| PCV-M | polycythemia vera with myeloid metaplasia |
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| PVC | Premature Ventricular Contraction(s) = VEB ? Ix of Tx ... |
| NS | natural science; Neosporin; nephrosclerosis; nephrotic syndrome; nervous system; neurological surger... |
| PSDES | primary symptomatic diffuse esophageal spasm |
| SDES | symptomatic diffuse esophageal spasm |
| myeloid tissue | Bone marrow consisting of the developmental and adult stages of erythrocytes, granulocytes, and megakaryocytes in a stroma of reticular cells and fibres, with sinusoidal vascular channels. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| squamous metaplasia | The transformation of glandular or mucosal epithelium into stratified squamous epithelium. Synonym: epidermalization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squamous metaplasia of amnion | Nodules in the amnion that consist of typical stratified squamous epithelium. Synonym: squamous metaplasia of amnion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intestinal metaplasia | The transformation of mucosa, particularly in the stomach, into glandular mucosa resembling that of the intestines, although usually lacking villi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leukaemia, myeloid | Form of leukaemia characterised by an uncontrolled proliferation of the myeloid lineage and their precursors in the bone marrow and other sites. (12 Dec 1998) |
| parkinson disease, symptomatic | Symptoms of parkinson disease induced by drugs, or following cerebral arteriosclerosis, brain tumour, or other central nervous system disorders except encephalitis, which is parkinson disease, postencephalitic. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chronic symptomatic HIV infection | This refers to an HIV infection that is characterised by signs and symptoms of HIV that are not life-threatening. Examples include oral thrush, gingivitis, seborrheic dermatitis, molluscum contangiosum, fevers, fatigue, lymph node swelling, malaise and weight loss. This stage can be a signal for the conversion from asymptomatic HIV disease to HIV disease (moe pronouced symptoms include joint pains). AIDS is diagnosed after HIV disease has started to manifest life-threatening oppotunistic infections (for example pneumocystis, cryptosporidium, toxoplasmosis, etc). (27 Sep 1997) |
| symptomatic | 1. Pertaining to or of the nature of a symptom. 2. Indicative (of a particular disease or disorder). 3. Exhibiting the symptoms of a particular disease but having a different cause. 4. Directed at the allying of symptoms, as symptomatic treatment. Origin: Gr. Symptomatikos (18 Nov 1997) |
| symptomatic epilepsy | A group of epilepsy syndromes of diverse aetiologies with diffuse or multifocal cerebral involvement. Patients typically have a variety of generalised seizure types, including tonic, atonic, myoclonic, atypical absence, and generalised tonic-clonic seizures. Partial seizures may also occur. One classic syndrome is the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Synonym: symptomatic epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| symptomatic erythema | A general term applied to various erythema's associated with systemic disease, fevers, allergic states, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| symptomatic fever | Elevation of temperature following an injury. Synonym: symptomatic fever, wound fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| symptomatic headache | A headache secondary to another organic condition. Synonym: reflex headache. (05 Mar 2000) |
| symptomatic impotence | Impotence caused by disturbance of the sensory perineal reflexes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| symptomatic nanism | Dwarfism with defects in bone, dentition, and sexual development. (05 Mar 2000) |
| symptomatic neuralgia | Neuralgia occurring as a symptom of some local or systemic disease not involving primarily nerve structures. (05 Mar 2000) |