| AID | acquired immunodeficiency disease; acute infectious disease; acute ionization detector; Agency for I... |
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| ALL | acute lymphoblastic leukemia; acute lymphocytic leukemia |
| ALP | acute leukemia protocol; acute lupus pericarditis; alkaline phosphatase; alveolar proteinosis; anter... |
| APE | acetone powder extract; acute polioencephalitis; acute psychotic episode; airway pressure excursion;... |
| ARD | absolute reaction of degeneration; acute radiation disease; acute respiratory disease; adult respira... |
| haemorrhagic scurvy | Scurvy with extensive haemorrhages in gums, skin and other tissues, typical of severe stage of the disease. Infantile scurvy, osteopathia haemorrhagia infantum;a cachectic condition in infants, resulting from malnutrition and marked by pallor, fetid breath, coated tongue, diarrhoea, and subperiosteal haemorrhages; probably a combination of scurvy and rickets due to combined deficiency of vitamins C and D. Synonym: Barlow's disease, Cheadle's disease, osteopathia haemorrhagica infantum, scurvy rickets. Land scurvy, formerly, scurvy occurring in people who had not been to sea. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| haemorrhagic septicaemia | <microbiology> Haemorrhagic septicaemia is an infectious disease of cattle and buffalo which is caused by the bacteria Pasteurella multocida. Symptoms include fever, appetite loss, and drooling. It appears as a result of stress from malnutrition, exhaustion, or lengthy transportation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| haemorrhagic shock | Hypovolaemic shock resulting from acute haemorrhage, characterised by hypotension, tachycardia, pale, cold, and clammy skin, and oliguria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic smallpox | A severe and frequently fatal form of smallpox accompanied by extravasation of blood into the skin in the early stage, or into the pustules at a later stage, accompanied often by nosebleed and haemorrhage from other orifices of the body. Synonym: fulminating smallpox, variola haemorrhagica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia | <gastroenterology> An inherited disease characterised by thin blood vessel walls in the nose, skin and gastrointestinal tract. This condition ins associated with a high risk of bleeding complications. Inheritance: autosomal dominant. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hereditary haemorrhagic thrombasthenia | <haematology> A form of congenital platelet functional defect that result in prolongation of the bleeding time. Characteristics include mucosal and post-operative bleeding that may be severe. (17 Dec 1997) |
| simian haemorrhagic fever | A highly fatal disease of macaque monkeys caused by the simian haemorrhagic fever virus and characterised by fever, facial oedema, anorexia, adipsia, skin petechiae, diarrhoea, haemorrhages, and death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simian haemorrhagic fever virus | An arterivirus causing simian haemorrhagic fever in macaque monkeys. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior haemorrhagic polioencephalitis | <syndrome> A condition frequently encountered in chronic alcoholics, largely due to thiamin deficiency and characterised by disturbances in ocular motility, pupillary alterations, nystagmus, and ataxia with tremors; an organic-toxic psychosis is often an associated finding, and Korsakoff's syndrome often coexists; characteristic cellular pathology found in several areas of the brain. Synonym: superior haemorrhagic polioencephalitis, Wernicke's disease, Wernicke's encephalopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dengue haemorrhagic fever | <microbiology> A tropical disease caused by dengue virus (Arbovirus), that is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito of the genus Aedes). Four severity grades of the illness are seen: grade I (fever and constitutional symptoms), grade II (grade I plus spontaneous bleeding of skin, gums or gastrointestinal tract), grade III (grade II plus agitation and circulatory failure) and grade IV (profound shock). Grade I infection is seen most frequently in world travelers, where it is usually self-limited and rarely fatal. The other grades are referred to as dengue haemorrhagic fever and are often fatal. Dengue haemorrhagic fever appears to be an infection by one of the other dengue viruses. Prior immunity to a different dengue virus type appears to be important in the development of the more serious haemorrhagic form. Vaccines are available. Protection from mosquitoes is an important preventive measure. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Omsk haemorrhagic fever | A form of epidemic haemorrhagic fever found in central Russia, caused by the Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus, a member of the family Flaviviridae, and transmitted by Dermacentor ticks; associated with gastrointestinal symptoms and haemorrhages but little or no central nervous system involvement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus | A virus of the genus Flavivirus causing Omsk haemorrhagic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telangiectasia, hereditary haemorrhagic | An autosomal dominant vascular anomaly characterised by the presence of multiple small telangiectases of the skin, mucous membranes, gastrointestinal tract, and other organs, associated with recurrent episodes of bleeding from affected sites and gross or occult melena. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ebola haemorrhagic fever | An epidemic viral illness seen in southern Sudan and Zaire, caused by the Ebola virus. The illness is characterised by fever, malaise, muscle aches, respiratory symptoms, diarrhoea, vomiting, epistaxis, haemoptysis, haematemesis, rash, tremors and subconjunctival haemorrhages. Transmitted by close bodily contact with infected individuals (blood, faeces and body fluids). Incubation is-21 days with initial symptoms of fever and headache. There is no specific treatment and death can occur within 10 days. (27 Sep 1997) |
| thrombocythemia, haemorrhagic | A clinical syndrome characterised by repeated spontaneous haemorrhages and a remarkable increase in the number of circulating platelets. (12 Dec 1998) |