| EN | endoscopy; enrolled nurse; enteral nutrition; epidemic nephritis; erythema nodosum |
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| ENL | erythema nodosum leproticum |
| MED | median erythrocyte diameter; medical, medication, medicine; Medical Entities Dictionary; minimum eff... |
| MPED | minimum phototoxic erythema dose |
| PAIN | pyoderma gangrenosum, aphthous stomatitis, inflammatory eye disease, erythema nodosum [disorders ass... |
| erythema palmare hereditarium | A condition characterised by asymptomatic symmetrical palmar erythema; autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: Lane's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| erythema papulatum | The papular form of erythema multiforme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erythema paratrimma | Erythema due to stasis over pressure points. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erythema pernio | <symptom> Redness, itching and burning of the skin, especially the fingers, toes, heels, nose and ears on exposure to extreme cold and high humidity. Skin lesions may become blistered and or ulcerated. (05 Jan 1998) |
| erythema perstans | Probably a chronic form of erythema multiforme in which the relapses recur so persistently that the eruption is almost permanent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erythema polymorphe | <dermatology> A rash that results from an allergic response, most often secondary to a drug. The rash is described as pink-red macules (flat), that may have clear centres (iris lesions) or appear as a dusky violet colour. Erythema multiforme most often results from reactions to sulpha drugs, penicillin's, phenytoin, barbiturates, phenolphthalein and carbamazepine. In some cases, erythema multiforme can result secondary to a Herpes simplex infection or Mycoplasma infection. (27 Sep 1997) |
| erythema simplex | Blushing or redness of the skin caused by a toxic reaction or a neurovascular phenomenon. Synonym: dermatitis simplex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erythema solare | The burning or discolouration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| erythema threshold | The amount of radiation that causes redness of the skin. (09 Oct 1997) |
| erythema toxicum | Flushing of the skin due to allergic reaction to some toxic substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erythema toxicum neonatorum | A common transient idiopathic eruption of erythema, small papules, and occasionally pustules filled with eosinophilic leukocytes overlying hair follicles of the newborn. Synonym: erythema neonatorum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erythema tuberculatum | Erythema multiforme in which the papules are of large size. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jacquet's erythema | Colloquially referred to as diaper, ammonia, or napkin rash; dermatitis of thighs and buttocks resulting from exposure to urine and faeces in infants' diapers. Formerly attributed to ammonia formation; moisture, bacterial growth, and alkalinity may all induce lesions. Synonym: ammonia rash, diaper rash, Jacquet's erythema, napkin rash. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ala major ossis sphenoidalis | Strong squamous processes extending in a broad superolateral curve from the body of the sphenoid bone. The greater wing presents these suraces (facies): 1) cerebral surface: forms anterior third of the floor of the lateral portions of the middle cranial fossa; 2) temporal surface: forms the deepest portion of the temporal fossa; 3) infratemporal surface, forms the "roof" of the infratemporal fossa; 4) orbital surface: forms posterolateral wall of orbit. The greater wing forms the inferior border of the supraorbital fissure, and is perforated at its root by foramina rotundum ovale, and spinosum and the pterygoid canal. Synonym: ala major ossis sphenoidalis, ala temporalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| annulus iridis major | The outer, broader of the two zones of the iris. Synonym: annulus iridis major. (05 Mar 2000) |