| MAR | main admissions room; marasmus; marrow; maximal aggregation ratio; medication administration record;... |
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| MAS | magic angle spinning; Manifest Anxiety Scale; maximum average score; McCune-Albright syndrome; mecon... |
| NAG | N-acetyl-D-glucosaminidase; narrow-angle glaucoma; nonagglutinable |
| OAG | open angle glaucoma |
| PASA | para-aminosalicylic acid; primary acquired sideroblastic anemia; proximal articular set angle |
| malocclusion, angle class III | Malocclusion in which the mandible is anterior to the maxilla as reflected by the first relationship of the first permanent molar (mesioclusion). (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Ranke's angle | The angle formed by the horizontal plane of the head and a line passing from the centre of the margin of the alveolar arch of the maxilla, below the nasal spine to the centre of the frontonasal suture. Origin: J. Ranke (05 Mar 2000) |
| venous angle | The junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins, toward which converge the external and the anterior jugular and the vertebral veins, the thoracic duct in the left angle and the right lymphatic duct in the right angle. Synonym: Pirogoff's angle. In neuroradiology, the angle of union of the superior thalamostriate vein (vena terminalis) with the internal cerebral vein, usually closely behind the interventricular foramen of Monro. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carrying angle | The angle made by the axes of the arm and the forearm, with the elbow in full extension. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maxillary angle | The angle formed by a line drawn from the ophryon and another from the point of the mandible and meeting at the contact between the upper and lower incisor teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| refracting angle of a prism | The angle between two plane surfaces of a prism. Synonym: refracting angle of a prism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| refraction, angle of | <microscopy> The acute angle between the normal to a refracting surface at the point of incidence, and the refracted ray. (05 Aug 1998) |
| glaucoma, angle-closure | A form of glaucoma in which the intraocular pressure increases because the angle of the anterior chamber is blocked and the aqueous humor cannot drain from the anterior chamber. (12 Dec 1998) |
| glaucoma, open-angle | Glaucoma in which the angle of the anterior chamber is open and the trabecular meshwork does not encroach on the base of the iris. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cavity line angle | In dentistry, the angle formed by two walls of a cavity, e.g., a tooth cavity, meeting along a line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Virchow-Holder angle | An angle formed by the meeting of a line drawn from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the base of the anterior nasal spine with a line drawn from this last point to the centre of the external auditory meatus. Synonym: Virchow-Holder angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Virchow's angle | An angle formed by the meeting of a line drawn from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the base of the anterior nasal spine with a line drawn from this last point to the centre of the external auditory meatus. Synonym: Virchow-Holder angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavosurface angle | The angle formed by the junction of a cavity wall and the surface of the tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial angle of eye | The angle formed by the union of the upper and lower eyelids medially. Synonym: angulus oculi medialis, angulus oculi nasalis, internal canthus, medial canthus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visual angle | The angle formed at the retina by the meeting of lines drawn from the periphery of the object seen. (05 Mar 2000) |