| UAP | unlicensed assistive personnel; unstable angina pectoris; urinary acid phosphatase; urinary alkaline... |
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| VAP | vaginal acid phosphatase; variant angina pectoris |
| FDCs | Follicular Dendritic Cells |
| FSH | 1) Follicle(Follicular)-Stimulating Hormone [HP 1884, 1891, 1902-3, 2010, 2017-21, 2031]... |
| EFH | explosive follicular hyperplasia |
| Vincent's angina | An ulcerative infection of the oral soft tissues including the tonsils and pharynx caused by fusiform and spirochetal organisms; it is usually associated with necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis and may progress to noma. Death from suffocation or sepsis may occur. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| chronic follicular conjunctivitis | Indolent inflammation of the conjunctiva, with discrete follicles in fornices that may be infective, toxic, or irritant in nature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| walk-through angina | A circumstance in which despite continuing activity, such as walking, the pain of angina pectoris diminishes or disappears. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monocytic angina | An obsolete term for infectious mononucleosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucinosis, follicular | A disease of the pilosebaceous unit, presenting clinically as grouped follicular papules or plaques with associated hair loss. It is caused by mucinous infiltration of tissues, and usually involving the scalp, face, and neck. It may be primary (idiopathic) or secondary to mycosis fungoides or reticulosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| crescendo angina | Angina pectoris that occurs with increasing frequency, intensity, or duration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| preinfarction angina | An obsolete term for unstable angina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| printzmetal's angina | A sudden vasoconstriction of a coronary artery depriving the myocardium of blood flow and oxygen. This may clinically manifest as chest pain referred to as variant angina or Printzmetal's angina. May be precipitated by emotional stress, medications, street drugs (cocaine) or on exposure to cold. Treatment includes nitroglycerin or beta-blocker medications. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Prinzmetal's angina | A form of angina pectoris, characterised by pain that is not precipitated by cardiac work, is of longer duration, is usually more severe, and is associated with unusual electrocardiographic manifestations including elevated ST segments in leads that are ordinarily depressed in typical angina, and usually without reciprocal ST changes; occurring at night in bed. Synonym: angina inversa, variant angina pectoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heberden's angina | A paroxysmal thoracic pain, with a failing of suffocation and impending death, due, most often, to anoxia of the myocardium and precipitated by effort or excitement. (18 Nov 1997) |
| hypercyanotic angina | Anginal pain in cyanotic patients with congenital heart disease or chronic pulmonary disease, the pain developing with intensification of the cyanosis during activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stable angina | <cardiology> Existing angina which is not changing in severity, duration or frequency. (10 Mar 1998) |
| necrotic angina | An obsolete term for a form of angina occurring usually as a complication of scarlet fever and more rarely of diphtheria, in which gangrenous patches are found in the mucous membrane of the air passages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neutropenic angina | <haematology> A symptom complex characterised by marked decrease in the number of granulocytes and by lesions of the throat and other mucous membranes, of the gastrointestinal tract and of the skin, also called granulocytopenia and Schultz's disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
| intestinal angina | <surgery> A dull, crampy centralised abdominal pain that occurs 15-30 minutes after a meal. Associated with ischaemic bowel disease. Evaluated with mesenteric arteriography. (27 Sep 1997) |