| IH | idiopathic hirsutism; idiopathic hypercalciuria; immediate hypersensitivity; incompletely healed; in... |
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| NPH | neutral protamine Hagedorn (insulin) [not used anymore]; normal pressure hydrocephalus; nucleus pulp... |
| PT | pain threshold; parathormone; parathyroid; paroxysmal tachycardia; part time; patient; pericardial t... |
| PTA | parallel tubular arrays; parathyroid adenoma; percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; peroxidase-labe... |
| PTBPD | posttraumatic borderline personality disorder |
| thrombotic hydrocephalus | Increase in cerebrospinal fluid and of intracranial pressure following thrombosis of the cerebral veins or sinuses; caused by septic infection, dehydration, tuberculosis, typhoid, leukaemia, and other conditions. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| toxic hydrocephalus | Thrombotic hydrocephalus associated with some general infection or toxic state. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external hydrocephalus | Accumulation of fluid in the subarachnoid spaces of the brain, accumulation of fluid in the subdural space owing to a persistent communication between the subarachnoid and subdural spaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic | Occurring as a result of or after injury. (21 Jun 2000) |
| posttraumatic arterial thrombosis | Posttraumatic venous thrombosis, intravascular clotting due to injury to a vessel wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic automatism | A posttraumatic state in which the individual performs automatically without immediate or later memory of that behaviour. (27 Sep 1997) |
| posttraumatic delirium | Delirium caused by a structural traumatic brain injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic epilepsy | A convulsive state following and causally related to head injury; with brain damage either manifested clinically or ascertained by special examinations such as computed tomography. To assume causal relationship, the individual must have had no previous epilepsy, no cerebral disease, and no other brain trauma. The attacks should have started, depending on the severity of the wounding, within 3 months to 2 years of the alleged trauma and be of a type compatible with the site of injury and the EEG abnormalities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic leptomeningeal cyst | A persistent cystic accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid with progressive loss of bone and dura, occurring at the site of a previous fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic neck syndrome | <syndrome> A clinical complex of pain, tenderness, tight neck musculature, vasomotor instability, and ill-defined symptoms such as dizziness and blurred vision as the result of trauma to the neck. Also variously termed occipital or suboccipital neuralgia or neuritis; cervical tension syndrome; cervical myospasm, myositis, or fibrositis. Synonym: cervical fibrositis, cervical tension syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic neurosis | Any functional nervous disorder following an accident or injury. See: posttraumatic stress disorder. Synonym: accident neurosis, posttraumatic neurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic osteoporosis | Atrophy of bones, commonly of the carpal or tarsal bones, following a slight injury such as a sprain. See: causalgia, reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Synonym: acute reflex bone atrophy, posttraumatic osteoporosis, Sudeck's syndrome. Origin: L. English sweat (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic pericarditis | Pericardial inflammation developing following injury to the chest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic psychosis | Psychosis following trauma, especially to the head. Compare: traumatic psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic stress | A psychological disorder that develops in some individuals who have had major traumatic experiences (and, for example, have been in a serious accident or through a war). The person is typically numb at first but later has symptoms including depression, excessive irritability, guilt (for having survived while others died), recurrent nightmares, flashbacks to the traumatic scene, and overreactions to sudden noises. Posttraumatic stress became known in the 70s due to the adjustment problems of some vietnam veterans. It was listed as a diagnostic category by the american psychiatric association in 1980. Although the name post-traumatic stress was new, the condition was not. It was known as shell shock in world war i and battle fatigue during world war II. (12 Dec 1998) |