| RVO | Regional Veterinary Officer; relaxed vaginal outlet; right ventricular outflow |
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| TOS | thoracic outlet syndrome; toxic oil syndrome |
| UMCV-TO | ulnar motor conduction velocity across thoracic outlet |
| GB | Gall Bladder; 담낭 |
| KUB | Kidney, Ureter & Bladder; 신장, 요관, 방광; 단순 요로 촬영 = Plain Film = Scout F... |
| nasal obstruction | Any hindrance to the passage of air into and out of the nose. The obstruction may be in the nasal vestibule, fossae, or other areas of the nasal cavity. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| superior vena cava obstruction | <cardiology, oncology> Blockage or narrowing of the superior vena cava, the major vein draining the upper body. May result from lymphoma, liver tumours, tuberculosis, histoplasmosis and aortic aneurysm. (19 Jan 1998) |
| duodenal narrowing or obstruction | <radiology> Congenital (see double bubble sign), duodenal atresia: neonatal presentation, annular pancreas: infants or adults, duodenal web/diaphragm, Ladd's bands, duplication cyst, inflammatory, postbulbar ulcer, Crohn disease, infections: TB, Strongyloides, pancreatitis, pancreatic pseudocyst, radiation injury, malignant, duodenal adenocarcinoma/lymphoma, pancreatic carcinoma, metastatic disease, traumatic, intramural haematoma, vascular, superior mesenteric artery syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |
| intestinal obstruction | <surgery> A blockage of the bowel lumen prohibiting the passage of material. Common symptoms include constipation, abdominal swelling and abdominal pain. Treatment includes intravenous fluids, rest, nasogastric suction and surgery in select cases. (27 Sep 1997) |
| intestinal pseudo-obstruction | <radiology> Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, autosomal dominant, variable penetrance, insidious onset in child or young adult, intermittent episodes, dysphagia, vomiting, abdominal pain/distention, diarrhoea, constipationn, small bowel involvement most common, megaduodenum, ileus simulating obstruction (12 Dec 1998) |
| obstruction | 1. The act of blocking or clogging. 2. The state or condition of being clogged. Origin: L. Obstructio (18 Nov 1997) |
| ureteropelvic junction obstruction | <urology> A blockage of a ureter in the region where the ureter enters the anatomic pelvis (close to the bladder). This is caused most often by a kidney stone but can also be caused by external (or internal) compression from a tumour. (27 Sep 1997) |
| ureteropelvic obstruction | A blocking or stenosis, usually congenital, at the junction of the renal pelvis and ureter, usually resulting in stasis, pelvocaliectasis, hydronephrosis, or calyceal clubbing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ureterovesical obstruction | Obstruction of the lower ureter at its entrance into the bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urethral obstruction | Obstruction anywhere along the urethra. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lacrimal duct obstruction | Interference with the secretion of tears by the lacrimal glands. Obstruction of the lacrimal sac or nasolacrimal duct causing acute or chronic inflammation of the lacrimal sac (dacryocystitis). It is caused also in infants by failure of the nasolacrimal duct to open into the inferior meatus and occurs about the third week of life. In adults occlusion may occur spontaneously or after injury or nasal disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accessory symptom | A symptom that usually but not always accompanies a certain disease, as distinguished from a pathognomonic symptom. Synonym: assident symptom, concomitant symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accidental symptom | Any morbid phenomenon coincidentally occurring in the course of a disease, but having no relation with it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| assident symptom | A symptom that usually but not always accompanies a certain disease, as distinguished from a pathognomonic symptom. Synonym: assident symptom, concomitant symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baumes symptom | Pain behind the sternum in angina pectoris. (05 Mar 2000) |