sabre-shin deformity | <radiology> Marked periostosis of tibia, seen in congenital syphilis (12 Dec 1998) |
| hill-sachs deformity | <radiology> Indentation or groove on posterolateral aspect of humeral head, probably due to compression of humeral head on posterior lip of glenoid, suggests repeated or chronic anterior shoulder dislocation, may occur after one episode of dislocation associated with: Bankhart lesion of glenoid (12 Dec 1998) |
| seal-fin deformity | Deflection outward of the fingers in rheumatoid arthritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver-fork deformity | The deformity resembling the curve of the back of a fork seen in Colles' fractures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sprengel deformity | <radiology> Congenital elevation of scapula, rotated may lead to inferior edge points medially, uni- or bilateral, almost always associated with Klippel-Feil syndrome, with or without omocervical (or omovertebral) bones: joins scapula to C5 or C6 (12 Dec 1998) |
| Sprengel's deformity | Congenital elevation of the scapula. Synonym: scapula elevata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deformity | A permanent structural deviation from the normal shape or size, resulting in disfigurement; may be congenital or acquired. Synonym: deformation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| swan-neck deformity | Hyperextension of the proximal interphalangeal joint with flexion of the distal interphalangeal joint of the finger. (05 Mar 2000) |