| JPD | juvenile plantar dermatosis |
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| UD | ulcerative dermatosis; ulnar deviation; undetermined; underdeveloped; unit dose; urethral dilatation... |
| AFP | Alpha(α) Feto-Protein [HP 1826, 1858, 1859, 2265] ; Oncofetal Antigens &nbs... |
| BGU | Benign Gastric Ulcer |
| BPH | Benign Prostate(Prostatic) Hypertrophy(Hyperplasia); 전립선 비대(증) |
| dermolytic bullous dermatosis | Form of epidermolysis bullosa characterised by atrophy of blistered areas, severe scarring, and nail changes. It is most often present at birth or in early infancy and occurs in both autosomal dominant and recessive forms. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| digitate dermatosis | See: parapsoriasis en plaque. Synonym: small plaque parapsoriasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ulcerative dermatosis | An infectious disease of sheep characterised by crusted ulcers on the skin of the face, feet, and external genitalia; thought to be caused by the orf virus. Synonym: lip and leg ulceration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filarial dermatosis | A disease of sheep on high mountain ranges during the summer caused by larvae of the filarial worm, Elaeophora schneideri, which localise chiefly on the head, causing intense itching and loss of wool. Synonym: sorehead. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lichenoid dermatosis | Any chronic skin eruption, characterised clinically by induration and thickening of the skin with accentuation of skin markings, and microscopically by a band-like lymphocytic infiltration of the papillary dermis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benign | <oncology> Something that does not metastasise and treatment or removal is curative. Compare: malignant. Origin: L. Benignus (11 Jan 1998) |
| benign albuminuria | A collective term for types that are not the result of pathologic changes in the kidneys. Synonym: essential albuminuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benign bone aneurysm | <radiology> ABC, 10 - 30 yrs, 75% before skeletal maturity, sites: long bones; also, flat bones Findings: metaphyseal if unfused, metaepiphyseal after fusion, lytic, expansile, thin, continuous rim, thin internal bony strands (12 Dec 1998) |
| benign cementoblastoma | <tumour> A benign odontogenic tumour of functional cementoblasts; it appears as a mixed radiolucent-radiopaque lesion attached to a tooth root and may cause expansion of the bone cortex or be associated with pain. Synonym: benign cementoblastoma, true cementoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes | A specific epilepsy syndrome beginning in childhood and remitting in adolescence, characterised by nocturnal simple partial motor seizures or generalised tonic-clonic seizures. EEG shows centrotemporal spikes that are activated by sleep and an otherwise normal EEG background. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benign dry pleurisy | An acute infectious disease usually occurring in epidemic form, characterised by paroxysms of pain, usually in the chest, and associated with strains of Enterovirus coxsackievirus type B. Synonym: benign dry pleurisy, Bornholm disease, Daae's disease, devil's grip, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic benign dry pleurisy, epidemic diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic myositis, myositis epidemica acuta, epidemic transient diaphragmatic spasm, Sylvest's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benign dyskeratosis | Dyskeratosis that may occur in congenital and bullous diseases of the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benign ear cyst | A disorder where there are noncancerous lumps or growths within the ear canal or on the pinna of the ear (external ear). most lumps are sebaceous cysts but some are bony overgrowths known as exostoses (or osteomas). If large enough they may interfere with hearing. In this case surgical removal may be required. (27 Sep 1997) |
| benign essential tremor | A benign tremor inherited as a dominant character; it may be a rapid oscillation resembling that seen in thyrotoxicosis, a coarse tremor during rest and inhibited by a voluntary effort, or one which appears only upon movement. Synonym: benign essential tremor, familial tremor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benign faint | A form of syncope (fainting) that occurs as a part of a normal physiologic response to stress (often emotional stress). The individual becomes lightheaded, nauseated, flushed, feels warm and then may lose consciousness for several seconds. (27 Sep 1997) |