| HAN | heroin-associated nephropathy; hyperplastic alveolar nodule |
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| LN | Lesch-Nyhan [syndrome]; lipoid nephrosis; Lisch nodule; low necrosis; lupus nephritis; lymph node |
| NIV | nodule-inducing virus |
| SAN | sinoatrial node; sinoauricular node; slept all night; solitary autonomous nodule |
| SE | saline enema; sanitary engineering; side effect; smoke exposure; solid extract; sphenoethmoidal; spi... |
| Morgagni's nodule | A nodule at the centre of the free border of each semilunar valve at the beginning of the pulmonary artery and aorta. Synonym: nodulus valvulae semilunaris, Arantius' nodule, Bianchi's nodule, corpus arantii, Morgagni's nodule. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| primary nodule | A lymphatic nodule having small lymphocytes and lacking a germinal centre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sakurai-Lisch nodule | Iris hamartomas typically seen in type 1 neurofibromatosis. Synonym: Sakurai-Lisch nodule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schmorl's nodule | Prolapse of the nucleus pulposus through the vertebral body endplate into the spongiosa of the vertebra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary nodule | A lymphatic nodule having a germinal centre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulp nodule | A calcified body found in the pulp chamber of a tooth; may be composed of irregular dentin (true denticle) or due to ectopic calcification of pulp tissue (false denticle). Synonym: denticle, pulp calcification, pulp calculus, pulp nodule, pulp stone. Origin: endo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| hot nodule | A thyroid nodule with a much higher uptake of radioactive iodine than the surrounding parenchyma; usually benign but sometimes causing hyperthyroidism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sister Joseph's nodule | A malignant intra-abdominal neoplasm metastatic to the umbilicus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodule | A small lump, swelling or collection of tissue. (27 Sep 1997) |
| nodule of semilunar valve | A nodule at the centre of the free border of each semilunar valve at the beginning of the pulmonary artery and aorta. Synonym: nodulus valvulae semilunaris, Arantius' nodule, Bianchi's nodule, corpus arantii, Morgagni's nodule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enamel nodule | A developmental anomaly in which there is a small nodule of enamel below the cementoenamel junction, usually at the bifurcation of molar teeth. Synonym: enamel drop, enamel nodule, enamel pearl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enhancing brain nodule | <radiology> Metastases, infection, cysticercosis, histoplasmosis, tuberculosis, non-infectious inflammatory processes, sarcoidosis, multiple sclerosis, primary CNS lymphoma, subacute multiple infarcts see: ring lesions in brain (12 Dec 1998) |
| Lisch nodule | Iris hamartomas typically seen in type 1 neurofibromatosis. Synonym: Sakurai-Lisch nodule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphatic nodule | lymph follicle |
| lymph nodule | Lymphatic follicle, one of the spherical masses of lymphoid cells, frequently having a more lightly staining centre. See: solitary lymphatic follicles, Peyer's patches. Synonym: folliculus lymphaticus, lymph nodule, nodulus lymphaticus. (05 Mar 2000) |