| SMCD | senile macular choroidal degeneration; systemic mast cell disease; systemic meningococcal disease |
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| SSc | systemic scleroderma; systemic sclerosis |
| AHA | Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia |
| APECED | Autoimmune Poly-Endocrinopathy Candidiasis Ectodermal Dystrophy |
| ATP | 1) Adenosine Tri-Phosphate 2) Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| ICD9CM | International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision Clinical Modification |
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| ICD-9 CM | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification |
| LSD | Lysosomal storage diseases |
| NMD | Neuromuscular Diseases |
| OND | Other Neurological Diseases |
| scleroderma, systemic | A chronic, progressive dermatosis characterised by boardlike hardening and immobility of the affected skin, with visceral involvement, especially of lungs, oesophagus, kidneys and heart. It may be accompanied by calcinosis, raynaud's phenomenon, and telangiectasis (crest syndrome). It includes acrosclerosis and sclerodactyly. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| systemic | <anatomy> Pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole. (18 Nov 1997) |
| systemic anaphylaxis | The immediate response, involving smooth muscles and capillaries throughout the body of a sensitised individual, that follows intravenous (and occasionally intracutaneous) injection of antigen (allergen). See: anaphylactic shock. Synonym: systemic anaphylaxis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic anatomy | Anatomy of the systems of the body; an approach to anatomical study organised by organ systems, e.g., the cardiovascular system, emphasizing an overview of the system throughout the body; distinguished from regional anatomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic blastomycosis | Infection with Blastomyces dermatitidis extending beyond the skin or the lung, the usual portals of entry; involvement of bone and genitourinary tract (especially. Prostate and epididymis) are most frequent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic chondromalacia | A degenerative disease of cartilage producing a bizarre form of arthritis, with collapse of the ears, the cartilaginous portion of the nose, and the tracheobronchial tree; death may occur from chronic infection or suffocation because of loss of stability in the tracheobronchial tree of autosomal origin. Synonym: chronic atrophic polychondritis, generalised chondromalacia, Meyenburg's disease, Meyenburg-Altherr-Uehlinger syndrome, relapsing perichondritis, systemic chondromalacia, von Meyenburg's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic circulation | The circulation of blood through the arteries, capillaries, and veins of the general system, from the left ventricle to the right atrium. Synonym: greater circulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic heart | The left atrium and ventricle, receiving the aerated blood from the lungs and propelling it throughout the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic hyalinosis | A rare recessively inherited deforming disorder of head, neck, and generalised cutaneous nodules or tumours in children with normal mentality; the lesions consist of fibroblasts separated by an eosinophilic hyalin stroma composed mostly of glycosaminoglycans. Synonym: systemic hyalinosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic lupus erythematosus | <immunology, nephrology, rheumatology> A disease of humans, probably autoimmune with antinuclear and other antibodies in plasma. Immune complex deposition in the glomerular capillaries is a particular problem. Acronym: SLE (19 Jan 1998) |
| systemic mastocytosis | Infiltration of many organ systems by mast cells with varied clinical manifestations that can include fever, weight loss, flushing, bronchospasm, rhinorrhoea, palpitations, dyspnea, diarrhoea, gastrointestinal bleeding, and hypotension. Synonym: systemic mastocytosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic myelitis | Inflammation confined to special tracts of the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic-onset juvenile chronic arthritis | See: Systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (still's disease). (12 Dec 1998) |
| systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis | <rheumatology> A form of joint disease, arthritis, that presents with systemic upset. Clinical signs: high intermittent fever, a salmon-coloured skin rash, swollen lymph glands, enlargement of the liver and spleen, and inflammation of the lungs (pleuritis) and around the heart (pericarditis). The arthritis itself may not be immediately apparent but once apparent, it may persist after the systemic symptoms have resolved. Synonym: Still's disease. (03 Jul 1999) |
| systemic poisoning | Any disease of toxic origin. Synonym: systemic poisoning. Origin: toxico-+ G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |