| MES | maintenance electrolyte solution; maximal electroshock; maximal electroshock seizures; myoelectric s... |
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| SEGNE | secretory granules of neural and endocrine [cells] |
| END | early neonatal death; endocrinology; endorphin; endothelin |
| NALD | neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy |
| NAS | nasal; National Academy of Sciences; National Association of Sanitarians; neonatal airleak syndrome;... |
| neonatal tooth | A tooth erupting up to 30 days after birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intensive care, neonatal | Continuous care and monitoring of newborn infants with life-threatening conditions, in any setting. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intensive care units, neonatal | Hospital units providing continuing surveillance and care to acutely ill newborn infants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| isoimmune neonatal thrombocytopenia | Immune thrombocytopenia resulting from maternal-foetal platelet incompatibility. (05 Mar 2000) |
| early neonatal death | Death of a liveborn infant occurring less than 7 completed days (168 hours) from the time of birth, late neonatal death, death of a liveborn infant occurring after 7 completed days of age but before 28 completed days. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jaundice, neonatal | The jaundice sometimes seen in newborn infants. It is also called icterus neonatorum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| affective personality disorder | A disturbance of feelings or mood expressed as a milder form of depression and related emotional features that colour the whole psychic life and for which psychosocial stressors are believed to play the major role. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alcohol amnestic disorder | <psychiatry> A mental disorder with brain damage characterised by amnesia, compensatory confabulation, disturbance of attention, and peripheral neuritis. It is usually associated with alcoholism and dietary deficiencies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| antisocial personality disorder | <psychiatry> An individual who engages in deviant behaviour with lack of remorse. (13 Jan 1998) |
| asthenic personality disorder | A personality type characterised by low energy level, easy fatigability, incapacity for enjoyment, lack of enthusiasm, and oversensitivity to physical and emotional stress. When appearing in marked form it becomes a psychological disorder (asthenic personality disorder), also called dependent personality. Synonym: asthenic personality disorder, dependent personality disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| attention deficit disorder | An inability to control behaviour due to difficulty in processing neural stimuli. (12 Dec 1998) |
| attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity | A behaviour disorder originating in childhood in which the essential features are signs of developmentally inappropriate inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Although most individuals have symptoms of both inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity, one or the other pattern may be predominant. The disorder is more frequent in males than females. Onset is in childhood. Symptoms often attenuate during late adolescence although a minority experience the full complement of symptoms into mid-adulthood. (12 Dec 1998) |
| attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | <psychiatry> A condition seen in children where there is increased motor activity in association with poor attention span. Often treated with amphetamine medications. (27 Sep 1997) |
| autistic disorder | autism, infantile autism |
| autonomic disorder | Disorganization of autonomic processes. (05 Mar 2000) |