| SPE | septic pulmonary edema; serum protein electrolytes; serum protein electrophoresis; streptococcal pyr... |
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| SWU | septic work-up |
| XLRP | X linked retinitis pigmentosa |
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| RPGR | retinitis pigmentosa GTP-ase regulator |
| shock, septic | Shock due to circulatory insufficiency caused most commonly by gram-negative bacteraemia. It is less often the result of the persistent presence of other micro-organisms in the blood (fungaemia, viraemia); in rare instances, it is caused by gram-positive organisms, but with different symptomatology. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| albuminuric retinitis | See: hypertensive retinopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apoplectic retinitis | An obsolete term for the appearance of the retina after occlusion of the central retinal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azotemic retinitis | An obsolete term for hypertensive retinopathy. See: hypertensive retinopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent central retinitis | An obsolete term for central serous retinopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central angiospastic retinitis | An obsolete term for central serous choroidopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retinitis | <ophthalmology> Inflammation of the retina. (05 May 1997) |
| retinitis pigmentosa | <ophthalmology> Disease caused by overactivity of the pigmented retinal epithelial cells, leading to damage and occlusion of photoreceptors and blindness. (18 Nov 1997) |
| retinitis proliferans | <ophthalmology, pathology> A disease of the small blood vessels of the retina of the eye. See: diabetic retinopathy. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (09 Oct 1997) |
| retinitis sclopetaria | A severe contusion lesion of the retina, as from a shot pellet or BB. Origin: from sclopetum, a medieval handgun (05 Mar 2000) |
| retinitis syphilitica | Syphilitic retinitis, retinitis often associated with syphilitic choroiditis, especially in congenital syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gravidic retinitis | An obsolete term for toxaemic retinopathy of pregnancy. See: toxaemic retinopathy of pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metastatic retinitis | Purulent or septic retinitis resulting from the arrest of septic emboli in the retinal vessels. Synonym: purulent retinitis, septic retinitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circinate retinitis | See: circinate retinopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| CMV retinitis | <pathology> A complication of disseminated cytomegalovirus infection in the immunocompromised individual (for example AIDS). Severe inflammatory changes in the retina result in blindness. Treatments include antiviral agents like foscarnet and gancyclovir. (27 Sep 1997) |