| PA | panic attack; pantothenic acid; paralysis agitans; paranoia; passive aggressive; pathology; patient'... |
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| PAS | para aminosalicylate; Parent Attitude Scale; patient administration system; patient appointments and... |
| PC | avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; packed cells; paper chromatography; paracortex; parent cell... |
| PE | Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia; pancreatic extract; paper electrophoresis; partial epilepsy; pelvic examina... |
| PLI | professional liability insurance |
| crab hand | An infection caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae that is almost wholly restricted to persons who in their occupation handle infected fish, shellfish, poultry, or meat. Three forms of this condition exist: a mild localised form manifested by local swelling and redness of the skin; a diffuse form that might present with fever; and a rare systemic form associated with endocarditis. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hand | The portion of the upper limb distal to the radiocarpal joint, comprised of the wrist, palm, and fingers. Synonym: manus, main. Origin: A.S. (19 Feb 2000) |
| Hand, Alfred | <person> U.S. Paediatrician, 1868-1949. See: Hand-Schuller-Christian disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hand-and-foot syndrome | <syndrome> Recurrent painful swelling of the hands and feet occurring in infants and young children with sickle cell anaemia. Synonym: sickle cell dactylitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hand deformities | Alterations or deviations from normal shape or size which result in a disfigurement of the hand. These can be acquired after birth as the result of injury or disease or congenital occurring at or before birth. (06 Mar 2000) |
| hand eczema | Eczema that predominantly and persistently affects the hands; of multiple causation, including allergic, industrial, irritant, dyshidrotic, bacterial, and atopic mechanisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hand-foot-and-mouth disease | <infectious disease> Hand, foot and mouth disease is a mild, highly infectious viral disease of children, characterised by vesicular lesions in the mouth and on the hands and feet. Occurs most often in young children (under 3) and is transmitted via close contact. Outbreaks occur most often in the spring. Usually begins as a throat infection (pharyngitis) that later includes a rash (blisters) on the hands, feet and diaper area. Blisters may also appear on the throat and in the mouth. Other features include anorexia, headache and fever. The illness is typically self-limited, lasting 5-7 days. There is no specific treatment other than general supportive care. An exanthematous eruption of small, pearl-gray vesicles of the fingers, toes, palms, and soles, accompanied by often painful vesicles and ulceration of the buccal mucous membrane and the tongue and by slight fever; the disease lasts 4 to 7 days, and is usually caused by Coxsackie virus type A-16, but other types have been identified. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hand-foot-and-mouth disease virus | The virus causing hand-foot-and-mouth disease; chiefly type A16 but also types A4, A5, A7, A9, or A10 Entervirus coxsackievirus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hand injuries | General or unspecified injuries to the hand. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hand pile | A pile of slash constructed by a crew, not by machine. Hand piles are typically less than 10' high and less than 12' in diameter. (05 Dec 1998) |
| hand ratio | The ratio of the length of the hand (measured on the dorsum from the styloid process of the ulna to the tip of the third finger) to the width across the knuckles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hand-schueller-christian disease | <radiology> Form of histiocytosis, age 1 - 3 yrs most common, skeletal lesions similar to EG, but more numerous, adenopathy, enlarged liver and spleen, skin lesions, diabetes insipidus, exophthalmos, lung disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| hand-schueller-christian syndrome | <syndrome> Disseminated, chronic form of langerhans-cell histiocytosis. It may exhibit the classic triad of exophthalmos, diabetes insipidus, and bone destruction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Hand-Schuller-Christian disease | A condition marked by the abnormal appearance of histiocytes (macrophages) in the blood. Lipid h., Niemann-Pick disease. Sinus h., a disorder of the lymph nodes in which the distended sinuses are completely or nearly completely, filled by histiocytes, as a result of active multiplication of the littoral cells. H. X, a generic term embracing eosinophilic granuloma, Letterer-Siwe disease and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease and indicating a shared common origin for the three entities. (16 Dec 1997) |
| hand strength | Force exerted when gripping or grasping. (12 Dec 1998) |