| CLT | Certified Laboratory Technician; chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis; Clinical Laboratory Technician; cl... |
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| CT | calcitonin; calf testis; cardiac tamponade; cardiothoracic [ratio]; carotid tracing; carpal tunnel; ... |
| EAT | Eating Attitudes Test; Ehrlich ascites tumor; electro-aerosol therapy; epidermolysis acuta toxica; e... |
| HT | Hashimoto thyroiditis; hearing test; hearing threshold; heart; heart transplantation, heart transpla... |
| PPT | parietal pleural tissue; partial prothrombin time; peak-to-peak threshold; Pfeiffer-Palm-Teller [syn... |
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| thyroiditis, autoimmune | A progressive disease of the thyroid gland with antibodies in the blood stream directed against the thyroid and infiltration of the gland by lymphoctes (a key type of white blood cells involved in the immune response). This immune response is against one's own thyroid. (it is autoimmune.) predominantly affects women. Can be familial. Also called hashimoto's disease or hashimoto's thyroiditis. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| thyroiditis, hashimoto's | Autoimmune thyroiditis. A progressive disease of the thyroid gland with antibodies in the blood stream directed against the thyroid and infiltration of the gland by lymphoctes (a key type of white blood cells involved in the immune response). This immune response is against one's own thyroid. (it is autoimmune.) predominantly affects women. Can be familial. Also called hashimoto's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thyroiditis, postpartum | Inflammation of the thyroid gland after pregnancy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thyroiditis, subacute | Inflammation of the thyroid gland after a viral illness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thyroiditis, suppurative | Inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland caused by bacteria, fungi, protozoa, or flatworms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| focal lymphocytic thyroiditis | Focal infiltration of the thyroid by lymphocytes and plasma cells. See: Hashimoto's thyroiditis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligneous thyroiditis | A rare fibrous induration of the thyroid gland, with adhesion to adjacent structures, which may cause tracheal compression. Synonym: chronic fibrous thyroiditis, ligneous struma, ligneous thyroiditis, Riedel's disease, Riedel's struma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphocytic thyroiditis | <endocrinology> Inflammation of the thyroid gland without the formation of pus. Noninfectious nonbacterial thyroid inflammation. (27 Sep 1997) |
| acute follicular conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for acute viral conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenocarcinoma, follicular | An adenocarcinoma of the thyroid gland, in which the cells are arranged in the form of follicles. (12 Dec 1998) |
| carcinoma, papillary, follicular | A thyroid neoplasm of mixed papillary and follicular arrangement. Its biological behaviour and prognosis is the same as that of a papillary adenocarcinoma of the thyroid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chronic follicular conjunctivitis | Indolent inflammation of the conjunctiva, with discrete follicles in fornices that may be infective, toxic, or irritant in nature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucinosis, follicular | A disease of the pilosebaceous unit, presenting clinically as grouped follicular papules or plaques with associated hair loss. It is caused by mucinous infiltration of tissues, and usually involving the scalp, face, and neck. It may be primary (idiopathic) or secondary to mycosis fungoides or reticulosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| inverted follicular keratosis | A solitary benign epithelial tumour of infundibular hair follicle origin occurring on the face, consisting of a lobulated epidermal downgrowth of keratinizing squamous cells with a pattern of eddies or whorls. (05 Mar 2000) |
| follicular | 1. Like, pertaining to, or consisting of, a follicles or follicles. 2. <medicine> Affecting the follicles; as, follicular pharyngitis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |