| EDD | effective drug duration; electron dense deposit; end-diastolic dimension; esophageal detection devic... |
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| HSAS | hydrocephalus due to stenosis of aqueduct of Sylvius; hypertrophic subaortic stenosis |
| TORCH | toxoplasmosis, other [congenital syphilis and viruses], rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex... |
| AFB | Acid-Fast Bacillus(Type that causes Tuberculosis) |
| ICD | 1) International (statistical) Classification of Diseases, (injuries & causes of death)<... |
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| internal meningitis | Inflammation of the inner surface of the dura mater. Synonym: internal meningitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| occlusive meningitis | Leptomeningitis causing occlusion of the spinal fluid pathways. (05 Mar 2000) |
| otitic meningitis | Infection of the meninges secondary to mastoiditis or otitis media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eosinophilic meningitis | Infection of animals and man with nematodes of the genus Angiostrongylus. Synonym: eosinophilic meningitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis | An acute infectious disease affecting children and young adults, caused by Neisseria meningitidis; characterised by nasopharyngeal catarrh, headache, vomiting, convulsions, stiffness in the neck (nuchal rigidity), photophobia, constipation, cutaneous hyperesthesia, a purpuric or herpetic eruption, and the presence of Kernig's sign. Fulminant form may cause Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome. Synonym: cerebrospinal fever, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidural meningitis | Inflammation of the outer surface of the dura mater. Synonym: epidural meningitis, external meningitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculous meningitis | Inflammation of the cerebral leptomeninges marked by the presence of granulomatous inflammation; it is usually confined to the base of the brain (basilar meningitis, internal hydrocephalus) and is accompanied in children by an accumulation of spinal fluid in the ventricles (acute hydrocephalus). Synonym: cerebral tuberculosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external meningitis | Inflammation of the outer surface of the dura mater. Synonym: epidural meningitis, external meningitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| listeria meningitis | Infection with one of the Listeria bacteria capable of causing miscarriage (spontaneous abortion), stillbirth and premature birth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| abstracting and indexing | Shortening or summarizing of documents; assigning of descriptors for referencing documents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| academies and institutes | Organizations representing specialised fields which are accepted as authoritative; may be non-governmental, university or an independent research organization, e.g., national academy of sciences, brookings institution, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accounts payable and receivable | Short-term debt obligations and assets occurring in the regular course of operational transactions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aged, 80 and over | A person 80 years of age and older. (12 Dec 1998) |
| algae and fungi | Algae represent a group of spore-propagating plants, unicellular or undifferentiated into root, stem, and leaf. They include seaweed and many unicellular fresh water plants, most of which contain chlorophyll. They account for about 90% of the earth's photosynthetic activity. Fungi are eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live as saprobes or parasites and include mushrooms, yeasts, smuts, molds, etc. They lack chlorophyll. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alkyl and aryl transferases | <enzyme> A somewhat heterogeneous class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of alkyl or related groups (excluding methyl groups). Registry number: EC 2.5 (12 Dec 1998) |