| RVR | reduced vascular response; renal vascular resistance; repetitive ventricular response; resistance to... |
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| SVR | sequential vascular response; systemic vascular resistance |
| TPVR | total peripheral vascular resistance; total pulmonary vascular resistance |
| CHARGE Associations | Coloboma Heart disease Atresia choanae Reta... |
| AADH | alopecia-anosmia-deafness-hypogonadism [syndrome] |
| psychogenic deafness | Hearing loss without evidence of organic cause or malingering; often follows severe psychic shock. Synonym: functional deafness, hysterical deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sensorineural deafness | Hearing impairment due to disorders of the cochlear division of the 9th cranial nerve (auditory nerve), the cochlea, or the retrocochlear nerve tracts, as opposed to conductive deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical deafness | Hearing loss without evidence of organic cause or malingering; often follows severe psychic shock. Synonym: functional deafness, hysterical deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nerve deafness | Neural deafness, former terms for sensorineural deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| noise-induced deafness | A type of sensorineural deafness caused by prolonged exposure to loud sounds, e.g., jet engines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deafness | A condition in which the sense of hearing in both ears is not functional for ordinary purposes of life. The hearing level for speech is approximately 71 decibels I.s.o. (international organization for standardization) or 61 db a.s.a. (american standards association) or greater. (12 Dec 1998) |
| deafness, sudden | Sensorineural hearing loss which develops over a period of hours or a few days, varying in severity from mild to total. (12 Dec 1998) |
| industrial deafness | Synonym: acoustic trauma deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occupational deafness | Sensorineural hearing loss due to overexposure to high intensity noise levels. Synonym: boilermaker's deafness, industrial deafness, occupational deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic deafness | Deafness due to a pathologic process or an organic aetiology, as opposed to psychogenic deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional deafness | Hearing loss without evidence of organic cause or malingering; often follows severe psychic shock. Synonym: functional deafness, hysterical deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low tone deafness | Inability to hear low notes or frequencies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute vascular occlusion | <cardiology, surgery> A serious condition that results from the sudden blockage of an artery, usually with a blood clot. (27 Sep 1997) |
| acute vascular purpura | <dermatology> This relatively rare disorder is characterised by skin purpura, joint pains, abdominal pain and renal disease (glomerulonephritis). Although Henoch-Schonlein purpura or anaphylactoid purpura, is thought to be a immune complex mediated disease, its exact cause is unknown. Its typical benign coarse can, however, include renal failure. (27 Sep 1997) |
| articular vascular circle | An anastomosis of vessels encircling a joint. See: articular vascular network. Synonym: circulus articularis vasculosus. (05 Mar 2000) |