| LBRF | louse-borne relapsing fever |
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| LF | labile factor; lactoferrin; laryngofissure; Lassa fever; latex fixation; left foot; left forearm; le... |
| LFV | Lassa fever virus; low-frequency ventilation |
| MSF | macrophage slowing factor; macrophage spreading factor; Medicins sans Frontieres [Doctors without Bo... |
| OHF | Omsk hemorrhagic fever |
| simple-central anisocoria | A common (20% of normals) benign inequality of the pupils that may change from one hour to the next. Synonym: essential anisocoria, physiologic anisocoria, simple-central anisocoria. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| neuro-central | <anatomy> Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; as, the neurocentral suture. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| superior central tegmental nucleus | Collections of small neurons centrally scattered among many fibres from the level of the trochlear nucleus in the midbrain to the hypoglossal area in the medulla oblongata. (12 Dec 1998) |
| disease, central core, of muscle | <anatomy> One of the conditions that produces 'floppy baby' syndrome. CCD causes hypotonia (floppiness) in the newborn baby, slowly progressive muscle weakness, and muscle cramps after exercise. Muscle biopsy shows a key diagnostic finding (absent mitochondria in the centre of many type I muscle fibres). CCD is inherited as a dominant trait. The CCD gene is on chromosome 19 (and involves ryanodine receptor-1). (12 Dec 1998) |
| indians, central american | An ethnic group belonging to the mongoloid racial stock in central america. This does not include mexican indians. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lateral central palmar space | The more lateral (radial) of the central palmar spaces, bounded laterally by the thenar compartment; related distally to the synovial tendon sheath of the index finger and proximally to the common flexor sheath. Synonym: lateral midpalmar space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| free-central | A placentation in which the ovules are borne on a free-standing central placenta within the ovary. (09 Oct 1997) |
| long central artery | <anatomy, artery> Long posterior ciliary artery, one of two branches of the ophthalmic running forward between the sclerotic and choroid coats to the iris, at the outer and inner margins of which they form by anastomosis two circles. Synonym: arteria ciliaris posterior longa, medial striate artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absorption fever | An elevation of temperature often occurring, without other untoward symptoms, shortly after childbirth, assumed to be due to absorption of uterine discharges through abrasions of the vaginal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acclimating fever | Elevated temperature with malaise that occurs upon working in a very hot environment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aden fever | <virology> A tropical disease caused by dengue virus (Arbovirus), that is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito of the genus Aedes). Four severity grades of the illness are seen: Grade I: fever and constitutional symptoms. Grade II: grade I plus spontaneous bleeding of skin, gums or gastrointestinal tract. Grade III: grade II plus agitation and circulatory failure. Grade IV: profound shock. Grade I infection is seen most frequently in world travelers, where it is usually self-limited and rarely fatal. The other grades are referred to as dengue haemorrhagic fever and are often fatal. Dengue haemorrhagic fever appears to be an infection by one of the other dengue viruses. Prior immunity to a different dengue virus type appears to be important in the development of the more serious haemorrhagic form. Vaccines are available. Protection from mosquitoes is an important preventive measure. (15 Jan 1998) |
| aestivoautumnal fever | <infectious disease> A tropical parasitic disease caused by one of the genus Plasmodium and carried by infected mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. This parasite uses red blood cells to complete its reproductive cycle. Common symptoms of an attack include high fever, chills, sweats and body aches. (27 Sep 1997) |
| African haemorrhagic fever | Haemorrhagic fever associated with the morphologically similar but antigenically distinct Marburg and Ebola viruses. See: viral haemorrhagic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| african swine fever | A usually fatal iridovirus infection of pigs, characterised by fever, cough, diarrhoea, haemorrhagic lymph nodes, and oedema of the gallbladder. (12 Dec 1998) |
| african swine fever-like viruses | An unnamed, unclassified genus of DNA viruses with a single species: african swine fever virus. (12 Dec 1998) |