| tubular small bowel | <radiology> (toothpaste small bowel) globally featureless small bowel: mucosal folds effaced, graft-vs.-host disease (GvH), Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) (in AIDS), ischemia, Crohn disease, radiation, Strongyloides, milk enteropathy, sprue, corrosive enteritis, lymphoma, amyloidosis, mastocytosis, FUDR toxicity (12 Dec 1998) |
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| edge-localised mode | Found often in H-mode plasmas, this is a temporary relaxation of the very high edge gradients found in H-modes. It may be a relaxation back to the L-mode. (09 Oct 1997) |
| localised | <oncology> A disease found only in the original site, with no spread to other organs. (06 Oct 1997) |
| localised cancer | A cancer still confined to its site of origin. (09 Oct 1997) |
| localised nodular tenosynovitis | A nodule, possibly inflammatory in nature, arising commonly from the flexor sheath of the fingers and thumb; composed of fibrous tissue, lipid-and haemosiderin-containing macrophages, and multinucleated giant cells. Synonym: localised nodular tenosynovitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| localised osteitis fibrosa | Fibrous dysplasia of a single bone. Synonym: localised osteitis fibrosa, osteitis fibrosa circumscripta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| localised pemphigoid of Brunsting-Perry | A variant of pemphigoid, primarily on the scalp and face, with some scar formation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| localised peritonitis | Peritonitis confined to a demarcated region of the peritoneal cavity. Synonym: circumscribed peritonitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| localised scleroderma | A skin lesion that is characterised by the presence of localised, indurated, slightly depressed areas of thickened dermal tissue that may be white or yellow in colour and surrounded by a pink or purplish halo. See: in cutaneus scleroderma. (27 Sep 1997) |
| inflammatory bowel disease | <disease> A general term that encompasses several disease processes, most commonly, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. (27 Sep 1997) |
| irritable bowel disease | <disease> A functional bowel disorder characterised by recurrent crampy abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Invasive gastrointestinal diagnostics are often unrevealing. (27 Sep 1997) |
| ischaemic bowel disease | <surgery> A disorder which results from the inadequate flow of oxygenated blood to the intestines. Symptoms include crampy abdominal pain after eating. More common in those with a history of atherosclerosis and-or diabetes. (15 Oct 1997) |
| immunoproliferative small intestinal disease | A spectrum of conditions ranging from a benign plasma cell hyperplasia to a highly malignant lymphoma of the small intestine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adynamic ileus simulating bowel obstruction | <radiology> Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstrction, pelvic surgery, urinary retention, pancreatitis, acute intermittent porphyria, ceroidosis, neonatal adynamic ileus (12 Dec 1998) |
| bowel | A general term that includes the small and large intestine. (27 Sep 1997) |