| JVP | [POMD P 49 - 52] 1) Jugular Vein Pressure 2) Jugular Venous Pulse ... |
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| CAH | chronic active hepatitis; chronic aggressive hepatitis; combined atrial hypertrophy; congenital adre... |
| CCC | care-cure coordination; cathodal closure contraction; chronic calculous cholecystitis; chronic catar... |
| CCH | C-cell hyperplasia; chronic chloride hemagglutination; chronic cholestatic hepatitis |
| CCS | Canadian Cardiovascular Society; casualty clearing station; cell cycle specific; cholecystosonograph... |
| caseous pneumonia | A form of severe pulmonary tuberculosis in which tubercles are not prominent, but with a diffuse extensive cellular infiltration that undergoes caseation affecting large areas of lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| viral pneumonia | <radiology> Common agents: RSV, parainfluenza, adenovirus, influenza (12 Dec 1998) |
| virus pneumonia of pigs | A worldwide chronic pneumonia usually involving only the anterior lobes; it seldom causes death but is responsible for much unthriftiness; it is caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Synonym: virus pneumonia of pigs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central pneumonia | A form of pneumonia in which exudation is confined for a time to the central portion of a lobe or the hilar region. Synonym: core pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical pneumonia | <chest medicine> Pneumonia caused by the inhalation of a toxic gas, such as phosgene or chlorine. (05 Jan 1998) |
| rheumatic pneumonia | Pneumonia rarely occurring in severe acute rheumatic fever, even when the disease was common; consolidation occurs, the lungs being of a rubbery consistency, with fibrin exudate and small haemorrhages, as well as oedema from left ventrical failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chlamydia pneumonia | <radiology> Chlamydia trachomatis, obligate intracellular parasite, features of both bacteria and viruses, infection during delivery (previous conjunctivitis or rhinitis), onset of symptoms at 6 weeks (range = 4 to 12 weeks) findings: hyperaeration, linear and reticulonodular densities, scattered symmetrically throughout both lungs, peribronchial cuffing (12 Dec 1998) |
| metastatic pneumonia | A purulent inflammation in the lungs due to infected emboli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| round pneumonia | <radiology> Kids, the usual bacteria (especially pneumococcus), adults, almost always associated with immune deficiency, predominantly fungal, especially Aspergillus (12 Dec 1998) |
| migratory pneumonia | A form of pneumonia in which successive areas of the lung are affected; may occur in bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Synonym: wandering pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| walking pneumonia | <chest medicine> A term used to describe Mycoplasmal pneumonia. most commonly affects those under 40 years of age and is commonly spread in families or closed populations. Symptoms include headache, muscle aches, fever, cough, chest pain, sore throat and rashes (in some individuals). Treatment is with antibiotics (for example erythromycin) (27 Sep 1997) |
| wandering pneumonia | A form of pneumonia in which successive areas of the lung are affected; may occur in bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Synonym: wandering pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moniliasis pneumonia | Pneumonia due to species of Candida, usually C. Albicans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pittsburgh pneumonia | A variant of Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella micdadei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pittsburgh pneumonia agent | A species that causes Pittsburgh pneumonia, a variant of Legionnaires' disease. Accounts for approximately 60% of Legionella pneumonias other than those caused by Legionella pneumophila. Synonym: Pittsburgh pneumonia agent. (05 Mar 2000) |