| PCP | parachlorophenate; patient care plan; pentachlorophenol; 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine; periphera... |
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| PP | diphosphate group; emphysema [pink puffers]; near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; pa... |
| DMARDs | Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs |
| ARD | absolute reaction of degeneration; acute radiation disease; acute respiratory disease; adult respira... |
| ARF | acute renal failure; acute respiratory failure; acute rheumatic fever; Addiction Research Foundation... |
| postpericardiotomy pericarditis | <cardiology> A syndrome characterised by fever, substernal chest pain, and pericardial rub following cardiac surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| posttraumatic pericarditis | Pericardial inflammation developing following injury to the chest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic pericarditis | Pericarditis with bloodstained effusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| purulent pericarditis | Pericarditis, usually bacterial, with pus in the sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry pericarditis | Pericardial inflammation in the absence of demonstrable pericardial effusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal adhesive pericarditis | Extensive adhesion between parietal and visceral layers of the pericardium with partial or complete obliteration of the pericardial cavity. Synonym: internal adhesive pericarditis, synechia pericardii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| obliterating pericarditis | Complete obliteration by postinflammatory adhesions of the pericardial cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculous pericarditis | Pericarditis caused by tuberculosis infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uraemic pericarditis | Fibrinous pericarditis seen in chronic renal failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrinous pericarditis | Acute pericarditis with fibrinous exudate. See: bread-and-butter pericardium. Synonym: hairy heart, pericarditis villosa, shaggy pericardium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrous pericarditis | Scarring, usually with adhesions, of all or most of the pericardium. (05 Mar 2000) |