| TVD | transmissible virus dementia; triple vessel disease |
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| VD, V.D. | Venereal Disease; 성병(性病) |
| VDRL | Venereal Disease Research Laboratory; 미국 성병 연구소 |
| VDRL test | Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (slide) test |
| IUVDT | International Union against Venereal Diseases and the Treponematoses |
| sixth venereal disease | A venereal infection usually caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, and characterised by a transient genital ulcer and inguinal adenopathy in the male; in the female, perirectal lymph nodes are involved and rectal stricture is a common occurrence. Synonym: climatic bubo, Favre-Durand-Nicholas disease, lymphogranuloma inguinale, Nicolas-Favre disease, sixth venereal disease, tropical bubo. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transmissible | Capable of being transmitted (carried across) from one person to another, as a transmissible disease, an infectious or contagious disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transmissible dementia | <infectious disease> A very rare form of encephalopathy thought to be caused by a virus (slow-virus), termed a prion. There is little known about the mode of transmission. Human to human transmission has occurred through the use of contaminated brain electrodes and transplantation of infected tissues. The agent can be recovered in the CSF of infected individuals. Standard disinfectants such as formalin, heat, exposure to ultraviolet light or X-rays is ineffective to inactivate the virus. Autoclaving to at least 132 degrees C. Or immersion in 4% sodium hydroxide or 10% sodium hypochlorite solution for 1 hour is recommended for sterilisation. The disease occurs primarily in adults, with peak incidence in the late 50's. Infection results in dementia, myoclonus, ataxia and other neurologic symptoms. The disease progresses rapidly to coma and death after a 3 to 12 month illness. There is no known cure. (27 Sep 1997) |
| transmissible enteritis | An acute or chronic disease of young turkeys caused by bluecomb virus, with diarrhoea, loss of weight, and often cyanosis of the head. Synonym: mud fever, transmissible enteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transmissible gastroenteritis of swine | A rapidly spreading disease of swine, caused by a coronavirus (of the family Coronaviridae) and characterised by severe diarrhoea and vomiting; case fatality rate in pigs younger than 10 days is high; in older pigs it is low. Synonym: porcine transmissible gastroenteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transmissible gastroenteritis virus of swine | A coronavirus that causes transmissible gastroenteritis of swine. Synonym: TGE virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transmissible mink encephalopathy | <virology> Unconventional type of slow virus infection, similar to kuru, scrapie and Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. See: prion. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (18 Nov 1997) |
| transmissible murine colonic hyperplasia | A disease of young mice caused by the bacterium Citrobacter freundii and characterised by diarrhoea and mucosal hyperplasia of the descending colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transmissible plasmid | Self-transmissible plasmid, a plasmid which encodes all the functions needed for its own intercellular transmission by conjugation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| transmissible turkey enteritis virus | A coronavirus causing bluecomb disease of turkeys. Synonym: bluecomb virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enteritis, transmissible, of turkeys | An acute, highly contagious virus disease of turkeys characterised by chilling, anorexia, decreased water intake, diarrhoea, dehydration and weight loss. The infectious agent is a coronavirus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acinar cell tumour | A solid and cystic tumour of the pancreas, occurring in young women; tumour cells contain zymogen granules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute splenic tumour | Acute splenitis, enlargement, and softening of the spleen, usually due to bacteraemia or severe bacterial toxaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenoid tumour | Adenoma, or neoplasm with glandlike spaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenomatoid odontogenic tumour | A benign epithelial odontogenic tumour appearing radiographically as a well-circumscribed radiolucent-radiopaque lesion usually surrounding the crown of an impacted tooth in an adolescent or young adult; characterised histologically by columnar cells organised in a duct-like configuration interspersed with spindle-shaped cells and amyloid-like deposition that gradually undergoes dystrophic calcification. Synonym: adenoameloblastoma, ameloblastic adenomatoid tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |