| DHF | Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever |
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| EHEC | Entero-Hemorrhagic Escherichia Coli |
| KHF | Korean Hemorrhagic Fever = HFRS |
| AHE | acute hazardous events [database]; acute hemorrhagic encephalomyelitis |
| AHF | acute heart failure; American Health Foundation; American Hepatic Foundation; American Hospital Form... |
| allergic conjunctivitis | <ophthalmology> An inflammatory condition of the conjunctiva secondary to an allergic stimulus. Common symptoms include itchy, red and tearing eyes (27 Sep 1997) |
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| angular conjunctivitis | A subacute bilateral conjunctival inflammation sometimes caused by the Moraxella bacillus, marked by redness of the lateral canthi and scanty, stringy discharge that adheres to the lashes. Synonym: Moraxella conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arc-flash conjunctivitis | Acute keratoconjunctivitis resulting from exposure to intense ultraviolet irradiation. Synonym: actinic conjunctivitis, arc-flash conjunctivitis, flash keratoconjunctivitis, ophthalmia nivalis, snow conjunctivitis, welder's conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacterial conjunctivitis | <pathology> A bacterial infection of a portion of the eye known as the conjunctiva. Common symptoms include redness of the eyes with a thick, often coloured purulent discharge. (27 Sep 1997) |
| blennorrhoeal conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for hyperacute purulent conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcareous conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for a condition in which the palpebral conjunctiva contains minute yellow concretions. Synonym: conjunctivitis petrificans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vernal conjunctivitis | A chronic, bilateral conjunctival inflammation with photophobia and intense itching that recurs seasonally during warm weather; characterised in the palpebral form by cobblestone papillae in the upper palpebral conjunctiva and in the bulbar form by gelatinous nodules adjacent to the corneoscleral limbus. Synonym: allergic conjunctivitis, spring conjunctivitis, spring ophthalmia, vernal catarrh, vernal keratoconjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Parinaud's conjunctivitis | A chronic necrotic inflammation of the conjunctiva characterised by large, irregular, reddish follicles and regional lymphadenopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflux conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for a secondary conjunctivitis due to canaliculitis or dacryocystitis. Synonym: reflux conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pascheff's conjunctivitis | A unilateral, suppurative, necrotic inflammation of the conjunctiva characterised by scattered, elevated white spots in the fornices and palpebral conjunctiva, and ipsilateral swelling of preauricular, parotid, and submaxillary lymph glands. Synonym: Pascheff's conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meibomian conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for a conjunctivitis associated with chronic inflammation of the meibomian glands, with swollen tarsal plates and frothy seborrheic secretion. Synonym: seborrheic blepharoconjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| membranous conjunctivitis | A severe conjunctival inflammation caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae and characterised by an infiltrating membrane which on removal leaves a raw surface. Synonym: membranous conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gonococcal conjunctivitis | A type of hyperacute, purulent conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gonorrhoeal conjunctivitis | Acute purulent conjunctivitis excited by Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Synonym: blennophthalmia, blennorrhoea conjunctivalis, gonorrhoeal conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical conjunctivitis | Conjunctival inflammation due to chemical irritants. (05 Mar 2000) |