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  2. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome MIS-A Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in adults MIS-C Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children MJD Machado-Joseph disease: ML mucolipidoses: MLD Metachromatic leukodystrophy: MMA Monomelic amyotrophy: MMR Measles, mumps, rubella: MMRV Measles, mumps, rubella, varicella: MND Motor neuron disease: MODY

  3. List of medical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").

  4. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).

  5. Glossary of medicine - Wikipedia

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    As a milder autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it differs from other ASDs by relatively normal language and intelligence. [39] Although not required for diagnosis, physical clumsiness and unusual use of language are common. [40] [41] Asthma – is a common long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. [42]

  6. Inflammation - Wikipedia

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    An inflammatory mediator is a messenger that acts on blood vessels and/or cells to promote an inflammatory response. [48] Inflammatory mediators that contribute to neoplasia include prostaglandins , inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1β , TNF-α , IL-6 and IL-15 and chemokines such as IL-8 and GRO-alpha .

  7. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In immunology, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is an inflammatory state affecting the whole body. [1] It is the body's response to an infectious or noninfectious insult . Although the definition of SIRS refers to it as an "inflammatory" response, it actually has pro- and anti-inflammatory components.

  8. Inflammatory myopathy - Wikipedia

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    Inflammatory myopathy, also known as idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM), is disease featuring muscle weakness, inflammation of muscles , and in some types, muscle pain . The cause of much inflammatory myopathy is unknown ( idiopathic ), and such cases are classified according to their symptoms and signs , electromyography , MRI , and ...

  9. List of medical abbreviations: A - Wikipedia

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    Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning ā (a with a bar over it) before (from Latin ante) before: A: assessment a.a. of each (from Latin ana ana) amino acids: . A or Ala – alanine C or Cys – cysteine