| HMN | hereditary motor neuropathy |
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| HMSN | hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy |
| HN | head and neck; head nurse; hemagglutinin neuraminidase; hematemesis neonatorum; hemorrhage of newbor... |
| HNPP | hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies |
| HSAN | hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy |
| goiter, diffuse toxic | Graves' disease, the most common cause of hyperthroidism, too much thyroid hormone. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| goiter, toxic multinodular | Condition in which the thyroid gland contains multiple lumps (nodules) that are overactive and produce excess thyroid hormones. This condition is also known as Parry's disease or Plummer's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plants, toxic | Plants or plant parts which are harmful to man or other animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatitis, toxic | Acute hepatitis caused by true hepatotoxins such as amanita phaloides toxin, carbon tetrachloride, yellow phosphorus, and a variety of drugs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| shock, toxic | See Syndrome, toxic shock. (12 Dec 1998) |
| syndrome, toxic shock | A grave condition occurring predominantly in menstruating women using tampons, toxic shock is characterised by a highly toxic state (with sudden high fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle aching) followed by low blood pressure (hypotension) which can lead to shock (and death). There may be a rash resembling sunburn with peeling of skin. The channing laboratory in boston under dr. Edw. Kass discovered that toxic shock was due to a toxin produced by staph (staphylococcus) aureus bacteria growing under conditions with little or no oxygen. The syndrome occurs rarely in women not using tampons and in men. (12 Dec 1998) |
| drugs toxic to lung | <radiology> Bleomycin, methotrexate, cytoxan, amiodarone (12 Dec 1998) |
| toxic | Pertaining to, due to or of the nature of a poison or toxin, manifesting the symptoms of severe infection. (18 Nov 1997) |
| toxic amaurosis | Blindness due to optic neuritis caused by methyl alcohol, lead, arsenic, quinine, or other poisons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic amblyopia | Blindness due to optic neuritis caused by methyl alcohol, lead, arsenic, quinine, or other poisons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic anaemia | Any anaemia resulting from the destructive effects of a chemical, metabolic poison, bacterial toxin, venom, and similar materials. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic cataract | A cataract caused by drugs or chemicals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic cirrhosis | Cirrhosis of the liver resulting from chronic poisoning, as by lead or carbon tetrachloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic cyanosis | Cyanosis due to methemoglobin formation resulting from the action of certain drugs, e.g., nitrites. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic delirium | Delirium caused by the action of a poison. (05 Mar 2000) |