| BS | 1) Breath Sounds; 호흡음 2) Blood Sugar 3) Bile Salts |
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| SOB | Shortness Of Breath; 호흡 촉박 |
| AOB | accessory olfactory bulb; alcohol on breath |
| BB | bad breath; bed bath; beta blockade, beta blocker; BioBreeding [rat]; blanket bath; blood bank; bloo... |
| BBS | Barolet-Biedl syndrome; bashful bladder syndrome; benign breast syndrome; bilateral breath sounds; b... |
| capsular cirrhosis of liver | Chronic perihepatitis with thickening and subsequent contraction, resulting in atrophy and deformity of the liver. Synonym: capsular cirrhosis of liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cardiac impression of liver | A depression on the superior area of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver corresponding to the position of the heart. Synonym: impressio cardiaca hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiac liver | An extensive fibrotic reaction within the liver as a result of chronic constrictive pericarditis or prolonged congestive heart failure; true cirrhosis with fibrous bridging of lobules is unusual. Synonym: cardiac liver, congestive cirrhosis, pseudocirrhosis, stasis cirrhosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant liver tumours | <radiology> EPITHELIAL TUMORS, hepatocellular, hepatoblastoma (7%), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (75%), cholangiocellular (6%), cholangiocarcinomarcinoma, cystadenocarcinoma, MESENCHYMAL TUMORS, tumours of blood vessels, angiosarcoma, haemangioendothelioma, other tumours, embryonal sarcoma, fibrosarcoma, TUMORS OF MUSCLE TISSUE, leiomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, MISCELLANEOUS, carcinosarcoma, teratoma, yolk sac tumour, carcinoid, squamous carcinoma, primary lymphoma see: benign liver tumours (12 Dec 1998) |
| veno-occlusive disease of the liver | Obliterating endophlebitis of small hepatic vein radicles, described in Jamaican children, associated with ingestion of toxic plant substances in bush tea; causes ascites, which may progress to cirrhosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venous segments of liver | Each of the four territories of the liver separately drained by the hepatic veins. Synonym: hepatic venous segments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernous haemangioma of liver | <radiology> Ultrasound: increased echogenicity, CT: decreased density, enhances from periphery, becomes isodense, may enlarge during pregnancy, in kids: most common benign liver tumour, increased morbidity/mortality, classic triad: hepatomegaly, cut. Haemangiomas, congestive heart failure, with or without liver bruit, may rupture leading to haemoperitoneum, may regress spontaneously (as may haemangioendothelioma) (12 Dec 1998) |
| visceral surface of liver | The posteroinferior surface of the liver that faces adjacent abdominal organs; the porta hepatis and gallbladder are located on this surface. Synonym: facies visceralis hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central veins of liver | The terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie centrally in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids. Synonym: venae centrales hepatis, Krukenberg's veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right lobe of liver | The largest lobe of the liver, separated from the left lobe above and in front by the falciform ligament and from the caudate and quadrate lobes by the sulcus for the vena cava and the fossa for the gallbladder; it contains two segments, anterior and posterior. Synonym: lobus hepatis dexter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right part of diaphragmatic surface of liver | The part of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver deep to the bodies of the lower ribs on the right side. Synonym: pars dextra faciei diaphragmaticae hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metastases to the liver | <oncology> The spread of cancerous tumours from a distant organ to the liver. Due to the livers tremendous blood and lymphatic supply it is a frequent site for metastatic cancer. Cancers which commonly metastasize to the liver include colon cancer, breast cancer, neuroblastoma, lung cancer and Hodgkin's disease. (27 Sep 1997) |
| chronic active liver disease | Any of several types of hepatitis persisting for more than six months, often progressing to cirrhosis. Synonym: chronic active liver disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| round ligament of liver | The remains of the umbilical vein running within the free edge of the falciform ligament from umbilicus to the liver, where it continues within the fissure for the round ligament to the origin of the left portal vein within the porta hepatis. Synonym: ligamentum teres hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| microsomes, liver | In the hepatocyte, any of the vesicular fragments of endoplasmic reticulum formed after disruption and centrifugation of cells. (12 Dec 1998) |