| RH | radiant heat; radiation hybrid; radiological health; reactive hyperemia; recurrent herpes; regulator... |
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| RS | radioscaphoid; random sample; rating schedule; Raynaud syndrome; recipient's serum; rectal sinus; re... |
| RUL | right upper eyelid; right upper lateral; right upper limb; right upper lobe |
| HIVD | Herniation(Herniated) of Inter-Vertebral Disc - Cervical HIVD &... |
| BPN | bacitracin, polymyxin B, neomycin sulfate; brachial plexus neuropathy |
| middle colic lymph nodes | Nodes along the middle colic artery and its branches that drain the right colic flexure and most of the transverse colon. Synonym: nodi lymphatici colici medii. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| middle colic vein | <anatomy, vein> The tributary of the superior mesenteric vein that carries drainage of the transverse colon and accompanies the middle colic artery. Synonym: vena colica media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| milk colic | Disease caused by the liberation of exotoxins of clostridium perfringens in the intestines of sheep, goats, cattle, foals, and piglets. Type b enterotoxaemia in lambs is lamb dysentery; type c enterotoxaemia in mature sheep produces "struck", and in calves, lambs and piglets it produces haemorrhagic enterotoxaemia; type d enterotoxaemia in sheep and goats is pulpy-kidney disease or overeating disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| colic | 1. <symptom> Gradual onset of pain that increases in a crescendo fashion until it reaches a peak of severity and then slowly subsides. 2. <paediatrics> A syndrome in early infancy characterised by episodic loud crying, apparent abdominal pain (legs drawn up and rigid abdomen) and irritability. This common condition occurs in about 1 in 10 babies and lasts from 2-3 weeks of age to 3-4 months. Factors include swallowing air during feedings, overfeeding, parental anxiety and cow's milk allergy. Parents should realize that colic is a benign condition and excessive crying is not harmful to the baby. (27 Sep 1997) |
| colic arteries | <anatomy> Arteries supplying the colon. See: left colic artery, middle colic artery, right colic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colic impression | <anatomy> A hollow on the visceral surface of the right lobe of the liver anteriorly, corresponding to the situation of the right flexure and beginning of the transverse colon. Synonym: impressio colica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colic intussusception | The ensheathing of one portion of the colon into another. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colic lymph nodes | colic lymph nodes |
| colic sphincter | One of the physiological sphincter's of the colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colic surface of spleen | The surface of the spleen in contact with the colon. Synonym: facies colica splenis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colic teniae | teniae coli |
| colic veins | See: right colic vein, middle colic vein, left colic vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| copper colic | An affection similar to lead colic occurring in chronic poisoning by copper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Poitou colic | Severe colicky abdominal pain, with constipation, symptomatic of lead poisoning. Synonym: Devonshire colic, painter's colic, Poitou colic, saturnine colic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salivary colic | Periodic attacks of pain in the region of a salivary duct or gland, accompanied by an acute swelling of the gland, occurring in cases of salivary calculus. (05 Mar 2000) |