| DIMOAD | diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness |
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| DOOR | deafness, onycho-osteodystrophy, mental retardation [syndrome] |
| DRF | Daily Rating Form; daily replacement factor; Deafness Research Foundation; dose reduction factor |
| GFD | gingival fibromatosis-progressive deafness [syndrome]; gluten-free diet |
| KID | keratitis, ichthyosis, and deafness [syndrome] |
| Alexander of Tralles | <person> Alexander was the youngest of five famous brothers and he too was a famous physician in his day and once practiced in Rome, where he has been introduced lately as one of the greatest scholars from the time of Galen to the Renaissance. He is chiefly remembered as the Father of Helminthology (study of parasitic worms). He accurately differentiated the Oxyuria, a species of intestinal worms which he treated with enemas of ethereal oil. He treated lesions of the upper bowel orally, and lesions of the lower bowel by the anus. He also introduced wine of colchicum for the treatment of gout, and this drug has remained as a current treatment. Alexander's pharmacy texts were required reading five centuries later at the University of Paris. His greatest book was 12 Books on Medicine. Lived: 525-605. (15 Nov 1997) |
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| Alexander's disease | A rare, fatal central nervous system degenerative disease of infants, characterised by psychomotor retardation, seizures, and paralysis; megaloencephaly is associated with widespread leukodystrophic changes, especially in the frontal lobes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Alexander, W. Stewart | <person> 20th century New Zealand pathologist. See: Alexander's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bittorf, Alexander | <person> German physician, 1876-1949. See: Bittorf's reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Breslow, Alexander | <person> U.S. Pathologist, 1928-1980. See: Breslow's thickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brunschwig, Alexander | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1901-1969. See: Brunschwig's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pagenstecher, Alexander | <person> German ophthalmologist, 1828-1879. See: Pagenstecher's circle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gay, Alexander | <person> Russian anatomist, 1842-1907. See: Gay's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Randall, Alexander | <person> U.S. Urologist, *1885. See: Randall stone forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Maximow, Alexander | <person> Russian physician in U.S., 1874-1928. See: Maximow's stain for bone marrow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rollet, Alexander | <person> Austrian physiologist, 1834-1903. See: Rollet's stroma, Ritter-Rollet phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Russell, Alexander | <person> 20th century British paediatrician. See: Russell's syndrome, Silver-Russell dwarfism, Silver-Russell syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Waters, Charles Alexander | <person> U.S. Radiologist, 1888-1961. See: Waters' view radiograph. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Monro, Alexander Jr | <person> Scottish anatomist, 1733-1817. See: Monro's doctrine, Monro's foramen, Monro's line, Monro's sulcus, Monro-Kellie doctrine, Monro-Richter line, Richter-Monro line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Monro, Alexander Sr | <person> Scottish anatomist and surgeon, 1697-1767. See: bursa of Monro. (05 Mar 2000) |