| NSVD | normal spontaneous vaginal delivery |
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| NVD | nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea; neck vein distention; neovascularization of the disk; neurovesicle d... |
| PVC | peripheral venous catheterization; persistent vaginal cornification; polyvinyl chloride; postvoiding... |
| RVO | Regional Veterinary Officer; relaxed vaginal outlet; right ventricular outflow |
| SAVD | spontaneous assisted vaginal delivery |
| scrotal hernia | Complete inguinal hernia, located in the scrotum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pudendal hernia | A hernia protruding through the pelvic diaphragm. Synonym: levator hernia, pudendal hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Holthouse's hernia | Inguinal hernia with extension of the loop of intestine along Poupart's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sliding hernia | A hernia in which an abdominal viscus forms part of the sac. Synonym: extrasaccular hernia, parasaccular hernia, slipped hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sliding hiatal hernia | <radiology> Axial hernia, concentric hernia, 99% of hiatal hernias, portion of peritoneal sac forms part of wall of hernia, aetiology: rupture of phrenicoesophageal membrane due to repetitive stretching with swallowing, incidence: increases with age Findings: UGI, epiphrenic bulge, distance between B ring and hiatal margin greater than 2cm, tortuous oesophagus, gastroesophageal reflux, greater than 6 thick gastric folds within suprahiatal pouch, CT, dehiscence of diaphragmtic crura greater than 15 mm, pseudomass within/above distal oesophagus, fat (omemtum) surrounding distal oesophagus (12 Dec 1998) |
| sliding oesophageal hiatal hernia | Displacement of the cardioesophageal junction and the stomach through the oesophageal hiatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| slipped hernia | A hernia in which an abdominal viscus forms part of the sac. Synonym: extrasaccular hernia, parasaccular hernia, slipped hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spigelian hernia | Abdominal hernia through the semilunar line. Synonym: lateral ventral hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| strangulated hernia | An incarcerated hernia which results in lack of blood perfusion to the herniated tissue or viscera. (27 Sep 1997) |
| synovial hernia | Protrusion of a fold of the stratum synoviale through a rent in the stratum fibrosum of a joint capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic hernia | A condition present at birth where there is abnormal protrusion of abdominal contents upward through a defect in the diaphragm. This condition is treated as a surgical emergency due to interference with the infant's breathing. Smaller, less serious diaphragmatic hernias may also be seen in adults. (27 Sep 1997) |
| direct inguinal hernia | See: inguinal hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| double loop hernia | The presence of two loops of intestine in a hernial sac. Synonym: double loop hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry hernia | A hernia with adherent sac and contents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| duodenojejunal hernia | A hernia in the subperitoneal tissues. Synonym: retroperitoneal hernia, Treitz's hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |