- PFFD
- • proximal focal femoral deficiency
Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations. 2014.
PFFD
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PFFD — Abbreviation for proximal femoral focal deficiency. * * * proximal focal femoral deficiency … Medical dictionary
Proximal femoral focal deficiency — (PFFD) is a rare, non hereditary birth defect that affects the pelvis, particularly the hip bone, and the proximal femur. The disorder may affect one side or both, with the hip being deformed and the leg shortened.It is commonly linked with the… … Wikipedia
deficiency — An insufficient quantity of some substance (as in dietary d. or hemoglobin d. in marrow aplasia); organization (as in mental d.); activity (as in enzyme d. or reduced oxygen carrying capacity of the blood), etc., of which the amount present is of … Medical dictionary
