| ASG | advanced cell group; American Society for Genetics; Army Surgeon General; aspermiogenesis |
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| DGIM | Division of General Internal Medicine |
| DGMS | Division of General Medical Sciences |
| DxPLAIN | Massachusetts General Hospital's expert diagnostic system |
| FRCGP | Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners |
| first visceral cleft | <anatomy> The cleft between the hyoid and mandibular arches of the embryo; the external auditory meatus is developed from its dorsal portion. Synonym: first visceral cleft. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |