| EDI | eating disorder inventory; electronic data interchange |
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| EM | early memory; ejection murmur; electromagnetic; electron micrograph; electron microscopy, electron m... |
| EMD | electromechanical dissociation; emergency medical dispacher; emergency medical doctor; Emery-Dreifus... |
| FBD | functional bowel disorder |
| FIDD | fetal iodine deficiency disorder |
| paramastoid process | An occasional process of bone extending downward from the jugular process of the occipital bone in humans. Synonym: processus paramastoideus, paroccipital process. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vermiform process | A wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the caecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity. Synonym: appendix vermiformis, appendix ceci, processus vermiformis, vermiform appendage, vermiform process, vermix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Markov process | A stochastic process in which the probability of an event in the future is not affected by the past history of events. (18 Nov 1997) |
| paroccipital process | An occasional process of bone extending downward from the jugular process of the occipital bone in humans. Synonym: processus paramastoideus, paroccipital process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mastoid process | The nipple-like projection of the petrous part of the temporal bone. Synonym: processus mastoideus, mastoid bone, temporal apophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestige of vaginal process | Incompletely obliterated remnants of the vaginal process of the peritoneum remaining in the spermatic cord. Synonym: vestigium processus vaginalis, vestige of vaginal process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maxillary process | A thin plate of irregular form projecting from the middle of the upper border of the inferior concha, articulating with the maxilla bone and partly closing the orifice of the maxillary sinus. Synonym: processus maxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maxillary process of embryo | The part of the first pharyngeal arch that lies cranial to the stomodeum and then develops into the upper jaw. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudate process | A narrow band of hepatic tissue connecting the caudate and right lobes of the liver posterior to the porta hepatis. Synonym: processus caudatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| globular process | An obsolete term for intermaxillary segment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial nasal process | An ectodermally covered mesenchymal swelling lying medial to the olfactory placode or pit in the embryo. Synonym: medial nasal fold, medial nasal primordium, medial nasal process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial plate of pterygoid process | The smaller and more medial of the two bony plates extending downward from the point of union of the body and greater wing of the sphenoid bone on either side. Ending inferiorly in the pterygoid hamulus. Synonym: lamina medialis processus pterygoidei, medial plate of pterygoid process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial process of calcaneal tuberosity | The medial projection from the posterior part of the calcaneus. Synonym: processus medialis tuberis calcanei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial tubercle of posterior process of talus | The eminence medial to the sulcus for the flexor hallucis longus tendon. Synonym: tuberculum mediale processus posterioris tali. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vocal process | The lower end of the anterior margin of the arytenoid cartilage to which the vocal cord is attached. Synonym: processus vocalis cartilaginis arytenoidei, vocal process. (05 Mar 2000) |