| INV | inferior nasal vein |
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| NAR | nasal airway resistance; National Association for Retarded [Children, Citizens]; no action required |
| NAS | nasal; National Academy of Sciences; National Association of Sanitarians; neonatal airleak syndrome;... |
| N-CPAP, | n-CPAP nasal continuous positive airway pressure |
| ND | Doctor of Naturopathy; nasal deformity; natural death; Naval Dispensary; neonatal death; neoplastic ... |
| eczema tyloticum | Hyperkeratotic hand and foot eczema. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| eczema vaccinatum | kaposi's varicelliform eruption |
| 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) |
| absent nasal septum | <radiology> Cocaine, Wegener's (midline lethal granuloma), surgery, trauma, syphilis, sarcoid (12 Dec 1998) |
| accessory nasal cartilages | Variable small plates of cartilage located in the interval between the greater alar and lateral nasal cartilages. Synonym: cartilagines nasales accessoriae, sesamoid cartilages of nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior nasal aperture | The anterior nasal opening in the skull. Synonym: apertura piriformis, piriform opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior nasal spine | A pointed projection at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture; the tip, as seen on a lateral cephalometric radiograph, is used as a cephalometric landmark. Synonym: spina nasalis anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benign nasal tumour | A benign tumour of the posterior nasopharynx that is most common in adolescent boys. Symptoms repeated epistaxis, nasal congestion, nasal discharge and hearing loss. A skull X-ray or a CT scan of the head can confirm the presence of an angiofibroma. Treatment may include the surgical removal of the lesion if it is enlarging or blocking the airway. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bony nasal septum | The bones supporting the bony part of the nasal septum; these are the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid, the vomer, the sphenoidal rostrum, the crest of the nasal bones, the frontal spine, and the median crest formed by the apposition of the maxillary and palatine bones. Synonym: septum nasi osseum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bony part of nasal septum | The major portion of the nasal septum supported by the vomer and the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid. Synonym: pars ossea septi nasi. (05 Mar 2000) |