| OFD | object-film distance; occipital frontal diameter; oro-facial-digital [syndrome] |
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| PFP | peripheral facial paralysis; platelet-free plasma |
| RFP | recurrent facial paralysis; request for proposal; right frontoposterior [fetal position] |
| SCARF | skeletal abnormalities, cutis laxa, craniostenosis, psychomotor retardation, facial abnormalities [s... |
| short-FRAME | short stature-facial anomalies-Rieger anomaly-midline anomalies-enamel defects [syndrome] |
| myopathic atrophy | Muscular atrophy caused by a primary disorder of muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| postmenopausal atrophy | Atrophy following menopause, as of the genital organs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cyanotic atrophy | Atrophy due to destruction of the parenchymatous cells of an organ as a consequence of chronic venous congestion. Synonym: red atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cyanotic atrophy of the liver | A sequela of longstanding hepatic congestion due to high pressure in the right atrium as in chronic constrictive pericarditis and severe, protracted right ventricular failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pressure atrophy | The wasting of hard or soft tissue resulting from excessive pressure applied to tissue by a denture base. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary idiopathic macular atrophy | Atrophoderma in which the skin becomes bag like and wrinkled. Synonym: atrophia maculosa varioliformis cutis, atrophoderma maculatum, macular atrophy, primary idiopathic macular atrophy, primary macular atrophy of skin. Origin: G. Anetos, relaxed, + derma, skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary macular atrophy of skin | Atrophoderma in which the skin becomes bag like and wrinkled. Synonym: atrophia maculosa varioliformis cutis, atrophoderma maculatum, macular atrophy, primary idiopathic macular atrophy, primary macular atrophy of skin. Origin: G. Anetos, relaxed, + derma, skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| progressive choroidal atrophy | An x chromosome-linked abnormality characterised by atrophy of the choroid and degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium causing night blindness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| progressive circumscribed cerebral atrophy | Circumscribed atrophy of the cerebral cortex. Synonym: lobar sclerosis, progressive circumscribed cerebral atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| progressive infantile spinal muscular atrophy | Transmitted as autosomal recessive on chromosome 5q. Progressive dysfunction of the anterior horn cells in the spinal cord and brainstem cranial nerves with profound weakness and bulbar dysfunction occurring in the first two years of life. Three groups, based on age of clinical onset, are recognised. Synonym: familial spinal muscular atrophy, Hoffmann's muscular atrophy, infantile muscular atrophy, infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy, progressive infantile spinal muscular atrophy, Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, Werdnig-Hoffmann muscular atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| progressive muscular atrophy | A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. (27 Sep 1997) |
| progressive spinal muscular atrophy | One of the subgroups of motor neuron disease; a progressive degenerative disorder of the motor neurons of the spinal cord, manifested as progressive, often symmetrical, weakness and wasting, typically beginning in the distal portions of the limbs, particularly in the upper extremities, and spreading proximally; fasciculation potentials are often present, but evidence of corticospinal tract disease (e.g., increased deep tendon reflexes, Babinski sign) is not. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scapulohumeral atrophy | Progressive spinal muscular atrophy beginning in the shoulder. Synonym: scapulohumeral atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hoffmann's muscular atrophy | Transmitted as autosomal recessive on chromosome 5q. Progressive dysfunction of the anterior horn cells in the spinal cord and brainstem cranial nerves with profound weakness and bulbar dysfunction occurring in the first two years of life. Three groups, based on age of clinical onset, are recognised. Synonym: familial spinal muscular atrophy, Hoffmann's muscular atrophy, infantile muscular atrophy, infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy, progressive infantile spinal muscular atrophy, Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, Werdnig-Hoffmann muscular atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulp atrophy | Diminution in size and/or cellular elements of the dental pulp due to interference with the blood supply. (05 Mar 2000) |