| IHP | idiopathic hypoparathyroidism; idiopathic hypopituitarism; individualized health plan; inositol hexa... |
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| LH | late healing; lateral hypothalamic [syndrome]; left hand; left heart; left hemisphere; left hyperpho... |
| LHG | left hand grip; localized hemolysis in gel |
| LHS | left hand side; left heart strain; left heelstrike; lymphatic/hematopoietic system |
| RH | radiant heat; radiation hybrid; radiological health; reactive hyperemia; recurrent herpes; regulator... |
| chromosomes in multiple miscarriages | Couples who have had more than one miscarriage (spontaneous abortion) have about a 5% chance that one member of the couple is carrying a chromsome translocation responsible for the miscarriages. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| miscarriages, multiple, chromosomes in | Couples who have had more than one miscarriage have about a 5% chance that one member of the couple is carrying a chromsome translocation responsible for the miscarriages. (12 Dec 1998) |
| multiple | Manifold, occurring in or affecting various parts of the body at once. Origin: L. Multiplex (18 Nov 1997) |
| multiple alcohol | An alcohol containing more than one OH group. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multiple amputation | Amputation of two or more limbs or parts of limbs performed at the same operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multiple anchorage | Anchorage in which more than one type of resistance unit is utilised. Synonym: reinforced anchorage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multiple birth offspring | The offspring in multiple pregnancies (pregnancy, multiple): twins, triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| multiple carboxylase deficiency | Abnormalities in carbohydrate and branched-chain amino acid catabolism that are responsive to biotin therapy. It may be due to deficiency of propionyl-CoA carboxylase, methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase, biotinidase, or propionyl-CoA carboxylase, methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase, and pyruvate carboxylase. (12 Dec 1998) |
| multiple chemical sensitivity | An acquired disorder characterised by recurrent symptoms, referable to multiple organ systems, occurring in response to demonstrable exposure to many chemically unrelated compounds at doses far below those established in the general population to cause harmful effects. No single widely accepted test of physiologic function can be shown to correlate with symptoms. (cullen mr. The worker with multiple chemical sensitivities: an overview. Occup med 1987;2(4):655-61) (12 Dec 1998) |
| multiple cloning site | Region of a phage or plasmid vector that has been engineered to contain a series of restriction sites that are usually unique within the entire vector. This makes it particularly easy to insert or excise (subclone) DNA fragments. (18 Nov 1997) |
| multiple drug resistant tuberculosis | A strain of TB that does not respond to two or more standard anti-TB drugs. MDR-TB usually occurs when treatment is interrupted thus allowing mutations in the organism to occur that confer drug resistance. (09 Oct 1997) |
| multiple ego states | Various psychological organizational state's reflecting different personas or life experiences. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multiple embolism | Embolism caused by the arrest of a number of small emboli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multiple endocrine adenomatosis | The presence of functioning tumours in more than one endocrine gland, commonly the pancreatic islets and parathyroid glands, which may be associated with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome; dominant inheritance. Synonym: multiple endocrine adenomatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multiple endocrine deficiency syndrome | <syndrome> Acquired deficiency of the function of several endocrine glands, usually on an auto-immune basis. Synonym: multiple glandular deficiency syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |