| DVA | developmental venous anomaly; distance visual acuity; duration of voluntary apnea; vindesine |
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| KDS | Kaufman Developmental Scale; King-Denborough syndrome; Kocher-Debre-Semelaigne [syndrome]; Kupfer-De... |
| LDG | lactic dehydrogenase; lingual developmental groove |
| MBDG | mesiobuccal developmental groove |
| PDQ | Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire; physician's data query; Premenstrual Distress Questionnaire; p... |
| 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) |
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| 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) |