| IRV | inferior radicular vein; inspiratory reserve volume; inverse ratio ventilation |
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| IVC | inferior vena cava; inspiratory vital capacity; integrated vector control; intravascular coagulation... |
| MIF | macrophage inhibitory factor; melanocyte[-stimulating hormone]-inhibiting factor; maximum inspirator... |
| MIFR | maximal inspiratory flow rate |
| NIF | negative inspiratory force; neutrophil immobilizing factor; nonintestinal fibroblast |
| positive phase | The period following the negative phase, during which the opsonic index rises. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| postimplantation phase | The time period between implantation and placentation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postmeiotic phase | The stage following that of reduction of the chromosomes in the sexual cells, representing the mature forms of these cells, ending with the conjugation of the nuclei in the impregnated ovum. Synonym: postreduction phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmitotic phase | The period of the cell cycle after cell division when there is synthesis of RNA and protein; it may last for a few hours in rapidly growing tissue or a lifetime in non-renewing cells such as nerve cells. Synonym: Gap1 phase, postmitotic phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postreduction phase | The stage following that of reduction of the chromosomes in the sexual cells, representing the mature forms of these cells, ending with the conjugation of the nuclei in the impregnated ovum. Synonym: postreduction phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| poststationary phase | The period in the growth of a bacterial culture in which growth is declining. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pregenital phase | In psychoanalysis, the collective psychosexual development phase's preceding the genital phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| preimplantation phase | The time period between fertilization and implantation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| premeiotic phase | The stage of nuclear changes in the sexual cells before the reduction of the chromosomes, embracing the cell generations up to that of the spermatogonia and oogonia. Synonym: prereduction phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| premitotic phase | The period in the cell cycle when synthesis of DNA is completed but before mitosis begins. Synonym: Gap2 phase, premitotic phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pre-oedipal phase | In psychoanalysis, the collective phase's of psychosexual development preceding the oedipal phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prereduction phase | The stage of nuclear changes in the sexual cells before the reduction of the chromosomes, embracing the cell generations up to that of the spermatogonia and oogonia. Synonym: prereduction phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| horizontal growth phase | An early stage of development of cutaneous melanoma by intraepidermal spread of atypical melanocytes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sleep phase delay syndrome | <syndrome> A disorder in which the circadian rhythm of sleep and waking falls into a delayed but stable relationship with external time cues of day and night. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soil phase | A subdivision of a soil series having features (for example, slope, surface texture, thickness and stoniness) that affect the use and management of the soil, but which do not vary sufficiently to differentiate it as a separate series. (09 Oct 1997) |