| DH | daily habits; day hospital; dehydrocholate; dehydrogenase; delayed hypersensitivity; dermatitis herp... |
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| EHH | esophageal hiatal hernia |
| FH | facial hemihyperplasia; familial hypercholesterolemia; family history; fasting hyperbilirubinemia; f... |
| HER | hemorrhagic encephalopathy of rats; hernia |
| hern | hernia, herniated |
| lateral umbilical fold | The ridge on the peritoneal surface of the anterior abdominal wall formed by the inferior epigastric vessels. Synonym: plica umbilicalis lateralis, epigastric fold, plica epigastrica. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lateral umbilical ligament | An old name for ligamentum umbilicale mediale. Synonym: lateral umbilical ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left umbilical vein | <anatomy, vein> The vein that returns the blood from the placenta to the foetus; traversing the umbilical cord, it enters the foetal body at the umbilicus and passes thence into the liver, where it is joined by the portal vein; its blood then flows by way of the ductus venosus and the inferior vena cava to the right atrium. Synonym: vena umbilicalis sinistra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteriosclerotic gangrene | Dry gangrene resulting from sclerotic changes in the arteries, with subsequent occlusion, as in the aged. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bivalent gas gangrene antitoxin | Antitoxin specific for the toxins of Clostridium perfringens and C. Septicum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gangrene | <pathology> Death of tissue, usually in considerable mass and generally associated with loss of vascular (nutritive) supply and followed by bacterial invasion and putrefaction. Compare: necrosis. Origin: L. Gangraena, Gr. Gangraina = an eating sore (18 Nov 1997) |
| gas gangrene | <microbiology> A severe form of gangrene (tissue necrosis) caused by Clostridium infection. Also referred to as necrotising subcutaneous infection. Results in death of the subcutaneous tissues and muscle layers. See: necrotising fascitis. (27 Sep 1997) |
| gas gangrene antitoxin | Antitoxin specific for the toxin of one or more species of Clostridium that cause gaseous gangrene and associated toxaemia, especially C. Perfringens C. Novyi, C. Histolyticum, and commercially available preparations are usually polyvalent, i.e., contain antitoxin for two or more species. Synonym: pentavalent gas gangrene antitoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venous gangrene | Moist gangrene due to obstruction in the return circulation. Synonym: venous gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Meleney's gangrene | Undermining ulcer of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, usually following an operation, caused by a synergistic interaction between microaerophilic nonhemolytic streptococci and aerobic haemolytic staphylococci. Synonym: Meleney's gangrene, progressive bacterial synergistic gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pentavalent gas gangrene antitoxin | Antitoxin specific for the toxin of one or more species of Clostridium that cause gaseous gangrene and associated toxaemia, especially C. Perfringens C. Novyi, C. Histolyticum, and commercially available preparations are usually polyvalent, i.e., contain antitoxin for two or more species. Synonym: pentavalent gas gangrene antitoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moist gangrene | Ischemic necrosis of an extremity with bacterial infection, producing cellulitis adjacent to the necrotic areas. Synonym: moist gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cold gangrene | A form of gangrene in which the involved part is dry and shriveled. Synonym: cold gangrene, mummification necrosis, mummification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wet gangrene | Ischemic necrosis of an extremity with bacterial infection, producing cellulitis adjacent to the necrotic areas. Synonym: moist gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white gangrene | Death of a part accompanied by the formation of grayish white sloughs. Synonym: leukonecrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |