| CIPSO | chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction |
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| GAPO | growth retardation, alopecia, pseudo-anodontia, and optic atrophy [syndrome] |
| IIP | idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction; increased intracranial ... |
| IP | icterus praecox; imaging plate; immune precipitate; immunoblastic plasma; immunoperoxidase technique... |
| PRAS | pre-reduced anaerobically sterilized [medium]; pseudo-renal artery syndrome |
| ebstein anomaly | <radiology> Tricuspid valve: abnormal formation and insertion, usually tricuspid insufficiency, right atrial enlargement (if severe, box-like heart), decreased pulmonary vascularity, cyanosis, severe at birth, mild in later childhood, angio: to-and-fro motion of contrast between RA and atrialised RV (12 Dec 1998) |
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| ebstein's anomaly | Congenital downward displacement of the tricuspid valve with the septal and posterior leaflets being attached to the wall of the right ventricle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eugnathic anomaly | An abnormality that is limited to the teeth and their immediate alveolar supports. Synonym: eugnathic anomaly. Origin: eu-+ G. Gnathos, jaw (05 Mar 2000) |
| Uhl anomaly | Right ventricular myocardial aplasia, causing a dilated, thin-walled right ventricle without murmurs; death results in early childhood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Freund's anomaly | A narrowing of the upper aperture of the thorax by shortening of the first rib and its cartilage; formerly believed to predispose to tuberculosis because of defective expansion of the lung apex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aortic pseudo-coarctation | <radiology> Aortic kinking, rare congenital anomaly of aortic arch, long, redundant thoracic aorta, 3-sign, associated with aortic valve abnormalities (bicuspid valve, AI, AS), can develop aneurysms, no haemodynamic obstruction, no congenital heart disease Cf: coarctation (12 Dec 1998) |
| azygos pseudo-lobe | <radiology> Not a true lobe, does not have separate broncus or vasculature, due to invagination of azygos vein into RUL, no clinical significance (12 Dec 1998) |
| colonic pseudo-obstruction | Functional obstruction of the colon. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pseudo- | False (often used about a deceptive resemblance). Origin: G. Pseudes (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudo-achalasia | <radiology> Carcinoma of distal oesophagus / GE junction, M more than F, onset 40-60 years of age, beak above hiatus, gastric cardiac mass, recommend biopsy! Differential diagnosis: achalasia (females, younger) (12 Dec 1998) |
| pseudo-ainhum | Nonspontaneous amputation of a digit, caused by a variety of disorders such as neural leprosy, syringomyelia, and palmoplantar keratoderma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudo-alopecia areata | Alopecia in which mild inflammatory changes develop at the orifices of the affected hair follicles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudo-bulb | <botany> An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants. Origin: Pseudo- + bulb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pseudo-china | <botany> The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America. Origin: Pseudo- + china. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pseudo-cone | <zoology> One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others. Origin: Pseudo- + cone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |