| HSK | herpes simplex keratitis |
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| IK | immobilized knee; immune body [Ger. Immunekorper]; Infusoria killing [unit]; interstitial keratitis |
| Kera | keratitis |
| KID | keratitis, ichthyosis, and deafness [syndrome] |
| KP | Kaufmann-Peterson [base]; keratitic precipitate; keratitis punctata; kidney protein; killed parenter... |
| suppurative pneumonia | Any pneumonia associated with the formation of pus and destruction of pulmonary tissue; abscess formation may occur. Synonym: septic pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| suppurative synovitis | Acute inflammation of synovial membranes, with purulent effusion into a joint, due to bacterial infection; the usual route of infection is hemic to the synovial tissue, causing destruction of the articular cartilage, and may become chronic, with sinus formation, osteomyelitis, deformity, and disability. Synonym: purulent synovitis, pyarthrosis, pyogenic arthritis, suppurative synovitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| otitis media, suppurative | Inflammation of the middle ear with purulent discharge. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thyroiditis, suppurative | Inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland caused by bacteria, fungi, protozoa, or flatworms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| uveitis, suppurative | Intraocular infection caused mainly by pus-producing bacteria and rarely by fungi. The infection may be caused by an injury or surgical wound (exogenous) or by endogenous septic emboli in such diseases as bacterial endocarditis or meningococcaemia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acanthamoeba keratitis | Infection of the cornea by an ameboid protozoan which may cause corneal ulceration leading to blindness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| actinic keratitis | A reaction of the cornea to ultraviolet light. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vascular keratitis | Superficial cellular infiltration of the cornea and neovascularization between Bowman's membrane and the epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marginal keratitis | A corneal inflammation at the limbus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| geographic keratitis | Keratitis with coalescence of superficial lesions in herpes keratitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesicular keratitis | Keratitis with coalescence of areas of epithelial corneal oedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metaherpetic keratitis | A postinfectious corneal inflammation in herpetic keratitis leading to epithelial erosion; not due to virus replication. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phlyctenular keratitis | An inflammation of the corneal conjunctiva with the formation of small red nodules of lymphoid tissue (phlyctenulae) near the corneoscleral limbus. Synonym: scrofulous keratitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mycotic keratitis | An infection of the cornea of the eye caused by a fungus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polymorphic superficial keratitis | Epithelial degeneration occurring in starvation. (05 Mar 2000) |