| FOOSH | fell onto [his or her] outstretched hand |
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| HBF | hand blood flow; hemispheric blood flow; hemoglobinuric bilious fever; hepatic blood flow; hypothala... |
| HFG | hand-foot-genital [syndrome] |
| HFU | hand-foot-uterus [syndrome] |
| HG | hand grip; herpes gestationis; Heschl's gyrus; high glucose; human gonadotropin; human growth; hypog... |
| eczema vaccinatum | kaposi's varicelliform eruption |
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| eczema verrucosum | Eczema with hyperkeratosis; chronic lichenified eczema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eczema vesiculosum | Dermatitis marked by an eruption of vesicles upon erythematous patches that rupture and exude serum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropical eczema | <dermatology> Eczema occurring in plaques on extensors of the extremities; of common occurrence and unknown aetiology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facial eczema | A photosensitivity disease of sheep in New Zealand associated with ingestion of plants during periods when autumn rains produce lush growth following seasons of dryness and close grazing; the predisposing cause is hepatic disease, which results from toxins of the fungus Pithomyces chartarum, which grows on the plants. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flexural eczema | Eczema of skin at the flexures of elbow, knees, wrists, etc., associated with atopy persisting through childhood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lichenoid eczema | Thickening of skin with accentuated skin lines in eczema. Synonym: chronic eczema, eczema hypertrophicum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abductor digiti minimi muscle of hand | Origin, pisiform bone and pisohamate ligament; insertion, medial side of base of proximal phalanx of the little finger; action, abducts and flexes little finger; nerve supply, ulnar. Synonym: musculus abductor digiti minimi manus, abductor muscle of little finger, musculus abductor digiti quinti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accoucheur's hand | Position of the hand in tetany or in muscular dystrophy; the fingers are flexed at the metacarpophalangeal joints and extended at the phalangeal joints, with the thumb flexed and adducted into the palm; in resemblance to the position of the physician's hand in making a vaginal examination. Synonym: main d'accoucheur, obstetrical hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ape hand | A deformity marked by extension of the thumb in the same plane as the palm and fingers. Synonym: monkey hand, monkey-paw. (05 Mar 2000) |
| articulations of hand | These joints include the radiocarpal or wrist joint; intercarpal, carpometacarpal, intermetacarpal; metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints. Synonym: articulationes manus, articulations of hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bloody hand | 1. A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. 2. A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Marinesco's succulent hand | Oedema of the hand with coldness and lividity of the skin, observed in syringomyelia. Synonym: main succulente. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ghoul hand | A condition seen in African blacks, probably a manifestation of tertiary yaws, marked by depigmentation of the palms and contraction of the skin which give a clawlike and corpselike appearance to the hand's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perforating arteries of hand | The perforating branches of the palmar metacarpal arteries, three small arteries that pass dorsally through the second, third, and fourth interosseous spaces of the hand from the palmar metacarpal arteries. Synonym: ramus perforantes arteriarum metacarpalium palmarium, perforating arteries of hand. (05 Mar 2000) |