| DRG | diagnosis-related group; Division of Research Grants [NIH}; dorsal respiratory group; dorsal root ga... |
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| GS | gallstone; Gardner syndrome; gastric shield; general surgery; gestational score; Gilbert syndrome; g... |
| GT | gait training; galactosyl transferase; gastrostomy; generation time; genetic therapy; gingiva treatm... |
| MN | a blood group in the MNSs blood group system; malignant nephrosclerosis; Master of Nursing; meganewt... |
| FRC | Functional Residual Capacity |
Q blood group system
| functional disorder | A physical disorder with no known or detectable organic basis to explain the symptoms. See: behaviour disorder, neurosis. Synonym: dynamic disease, functional disease, functional illness. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| functional dysmenorrhoea | <gynaecology> Painful menses due to a functional disturbance and not due to organic factors such as growths, inflammation or anatomy. (27 Sep 1997) |
| functional dyspepsia | Dyspepsia with impaired tone in the muscular walls of the stomach. Synonym: functional dyspepsia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional dyspnea | Shortness of breath without apparent underlying disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional gene test | Test for a specific protein iwhich indicates that the corresponding gene is not only present but active. (12 Dec 1998) |
| functional hypertrophy | Temporary increase in size of an organ or part to provide for a natural increase of function, such as the kind that occurs in the walls of the uterus and in the mammae during pregnancy. Synonym: functional hypertrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional illness | A physical disorder with no known or detectable organic basis to explain the symptoms. See: behaviour disorder, neurosis. Synonym: dynamic disease, functional disease, functional illness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional jaw orthopedics | Utilization of muscle forces to effect changes in jaw position and tooth alignment by removable appliances. Synonym: functional orthodontic therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional mandibular movements | All natural, proper, or characteristic movement's of the mandible made during speech, mastication, yawning, swallowing, and other associated movement's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional murmur | A cardiac murmur not associated with a significant heart lesion. Synonym: innocent murmur, inorganic murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional neurosurgery | Destruction or chronic excitation of a part of the brain to treat disordered behaviour or function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional occlusion | Any tooth contacts made within the functional range of the opposing teeth surfaces, occlusion which occurs during function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional orthodontic therapy | Utilization of muscle forces to effect changes in jaw position and tooth alignment by removable appliances. Synonym: functional orthodontic therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional pathology | Pathology pertaining to abnormalities in function of a tissue, organ, or part, with or without associated changes in structure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional prepubertal castration syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome characterised by the absence of testes from the scrotum but in their place mesonephric duct derivatives, pronounced gynaecomastia and eunuchoid habitus, and increased urinary excretion of gonadotrophins. (05 Mar 2000) |