| ACoA | anterior communicating artery |
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| ACOM | American College of Occupational Medicine; anterior communicating [artery] |
| AComA | anterior communicating artery |
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| false suture | <anatomy> One whose opposing margins are smooth or present only a few ill-defined projections. Synonym: sutura notha. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| far-and-near suture | A suture utilizing alternate near and far stitches, used to approximate fascial edges. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uninterrupted suture | An uninterrupted series of stitches using one suture; the stitching is fastened at each end by a knot. Synonym: spiral suture, uninterrupted suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zygomaticomaxillary suture | Articulation of the zygomatic bone with the zygomatic process of the maxilla. Synonym: sutura zygomaticomaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zygomaticotemporal suture | Line of junction of the zygomatic process of the temporal and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone. Synonym: sutura temporozygomatica, sutura zygomaticotemporalis, temporozygomatic suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| figure-of-8 suture | A suture utilizing criss-cross stitches, used to approximate fascial edges or the musculofascial and outer layers of an abdominal wound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimoconchal suture | Line of union of the lacrimal bone with the inferior nasal concha. Synonym: sutura lacrimoconchalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimomaxillary suture | Line of union, on the medial wall of the orbit, between the anterior and inferior margin of the lacrimal bone and the maxilla. Synonym: sutura lacrimomaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lambdoid suture | <anatomy> Line of union between the occipital and the parietal bones. Synonym: sutura lambdoidea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lambdoid suture defect | <radiology> Well-defined lucent lesion, classically unilateral, associated with neurofibromatosis (12 Dec 1998) |
| frontal suture | The suture between the two halves of the frontal bone, usually obliterated by about the sixth year; if persistent it is called a metropic suture. Synonym: sutura frontalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontoethmoidal suture | Line of union between the cribriform plate of the ethmoid and the orbital plate and posterior margin of the nasal process of the frontal bone. Synonym: sutura frontoethmoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontolacrimal suture | Line of union between the upper margin of the lacrimal and the orbital plate of the frontal bone. Synonym: sutura frontolacrimalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontomaxillary suture | Articulation of the frontal process of the maxilla with the frontal bone. Synonym: sutura frontomaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontonasal suture | Line of union of the frontal and of the two nasal bones. Synonym: sutura frontonasalis, sutura nasofrontalis. (05 Mar 2000) |