| congenital kidney abnormalities | Kidney abnormalities that are present from birth (for example polycystic kidneys). (27 Sep 1997) |
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| musculoskeletal abnormalities | Congenital structural abnormalities and deformities of the musculoskeletal system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| craniofacial abnormalities | Congenital structural deformities, malformations, or other abnormalities of the cranium and facial bones. (12 Dec 1998) |
| skin abnormalities | Congenital structural abnormalities of the skin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neonatal diseases and abnormalities | Diseases existing at birth and often before birth, regardless of causation. Of these congenital diseases, those characterised by structural deformities are termed abnormalities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tooth abnormalities | Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the teeth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| jaw abnormalities | Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the jaw. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eye abnormalities | Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the eye; may also be hereditary. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urogenital abnormalities | Congenital structural abnormalities of the urogenital system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| absolute system of units | A system based on absolute units accepted as being fundamental (length, mass, time) and from which other units (force, energy or work, power) are derived; such system's in common use are the foot-pound-second, centimeter-gram-second, and meter-kilogram-second system's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absorbent system | <anatomy> The tissues and organs (including the bone marrow, spleen, thymus and lymph nodes) that produce and store cells that fight infection and the network of vessels that carry lymph. (12 May 1997) |
| alimentary system | The organs that are responsible for getting food into and out of the body and for making use of food to keep the body healthy. These include the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine, colon, and rectum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anterolateral system | A composite bundle of fibres, located in the ventrolateral part of the lateral funiculus, containing spinothalamic, spinohypothalamic, spinoreticular, and spinomesencephalic (spinotectal, spinal to periaqueductal grey, etc.) fibres; occupies the combined areas of the spinal white matter historically divided into anterior and lateral spinothalamic tracts; located in white matter ventral to the denticulate ligament, hence the anatomical basis for the anterolateral cordotomy; concerned with the transmission of nociceptive and thermal information and with crude (nondiscriminative) touch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anti-allergic and respiratory system agents | A collective term for drugs used to treat allergic reactions as well as those drugs that produce an effect on the respiratory system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| arch-loop-whorl system | See: Galton's system of classification of fingerprints. (05 Mar 2000) |