| EDI | eating disorder inventory; electronic data interchange |
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| EM | early memory; ejection murmur; electromagnetic; electron micrograph; electron microscopy, electron m... |
| EMD | electromechanical dissociation; emergency medical dispacher; emergency medical doctor; Emery-Dreifus... |
| FBD | functional bowel disorder |
| FIDD | fetal iodine deficiency disorder |
pervasive developmental disorder
| obsessive-compulsive personality disorder | A psychological disorder with a pervasive pattern of inflexible perfectionism which begins by early adulthood as indicated by many of the following symptoms: an unattainable perfectionism with overly strict standards which often make it impossible to complete a task; preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or scheduling to the extent that the major point of the activity is lost; unreasonable insistence that others submit to exactly his or her way of doing things; an unnecessary, excessive devotion to work and productivity to the exclusion of leisure activities and friendships; rumination to the point of indecisiveness; (6) overconscientiousness about matters of morality, ethics, or values; (7) restricted expression of affection; (8) lack of generosity in giving time, money, or gifts when no personal gain is likely to result; and (9) an inability to discard worn-out or worthless objects even when they have no sentimental value. Synonym: obsessional neurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oppositional disorder | A mental disorder of childhood or adolescence marked by a pattern of disobedient, negativistic, and provocative opposition to authority figures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic mental disorder | A psychological, cognitive, or behavioural abnormality associated with transient or permanent dysfunction of the brain, usually characterised by the presence of an organic mental syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| overanxious disorder | A mental disorder of childhood or adolescence marked by excessive worrying and fearful behaviour not related specifically to separation or due to recent stress. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thought process disorder | An intellectual function symptom of schizophrenia, manifested by irrelevance and incoherence of verbal productions ranging from simple blocking and mild circumstantiality to total loosening of associations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tobacco use disorder | Tobacco used to the detriment of a person's health or social functioning. Tobacco dependence is included. (12 Dec 1998) |
| emotional disorder | See: mental illness, behaviour disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erotomanic type of paranoid disorder | The false belief that one is loved by another such as a movie star or a casual acquaintance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jealous type of paranoid disorder | The false belief that one's spouse or lover is unfaithful and leading to repeated confrontation, or the taking of extraordinary steps to intervene in the imagined infidelity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| factitious disorder | A mental disorder in which the individual intentionally produces symptoms of illness or feigns illness for psychological reasons rather than for environmental goals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| familial bipolar mood disorder | <psychiatry> Bipolar mood disorder commonly inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and also occasionally as an X-linked one. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kinky-hair disorder | Kinky hair disease, congenital defect of copper metabolism manifested in short, sparse, poorly pigmented kinky hair; associated with failure to thrive, physical and mental retardation, and progressive severe deterioration of the brain; apparently a defect of copper transport; X-linked recessive inheritance. Synonym: kinky-hair disorder, Menkes' syndrome, trichopoliodystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| late luteal phase dysphoric disorder | <syndrome> A combination of emotional, physical, psychological, and mood disturbances that occur after ovulation and normally end with the onset of the menstrual flow. (12 Dec 1998) |
| LDL receptor disorder | Abnormality in clearance of LDL from the plasma due to abnormality in LDL receptor activity; causes hypercholesterolaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional disorder | A physical disorder with no known or detectable organic basis to explain the symptoms. See: behaviour disorder, neurosis. Synonym: dynamic disease, functional disease, functional illness. (05 Mar 2000) |