| CHBHA | congenital Heinz body hemolytic anemia |
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| CIBHA | congenital inclusion-body hemolytic anemia |
| CNSHA | congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia |
| HA | H antigen; Hakim-Adams [syndrome]; halothane anesthesia; Hartley [guinea pig]; headache; health alli... |
| HAA | hearing aid amplifier; hemolytic anemia antigen; hepatitis-associated antigen; hospital activity ana... |
| secondary choana | The definitive choana opening into the nasopharynx, after the nasal chambers have been lengthened by the formation of the secondary palate. Synonym: internal nostril. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| secondary coccidioidomycosis | Progressive or disseminated extrapulmonary granulomatous lesions following primary coccidioidomycosis. Synonym: coccidioidal granuloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary constriction | A subsidiary narrowing of the chromosome associated in some cases with satellites. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary degeneration | <medicine> A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibres as a result of their division; so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| secondary dementia | Chronic dementia following and due to a psychosis or some other underlying disease process. Senile dementia, dementia of Alzheimer's disease developing after age 65. Toxic dementia, dementia caused by an exogenous agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary dentin | Dentin formed by normal pulp function after root end formation is complete. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary dentition | One of the 32 teeth belonging to the second or permanent dentition; eruption of the permanent teeth begins from the fifth to the seventh year, and is not completed until the seventeenth to the twenty-third year, when the last of the wisdom teeth appears. Synonym: dens permanens, dens succedaneus, second tooth, secondary dentition, succedaneous dentition, succedaneous tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary deviation | Ocular deviation seen in paralysis of an ocular muscle when the paralysed eye is used for fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary dextrocardia | Dextroposition of the heart by some disease of the lungs, pleura, or diaphragm. Synonym: type 4 dextrocardia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary digestion | The change in the chyle effected by the action of the cells of the body, whereby the final products of digestion are assimilated in the process of metabolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary disease | A disease that follows and results from an earlier disease, injury, or event, a wasting disorder that follows successful transplantation of bone marrow into a lethally irradiated host; frequently severe and usually associated with fever, anorexia, diarrhoea, dermatitis, and desquamation. See: graft versus host disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary drives | Those drives not directly related to biological needs; a secondary drive can be learned as an offshoot of a primary drive, in which case it is often referred to as a motive. Synonym: acquired drives. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary drowning | Pulmonary oedema and resulting asphyxia, resulting from hypoxia and increased permeability of pulmonary capillaries occurring in a patient who has been immersed in and aspirated some water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary dysmenorrhoea | Dysmenorrhoea due to inflammation, infection, tumour, or anatomical factors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary egg membrane | See: egg membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |