| NIAMS | National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases |
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| NINDB | National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness |
| SNDO | Standard Nomenclature of Diseases and Operations |
| SNODO | Standard Nomenclature of Diseases and Operations |
| AJKD | American Journal of Kidney Diseases |
| APACHE II | Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation |
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| APACHE II | Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II |
| ABLES | Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance program |
| NASA | Aeronautic and Space Administration |
| AHCPR | Agency for Health Care Policy and Research |
| mediastinal diseases | Disorders of the mediastinum, general or unspecified. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| vulvar diseases | Diseases of the vulva. (12 Dec 1998) |
| goat diseases | Diseases of the domestic or wild goat of the genus capra. (12 Dec 1998) |
| retrocochlear diseases | Diseases of the acoustic nerve. Retrocochlear refers to the eighth cranial nerve and cerebellopontine angle as opposed to the cochlea. (12 Dec 1998) |
| periapical diseases | Diseases of the periapical tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rheumatic diseases | Disorders of connective tissue, especially the joints and related structures, characterised by inflammation, degeneration, or metabolic derangement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peripheral nervous system diseases | Diseases of the peripheral nervous system, including disorders of the peripheral autonomic system, the cranial nerves, and the spinal nerves and roots, but not including neuromuscular and spinal cord diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peripheral vascular diseases | General or unspecified diseases of the blood vessels outside the heart. It is for diseases of the peripheral as opposed to the cardiac circulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peritoneal diseases | Conditions or disorders affecting the peritoneum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rickettsial diseases | The infectious diseases caused by the rickettsiae fall into 4 groups:(1) typhus: epidemic typhus, brill-zinsser disease, murine (endemic) typhus, and scrub typhus; (2) spotted fever rocky mountain spotted fever, eastern tick-borne rickettsioses, and rickettsialpox; (3) q fever; and (4) trench fever. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rodent diseases | Diseases of rodents of the order rodentia. This term includes diseases of sciuridae (squirrels), geomyidae (gophers), heteromyidae (pouched mice), castoridae (beavers), cricetidae (rats and mice), muridae (old world rats and mice), erethizontidae (porcupines), and caviidae (guinea pigs). (12 Dec 1998) |
| choroid diseases | Disorders of the choroid including hereditary choroidal diseases, neoplasms, and other abnormalities of the vascular layer of the uvea. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pharyngeal diseases | General or unspecified diseases of the pharynx. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cochlear diseases | Diseases of the cochlea, the part of the inner ear that is concerned with hearing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| monkey diseases | Diseases of old world and new world monkeys. This term includes diseases of baboons but not of chimpanzees or gorillas (= ape diseases). (12 Dec 1998) |