| BPV | benign paroxysmal vertigo; benign positional vertigo; bioprosthetic valve; bovine papilloma virus |
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| CPH | Certificate in Public Health; chronic paroxysmal hemicrania; chronic persistent hepatitis; chronic p... |
| EPH | edema-proteinuria-hypertension; episodic paroxysmal hemicrania; extensor proprius hallucis |
| PAF | paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; peroxisomal assembly factor; phosphodiesterase-activating factor; pl... |
| PAFIB | paroxysmal atrial fibrillation |
| obstructive sleep apnoea | A form of sleep apnoea which occurs as the result of a physical occlusion of the oropharyngeal airway during sleep. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| electric sleep | A condition of convulsions and unconsciousness induced by the passage of an electric current through the brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electrotherapeutic sleep therapy | Treatment by inducing sleep by means of nonconvulsive electric stimulation of the brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| twilight sleep | Formerly a method of producing sleep for delivery by a combination of morphine and scopolamine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| light sleep | A condition of half sleep. Synonym: light sleep. Origin: dys-+ G. Nystaxis, drowsiness (05 Mar 2000) |