| anatomy, comparative | The comparative study of animal structure with regard to homologous organs or parts. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| comparative anatomy | The comparative study of animal structure with regard to homologous organs or parts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| comparative medicine | A field of study concentrating on similarities and differences between veterinary medicine and human medicine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| comparative pathology | The pathology of diseases of animals, especially in relation to human pathology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| comparative physiology | The science concerned with the differences in the vital processes in different species of organisms, particularly with a view to the adaptation of the processes to the specific needs of the species, to illuminating the evolutionary relationships among different species, or to establishing other interspecific generalizations and relationships. (05 Mar 2000) |
| comparative psychology | A branch of psychology concerned with the study and comparison of the behaviour of organisms at different levels of phylogenic development to discover developmental trends. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychology, comparative | The branch of psychology concerned with similarities or differences in the behaviour of different animal species or of different races or peoples. (12 Dec 1998) |
| auscultatory percussion | Auscultation of the chest or other part at the same time that percussion is made, to aid in hearing the sound made by percussion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bimanual percussion | Immediate percussion in which the finger of one hand taps the other hand; a form of mediate percussion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palpatory percussion | Finger percussion in which attention is focused upon the resistance and reverberation of the tissues under the finger as well as upon the sound elicited. Synonym: plessesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mediate percussion | Percussion effected by the intervention of a finger or a plessimeter between the striking finger or plessor and the part percussed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| percussion | 1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, especially. Such as gives a sound or report. 2. Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. "The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds." (Shak) 3. <medicine> The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. Center of percussion. See Center. Percussion bullet, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet. Percussion cap, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder. Percussion fuze. See Fuze. Percussion lock, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder. Percussion match, a match which ignites by percussion. Percussion powder, powder so composed as to ignite by slight percussion; fulminating powder. Percussion sieve, Percussion table, a machine for sorting ores by agitation in running water. Origin: L. Percussio: cf. F. Percussion. See Percuss. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| percussion sound | Any sound elicited on percussing over one of the cavities of the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| percussion wave | The main positive wave of an arterial pulse tracing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clavicular percussion | Percussion, usually direct, along the entire clavicle to demonstrate dullness, particularly in apical pulmonary tuberculosis. (05 Mar 2000) |