| ACI | acceleration index; acoustic comfort index; acute cardiac ischemia; acute coronary infarction; acute... |
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| AIE | acute inclusion-body encephalitis; acute infectious encephalitis; acute infective endocarditis |
| AIP | acute idiopathic pericarditis; acute infectious polyneuritis; acute intermittent porphyria; aldoster... |
| ARF | acute renal failure; acute respiratory failure; acute rheumatic fever; Addiction Research Foundation... |
| AMI | Acute Myocardial Infarction - Complications(Cx) 1. Early ... |
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| Staphylococcus food poisoning | Outbreaks commonly caused by staphylococcal enterotoxin and characterised by an abrupt onset of gastroenteritis within several hours after ingestion of the food contaminated with the preformed exotoxin; vomiting is usually more severe and diarrhoea less severe than in infectious forms of bacterial food poisoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Datura poisoning | Poisoning resulting from ingestion of plants of the genus Datura; symptoms are parasympatholytic in nature and in severe poisoning include central nervous system depression, circulatory failure, and respiratory depression. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweet clover poisoning | A haemorrhagic disease of herbivores, especially cattle, occurring as a result of consuming damaged hay or silage containing sweet clover, but never as a result of eating freshly cut plants or pasturing on sweet clover. The causative agent is the anticoagulant, dicumarol, which is formed in the spoilage process from the harmless coumarin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic poisoning | Any disease of toxic origin. Synonym: systemic poisoning. Origin: toxico-+ G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| djenkol poisoning | Poisoning believed to result from eating excessive amounts of a bean, Pitecolobium lobatum; symptoms are pain in the renal region, dysuria, and later anuria; the djenkol bean has a high vitamin B content and is used for food despite its toxic qualities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iron poisoning | Iron supplements meant for adults (such as pregnant women) are a major cause of poisoning in children. Care should be taken to keep iron supplements safely away from children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oxygen poisoning | A body disturbance resulting from breathing high partial pressures of oxygen; characterised by visual and hearing abnormalities, unusual fatigue while breathing, muscular twitching, anxiety, confusion, incoordination, and convulsions; although the mechanism for development of the condition is obscure, a disruption of enzymatic activity is likely, perhaps as a result of free radical formation. Synonym: oxygen poisoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetraethyl poisoning | Pb(C2H5)4; tetraethylplumbane;an anti-knock compound added to motor fuel; has a toxic action causing anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, tremors, muscular weakness, insomnia, irritability, nervousness, and anxiety; death may occur. Synonym: lead tetraethyl. (05 Mar 2000) Previous: tetraethylammonium, tetraethylammonium chloride, tetraethylammonium ionNext: tetraethyl lead, tetraethylmonothionopyrophosphatetetraethyl poisoning -->tetraethyl lead <chemical> Tetraethylplumbane. A highly toxic compound used as a gasoline additive. It causes acute toxic psychosis or chronic poisoning if inhaled or absorbed through the skin. Chemical name: Plumbane, tetraethyl- (12 Dec 1998) |
| thallium poisoning | A condition characterised by vomiting, diarrhoea, leg pains, and severe sensorimotor polyneuropathy; about three weeks after poisoning, temporary extensive loss of hair typically occurs; usually occurs after accidental ingestion of a rodenticide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ergot poisoning | A syndrome brought on by the consumption of bread (notably rye) contaminated by the ergot fungus, Claviceps purpurea (rye smut), the source of numerous ergot alkaloids. The effects observed include peripheral vascular constriction leading to gangrene, partial paralysis with numbing, tingling and burning in the limbs, feeble pulse, restlessness, stupor or delirium. Can prove fatal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turpentine poisoning | Poisoning from oil of turpentine; symptoms include haematuria, albuminuria, and coma; the urine may have an odour of violets. Synonym: terebinthinism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zinc poisoning | <disease> Symptoms of zinc poisoning include chills, fever, headache and vomiting. (11 May 1997) |
| fescue poisoning | Poisoning by a toxic principle in tall fescue grass; mainly a disease of cattle, but sheep are sometimes affected; lameness in the hind feet is first noticed, followed by necrosis of the extremities. Synonym: fescue poisoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluoride poisoning | Gen or unspecified fluoride; prefer /pois with specific fluoride term (12 Dec 1998) |
| food poisoning | The development of gastroenteritis secondary to the consumption of bacteria or their toxic byproducts. Onset of symptoms may occur anywhere from 30 minutes to 12 hours after the ingestion of the tainted foodstuffs. (27 Sep 1997) |