| RLL | right lobe of liver; right lower limb; right lower lobe |
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| RUL | right upper eyelid; right upper lateral; right upper limb; right upper lobe |
| SLP | left sacroposterior [fetal position] [Lat. sacrolaeva posterior]; segmental limb systolic pressure; ... |
| SLS | segment long-spacing; short-leg splint; single limb support; Sjogren-Larsson syndrome; stagnant loop... |
| TALH | thick ascending limb of Henle's loop |
| myofascial pain | <symptom> A large group of muscle disorders characterised by the presence of hypersensitive points, called trigger points, within one or more muscles and/or the investing connective tissue together with a syndrome of pain, muscle spasm, tenderness, stiffness, limitation of motion, weakness and occasionally autonomic dysfunction. (16 Dec 1997) |
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| myofascial pain syndromes | Muscular pain in numerous body regions that can be reproduced by pressure on trigger points, localised hardenings in skeletal muscle tissue. Pain is referred to a location distant from the trigger points. A prime example is the temporomandibular joint dysfunction syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postprandial pain | Pain occurring after eating, typical of malignancy in oesophagus or stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenic pain | Somatoform pain; pain which is associated or correlated with a psychological, emotional, or behavioural stimulus. Synonym: psychalgia, somatoform pain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychogenic pain disorder | A disorder in which the principal complaint is pain that is out of proportion to objective findings and that is related to psychological factors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hunger pain | Cramp in the epigastrium associated with hunger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somatoform pain | Somatoform pain; pain which is associated or correlated with a psychological, emotional, or behavioural stimulus. Synonym: psychalgia, somatoform pain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soul pain | 1. Distress attending a mental effort, noted especially in melancholia. Synonym: algopsychalia, mind pain, phrenalgia, psychalgalia, soul pain. Synonym: psychogenic pain. Origin: psych-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| neck pain | A more or less localised sensation of discomfort, distress, or agony in the neck, resulting from the stimulation of specialised nerve endings. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nerve pain | An obsolete term for neuralgia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neuropathic pain | <symptom> Pain that results from a disturbance of function or pathologic change in a nerve, in one nerve mononeuropathy, in several nerves, mononeuropathy multiplex, if diffuse and bilateral, polyneuropathy. (16 Dec 1997) |
| night pain | Denoting especially the osteocopic pains of syphilis occurring at night. Synonym: night pain. Origin: nyct-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| deafferentation pain | <symptom> Pain due to loss of sensory input into the central nervous system, as occurs with avulsion of the brachial plexus or other types of lesions of peripheral nerves or because of pathology of the central nervous system. (16 Dec 1997) |
| dental pain | The most common cause of a toothache is a dental cavity. The second most common is gum disease. Toothache can be caused by a problem that does not originate from a tooth or the jaw. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dream pain | Pain occurring during sleep. Synonym: dream pain. Origin: hypno-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |