| AII | acute intestinal infection; second meiotic anaphase |
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| AIS | Abbreviated Injury Scale; amniotic infection syndrome; androgen insensitivity syndrome; anterior int... |
| ANLI | antibody-negative with latent infection |
| APIC | Association for Practitioners in Infection Control |
| AVRI | acute viral respiratory infection |
| pthiriasis pubis | Presence of crab lice in the pubis and other hairy areas of the trunk, and in the eyelashes of infants and young children. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pubis | <anatomy> The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone. See: Pubes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spina pubis | A small projection at the anterior extremity of the crest of the pubis about 2 cm from the symphysis. Synonym: tuberculum pubicum, pubic spine, spina pubis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| symphysial surface of pubis | symphysial surface of pubis |
| symphysis pubis | The Greek word symphysis means growing together. The pubis are the pubic bone. So the symphysis pubis is where the pubic bones meet (in the front of the pelvis). (12 Dec 1998) |
| os pubis | The prominence caused by a pad of fatty tissue over the symphysis pubis in the female. Synonym: os pubis, mons veneris, pubes, pubic bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| osteitis pubis | Osteosclerosis of the pubic bone next to the symphysis, caused by trauma to that region, from pregnancy or instrumentation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamentum arcuatum pubis | <anatomy> The ligament that arches across the inferior aspect of the pubic symphysis. Synonym: ligamentum arcuatum pubis, inferior pubic ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| agonal infection | An acute infection, commonly pneumonic or septic, occurring toward the end of any disease and often the cause of death. Synonym: agonal infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| airborne infection | A mechanism of transmission of an infectious agent by particles, dust, or droplet nuclei suspended in the air. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apical infection | Implantation of microorganisms at the apex of a tooth, usually the result of the migration of microorganisms from the pulp canal through the apical foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arbovirus infection | <virology> A type of viral infection that is transmitted by mosquitoes in late spring to early autumn. One manifestation is encephalitis (central nervous system infection). (27 Sep 1997) |
| ascariasis infection | <microbiology> Infection by the nematode Ascaris lumbricoides and is characterised by an early pulmonary phase related to larval migration and a later, prolonged intestinal phase. Adult worms are 15-40 cm in length and maintain themselves in the lumen of the small intestine. Infection occurs after ingesting eggs contained in contaminated food or more commonly, by transmission to the mouth by the hands after contact with contaminated soil. Treatment is with mebendazole or pyrantel pamoate. (27 Sep 1997) |
| atypical mycobacterial infection | <microbiology> Infection with organisms from the Mycobacterium genus other than tuberculosis. Risk factors include immunocompromised patients and those with AIDS. Mycobacterium avium intracellulare is an example which frequently infects AIDS patients. Atypical mycobacterial infections can cause abscesses, septic arthritis and osteomyelitis. Treatment can be difficult due to the emergence of resistance to standard antitubercular antibiotics. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bacterial infection | <microbiology> Bacteria are group of micro-organisms that are a single cell approximately 1 micron in transverse diameter. Some bacteria cause disease in man, requiring treatment with an antibiotic. (27 Sep 1997) |