| salter | One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Salter's incremental lines | Transverse line's sometimes seen in dentin, due to improper calcification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Salter, Robert | <person> 20th century Canadian orthopedist. See: Salter-Harris classification of epiphysial plate injuries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Salter, Sir Samuel | <person> English dentist, 1825-1897. See: Salter's incremental lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Salter-Harris classification of epiphysial plate injuries | The classification of epiphysial plate injuries into five groups (I to V), according to the pattern of damage to epiphysis, physis, and/or metaphysis; the classification correlates with different prognoses regarding the effects of the injury on subsequent growth and subsequent deformity of the epiphysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Salter-Harris fracture | A classification of fractures (1-5) that occur around or through an epiphyseal plate (growth plate). (27 Sep 1997) |
| salter-harris fractures | <radiology> Classification of epiphyseal fractures, I pure epiphyseal separation if non-displaced, joint effusion may be only sign, II metaphyseal fracture and epiphyseal separation, III epiphyseal fracture, IV vertically oriented fracture through epiphysis and metaphysis, V crush injury of epiphysis (not detected acutely), most common: type II, type I (best) may lead to type V (worst), seen in kiddies before the physes close (12 Dec 1998) |