| AII | acute intestinal infection; second meiotic anaphase |
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| AIS | Abbreviated Injury Scale; amniotic infection syndrome; androgen insensitivity syndrome; anterior int... |
| ANLI | antibody-negative with latent infection |
| APIC | Association for Practitioners in Infection Control |
| AVRI | acute viral respiratory infection |
| beet-tongue | Sometimes used of the tongue in pellagra, where intense erythema appears, first at the tip, then along the edges, and finally over the dorsum; there may be pain and increased elevation; the shiny appearance results from oedema, not atrophy, except in chronic pellagra. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bifid tongue | A structural defect of the tongue in which the extremity is divided longitudinally for a greater or lesser distance. See: diglossia. Synonym: cleft tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bird's-tongue | <botany> The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| black tongue | In canines, a disorder associated with a deficency of nicotinic acid. Black to yellowish brown discoloration of the dorsum of the tongue due to staining by exogenous material such as the components of tobacco; usually superimposed on hairy tongue. Synonym: lingua nigra, melanoglossia, nigrities linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black-tongue disease | A disease of dogs similar to human pellagra and due to niacin deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bladder infection | Some people are at more risk for bladder and other urinary tract infections (UTIs) than others. One woman in five develops a UTI during her lifetime. Not everyone with a UTI has symptoms. Common symptoms include a frequent urge to urinate and a painful, burning when urinating. Underlying conditions that impair the normal urinary flow can lead to more complicated UTIs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blind foramen of the tongue | <anatomy> A median pit on the dorsum of the posterior part of the tongue, from which the limbs of a V-shaped furrow run forward and outward; it is the site of origin of the thyroid gland and subsequent thyroglossal duct in the embryo. Synonym: foramen caecum linguae, blind foramen of the tongue, caecal foramen of the tongue, Morgagni's foramen, pleuroperitoneal foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of tongue | The oral part of the tongue anterior to the terminal sulcus. Synonym: corpus linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| breast infection | <microbiology> Inflammation of the breast tissue most often caused by a bacterial infection. Staphylococcus is the most common organism. This breast infection is seen most commonly in the immediate postpartum period (during breast-feeding). Treatment includes warm wet compresses to the site and oral antibiotics. (27 Sep 1997) |
| caecal foramen of the tongue | <anatomy> A median pit on the dorsum of the posterior part of the tongue, from which the limbs of a V-shaped furrow run forward and outward; it is the site of origin of the thyroid gland and subsequent thyroglossal duct in the embryo. Synonym: foramen caecum linguae, blind foramen of the tongue, caecal foramen of the tongue, Morgagni's foramen, pleuroperitoneal foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| magenta tongue | Purplish red colouration of the tongue, with oedema and flattening of the filiform papillae, occurring in riboflavin deficiency. Compare: cyanosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandibular tongue | A pointed tongue of bone overlapping the mandibular foramen, giving attachment to the sphenomandibular ligament. Synonym: lingula mandibulae, mandibular tongue, Spix's spine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| raspberry tongue | Strawberry tongue that is a dark red colour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| margin of the tongue | The lateral border that separates the dorsum from the inferior surface of the tongue on each side, the two borders meeting anteriorly at the apex. Synonym: margo linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasitic infection | <microbiology> A successful invasion of a host by an organism that uses the host for food and shelter. (27 Sep 1997) |