| caliper micrometer | A gauge with a calibrated micrometer screw for the measurement of thin objects such as microscope cover glasses and slides. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Golden, Ross | <person> U.S. Radiologist, 1890-1975. See: S sign of Golden. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ross | 115), [Etymol. Uncertain. The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Ross cycle | The life cycle of the malaria parasite. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ross-Jones test | A test for an excess of globulin in the cerebrospinal fluid; 1 ml of cerebrospinal fluid is carefully floated over 2 ml of a concentrated ammonium sulfate solution; if globulin is present in excess, a fine white ring appears at the line of junction in about 3 min. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ross River fever | A mild febrile illness of humans in Australia characterised by polyarthralgia and rash, caused by the Ross River virus, a member of the family Togaviridae, and transmitted by mosquitoes. Synonym: epidemic exanthema, Murray Valley rash, Ross River fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ross river virus | A species of alphavirus associated with epidemic exanthema and polyarthritis in Australia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Ross, Sir George | <person> Canadian physician, 1841-1931. See: Ross-Jones test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ross, Sir Ronald | <person> English physician and Nobel laureate, 1857-1932. See: Ross cycle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cusp height | The shortest distance between the tip of a cusp and its base plane, the shortest distance between the deepest part of the central fossa of a posterior tooth and a line connecting the points of the cusps of the tooth. Facial height, the linear dimension in the midline from the hairline to the menton. Nasal height, the distance between the nasion and the lower border of the nasal aperture. Orbital height, the distance between the midpoints of the upper and lower margins of the orbit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| height | Vertical measurement. Anterior facial height (AFH), in cephalometrics, the linear measurement from the nasion to the menton. Height of contour, the line encircling a tooth or other structure at its greatest bulge or diameter with respect to a selected path of insertion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| height-length index | The relation of the height to the length of the skull: (height × 100)/length. Synonym: height-length index, length-height index, transversovertical index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| height of contour | See: height of contour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| height vertigo | Dizziness experienced when looking down from a great height or in looking up at a high building or cliff. Synonym: vertical vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulse height analyzer | Electronic circuitry that determines the energy of scintillations recorded by a detector, allowing use of a discriminator to select for photons of a specific type. (05 Mar 2000) |