| AVNFRP | atrioventricular node functional refractory period |
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| DEFIANT | Doppler Flow and Echocardiography in Functional Cardiac Insufficiency Assessment of Nisoldipine Ther... |
| DUFSS | Duke-University of North Carolina Functional Social Support [questionnaire] |
| FAB | fast atom bombardment; formalin ammonium bromide; fragment, antigen-binding [of immunoglobulins]; Fr... |
| FAQ | frequently asked question; functional asessment questionnaire |
| neuropathic albuminuria | Albuminuria associated with epilepsy or other convulsive disorders, trauma to the brain, and cerebral haemorrhage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dietetic albuminuria | <nephrology> The excretion of protein in the urine following the ingestion of certain foods. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermittent albuminuria | <nephrology> Functional albuminuria occurring at intervals, such as cyclic albuminuria or albuminuria of athletes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| orthostatic albuminuria | The appearance of albumin in the urine when the patient is erect and its disappearance when recumbent. Synonym: orthostatic proteinuria, postural proteinuria, postural albuminuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transient albuminuria | Albuminuria of a temporary or short-lived nature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| essential albuminuria | A collective term for types that are not the result of pathologic changes in the kidneys. Synonym: essential albuminuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false albuminuria | Albuminuria resulting from the presence of blood escaping somewhere in the urinary tract, of chyle, or of some other albuminous fluid, not caused by filtration of albumin from the blood through the kidneys. Synonym: false albuminuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrile albuminuria | Albuminuria associated with fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lordotic albuminuria | So-called on the theory that the albuminuria results from pressure due to lordosis in the lumbar spine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hearing loss, functional | Hearing loss without a physical basis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| orthodontic appliances, functional | Loose, usually removable intra-oral devices which alter the muscle forces against the teeth and craniofacial skeleton. These are dynamic appliances which depend on altered neuromuscular action to effect bony growth and occlusal development. They are usually used in mixed dentition to treat paediatric malocclusions. (ada, 1992) (12 Dec 1998) |
| functional | 1. Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official. 2. <physiology> Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to the functions in general. <medicine> Functional disease, a disease of which the symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a cause, often unknown, external to itself opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| functional anatomy | Anatomy studied in its relation to function. Synonym: morphophysiology, physiological anatomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional aphasia | Nonorganic aphasia related to conversion hysteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional apoplexy | A condition simulating apoplexy without any cerebral lesion; a form of conversion hysteria. (05 Mar 2000) |