| AGA | accelerated growth area; allergic granulomatosis and angiitis; American Gastroenterological Associat... |
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| EGA | estimated gestational age |
| GA | Gamblers Anonymous; gastric analysis; gastric antrum; general anesthesia; general angiography; gener... |
| GD | gastroduodenal; Gaucher disease; general diagnostics; general dispensary; gestational day; Gianotti ... |
| GDM | gestational diabetes mellitus |
| late rickets | <pathology> A condition marked by softening of the bones (due to impaired mineralisation, with excess accumulation of osteoid), with pain, tenderness, muscular weakness, anorexia and loss of weight, resulting from deficiency of vitamin D and calcium. Origin: Gr. Malakia = softness (18 Nov 1997) |
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| late seizure | A seizure that occurs greater than one week after a craniocerebral trauma or CNS insult. (05 Mar 2000) |
| late seral species | Shade tolerant species, primarily vine maple shrubs and western red cedar and western hemlock trees. These species follow the mid seral species in natural succession. (05 Dec 1998) |
| late seral treatment | A treatment in which late seral species will be established after thinning. (05 Dec 1998) |
| late-successional forest | Forest seral stages which include mature and old- growth age classes. (05 Dec 1998) |
| late-successional reserve | An area of forest where the management objective is to protect and enhance conditions of late successional and old-growth forest ecosystems. (05 Dec 1998) |
| late syphilis | Involvement of the cardiovascular or central nervous system, or the development of a gumma in any organ, due to infection with Treponema pallidum; usually several years to 2-3 decades after the initial infection. Synonym: tertiary syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| late systole | The interval in the cardiac rhythm immediately preceding diastole. Synonym: late systole. (05 Mar 2000) |