| CMSS | circulation, motor ability, sensation, and swelling; Council of Medical Specialty Societies |
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| IPAT | Institute of Personality and Ability Testing; Iowa Pressure Articulation Test |
| PAT | Pain Apperception Test; paroxysmal atrial tachycardia; patient; phenylaminotetrazole; physical abili... |
| A | ability |
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| CFA | colony forming ability |
| MRA | marrow repopulating ability |
| ability | The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; in the plural, faculty, talent. "Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren." (Acts xi. 29) "Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study." (Bacon) "The public men of England, with much of a peculiar kind of ability." (Macaulay) Ability and capacity come into comparison when applied to the higher intellectual powers. Ability has reference to the active exercise of our faculties. It implies not only native vigor of mind, but that ease and promptitude of execution which arise from mental training. Thus, we speak of the ability with which a book is written, an argument maintained, a negotiation carried on, etc. It always something to be done, and the power of doing it. Capacity has reference to the receptive powers. In its higher exercises it supposes great quickness of apprehension and breadth of intellect, with an uncommon aptitude for acquiring and retaining knowledge. Hence it carries with it the idea of resources and undeveloped power. The word abilities, in the plural, embraces both these qualities, and denotes high mental endowments. See: able. Synonym: Capacity, talent, cleverness, faculty, capability, efficiency, aptitude, aptness, address, dexterity, skill. Origin: F. Habilete, earlier spelling habilite (with silent h), L. Habilitas aptitude, ability, fr. Habilis apt. (11 Mar 1998) |
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| kidney concentrating ability | The ability of the kidney to excrete in the urine high concentrations of solutes from the blood plasma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vergence | A disjunctive movement of the eyes in which the fixation axes are not parallel, as in convergence or divergence. Origin: L. Vergo, to incline, to turn (05 Mar 2000) |
| vergence of lens | The reciprocal of the principal focal distance used as a measure of the divergence or convergence of parallel rays. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prism vergence test | Measurement of the amplitude of fusion by placing prisms of gradually increasing power in the direction tested until diplopia occurs. (05 Mar 2000) |
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