| 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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| 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) |
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| 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) |
| central cord syndrome | <syndrome> Quadriparesis most severely involving the distal upper extremities, with or without sensory loss and bladder dysfunction, usually due to ischemia from osteophytic or traumatic compression of the central part of the cervical spinal cord and/or artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome | <syndrome> Bilateral uveitis with iritis and glaucoma, premature graying of the hair, and alopecia, vitiligo, and dysacusia; related to Harada's syndrome and sympathetic ophthalmia. Synonym: oculocutaneous syndrome, uveocutaneous syndrome. Origin: Cecile and Oscar Vogt (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vogt syndrome | A type of cerebral palsy manifested predominantly as bilateral involuntary movements, beginning at about the age of 3 years, and preceded by generalised hypotonia and delayed motor development. Due to various causes, including kernicterus and birth hypoxia. Synonym: congenital choreoathetosis, double congenital athetosis, Vogt syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vohwinkel syndrome | Diffuse keratoderma of the extremities, with the development during childhood of constricting fibrous bands around the middle phalanx of the fingers or toes which may lead to spontaneous amputation; autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: keratoma hereditarium mutilans, Vohwinkel syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |