| cEBV | chronic Epstein-Barr virus [infection] |
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| CI | cardiac index; cardiac insufficiency; cell immunity; cell inhibition; cephalic index; cerebral infar... |
| DELIRIUM | drugs-electrolytes-low temperature and lunacy-intoxication and intracranial processes-retention of u... |
| DGI | dentinogenesis imperfecta; disseminated gonococcal infection |
| DNTM | disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial [infection] |
| fish elevation | The elevation of a fish above the stream bed measured at the tip of the fish's snout. See: focal point. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| fish eye disease | <disease> An inherited disorder resulting in low HDL cholesterol and corneal opacities; also, low LCAT activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fish flour | A flour made of pulverised, dried fish or fish parts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fish habitat | The aquatic environment and the immediately surrounding terrestrial environment that, combined, afford the necessary biological and physical support systems required by fish species during various life history stages. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fish ladder | A series of descending weirs which carry water around a dam or waterfall to facilitate the upstream migration of fish. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fish-mouth meatus | A red and swollen condition of the orifice of the urethra (urinary meatus) in gonorrhoea. Internal acoustic meatus, a canal running from the opening of the internal acoustic meatus, through the petrous portion of the temporal bone, ending at the fundus where a thin plate of bone separates it from the vestibule; it gives passage to the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves together with the labyrinthine artery and veins. Synonym: meatus acusticus internus, internal auditory meatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fish-mouth mitral stenosis | Extreme mitral stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fish-odour syndrome | <syndrome> An inborn error of metabolism associated with an offensive body odour, the smell of rotting fish, due to the excessive excretion of trimethylaminuria (TMA) in urine, sweat, and breath. Persons with TMA may experience tachycardia (fast heart rate) and severe hypertension (high blood pressure) after eating cheese (which contains tyramine) and after using nasal sprays containing epinephrine. TMA is caused by a mutation (change) in the gene for an enzyme, flavin-containing monooxygenase-3 (FMO3) encoded by a gene on chromosome 1. The FMO3 enzyme metabolises tyramine (which is in cheese). The syndrome is associated with various psychosocial reactions, including social isolation, clinical depression and attempted suicide. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fish oils | Oils high in unsaturated fats extracted from the bodies of fish or fish parts, especially the livers. Those from the liver are usually high in vitamin a. The oils are used as dietary supplements, in soaps and detergents, as protective coatings, and as a base for other food products such as vegetable shortenings. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fish poison | A toxic principle in certain fishes. Synonym: fish poison. Origin: ichthyo-+ G. Toxikon, poison (05 Mar 2000) |
| fish products | Food products manufactured from fish (e.g., fish flour, fish meal). (12 Dec 1998) |
| fish-tackle | A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fish-tail | Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish. Fish-tail burner, a gas burner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish. Fish-tail propeller, a propeller with a single blade that oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fish test | A reddish colouration (nuptial colouration) caused in certain male fishes (bitterling) by the injection of the gonad hormone. Synonym: fish test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fish velocity | The velocity at the location occupied by a fish, measured at the fish's snout. (09 Oct 1997) |