| BA | Bachelor of Arts; backache; bacterial agglutination; basilar artery; basion; benzyladenine; best amp... |
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| BC | Bachelor of Surgery [Lat. Baccal-aureus Chirurgiae]; back care; bactericidal concentration; basal ce... |
| BCC | basal-cell carcinoma; biliary cholesterol concentration; birth control clinic |
| BCO | biliary cholesterol output |
| BTD | biliary tract disease |
| Glisson's cirrhosis | Chronic perihepatitis with thickening and subsequent contraction, resulting in atrophy and deformity of the liver. Synonym: capsular cirrhosis of liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| periportal cirrhosis | Cirrhosis of the liver with wide bands of fibrosis surrounding large segments of liver, with regenerative nodules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholangiolitic cirrhosis | A form of cirrhosis in which there is diffuse inflammation of the cholangioles, with inflammation, fibrosis, and regeneration; characterised by chronicity, relapses, and febrile episodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cirrhosis | <gastroenterology> Liver disease characterised pathologically by loss of the normal microscopic lobular architecture, with fibrosis and nodular regeneration. The term is sometimes used to refer to chronic interstitial inflammation of any organ. Origin: Gr. Kirrhos = orange yellow (18 Nov 1997) |
| pigmentary cirrhosis | Cirrhosis resulting from excessive deposits of iron in the liver, usually seen in haemochromatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigment cirrhosis | Cirrhosis of the liver associated with dark brown discoloration seen in haemochromatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pipe stem cirrhosis | Cirrhosis of the liver with finger-like fibrosis predominantly around portal tracts, seen in schistosomiasis. Leads to portal hypertension but rarely to functional failure of the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congestive cirrhosis | An extensive fibrotic reaction within the liver as a result of chronic constrictive pericarditis or prolonged congestive heart failure; true cirrhosis with fibrous bridging of lobules is unusual. Synonym: cardiac liver, congestive cirrhosis, pseudocirrhosis, stasis cirrhosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| portal cirrhosis | Synonym: Laennec's cirrhosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posthepatitic cirrhosis | <pathology> This is a form of continuing liver inflammation that results in liver cell death. Causes include viral infection (hepatitis D, hepatitis B, hepatitis C), autoimmune disease, drug ingestion or metabolic causes. Chronic active hepatitis will lead to hepatic failure and death in a small percentage of these patients. (27 Sep 1997) |
| cryptogenic cirrhosis | Cirrhosis of unknown aetiology, with no history of alcoholism or previous acute hepatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postnecrotic cirrhosis | Post-necrotic cirrhosis, cirrhosis characterised by necrosis involving whole hepatic lobules, with collapse of the reticular framework to form large scars; regeneration nodules are also large; may follow viral or toxic necrosis, or develop as a result of ischemic necrosis. Synonym: necrotic cirrhosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hanot's cirrhosis | <gastroenterology> A rare form of liver disease which results in the irreversible destruction of the liver and bile ducts. The cause is unknown, but is thought to be an autoimmune mechanism. (06 Mar 1998) |
| pulmonary cirrhosis | Fibrosis of the lungs; usually interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stasis cirrhosis | An extensive fibrotic reaction within the liver as a result of chronic constrictive pericarditis or prolonged congestive heart failure; true cirrhosis with fibrous bridging of lobules is unusual. Synonym: cardiac liver, congestive cirrhosis, pseudocirrhosis, stasis cirrhosis. (05 Mar 2000) |