| AFRI | acute febrile respiratory illness |
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| BFC | benign febrile convulsion |
| FA | false aneurysm; Families Anonymous; Fanconi anemia; far advanced; fatty acid; febrile antigen; femor... |
| FC | fasciculus cuneatus; fast component [of a neuron]; febrile convulsions; feline conjunctivitis; ferri... |
| FND | febrile neutrophilic dermatosis; frontonasal dysplasia |
| calcific nodular aortic stenosis | Most common type of aortic stenosis, occurring usually in elderly men, in which the cusps contain calcified fibrous nodules on both surfaces; the causes include rheumatic fever, atherosclerosis, age-related degeneration, and congenitally bicuspid aortic valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| goiter, nodular | An enlarged thyroid gland containing circumscribed nodules within its substance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Salzmann's nodular corneal degeneration | Large and prominent nodules of a solid, opaque material that stands out from the surface of the cornea; occurs occasionally in persons previously affected by phlyctenular keratitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodular | Bumpy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nodular amyloidosis | A localised form of amyloidosis in which amyloid occurs as masses or nodules beneath the skin or mucous membranes, e.g., in the larynx. Synonym: amyloid tumour, focal amyloidosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodular arteriosclerosis | Atheromas occurring in the arterial intima as discrete tumours. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodular body | In fungi, a compact, roughly spherical or squarish structure formed by coiling and twisting of the end of a hypha; considered to be abortive growths toward sexual reproduction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodular disease | Oesophagostomiasis in herbivores and primates, characterised by nodules in the wall of the large intestine, caecum, and occasionally, the ileum; the nodules are filled with caseous material and result from host response to encystment of the larvae of Oesophagostomum species. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodular episcleritis | Episcleritis with localised inflammation foci in episcleral tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodular fasciitis | A rapidly-growing tumour-like proliferation of fibroblasts, not thought to be neoplastic, with mild inflammatory exudation occurring in fascia; the fibrosis may infiltrate surrounding tissue but does not progress indefinitely or metastasize. Synonym: pseudosarcomatous fasciitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodular headache | Radiating pain in the head accompanied by nodular swellings in the splenius, frontalis, trapezius, and other muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodular hidradenoma | <tumour> A tumour derived from eccrine sweat glands, composed of glycogen-rich clear cells. Synonym: eccrine acrospiroma, nodular hidradenoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodular histiocytic lymphoma | <tumour> A B-cell lymphoma with nodular or diffuse lymph node or bone marrow involvement by large lymphoid cells. Synonym: follicular predominantly small cleaved cell lymphoma, nodular histiocytic lymphoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodular hyperplasia of prostate | Glandular and stromal hyperplasia occurring very commonly in the middle and lateral lobes of older men, forming nodules that may increasingly obstruct the urethra. Synonym: benign prostatic hypertrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodular iritis | Iritis with aggregations of round cells in the iris. (05 Mar 2000) |