| AGE | acrylamide gel; acute gastroenteritis; advanced glycation end product; agarose gel electrophoresis; ... |
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| GE | gastric empyting; gastroemotional; gastroenteritis; gastroenterology; gastroenterostomy; gastroesoph... |
| TG | tendon graft; testosterone glucuronide; tetraglycine; thioglucose; thioglycolate; thioguanine; throm... |
| TGE | theoretical growth evaluation; transmissible gastroenteritis; tryptone glucose extract |
| TGEV | transmissible gastroenteritis virus |
| transmissible gastroenteritis of swine | A rapidly spreading disease of swine, caused by a coronavirus (of the family Coronaviridae) and characterised by severe diarrhoea and vomiting; case fatality rate in pigs younger than 10 days is high; in older pigs it is low. Synonym: porcine transmissible gastroenteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transmissible gastroenteritis virus of swine | A coronavirus that causes transmissible gastroenteritis of swine. Synonym: TGE virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eosinophilic gastroenteritis | <radiology> Eosinophilic infiltration of mucosa, submucosa, and muscularis of small bowel with or without stomach, stomach (almost always limited to antrum): enlarged gastric rugae, cobblestone nodules, polyps (=mucosal type), rigid wall with narrowed antrum/pylorus, bulky inramural mass up to 9 cm (=muscular type), wet stomach, ulcers rare, may have ascites, small bowel (predominantly jejunum), thickening and distortion of folds (=mucosal type), effacement of mucosa and narrowing of lumen (=muscular type), prognosis: tendency to spontaneous remission, treatment: steroids; removal of sensitizing agent (12 Dec 1998) |
| epidemic gastroenteritis virus | A RNA virus, about 27 nm in diameter, which has not been cultured in vitro; it is the cause of epidemic nonbacterial gastroenteritis; at least five antigenically distinct serotypes have been recognised, including the Norwalk agent. These viruses are probably classified with the Caliciviruses in the family Caliciviridae. Synonym: gastroenteritis virus type A. (05 Mar 2000) |
| goiter, endemic | Enlargement of the thyroid gland in a significantly large fraction of a population group, generally considered to be due to insufficient iodine in the diet. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Danubian endemic familial nephropathy | A tubulointerstitial disease of unknown aetiology occurring in a limited geographic area including adjacent regions of romania, bulgaria, and yugoslavia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| endemic | Present or usually prevalent in a population or geographical area at all times, said of a disease or agent. Synonym: endemial. Compare: epidemic. Origin: Gr. Endemos = dwelling in a place (18 Nov 1997) |
| endemic disease | Continued prevalence of a disease in a specific population or area. See: endemic, enzootic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic diseases | The constant presence of diseases or infectious agents within a given geographic area or population group. It may also refer to the usual prevalence of a given disease with such area or group. It includes holoendemic and hyperendemic diseases. A holoendemic disease is one for which a high prevalent level of infection begins early in life and affects most of the child population, leading to a state of equilibrium such that the adult population shows evidence of the disease much less commonly than do children (malaria in many communities is a holendemic disease). A hyperendemic disease is one that is constantly present at a high incidence and/or prevalence rate and affects all groups equally. (12 Dec 1998) |
| endemic fadeout | <epidemiology> Parasite extinction occurring because endemic levels are so low that it is possible for small stochastic fluctuations to remove all parasites. Contrast epidemic fadeout. (05 Dec 1998) |
| endemic funiculitis | Cellulitis of the spermatic cord due to filariasis; occurs endemically in Sri Lanka and Egypt, and probably elsewhere in the East. Synonym: endemic funiculitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic goiter | Goiter, usually of simple type, prevalent in certain regions where dietary intake of iodine is suboptimal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic haematuria | Infection with Schistosoma haematobium, the eggs of which invade the urinary tract, causing cystitis and haematuria, and possibly an increased likelihood of bladder cancer. Synonym: bladder schistosomiasis, Egyptian haematuria, endemic haematuria, urinary schistosomiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic haemoptysis | The clinical expression of paragonimiasis, marked by a cough and spitting of blood from the lungs. Synonym: endemic haemoptysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic hypertrophy | Enlargement of the calcaneus preceded by fever and pain in the heel, reported from the Gold Coast (now Ghana) and in Taiwan among the indigenous population. (05 Mar 2000) |