| pain measurement | Scales, questionnaires, tests, and other methods used to assess pain severity and duration in patients or experimental animals to aid in diagnosis, therapy, and physiological studies. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| measurement | Determination of a dimension or quantity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| speech production measurement | Measurement of parameters of the speech product such as vocal tone, loudness, pitch, voice quality, articulation, resonance, phonation, phonetic structure and prosody. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nasion-pogonion measurement | A measurement of the bony profile of the face. Synonym: nasion-pogonion measurement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| educational measurement | The assessing of academic or educational achievement. It includes all aspects of testing and test construction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| end-point measurement | Analytical measurement at the end of a chemical reaction, as opposed to making the measurement while the reaction proceeds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tree measurement sale | A type of timber sale contract in which the buyer and seller argree upon the volume at the time of the sale. (05 Dec 1998) |
| kinetic measurement | Continuous or frequent monitoring of the readings in a chemical reaction to determine its rate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| highest nuchal line | A line above and parallel to the superior nuchal line on the external surface of the occipital bone; it gives attachment to the epicranial aponeurosis and occipitalis muscle. Synonym: linea nuchae suprema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuchal | <anatomy> Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles. Origin: Cf. F. Nucal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nuchal fascia | <anatomy> The fascia that encloses the posterior muscles of the neck. Synonym: fascia nuchae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuchal ligament | A sagittal ligamentous band at the back of the neck, formed of thickened supraspinous ligaments; it extends from the external occipital protuberance to the posterior border of the foramen magnum, cranially, to the seventh cervical spinous process, caudally. Synonym: apparatus ligamentosus colli, nuchal ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuchal plane | <anatomy> The external surface of the squamous part of the occipital bone below the superior nuchal line, giving attachment to the muscles of the back of the neck. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuchal region | The back of neck, including the suboccipital region. Synonym: regio nuchalis, nuchal region, posterior neck region, regio cervicalis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuchal rigidity | <neurology> Resistance to flexion of the neck, seen in individuals with meningitis. (27 Sep 1997) |