| INE | infantile necrotizing encephalomyelopathy |
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| NE | national emergency; necrotic enteritis; necrotizing enterocolitis; nephropathia epidemica; nerve end... |
| NEC | National Electrical Code; necrotizing enterocolitis; neuroendocrine cell; neuroendocrine convertase;... |
| NNE | neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis; nonneuronal enolase |
| NP | nasopharynx, nasopharyngeal; near point; necrotizing pancreatitis; neonatal-perinatal; neuritic plag... |
| chronic haemorrhagic villous synovitis | <radiology> Monoarthritis, young adults, erosions on BOTH sides of joint (!), probably inflammatory, haemosiderin deposited in synovium, articular cartilage preserved (despite extensive marginal erosions; similar to gout), NO calcification Differential diagnosis: TB (associated atrophy of muscle and bone), rheumatoid arthritis (symmetrical), synovial sarcoma (with or without calcified; outside joint), synovial osteochondromatosis (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Philippine haemorrhagic fever | Severe arbovirus infection with haemorrhagic manifestations, considerable mortality, probably due to mosquito borne dengue virus; seen in tropical and subtropical urban areas of southeast Asia, South Pacific, Australia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean islands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multiple idiopathic haemorrhagic sarcoma | <oncology, tumour> A type of vascular cancer characterised by soft purple nodules that usually develop first on the feet and then slowly spread across the skin.This cancer is most often found in people with compromised immune systems, such as AIDS patients. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever | A form of haemorrhagic fever distinct from Omsk haemorrhagic fever, occurring in central Russia, transmitted by species of the tick Hyalomma, and caused by Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, a member of the Bunyaviridae family; horses are the chief reservoir of human infection; characterised by abrupt onset, high fever, headache, myalgia, widespread petechial haemorrhagic lesions, gastrointestinal bleeding, high fatality rate. Synonym: African tick fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus | A virus of the genus Nairovirus (family Bunyaviridae) from Africa and the southern USSR, carried by ticks (Hyalomma and Amblyomma) and found in human blood; the cause of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic | <haematology> Relating to bleeding and haemorrhage. (09 Oct 1997) |
| haemorrhagic anaemia | Anaemia resulting directly from loss of blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic ascites | Bloody or blood-stained serous fluid, frequently resulting from metastatic carcinoma, in the peritoneal cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic bacteraemia | Any of several diseases usually caused by pasteurella multocida, marked by the presence of haemorrhagic areas in the subcutaneous tissues, serous membranes, muscles, lymph glands, and throughout the internal organs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| haemorrhagic brain metastases | <radiology> Intratumoural haemorrhage most likely to be high-density, well circumscribed mass, melanoma, thyroid carcinoma, renal carcinoma, choriocarcinoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| haemorrhagic bronchitis | Chronic bronchitis due to infection with spirochetes (though other bacteria are usually present and contribute to the infection) and characterised by cough and bloody sputum. Synonym: bronchopulmonary spirochetosis, bronchospirochetosis, Castellani's bronchitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic colitis | Abdominal cramps and bloody diarrhoea, without fever, attributed to a self-limited infection by a strain of Escherichia coli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic cyst | A cyst containing blood or resulting from the encapsulation of a haematoma. Synonym: blood cyst, haematocele, haematocyst, sanguineous cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic cystitis | Bladder inflammation with macroscopic haematuria. Generally the result of a chemical or other traumatic insult to the bladder (chemotherapy, radiation therapy). (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic diathesis | <haematology> Haemorrhagic diathesis is a condition where the patient is more prone to bleeding than normal. This can be the result of a genetic disease such as haemophilia, or the result of malnutrition such as the lack of vitamin C (resulting in scurvy) or of vitamin K. (09 Oct 1997) |