| minus lens | A diverging minus power lens. Synonym: minus lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pancreas minus | A portion of the head of the pancreas that hooks around posterior to the superior mesenteric vessels, sometimes into the "nutcracker" formed by the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta. Synonym: processus uncinatus pancreatis, lesser pancreas, pancreas minus, small pancreas, uncinate pancreas, unciform pancreas, Willis' pancreas, Winslow's pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| minus | <mathematics> Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity. <mathematics> Minus sign, the sign denoting minus, or less, prefixed to negative quantities, or quantities to be subtracted. See Negative sign, under Negative. Origin: L. See Minor, and cf. Mis- pref. From the French. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| minus strand | See: replicative form. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minus-strand nucleic acid | <molecular biology> An RNA or DNA strand which has the opposite sense of (would be complementary to) the mRNA of a virus. (12 Jan 1998) |
| cornu minus ossis hyoidei | The shorter and more medial of the two processes on either side of the hyoid bone. Synonym: cornu minus ossis hyoidei, styloid cornu. (05 Mar 2000) |
| omentum minus | lesser omentum |
| os multangulum minus | A bone in the distal row of the carpus; it articulates with the second metacarpal, trapezium, capitate, and scaphoid. Synonym: os trapezoideum, lesser multangular bone, os multangulum minus, trapezoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculum minus humeri | The anterior of the two tubercles of the neck of the humerus on which the subscapularis is inserted. Synonym: tuberculum minus humeri, lesser tuberosity of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labium minus | One of two narrow longitudinal folds of mucous membrane enclosed in the pudendal cleft within the labia majora; posteriorly, they gradually merge into the labia majora and join to form the frenulum labiorum pudendi (fourchette); anteriorly, each labium divides into two portions which unite with those of the opposite side in front of the glans clitoridis to form the prepuce. Synonym: labium minus pudendi, small pudendal lip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labium minus pudendi | One of two narrow longitudinal folds of mucous membrane enclosed in the pudendal cleft within the labia majora; posteriorly, they gradually merge into the labia majora and join to form the frenulum labiorum pudendi (fourchette); anteriorly, each labium divides into two portions which unite with those of the opposite side in front of the glans clitoridis to form the prepuce. Synonym: labium minus pudendi, small pudendal lip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| achromatic lens | A compound lens made of two or more lens's having different indices of refraction, so correlated as to minimise chromatic aberration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acoustic lens | In ultrasonography, a lens used to focus or diverge a sound beam; may be simulated by electronic manipulation of signals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior pole of lens | The central point on the anterior surface of the lens of the eye. Synonym: polus anterior lentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface of lens | The anterior surface of the lens of the eye. Synonym: facies anterior lentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aplanatic lens | A lens designed to correct spherical aberration and coma (q.v.). Synonym: periscopic meniscus. (05 Mar 2000) |