| PIVKA | protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonism |
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| SASPP | syndrome of absence of septum pellucidum with preencephaly |
| TTA | tetanus toxoid antibody; timed therapeutic absence; total toe arthroplasty; transtracheal aspiration... |
| UA | absorption unsharpness; ultra-audible; ultrasonic arteriography; umbilical artery; unauthorized abse... |
| UAE | unilateral absence of excretion; urine albumin excretion |
| ovary | <anatomy> One of two small oval bodies situated on either side of the uterus on the posterior surface of the broad ligament. The structures in which the ova (eggs) are developed and released during ovulation. (05 Jan 1998) |
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| ovary, dermoid cyst of the | Tumour that develops from a totipotential germ cell (a primary oocyte) retained within the egg sac (ovary). Being totipotential, that cell can give rise to all orders of cells necessary to form mature tissues and often recognizable structures such as hair, bone and sebaceous (oily) material, neural tissue and teeth. Dermoid cysts may occur at any age but the prime age of detection is in the childbearing years. The average age is 30. Up to 15% of women with ovarian teratomas have them in both ovaries. Dermoid cysts can range in size from a centimeter (less than a half inch) up to 45 cm (17 inches) in diameter. They can cause the ovary to twist (torsion) and imperil its blood supply. Although the large majority (about 98%) of ovarian teratomas are benign, the remaining fraction (about 2%) becomes cancerous (malignant). The larger the dermoid, the greater the risk of rupture with spillage of the greasy contents which can create problems with adhesions, pain etc. Removal is usually the treatment of choice by laparotomy (surgery) or laparoscopy (with a scope). Dermoid cysts of the ovary are also called simply dermoids or ovarian teratomas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| third ovary | An accessory ovary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubal extremity of ovary | The rounded lateral end of the ovary, usually directed toward the infundibulum of the uterine tube. Synonym: extremitas tubaria ovarii, lateral pole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uterine extremity of ovary | The rounded medial end of the ovary, usually directed toward the uterus. Synonym: extremitas uterina ovarii, medial pole of ovary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral surface of ovary | The surface of the ovary facing the pelvic wall. Synonym: facies lateralis ovarii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| free border of ovary | The unattached, posterior margin of the ovary. Synonym: margo liber ovarii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adrenal hyperplasia, congenital | A group of inherited disorders of adrenal steroidogenesis, the physical expression of which varies with the sex of the patient, the severity of the congenital enzyme defect, and the age at which the defect makes its presence felt. The most common form, the simple virilizing form, is due to a 21-hydroxylase deficiency. There is also a salt-losing form (a more complete 21-hydroxylase deficiency), a hypertensive form (11-hydroxylase deficiency), a 17-hydroxylase deficiency form, a desmolase deficiency form, and a 3-beta-hydroxysteroid deficiency form. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anaemia, dyserythropoietic, congenital | A familial disorder characterised by anaemia with multinuclear erythroblasts, karyorrhexis, asynchrony of nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation, and various nuclear abnormalities of bone marrow erythrocyte precursors. Type II is the most common of the 3 types of congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia; it is often referred to as hempas, based on the hereditary erythroblast multinuclearity with positive acidified serum test. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anaemia, haemolytic, congenital | Haemolytic anaemia due to various intrinsic defects of the erythrocyte. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anaemia, haemolytic, congenital nonspherocytic | Any one of a group of congenital haemolytic anaemias in which there is no abnormal haemoglobin or spherocytosis and in which there is a defect of glycolysis in the erythrocyte. In some cases, pyruvate kinase deficiency has been demonstrated; in other cases, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency has been demonstrated. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bovine congenital ataxia | An autosomal recessive ataxia seen in several European breeds of cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma | Diffusely red, eroded skin at birth, with subsequent scaling, tending to improve in later life, characterised by generalised epidermolytic hyperkeratosis and autosomal dominant inheritance. See: epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. Synonym: generalised epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, ichthyismus hystrix, ichthyosis hystrix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pain insensitivity, congenital | Absence of sensibility to pain or inability to feel pain. The condition is present at birth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rubella syndrome, congenital | Transplacental infection of the foetus with rubella usually in the first trimester of pregnancy, as a consequence of maternal infection, resulting in various developmental abnormalities in the newborn infant. They include cardiac and ocular lesions, deafness, microcephaly, mental retardation, and generalised growth retardation. (12 Dec 1998) |