| ACGPOMS | American College of General Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery |
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| AGCT | antiglobulin consumption test; Army General Classification Test |
| AGED | automated general experimental device |
| ASG | advanced cell group; American Society for Genetics; Army Surgeon General; aspermiogenesis |
| DGIM | Division of General Internal Medicine |
| larva migrans, visceral | A condition produced in man by the prolonged migration of animal nematode larvae in extraintestinal tissues other than skin; characterised by persistent hypereosinophilia, hepatomegaly, and frequently pneumonitis, commonly caused by toxocara canis and toxocara cati. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| leishmaniasis, visceral | A chronic disease caused by leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of several sandflies of the genera phlebotomus and lutzomyia. It is commonly characterised by fever, chills, vomiting, anaemia, hepatosplenomegaly, leukopenia, hypergammaglobulinaemia, emaciation, and an earth-gray colour of the skin. The disease is classified into three main types according to geographic distribution: indian, mediterranean (or infantile), and african. (12 Dec 1998) |