| CRT | cadaveric renal transplant; cardiac resuscitation team; cathode-ray tube; certified; Certified Recor... |
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| DELIRIUM | drugs-electrolytes-low temperature and lunacy-intoxication and intracranial processes-retention of u... |
| DRIP | delirium and drugs-restricted mobility and retention-infection, inflammation and impaction-polyuria ... |
| FR | failure rate; film-screen radiograph; fasciculus retroflexus; febrile reaction; feedback regulation;... |
| OR | a logical binary relation that is true if any argument is true, and false otherwise; [o]estrogen rec... |
| indirect retention | Retention obtained in a removable partial denture through the use of indirect retainers. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oil retention enema | A rectal injection of mineral oil, introduced at low pressure and retained for several hours before expelling, to soften faeces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urinary retention | The inability to pass urine from the bladder, most often due to an obstruction of flow. In older males, this may be due to prostate enlargement. Urine retention can also occur as a drug side effect (anticholinergics), after surgical procedures and in the presence of a urethral stricture (narrowing of the urethra). (27 Sep 1997) |
| fluid retention | An abnormal accumulation of fluid in cells, tissues or body cavities that results in swelling. (16 Dec 1997) |
| acholuric jaundice | Jaundice with excessive amounts of unconjugated bilirubin in the plasma and without bile pigments in the urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anhepatic jaundice | Jaundice due to haemolysis, with normal function of the liver and biliary tract. Synonym: anhepatogenous jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anhepatogenous jaundice | Jaundice due to haemolysis, with normal function of the liver and biliary tract. Synonym: anhepatogenous jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| painless jaundice | Jaundice not associated with abdominal pain; usually used for obstructive jaundice resulting from obstruction of the common bile duct at the head of the pancreas by a tumour or impaction of a stone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant jaundice | Jaundice associated with high fever and delirium; seen in severe hepatitis and other diseases of the liver with severe functional failure. Synonym: malignant jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| catarrhal jaundice | An obsolete term for viral hepatitis type A. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regurgitation jaundice | Jaundice due to biliary obstruction, the bile pigment having been conjugated and secreted by the hepatic cells and then reabsorbed into the bloodstream. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mechanical jaundice | Jaundice resulting from obstruction to the flow of bile into the duodenum, whether intra-or extrahepatic. Synonym: mechanical jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| choleric jaundice | Jaundice with the presence of biliary derivatives in the urine; occurs in regurgitation hyperbilirubinaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholestatic jaundice | Jaundice produced by inspissated bile or bile plugs in small biliary passages in the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic acholuric jaundice | <haematology> A hereditary disorder that leads to a chronic haemolytic anaemia due to an abnormality in the red blood cell membrane. This disorder is caused by a defective gene. Red cells are resistant to stress and rupture easily. Infants may appear jaundiced and pale. Fatigue, weakness and shortness of breath are other symptoms that may be seen in older patients. The spleen may also be enlarged. Treatment includes splenectomy (removal of the spleen). After this is accomplished the life-span of the red blood cells returns to normal. (27 Sep 1997) |