| CRD | carbohydrate-recognition domain; chronic renal disease; chronic respiratory disease; child restraint... |
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| DIDMOAD | diabetis insipidus, diabetes mellitus, otpic atrophy, deafness [syndrome] |
| DIMOAD | diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness |
| DOOR | deafness, onycho-osteodystrophy, mental retardation [syndrome] |
| DRF | Daily Rating Form; daily replacement factor; Deafness Research Foundation; dose reduction factor |
| functional anatomy | Anatomy studied in its relation to function. Synonym: morphophysiology, physiological anatomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| functional aphasia | Nonorganic aphasia related to conversion hysteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional apoplexy | A condition simulating apoplexy without any cerebral lesion; a form of conversion hysteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional blindness | Apparent loss of vision related to suggestibility. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional cardiovascular disease | A euphemism for cardiovascular symptoms deemed to be psychogenic. More generally, sometimes used for abnormal cardiac function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional castration | Gonadal atrophy produced by prolonged treatment with sex hormones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional chew-in record | A record of the natural chewing movements of the mandible made on an occlusion rim by teeth or scribing studs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional congestion | Hyperaemia occurring during functional activity of an organ. Synonym: physiologic congestion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional contracture | Muscular shortening that ceases during sleep or general anaesthesia, caused by prolonged active muscle contraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional disease | A physical disorder with no known or detectable organic basis to explain the symptoms. See: behaviour disorder, neurosis. Synonym: dynamic disease, functional disease, functional illness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional disorder | A physical disorder with no known or detectable organic basis to explain the symptoms. See: behaviour disorder, neurosis. Synonym: dynamic disease, functional disease, functional illness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional dysmenorrhoea | <gynaecology> Painful menses due to a functional disturbance and not due to organic factors such as growths, inflammation or anatomy. (27 Sep 1997) |
| functional dyspepsia | Dyspepsia with impaired tone in the muscular walls of the stomach. Synonym: functional dyspepsia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional dyspnea | Shortness of breath without apparent underlying disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional gene test | Test for a specific protein iwhich indicates that the corresponding gene is not only present but active. (12 Dec 1998) |