| TBS | total body solids; total body solute; total body surface; total burn size; Townes-Brocks syndrome; t... |
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| JP drain | The original suction drain. The drain itself is inside the body. It is made of Teflon and has multip... |
| FB | Foreign Body |
| BFB | biological feedback; bronchial foreign body |
| FB | fasting blood [sugar]; feedback; fiberoptic bronchoscopy; fingerbreadth; foreign body; Fusobacterium... |
| foreign protein therapy | The injection of a foreign protein to induce fever as a means of treating certain diseases. Synonym: foreign protein therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| foreign serum | A serum derived from an animal and injected into an animal of another species or into humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| actinic granuloma | An annular eruption on sun-exposed skin which microscopically shows phagocytosis of dermal elastic fibres by giant cells and histiocytes. Synonym: Miescher's granuloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amoebic granuloma | A nodular, tumour-like focus of proliferative inflammation sometimes developing in chronic amoebiasis, especially in the wall of the colon. Synonym: amoebic granuloma. Origin: amoeba + G. -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| apical granuloma | Chronic nonsuppurative inflammation of periapical tissue resulting from irritation following pulp disease or endodontic treatment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| beryllium granuloma | A sarcoid-like granulomatous reaction to exposure to inhaled beryllium, or skin cuts by fluorescent lamps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bilharzial granuloma | A granulomatous lesion formed around schistosome eggs embedded in tissues in cases of schistosomiasis (bilharziasis); typically these granulomata are found in intestinal tissues (Schistosoma japonicum or S. Mansoni infection), bladder tissue (S. Haematobium), and hepatic tissue (all human schistosomes). Synonym: bilharzial granuloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canine venereal granuloma | A rapidly growing, soft, easily bleeding, infectious, connective tissue tumour occurring in the vagina of the female dog and on the penis and sheath of the male; ordinarily transmitted by coitus. Synonym: transmissible venereal tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant granuloma | Destruction of the nasal septum, hard palate, lateral nasal walls, paranasal sinuses, skin of the face, orbit and nasopharynx by an inflammatory infiltrate with atypical lymphocytic and histiocytic cells; presumably a form of lymphoma in most cases. An obsolete term for polymorphic reticulosis. Synonym: granuloma gangrenescens, malignant granuloma, midline malignant reticulosis granuloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paracoccidioidal granuloma | A mycosis affecting the skin, mucous membranes, lymph nodes, and internal organs. It is caused by paracoccidioides brasiliensis. It is also called paracoccidioidal granuloma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| parasitic granuloma | Cutaneous leishmaniasis manifested as warty papules affecting primarily the lower limbs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| giant cell granuloma | <dermatology, oncology> A non-neoplastic lesion characterised by a proliferation of granulation tissue containing numerous multinucleated giant cells. It occurs on the gingiva and alveolar mucosa (occasionally on other soft tissues) where it presents as a soft red-blue haemorrhagic nodular swelling. It also occurs within the mandible or maxilla as a unilocular or multilocular radiolucency. Peripheral giant cell granuloma refers to the gingiva (giant cell epulis), central refers to the jaw. Microscopically similar lesions occur in the tubular bones of the hands and feet, are considered neoplastic, and may have a malignant course. Identical bony lesions may be seen in hyperparathyroidism and cherubism. See: giant cell tumour of bone. Synonym: giant cell epulis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reparative giant cell granuloma | <dermatology, oncology> A non-neoplastic lesion characterised by a proliferation of granulation tissue containing numerous multinucleated giant cells. It occurs on the gingiva and alveolar mucosa (occasionally on other soft tissues) where it presents as a soft red-blue haemorrhagic nodular swelling. It also occurs within the mandible or maxilla as a unilocular or multilocular radiolucency. Peripheral giant cell granuloma refers to the gingiva (giant cell epulis), central refers to the jaw. Microscopically similar lesions occur in the tubular bones of the hands and feet, are considered neoplastic, and may have a malignant course. Identical bony lesions may be seen in hyperparathyroidism and cherubism. See: giant cell tumour of bone. Synonym: giant cell epulis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reticulohistiocytic granuloma | <tumour> Obsolete term for reticulohistiocytoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periapical granuloma | Chronic nonsuppurative inflammation of periapical tissue resulting from irritation following pulp disease or endodontic treatment. (12 Dec 1998) |