| ARC | accelerating rate calorimetry; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related complex; active renin conc... |
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| ARE | active-resistive exercises; AIDS-related encephalitis |
| FACMTA | Federal Advisory Council on Medical Training Aids |
| NADR | National AIDS Demonstration Research; noradrenalin |
| pre-AIDS | pre-acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| transmissible mink encephalopathy | <virology> Unconventional type of slow virus infection, similar to kuru, scrapie and Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. See: prion. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (18 Nov 1997) |
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| traumatic encephalopathy | An encephalopathy resulting from structural brain injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traumatic progressive encephalopathy | A chronic progressive brain damage resulting from multiple brain injuries, e.g., dementia pugilistica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lead encephalopathy | A metabolic encephalopathy, caused by the ingestion of lead compounds and seen particularly in early childhood; it is characterised pathologically by extensive cerebral oedema, status spongiosus, neurocytolysis, and some reactive inflammation; clinical manifestations include convulsions, delirium, and hallucinations. See: lead poisoning. Synonym: lead encephalitis, saturnine encephalopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |