| ASTMH | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
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| DTCH | Diploma in Tropical Child Health |
| DTH | delayed-type hypersensitivity; Diploma in Tropical Hygiene |
| DTM | dermatophyte test medium; Diploma in Tropical Medicine |
| DTM&H | Diplomate of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| TSP | HAM)/Tropical spastic paraparesis |
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| HAM/TSP | HTLV I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis |
| TPE | Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia |
| TSP | Tropical Spastic Paraparesis |
| TSP/HAM | Tropical Spastic Paraparesis/HTLV-I associated myelopathy |
| tropical | 1. Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases. 2. [From Trope] Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical. "The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it." (South) Tropic month. See Lunar month, under Month. Tropic year, the solar year; the period occupied by the sun in passing from one tropic or one equinox to the same again, having a mean length of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes.0 seconds, which is 20 minutes.3 seconds shorter than the sidereal year, on account of the precession of the equinoxes. Origin: Cf. L. Tropicus of turning, Gr. See Tropic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tropical abscess | <gastroenterology> An area of abscess formation (liquefaction necrosis) in the liver due to infection of the organ with amoebae. See: amoebiasis. (05 Feb 1998) |
| tropical acne | <dermatology> A severe type of acne of the entire trunk, shoulders, upper arms, buttocks, and thighs; occurs in hot, humid climates. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropical anaemia | Various syndromes frequently observed in persons in tropical climates, usually resulting from nutritional deficiencies or hookworm or other parasitic diseases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropical boil | <dermatology> The lesion occurring in cutaneous leishmaniasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropical bubo | A venereal infection usually caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, and characterised by a transient genital ulcer and inguinal adenopathy in the male; in the female, perirectal lymph nodes are involved and rectal stricture is a common occurrence. Synonym: climatic bubo, Favre-Durand-Nicholas disease, lymphogranuloma inguinale, Nicolas-Favre disease, sixth venereal disease, tropical bubo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropical canine pancytopenia | A fatal disease of dogs in Asia, Africa, and the U.S. Caused by Ehrlichia canis, transmitted by the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus, and characterised by haemorrhage, pancytopenia, and emaciation. Synonym: tropical canine pancytopenia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropical climate | <geography> A climate which is typical of equatorial and tropical regions, i.e., one with continually high temperatures with considerable precipitation, at least during part of the year. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tropical diarrhoea | tropical sprue |
| tropical diseases | <microbiology> Infectious and parasitic diseases endemic in tropical and subtropical zones, including Chagas' disease, leishmaniasis, leprosy, malaria, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, sleeping sickness, yellow fever, and others; often water-or insect-borne. See: emerging viruses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropical eczema | <dermatology> Eczema occurring in plaques on extensors of the extremities; of common occurrence and unknown aetiology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropical eosinophilia | <chest medicine, infectious disease> Eosinophilia associated with cough and asthma, caused by occult filarial infection without evidence of microfilaraemia, occurring most frequently in India and Southeast Asia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropical mask | A bronze-coloured pigmentation, probably produced by hormone imbalance, occurring in gradually increasing areas on the face, neck, and chest in persons exposed continuously to the tropical sun; similar to chloasma of the temperate zone, but intensified because of strong sunlight. Synonym: tropical mask. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropical measles | <infectious disease, virology> A disease of uncertain character, somewhat resembling rubella, occurring in southern China. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropical medicine | <study> The branch of medicine concerned with diseases, mainly of parasitic origin, common in tropical and subtropical regions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| macrocytic anaemia tropical | The macrocytic, megaloblastic anaemia of tropical sprue. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| paraparesis, tropical spastic | Subacute paralytic myeloneuropathy occurring endemically in tropical areas such as the caribbean, colombia, india, and africa, as well as in the southwestern region of japan; associated with infection by type I human lymphotropic retrovirus (HTLV-I). Toxic nutritional factors have largely been ruled out as the cause of this syndrome, the primary clinical feature of which is progressive weakness of the legs and lower body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sprue, tropical | A malabsorption syndrome occurring in the tropics and subtropics. Protein malnutrition is usually precipitated by the malabsorption, and anaemia due to folic acid deficiency is particularly common. Administration of antibiotics (especially tetracycline) and folic acid usually results in remission. (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Climate, Tropical, Climates, Tropical, Tropical Climates
Synonyms : Medicine, Tropical
| tropical |
relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit" of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic; "tropical year" characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather"
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| tropical medicine |
the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that are found most often in tropical regions
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| tropical sore |
cutaneous leishmaniasis: leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions
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| tropical sprue |
sprue: a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation
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| tropical acne |
acne tropica
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| tropical | of weather or climate |
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| tropical | (rhetoric) characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes |
| tropical | relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) |
| tropical | the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that are found most often in tropical regions |
| tropical | any of several tropical carnivorous shrubs or woody herbs of the genus Nepenthes |
| tropical | edible tropical and warm-water prawn |
| tropical | a tropical forest with heavy annual rainfall |
| tropical | leishmaniasis of the skin |
| tropical | a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and nontropical forms and in both children and adults |
| tropical | the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes |
| tropical | the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn |
| tropical | in a tropical manner |
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