| annual reports | Annual statements concerning the administrative and operational functions of an institution or organization. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| radiological | Pertaining to radiology. (18 Nov 1997) |
| radiological anatomy | The study of bodily sturcture using radiographs and other imaging methods. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiological enteroclysis | Method of imaging the duodenum and small intestine by intubation of the duodenum and instillation of dilute barium; also known as small bowel enema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiological sphincter | A section of a tubular structure that acts as if it has a band of circular muscle to constrict it, although no such specialised structure can be found on morphological examination. Synonym: functional sphincter, radiological sphincter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| automatic data processing | Data processing largely performed by automatic means. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Physicians Data Query | <oncology> A free enquiry service originating in the USA for physicians on all state of the art cancer diagnostic, preventive and treatment methods. The documents are provided by the US National Cancer Institute and includes electronic access of various forms. WWW: CancerNET Acronym: PDQ (12 Jan 1998) |
| molecular sequence data | Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as genbank, european molecular biology laboratory (embl), national biomedical research foundation (nbrf), or other sequence repositories. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national practitioner data bank | A databank established by the health care quality improvement act of 1986 authorizing the department of health and human services to collect and release information on the professional competence and conduct of physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health care practitioners. The data include adverse actions on physicians' malpractice, licensure, hospital privileges, concealing of pertinent information, and the like. (12 Dec 1998) |
| subjective assessment data | Those facts that are observable and measurable by the nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| data | Multiple facts (usually but not necessarily empirical) used as a basis for inference, testing, models, etc. The word is plural and takes a plural verb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| data collection | Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data. (12 Dec 1998) |
| data display | The visual display of data in a man-machine system. An example is a cathode ray tube display in which certain data can be called for from the computer and presented on the screen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| data interpretation, statistical | Application of statistical procedures to analyze specific observed or assumed facts from a particular study. (12 Dec 1998) |
| data processing | Conversion of crude information into usable or storable form; statistical analysis of data by a computer program. (05 Mar 2000) |