| GAPO | growth retardation, alopecia, pseudo-anodontia, and optic atrophy [syndrome] |
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| NS | natural science; Neosporin; nephrosclerosis; nephrotic syndrome; nervous system; neurological surger... |
| PSDES | primary symptomatic diffuse esophageal spasm |
| SAHA | seborrhea-hypertrichosis/hirsutism-alopecia [syndrome] |
| SDES | symptomatic diffuse esophageal spasm |
| symptomatic torticollis | Stiff neck due to cervical or neck myositis, chiefly of the sternocleidomastoid, occurring especially in children. Synonym: rheumatic torticollis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| symptomatic treatment | Therapy aimed at relieving symptoms without necessarily affecting the basic underlying cause(s) of the symptoms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| symptomatic ulcer | An ulcer due to systemic disease, such as tuberculosis. Synonym: symptomatic ulcer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| symptomatic varicocele | A varicocele caused by obstruction of the internal spermatic vein, usually at the level of the renal vein and usually due to invasive renal cell carcinoma, characterised by failure of the dilated veins in the spermatic cord to empty when the patient assumes a recumbent position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia | 1. <dermatology> Baldness, absence of the hair from skin areas where it normally is present. 2. <oncology> Hair loss as a result of chemotherapy or radiation therapy administered to the head. Hair loss from chemotherapy is temporary. Hair loss from radiation is usually permanent. Origin: Gr. Alepekia = a disease in which the hair falls out (14 May 1997) |
| alopecia adnata | Underdevelopment of the lashes. See: alopecia congenitalis. Synonym: madarosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia areata | <dermatology> A patchy baldness usually of a temporary nature. Cause unknown but anxiety and stress are common precipitating factors. (27 Sep 1997) |
| alopecia cicatrisata | Synonym: scarring alopecia. Origin: L. Cicatrix, cicatricis, scar + suffix -al, characterised by (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia congenitalis | Absence of all hair at birth, associated with psychomotor epilepsy; autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: congenital baldness, hypotrichiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia disseminata | Loss of hair from all parts of the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia leprotica | Thinning or total loss of the lateral third of the eyebrows, eyelashes, and body hairs, seen in leprosy; loss of scalp hair is rare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia marginalis | Hair loss at the hair line, a condition most commonly seen in blacks; commonly transient and caused by chronic traction, although long-continued traction may cause permanent alopecia. Synonym: alopecia liminaris frontalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia medicamentosa | Diffuse hair loss, most notably of the scalp, caused by administration of various types of drugs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia mucinosa | Follicular mucinosis with alopecia appearing in areas of erythema and oedema in the bearded portion of the face or in the scalp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia pityrodes | A loss of hair, of the body as well as of the scalp, accompanied by an abundant branlike desquamation. (05 Mar 2000) |