| VEA | ventricular ectopic activity; ventricular ectopic arrhythmia; viral envelope antigen |
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| VGP | viral glycoprotein |
| VH | vaginal hysterectomy; venous hematocrit; ventricular hypertrophy; veterans hospital; viral hepatitis... |
| VHD | valvular heart disease; viral hematodepressive disease |
| VHF | very high frequency; viral hemorrhagic fever; visual half-field |
| hepatitis, viral, human | Viral hepatitis in man. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| nasopharyngeal viral culture | <microbiology> A collection of nasopharyngeal secretions for the purpose of incubating a virus for identification. (27 Sep 1997) |
| diarrhoea virus, bovine viral | The type species of the pestivirus genus causing diarrhoea, fever, oral ulcerations, and various necrotic lesions among cattle and other domestic animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| DNA, viral | Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of viruses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| duck viral enteritis | A viral enteritis of ducks and other waterfowl in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Caused by an anatid herpes virus 1; manifested by weakness, lethargy, and diarrhoea accompanied by catarrhal haemorrhagic enteritis and echymotic haemorrhages in organs and muscles. Synonym: duck viral enteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| duck viral hepatitis | An acute, highly contagious disease of young ducklings caused by an enterovirus and characterised by lethargy, spasmodic paddling and rapid death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inclusion bodies, viral | An area showing altered staining behaviour in the nucleus or cytoplasm of a virus-infected cell. Some inclusion bodies represent "virus factories" in which viral nucleic acid or protein is being synthesised; others are merely artifacts of fixation and staining. One example, negri bodies, are found in the cytoplasm or processes of nerve cells in animals that have died from rabies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oncogene proteins, viral | Products of viral oncogenes, most commonly retroviral oncogenes. They usually have transforming and often protein kinase activities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| encephalitis, viral | Inflammation of the brain caused by viruses. When this is caused by encephalitis viruses, a group of arboviruses, it is referred to as epidemic encephalitis (encephalitis, epidemic). Other viruses, including some herpes viruses, also cause viral encephalitis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| equine viral arteritis | A highly contagious viral disease caused by equine arteritis virus, member of the family Togaviridae, and characterised by a high fever and respiratory and digestive tract signs; the essential lesions involve smaller arteries, with necrosis which may be followed by thrombosis, infarction, haemorrhages, and oedema; abortion is a common result. Synonym: epizootic cellulitis, equine typhoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eye infections, viral | Infections of the eye caused by minute intracellular agents. These infections may lead to severe inflammation in various parts of the eye - conjunctiva, iris, eyelids, etc. Several viruses have been identified as the causative agents. Among these are herpes virus, adenovirus, poxvirus, and myxovirus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| feline viral rhinotracheitis | An acute upper respiratory tract infection of cats caused by the feline rhinotracheitis virus; it is frequently fatal in kittens but mild in adults, who sometimes become convalescent carriers of the virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abscess, skin | Medical term for a common boil. (12 Dec 1998) |
| allergy skin test | Test done on the skin to identify the allergy substance (allergen) triggering the allergic reaction. A small amount of the suspected allergy substance is placed on the skin. The skin is then gently scratched through the small drop with a special sterile needle. If the skin reddens and, more importantly, swells, then allergy to that substance is probable. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alligator skin | <dermatology> A group of cutaneous disorders characterised by increased or aberrant keratinisation, resulting in noninflammatory scaling of the skin. Many different metaphors have been used to describe the appearance and texture of the skin in the various types and stages of ichthyosis, for example alligator, collodion, crocodile, fish and porcupine skin. most ichthyoses are genetically determined, while some may be acquired and develop in association with various systemic diseases or be a prominent feature in certain genetic syndromes. The term is commonly used alone to refer to i. Vulgaris. (18 Nov 1997) |