| EHBF | estimated hepatic blood flow; exercise hyperemia blood flow; extrahepatic blood flow |
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| EHC | enterohepatic circulation; enterohepatic clearance; essential hypercholesterolemia; ethylhydrocuprei... |
| EHO | extrahepatic obstruction |
| EHPH | extrahepatic portal hypertension |
| COLD | Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease |
| obstructive sleep apnoea | A form of sleep apnoea which occurs as the result of a physical occlusion of the oropharyngeal airway during sleep. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| obstructive thrombus | A thrombus due to obstruction in the vessel from compression or other cause. (05 Mar 2000) |
| obstructive uropathy | <nephrology, urology> A sudden disorder which results in the complete blockage of urine flow out the bladder and/or urethra. Pressure rises in the urinary tract causing a backward pressure on the kidneys. Bilateral hydronephrosis (kidney enlargement), hypertension and damage to the kidneys (acute renal failure) will occur if the obstruction is not relieved. Causes include prostate disease, tumours and cystocele. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (27 Sep 1997) |
| lung diseases, obstructive | Any disorder marked by persistent obstruction of bronchial air flow. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acholuric jaundice | Jaundice with excessive amounts of unconjugated bilirubin in the plasma and without bile pigments in the urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anhepatic jaundice | Jaundice due to haemolysis, with normal function of the liver and biliary tract. Synonym: anhepatogenous jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anhepatogenous jaundice | Jaundice due to haemolysis, with normal function of the liver and biliary tract. Synonym: anhepatogenous jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| painless jaundice | Jaundice not associated with abdominal pain; usually used for obstructive jaundice resulting from obstruction of the common bile duct at the head of the pancreas by a tumour or impaction of a stone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant jaundice | Jaundice associated with high fever and delirium; seen in severe hepatitis and other diseases of the liver with severe functional failure. Synonym: malignant jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| catarrhal jaundice | An obsolete term for viral hepatitis type A. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regurgitation jaundice | Jaundice due to biliary obstruction, the bile pigment having been conjugated and secreted by the hepatic cells and then reabsorbed into the bloodstream. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mechanical jaundice | Jaundice resulting from obstruction to the flow of bile into the duodenum, whether intra-or extrahepatic. Synonym: mechanical jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retention jaundice | Jaundice due to insufficiency of liver function or to an excess of bile pigment production; the bilirubin is unconjugated because it has not passed through the liver cells; van den Bergh test is indirect. (05 Mar 2000) |
| choleric jaundice | Jaundice with the presence of biliary derivatives in the urine; occurs in regurgitation hyperbilirubinaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholestatic jaundice | Jaundice produced by inspissated bile or bile plugs in small biliary passages in the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |