| IMCU | intermediate medical care unit |
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| IMF | idiopathic myelofibrosis; immunofluorescence; intermaxillary fixation; intermediate filament |
| INT | intermediate; intermittent; intern, internship; internal; interval; intestinal; intima; p-iodonitrot... |
| Intmd | intermediate |
| MTI | malignant teratoma, intermediate; minimum time interval; moving target indicator |
| white yolk | Yolk consisting of much finer particles than those of yellow yolk; thin layers of it lie between the zones of yellow yolk and form the latebra. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| wolff-parkinson-white syndrome | <syndrome> A form of pre-excitation characterised by a short pr interval and a long qrs interval with a delta wave. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Wolf Parkinson White syndrome | <cardiology, syndrome> Abnormal cardiac conduction that occurs by way of an accessory pathway between the atria and the ventricles. Baseline ECG will typically show a short P-R interval and a slurred upstroke of the QRS (delta wave). Tachyarrhythmias are common. (27 Sep 1997) |
| posterior white column of the spinal cord | The large wedge-shaped fibre bundle lying between the posterior gray column and the posterior median septum, and composed largely of dorsal root fibres. Synonym: funiculus posterior, dorsal funiculus, funiculus dorsalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Potter, Irving White | <person> U.S. Obstetrician, 1868-1956. See: Potter's version. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schwann's white substance | <anatomy> The substance of the medullary sheath. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sclerosis of white matter | <radiology> Type of dysmyelinating disease, hereditary, peripheral nervous system unaffected in some disorders Specific diseases: adrenoleukodystrophy, metachromatic leukodystrophy, spongy degeneration (Canavan), globoid cell (Krabbe) leukodystrophy, Alexander disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Cockayne syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |
| Hilton's white line | A bluish pink, narrow, wavy zone in the mucosa of the anal canal below the pectinate line at the level of the interval between the subcutaneous part of the external sphincter and the lower border of the internal sphincter, said to be palpable. Synonym: Hilton's white line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sergent's white line | A pale streak appearing within 30 to 60 seconds after stroking the skin with a fingernail, and lasting for several minutes; regarded as a sign of diminished arterial tension. Synonym: Sergent's white line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nicolle's white mycetoma | Mycetoma caused by a species of Aspergillus, and producing relatively large granules, about the size of a pea; infection occurs from barley grain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| differential white blood count | An estimate of the percentage of white blood cell types which make up the total white blood cell count. (05 Mar 2000) |
| egg white | The white of an egg, especially a chicken's egg, used in cooking. It contains albumin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| egg-white injury | <syndrome> Dermatitis, loss of hair, and loss of muscle coordination, produced in rats by diets containing large amounts of raw egg white, the avidin of which combines with biotin producing a deficiency of the latter. Synonym: egg-white injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| egg-white syndrome | <syndrome> Dermatitis, loss of hair, and loss of muscle coordination, produced in rats by diets containing large amounts of raw egg white, the avidin of which combines with biotin producing a deficiency of the latter. Synonym: egg-white injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| familial white folded dysplasia | An autosomal dominant condition of the oral cavity characterised by soft, white or opalescent, thickened and corrugated folds of mucous membrane; other mucosal sites are occasionally involved simultaneously. Synonym: familial white folded dysplasia, oral epithelial nevus. (05 Mar 2000) |