| TSS | toxic shock syndrome; tropical splenomegaly syndrome |
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| PGS | peristent gross splenomegaly; Pettigrew syndrome; plant growth substance; postsurgical gastroparesis... |
| ASTMH | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| DTCH | Diploma in Tropical Child Health |
| DTH | delayed-type hypersensitivity; Diploma in Tropical Hygiene |
| TSS | Tropical Splenomegaly Syndrome |
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| TSP | HAM)/Tropical spastic paraparesis |
| HAM/TSP | HTLV I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis |
| TPE | Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia |
| TSP | Tropical Spastic Paraparesis |
| tropical splenomegaly | A chronic disease, occurring in India, Assam, China, the area formerly known as the Mediterranean littoral areas, the Middle East, India, Pakistan, China, South and Central America, Asia, Africa caused by Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of an appropriate species of sandfly of the genus Phlebotomus or Lutzomyia; the organisms grow and multiply in macrophages, eventually causing them to burst and liberate amastigote parasites which then invade other macrophages; proliferation of macrophages in the bone marrow causes crowding out of erythroid and myeloid elements, resulting in leukopenia, and anaemia, splenomegaly, and hepatomegaly which are characteristic, along with enlargement of lymph nodes; fever, fatigue, malaise, and secondary infections also occur; different strains of leishmaniasis donovani occur; leishmaniasis infantum in Eurasia, leishmaniasis chagasi in Latin America. Synonym: Assam fever, black sickness, Burdwan fever, cachectic fever, Dumdum fever, kala azar, tropical splenomegaly. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tropical splenomegaly syndrome | A syndrome characterised by persistent splenomegaly, exceptionally high serum IgM and malaria antibody levels, and hepatic sinusoidal lymphocytosis; believed to be a disturbance in the T-lymphocyte control of the humoral response to recurrent malaria. Synonym: tropical splenomegaly syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| massive splenomegaly | <radiology> Malaria, CML, myelofibrosis and myeloid metaplasia, Kala azar, schistosomiasis, storage diseases: Gaucher, Niemann-Pick, thalassaemia major (Cooley's anaemia), some spleen cysts (12 Dec 1998) |
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| congestive splenomegaly | Enlargement of the spleen due to passive congestion; sometimes used as a synonym for Banti's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemolytic splenomegaly | Splenomegaly associated with congenital haemolytic jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperreactive malarious splenomegaly | A syndrome characterised by persistent splenomegaly, exceptionally high serum IgM and malaria antibody levels, and hepatic sinusoidal lymphocytosis; believed to be a disturbance in the T-lymphocyte control of the humoral response to recurrent malaria. Synonym: tropical splenomegaly syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| splenomegaly | <clinical sign> Enlargement of the spleen. Origin: Gr. Megas = large (18 Nov 1997) |
| Niemann's splenomegaly | Enlargement of spleen occurring in Niemann-Pick disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Egyptian splenomegaly | Term sometimes used as a synonym for schistosomiasis mansoni, although hepatomegaly and fibrosis are more consistently found than is an enlarged spleen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrocytic anaemia tropical | The macrocytic, megaloblastic anaemia of tropical sprue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 splenomegaly s. |
malarial hyperreactive spleen s.
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