| abs | feb while fever is absent |
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| AHF | acute heart failure; American Health Foundation; American Hepatic Foundation; American Hospital Form... |
| APCF | acute pharyngoconjunctival fever |
| ARF | acute renal failure; acute respiratory failure; acute rheumatic fever; Addiction Research Foundation... |
| ASF | African swine fever; aniline-sulfur-formaldehyde [resin] |
| haemorrhagic | <haematology> Relating to bleeding and haemorrhage. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| 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) |
| haemorrhagic disease of deer | A haemorrhagic disease of certain deer of the central and eastern United States, caused by an orbivirus, a member of the Reoviridae, and characterised by multiple haemorrhages, shock, and trauma; infection is thought to be arthropod-borne. Synonym: haemorrhagic disease of deer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic disease of newborn | A self-limited haemorrhagic disorder of the first days of life, caused by a deficiency of the vitamin k-dependent blood coagulation factors II, vii, ix, and x. (12 Dec 1998) |
| haemorrhagic disease of the newborn | A syndrome characterised by spontaneous internal or external bleeding accompanied by hypoprothrombinaemia, slightly decreased platelets, and markedly elevated bleeding and clotting times, usually occurring between the third and sixth days of life and effectively treated with vitamin K. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic disease virus, epizootic | A species of orbivirus causing a fatal disease in deer. It is transmitted by flies of the genus culicoides. (12 Dec 1998) |
| haemorrhagic disease virus, rabbit | A virus species in the genus calicivirus which causes haemorrhagic disease, including haemorrhagic septicaemia, in rabbits. (12 Dec 1998) |