| JMD | juvenile macular degeneration |
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| ME | macular edema; malic enzyme; manic episode; maximum effort; median eminence; medical education; medi... |
| MERG | macular electroretinogram |
| VMD | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; vitelliform macular dystrophy |
| senile chorea | A disorder resembling Sydenham's chorea, not associated with cardiac disease or dementia, occurring in the aged. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| senile degeneration | The process of involution occurring in old age. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile delirium | Delirium associated with senile dementia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile dementia | <neurology> A form of dementia caused by destruction (atrophy) of the frontal lobes of the brain. This condition leads to the progressive deterioration of mental functioning. Incidence: 9 out of 10,000 people in the population. (27 Sep 1997) |
| senile dental caries | Caries occurring in old age, usually interproximally and in the cementum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile deterioration | A slowly progressing decline in physical and mental health, apparently due to natural causes attendant upon the processes of aging. See: Alzheimer's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile dwarfism | Dwarfism characterised by craniofacial anomalies with progeroid appearance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile ectasia | An obsolete term for senile haemangioma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile emphysema | Emphysema consequent upon the physiologic atrophy of old age. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile fibroma | A polypoid outgrowth of both epidermis and dermal fibrovascular tissue, common terminology for any small benign cutaneous lesion. Synonym: acrochordon, fibroepithelial polyp, fibroma molle, senile fibroma, soft wart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile gangrene | Dry gangrene occurring in the aged in consequence of occlusion of an artery, particularly affecting the extremities. Synonym: Pott's gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile haemangioma | <tumour> A red papule due to weakening of the capillary wall, seen mostly in persons over 30 years of age. Synonym: cherry angioma, De Morgan's spots, ruby spots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile halo | Circumpapillary halo seen in choroidal atrophy of the aged. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile hip disease | <orthopaedics> Deformity of the head of the femur caused by ischemic damage. Synonym: senile hip disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile involution | The retrogression of vital organs and psychological processes incident to aging. (05 Mar 2000) |