| HOPI | history of present illness |
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| HPC | hemangiopericytoma; hippocampal pyramidal cell; history of present complaint; holoprosencephaly; hyd... |
| HPI | hepatic perfusion index; history of present illness |
| NP | nasopharynx, nasopharyngeal; near point; necrotizing pancreatitis; neonatal-perinatal; neuritic plag... |
| NPI | Narcissistic Personality Inventory; neuropsychiatric institution; no present illness; nucleoplasmic ... |
| twilight state | A condition of disordered consciousness during which actions may be performed without the conscious volition of the individual and with no memory of such actions. Compare: somnambulic epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| excited state | <chemistry, radiobiology> An atom or nucleus which possesses more energy than its ground state energy. (16 Dec 1997) |
| lacunar state | The presence of lacunes in the brain. One of the major factors underlying cerebrovascular disease; high correlation with hypertension and atherosclerosis. Symptomatic forms include pure motor hemiplegia and pure hemisensory syndrome; multiple lacunar infarcts are the most common cause of pseudobulbar palsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| local excitatory state | Increased irritability of a nerve fibre or muscle fibre which is produced by an ineffective electrical stimulus; summation of the stimuli may occur, resulting in a propagated impulse if two or more subliminal stimuli are applied in rapid succession. (05 Mar 2000) |