| AAA | abdominal aortic aneurysm/aneurysmectomy; acne-associated arthritis; acquired aplastic anemia; acute... |
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| ABBQ | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Beliefs and Behavior Questionnaire |
| ACKD | acquired cystic kidney disease |
| ACU | acquired cold urticaria; acute care unit; agar colony-forming unit; ambulatory care unit |
| AFS | acquired or adult Fanconi syndrome; alternative financing system; American Fertility Society; antifi... |
| hill-sachs deformity | <radiology> Indentation or groove on posterolateral aspect of humeral head, probably due to compression of humeral head on posterior lip of glenoid, suggests repeated or chronic anterior shoulder dislocation, may occur after one episode of dislocation associated with: Bankhart lesion of glenoid (12 Dec 1998) |
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| seal-fin deformity | Deflection outward of the fingers in rheumatoid arthritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver-fork deformity | The deformity resembling the curve of the back of a fork seen in Colles' fractures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sprengel deformity | <radiology> Congenital elevation of scapula, rotated may lead to inferior edge points medially, uni- or bilateral, almost always associated with Klippel-Feil syndrome, with or without omocervical (or omovertebral) bones: joins scapula to C5 or C6 (12 Dec 1998) |
| Sprengel's deformity | Congenital elevation of the scapula. Synonym: scapula elevata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deformity | A permanent structural deviation from the normal shape or size, resulting in disfigurement; may be congenital or acquired. Synonym: deformation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| swan-neck deformity | Hyperextension of the proximal interphalangeal joint with flexion of the distal interphalangeal joint of the finger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| torsional deformity | In orthopedics, a deformity caused by rotation of a portion of an extremity with relationship to the long axis of the entire extremity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equinus deformity | Plantar declination of the foot. (12 Dec 1998) |
| erlenmeyer flask deformity | <radiology> Abnormal modeling of metaphysis, osteopetrosis, chronic anaemia (e.g., SSD), Gaucher disease, Niemann-Pick disease, fibrous dysplasia, Pyle disease (metaphyseal dysplasia) (12 Dec 1998) |
| J-sella deformity | Pear-shaped or J-shaped deformity of sella turcica caused by increased pressure on growing sphenoid bone; noted in the mucopolysaccharide storage diseases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| keyhole deformity | Mucosal ectropion at the posterior edge of the anus following sphincterotomy at that location. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kirner deformity | <radiology> Familial incurving of 5th distal phalanx (12 Dec 1998) |
| lobster-claw deformity | See: ectrodactyly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acquired | In medicine, the word acquired means new or added. New in the sense that it is not genetic (inherited) and added in the sense that is was not congenital (present at birth) but came along later. For example, AIDS is an acquired, not a genetic form of immune deficiency. (12 Dec 1998) |