| SFT | Sabin-Feldman test; sensory feedback therapy; skinfold thickness |
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| SI | International System of Units [Fr. le Systeme International d'Unites]; sacroiliac; saline infusion; ... |
| SN | sclerema neonatorum; scrub nurse; sensorineural; sensory neuron; serum neutralization; sinus node; s... |
| SNAP | sensory nerve action potential; S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine |
| SNCS | sensory nerve conduction studies |
| unit of force | CGS system: dyne, FPS system: poundal, MKS system: newton,SI: newton. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| unit of heat | Calorie (gram calorie; kilocalorie) Synonym: British thermal unit. Synonym: joule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of intermedin | A unit based upon the action of the hormone in causing the expansion of the melanophores in a hypophysectomised frog; equal to 1 ug of alkali-treated USP Posterior-pituitary Reference Standard. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of length | Metric system and SI: meter, CGS system: centimeter, variable in the English system: inch for short distances, foot for moderate distances and for elevation, mile for long distances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of light | See: candela, lux. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of magnetic field intensity | See: gauss, tesla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of mass | Metric system: gram, SI: kilogram, english system: pound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of ocular convergence | The amount of convergence required to view binocularly an object 1 meter distant and exerting 1 diopter of accommodation. Synonym: unit of ocular convergence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of oxytocin | The oxytocic activity of 0.5 mg of the USP Posterior-pituitary Reference Standard; 1 mg of synthetic oxytocin corresponds to 500 IU. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of penicillin | The penicillin activity of 0.6 ug of penicillin G. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of radioactivity | See: Becquerel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of thyrotrophic activity | The activity of an amount of an extract of the anterior lobe of the hypophysis which, given daily for 5 days, will cause the thyroid of a guinea pig (weighing 200 g) to reach a weight of 600 mg. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of vasopressin | The pressor activity of 0.5 mg of the USP Posterior-pituitary Reference Standard; 1 mg of synthetic vasopressin corresponds to 600 IU. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of wavelength | See: Angstrom, nanometer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unit of weight | See: unit of mass. (05 Mar 2000) |