| VSD | Ventricular Septal Defect ? Types of VSD 1. Subpulmonic(=... |
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| AVC | aberrant ventricular conduction; Academy of Veterinary Cardiology; aortic valve closure; associative... |
| CIC | cardioinhibitor center; circulating immune complex; clean intermittent catheterization; completely i... |
| EAC | Ehrlich ascites carcinoma; electroacupuncture; epithelioma adenoides cysticum; erythema annulare cen... |
| IAC | image analysis cytometry; ineffective airway clearance; internal auditory canal; interposed abdomina... |
| white diarrhoea | An infectious disease of chicks and other young birds caused by the bacterium Salmonella pullorum, which is carried in the ovaries of adult hens and appears in the eggs; in incubator-hatched birds, the disease usually involves the lungs and air sacs, but often spreads in flocks of young birds as an alimentary tract infection manifested by severe diarrhoea followed by septicaemia and death. Synonym: diarrhoea alba, white diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| white-ear | <zoology> The wheatear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| white-eye | <zoology> Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. Coerulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Synonym: bush creeper, and white-eyed tit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| white fat | <anatomy> Connective tissue that has been specialised to store fat. See: adipocyte. (25 Jun 1999) |
| white fibre | White mammalian muscle fibres; larger in diameter than red fibres they have less myoglobin, sarcoplasm, and mitochondria, and contract more quickly. Synonym: collagen fibre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white fingers | An occupational disease occurring in operators of pneumatic hammers who are exposed to cold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white-foot | <veterinary> A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| white forelock | A triangular or diamond-shaped depigmented macule with white hairs, usually located in the anterior midline of the scalp, seen in piebaldism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white friar | A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| white-fronted | Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. <zoology> White-fronted goose, the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| white gangrene | Death of a part accompanied by the formation of grayish white sloughs. Synonym: leukonecrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white graft | Rejection of a skin allograft so acute that vascularization never occurs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white-heart | <botany> A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| white infarct | An infarct in which little or no bleeding into tissue spaces occurs when the blood supply is obstructed. Synonym: pale infarct, white infarct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white lead | A heavy white powder that is insoluble in water; occasionally, it is used to relieve irritation in dermatitis, but it is used largely in the manufacture of paint and in the arts and is thus productive of lead poisoning. Synonym: ceruse, white lead. (05 Mar 2000) |