| MHW | mental health worker |
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| MSW | Master of Social Welfare; Master of Social Work; medical social worker; multiple stab wounds |
| PASW | personal assistance service worker |
| PCSW | personal care service worker |
| PCW | pericanalicular web; personal care worker; primary capillary wedge; pulmonary capillary wedge; purif... |
| cardiac impression of lung | The depression on the medial surface of each lung produced by the presence of the heart. It is more pronounced on the left lung. Synonym: impressio cardiaca pulmonis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cardiac lung | Disturbance in pulmonary anatomy and physiology secondary to valvular disease of the heart or to other disturbances of circulation incident to cardiac disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiac notch of left lung | The notch in the anterior border of the superior lobe of the left lung which accommodates the pericardium. Synonym: incisura cardiaca pulmonis sinistri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| machine, heart-lung | A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for example, in open heart surgery. Blood returning to the heart is diverted through the machine before returning it to the arterial circulation. Also called a pump-oxygenator. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vanishing lung | <syndrome> Progressive decrease of radiographic opacity of the lung caused by accelerated development of emphysema or rapid cystic destruction of the lung from infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vanishing lung syndrome | <syndrome> Progressive decrease of radiographic opacity of the lung caused by accelerated development of emphysema or rapid cystic destruction of the lung from infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventilation/perfusion lung imaging | <radiology> See: ventilation agents, perfusion agents, Biello-Siegel criteria (12 Dec 1998) |
| paraquat lung | Paraquat, a weed killer, selectively accumulates in the lungs and is highly toxic. Once X-ray changes from paraquat are evident in the lungs, death is virtually certain. (12 Dec 1998) |
| parasitic eosinophilic lung disease | <radiology> All are metazoans (mostly nematodes), Ascaris, Strongyloides, Ancyclostoma, Schistosoma, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, pulmonary larva migrans (12 Dec 1998) |
| mason's lung | Silicosis occurring in stone masons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavitary lung nodules | <radiology> TB, fungal infection (including Coccidioides), septic pulmonary emboli, metastases, necrobiotic rheumatoid nodules, Wegener's granulomatosis (12 Dec 1998) |
| medial surface of lung | It consists of a vertebral part and a mediastinal part. See: mediastinal surface of lung. Synonym: facies medialis pulmonis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mediastinal part of lung | The part of the medial surface of a lung in contact with the mediastinum. Synonym: pars mediastinalis pulmonis, facies mediastinalis pulmonis, mediastinal part of lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mediastinal surface of lung | The part of the medial surface of a lung in contact with the mediastinum. Synonym: pars mediastinalis pulmonis, facies mediastinalis pulmonis, mediastinal part of lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatoid lung disease | <radiology> Pleural effusion, most common finding, seen mostly in males (although RA more common in females), diffuse interstitial fibrosis, necrobiotic nodules, Caplan syndrome, nodules and pneumoeritis and hypertension (12 Dec 1998) |