| CF | calcaneal fibular [ligament]; calcium leucovorin; calf blood flow; calibration factor; cancer-free; ... |
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| CK | calf kidney; casein kinase; chicken kidney; cholecystokinin; choline kinase; contralateral knee; cre... |
| CLSE | calf lung surfactant extract |
| CS | calf serum; campomelic syndrome; carcinoid syndrome; cardiogenic shock; caries-susceptible; carotid ... |
| CT | calcitonin; calf testis; cardiac tamponade; cardiothoracic [ratio]; carotid tracing; carpal tunnel; ... |
| triceps muscle of calf | <anatomy> The two bellies of the gastrocnemius and soleus considered as one muscle. Synonym: musculus triceps surae, triceps muscle of calf. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| foetal calf serum | <cell culture> The serum originating from embryonic calves and an expensive component of standard culture media for many types of animal tissue cells. It is used as an important part of growth media for promoting the growth of tissue cultures. It provides a source of growth hormones and other growth factors. (11 Nov 1997) |
| football calf | An obsolete term used to describe the doughy sensation elicited on palpation of the calf when muscle necrosis has developed as a consequence of acute ischemia produced by acute arterial embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral cutaneous nerve of calf | <anatomy, nerve> It arises from the common peroneal in the popliteal space and is distributed to the skin of the inferolateral surface of the calf. Synonym: nervus cutaneus surae lateralis, lateral cutaneous nerve of calf. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cachectic diarrhoea | Diarrhoea occurring in patients with severe wasting. Usually due to underlying gastrointestinal disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pancreatic diarrhoea | Diarrhoea characterised by severe, watery, secretory diarrhoea and hyperkalaemia; most patients have hypercalcaemia, many have hyperglycaemia; results from excessive secretion of VIP (vasoactive intestinal peptide) by an islet cell tumour of the pancreas. Sometimes called WDHA syndrome. See: Verner-Morrison syndrome, WDHA syndrome. Synonym: pancreatic cholera, pancreatic diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pancreatogenous diarrhoea | Diarrhoea in which the stools are bulky, pale, foul, greasy, and oily, as a result of malabsorption of fat due to deficient secretion of pancreatic enzymes in chronic pancreatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastrogenous diarrhoea | A diarrhoea that may occur in achylia gastrica, or that is caused by excess secretion of gastric and other intestinal juices. (05 Mar 2000) |
| choleraic diarrhoea | Diarrhoea of infants in hot weather, usually an acute gastroenteritis due to the presence of Shigella or Salmonella. Synonym: choleraic diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic bacillary diarrhoea | Prolonged diarrhoea occurring in association with bacterial infection, usually occurring in patients with gastrointestinal stasis, allowing bacterial proliferation in the intestine with secondary malabsorption. Occurs in blind-loop syndrome after intestinal surgery, following vagotomy, and occasionally in scleroderma or diabetes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cochin China diarrhoea | An obsolete term for tropical sprue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colliquative diarrhoea | Diarrhoea associated with excessive discharge of fluid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morning diarrhoea | A form in which there are several loose stools in the early morning and during the forenoon, the bowels being quiet during the remainder of the day and night. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white diarrhoea | An infectious disease of chicks and other young birds caused by the bacterium Salmonella pullorum, which is carried in the ovaries of adult hens and appears in the eggs; in incubator-hatched birds, the disease usually involves the lungs and air sacs, but often spreads in flocks of young birds as an alimentary tract infection manifested by severe diarrhoea followed by septicaemia and death. Synonym: diarrhoea alba, white diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucous diarrhoea | Diarrhoea with the presence of considerable mucus in the stools. (05 Mar 2000) |