| GPIPID | guinea pig intraperitoneal infectious dose |
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| HID | headache, insomnia, depression [syndrome]; herniated intervertebral disc; human infectious dose; hyp... |
| HIM | hepatitis-infectious mononucleosis; hexosephosphate isomerase |
| IAA | imidazoleacetic acid; indoleacetic acid; infectious agent, arthritis; insulin autoantibody; Internat... |
| IB | idiopathic blepharospasm; immune body; inclusion body; index of body build; infectious bronchitis; I... |
| swimming pool conjunctivitis | A non-specific red-eye that can be caused by pool chlorination, adenovirus, and rarely, Chlamydia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| diphtheritic conjunctivitis | A severe conjunctival inflammation caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae and characterised by an infiltrating membrane which on removal leaves a raw surface. Synonym: membranous conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inclusion conjunctivitis | A follicular conjunctivitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inclusion conjunctivitis viruses | Former name for Chlamydia trachomatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infantile purulent conjunctivitis | Acute conjunctival inflammation in the newborn, usually caused by maternal gonococcal infection. The causative agent is neisseria gonorrhoeae. The baby's eyes are contaminated during passage through the birth canal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| toxicogenic conjunctivitis | A conjunctivitis caused by medicine or toxin instilled into the conjunctival sac. Synonym: toxicogenic conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trachomatous conjunctivitis | A chronic infection of the conjunctiva due to Chlamydia trachomatis, characterised by conjunctival follicles and subsequent cicatrization. See: trachoma. Synonym: granular conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimal conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for a secondary conjunctivitis due to canaliculitis or dacryocystitis. Synonym: reflux conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| follicular conjunctivitis | <ophthalmology> Conjunctivitis associated with hypertrophic lymphoid tissue in the conjunctival fornices. (05 Mar 2000) |
| larval conjunctivitis | Conjunctivitis due to imbedding of larvae in the eye. See: ophthalmomyiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligneous conjunctivitis | Conjunctivitis characterised typically by woody induration of the upper tarsal conjunctiva, whitish pseudomembrane, and, in severe cases, corneal opacity; usually bilateral. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute infectious nonbacterial gastroenteritis | An epidemic, highly communicable but rather mild disease of sudden onset, caused by the epidemic gastroenteritis virus (especially Norwalk agent), with an incubation period of 16 to 48 hours and a duration of 1 to 2 days, which affects all age groups; infection is associated with some fever, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and headache, one or another of which may be predominant. Synonym: acute infectious nonbacterial gastroenteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arthritis, infectious | Arthritis caused by bacteria, rickettsiae, mycoplasmas, viruses, fungi, or parasites. Bacterial arthritis is frequently caused by staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae, and neisseria gonorrhoeae. Viral arthritis is less common than bacterial arthritis and may be a manifestation of such viral diseases as mumps, rubella, hepatitis, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| avian infectious encephalomyelitis | <veterinary> A disease of very young chicks caused by a picornavirus and characterised by tremor, ataxia, somnolence, and finally death. Synonym: epidemic tremor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| avian infectious laryngotracheitis virus | <virology> A herpesvirus causing avian infectious laryngotracheitis. (05 Mar 2000) |