| AWS | Alagille-Watson syndrome; alcohol withdrawal syndrome |
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| BCS | battered child syndrome; blood cell separator; British Cardiac Society; Budd-Chiari syndrome |
| BIS | bone cement implantation syndrome; Brain Information Service; building illness syndrome |
| BTS | blood transfusion service; blue toe syndrome; bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome |
| BWS | battered woman (or wife) syndrome; Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome |
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| meckel-gruber syndrome | <radiology> Encephalocele, multiple renal cysts (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Reiter's syndrome | <syndrome> The combination of arthritis, conjunctivitis and urethritis (occasionally diarrhoea). Occurs mainly in young men. (27 Sep 1997) |
| reiter syndrome | <radiology> Males, associated with GC ??, polyarthritis, feet (Launois deformity ??), SI joints, knees / ankles (joint effusions), urethritis, uveitis / conjunctivitis (12 Dec 1998) |
| Meckel syndrome | A malformation syndrome, lethal in the perinatal period, and characterised by intrauterine growth retardation, sloping forehead, occipital exencephalocele, ocular anomalies, cleft palate, polydactyly, polycystic kidney, and other malformations; autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: Meckel syndrome, Meckel-Gruber syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| virus-associated haemophagocytic syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome closely resembling malignant histiocytosis but potentially reversible, following a herpes group virus infection such as by the Epstein-Barr virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meconium aspiration syndrome | <radiology> Intra-uterine foetal distress most likely to be defecation of meconium, term and post-term neonates, not preemies, not kids of diabetic moms, diffuse HYPERaeration, pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE), pnuemomediastinum and non-tension ptx in 33%, patchy atelectasis and consolidation, lung disease usually resolves spontaneously, morbidity due to intrauterine cerebral anoxia (12 Dec 1998) |
| meconium blockage syndrome | <syndrome> Low intestinal obstruction in newborn infants resulting from blockage of meconium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ceelen-Gellerstedt syndrome | <chest medicine> A rare, sporadic, fatal, mostly in children with an equal sex distribution. The condition also occurs in adults where there is a sex difference (M:F = 2:1). The patients present with recurrent attacks of pulmonary haemorrhage, acute phase: bat-wing alveolar infiltrates, clears rapidly, chronic findings: haemosiderosis, pulmonary fibrosis, cor pulmonale. (12 Dec 1998) |
| REM syndrome | <syndrome> A reticular erythematous dermatitis of the upper trunk, more common in women, in which there is perivascular infiltrate of lymphocytes, few plasma cells, and upper dermal deposits of mucin; worsens on exposure to ultraviolet light. Synonym: reticular erythematous mucinosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glucagonoma syndrome | <syndrome> Necrolytic migratory erythema or intertriginous and periorificial dermatitis, stomatitis, anaemia, weight loss, and hyperglycaemia resulting from glucagon-secreting pancreatic islet cell tumours. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome | <gastroenterology> An inherited disease characterised by thin blood vessel walls in the nose, skin and gastrointestinal tract. This condition ins associated with a high risk of bleeding complications. Inheritance: autosomal dominant. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Renpenning's syndrome | <syndrome> X-linked mental retardation with short stature and microcephaly not associated with the fragile X chromosome and occurring more frequently in males, although some females may also be affected. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cellular immunity deficiency syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome marked by increased susceptibility to infection, especially to viral infection, associated with defective functioning of the mechanism responsible for acquired immunity of the cell-mediated kind. See: immunodeficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitreoretinal choroidopathy syndrome | <syndrome> An ocular condition characterised by peripheral pigmentary retinopathy, retinal vascular abnormalities, vitreous opacities, choroidal atrophy, and presenile cataracts; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitreoretinal traction syndrome | <syndrome> Traction on the internal limiting membrane of the retina by adherent vitreous fibrils in vitreous humor detachment. (05 Mar 2000) |