| POMONA | pregnancy and postpartum, osteoporosis, mastectomy rehabilitation, osteoarthritis, nerve pain, athle... |
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| PP | diphosphate group; emphysema [pink puffers]; near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; pa... |
| pp | near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; postprandial; postpartum |
| PPA | palpation, percussion, auscultation; pepsin A; phenylpropanolamine; phenylpyruvic acid; Pittsburgh p... |
| PPCM | postpartum cardiomyopathy |
| late benign syphilis | Late syphilis, manifested by serologic evidence of infection, but without any clinical manifestations. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| late cyanosis | cyanose tardive |
| late deceleration | Any transient foetal bradycardia, the nadir of which occurs after the peak of the uterine contraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| late diastole | That part of diastole immediately preceding systole. Synonym: late diastole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| late diastolic murmur | A murmur heard at the end of ventricular diastole (during atrial systole if in sinus rhythm), usually due to obstruction at one of the atrioventricular orifices. Synonym: atriosystolic murmur, late diastolic murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| late effect | Side effects of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy which only become apparent with long-term monitoring of the patient over a period of years. These are of particular concern in patients below the age of puberty. (18 Nov 1997) |
| late gene | <genetics, molecular biology> Gene expressed relatively late after infection of a host cell by a virus, usually structural proteins for the viral coat. (18 Nov 1997) |
| late latent syphilis | Usually infectious in pregnant women only, who may pass the infection on to the foetus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| late luteal phase dysphoric disorder | <syndrome> A combination of emotional, physical, psychological, and mood disturbances that occur after ovulation and normally end with the onset of the menstrual flow. (12 Dec 1998) |
| late-phase response | Recurrence of symptoms after an appreciable interval following challenge with an antigen; preceded by an initial early-phase response. (05 Mar 2000) |
| late reaction | A local or generalised response that begins 24 to 48 hours after exposure to an antigen. See: cell-mediated reaction. Synonym: contact hypersensitivity, delayed hypersensitivity, late reaction, tuberculin-type hypersensitivity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| late replicating chromosome | A chromosome (often anomalous) that is shown, e.g., by incorporation of a labelled nucleotide, to undergo delayed duplication preliminary to mitosis; formerly used as a means of distinguishing members of a group of chromosome's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| late rickets | <pathology> A condition marked by softening of the bones (due to impaired mineralisation, with excess accumulation of osteoid), with pain, tenderness, muscular weakness, anorexia and loss of weight, resulting from deficiency of vitamin D and calcium. Origin: Gr. Malakia = softness (18 Nov 1997) |
| late seizure | A seizure that occurs greater than one week after a craniocerebral trauma or CNS insult. (05 Mar 2000) |
| late seral species | Shade tolerant species, primarily vine maple shrubs and western red cedar and western hemlock trees. These species follow the mid seral species in natural succession. (05 Dec 1998) |