| PRECEDE | predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling causes in educational diagnosis and evaluation [model] |
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| PRICES | protection, rest, ice, compression, elevation, support [primary treatment of tendinitis and overuse ... |
| PT | pain threshold; parathormone; parathyroid; paroxysmal tachycardia; part time; patient; pericardial t... |
| P&T | permanent and total [disability]; pharmacy and therapeutics |
| PULHEMS | physique, upper extremity, lower extremity, hearing and ears, eyes and vision, mental capacity, emot... |
| protoveratrine A and B | A mixture of two alkaloids isolated from Veratrum album; they exert their main effect upon the cardiovascular system through the carotid sinus receptors and vagal sensory endings in the heart; they cause vasodilation and are thought to bring about a redistribution to all vascular beds and thus to induce a fall in blood pressure; used in certain forms of hypertension; the maleates have the same actions. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| psychological phenomena and processes | Mechanisms and underlying psychological principles of mental processes and their applications. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hoof-and-mouth disease | An obsolete term for foot-and-mouth disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists | A collective grouping for both naturally occurring and synthetic hormones, substitutes, and antagonists. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sensitivity and specificity | Measures for assessing the results of diagnostic and screening tests. Sensitivity represents the proportion of truly diseased persons in a screened population who are identified as being diseased by the test. It is a measure of the probability of correctly diagnosing a condition. Specificity is the proportion of truly nondiseased persons who are so identified by the screening test. It is a measure of the probability of correctly identifying a nondiseased person. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospital design and construction | The architecture, functional design, and construction of hospitals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Hunter and Driffield curve | Sensitometric curve of radiographic film, a plot of the film density versus the logarithm of the relative exposure. Synonym: H and D curve, Hunter and Driffield curve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sexual and gender disorders | Mental disorders related to sexual dysfunction, paraphillias, and gender identity disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sheath of Key and Retzius | <anatomy> The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibres. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Within + a sinew, nerve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hydroxymethyl and formyl transferases | <enzyme> Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of hydroxymethyl or formyl groups. Registry number: EC 2.1.2 (12 Dec 1998) |
| short limbs and osteopenia | <radiology> Osteogenesis imperfecta, hypophosphatasia (12 Dec 1998) |
| signs and symptoms | Objective evidence of disease perceptible to the examining physician (sign) and subjective evidence of disease perceived by the patient (symptom). (12 Dec 1998) |
| signs and symptoms, digestive | Digestive system manifestations of diseases of the gastrointestinal system or of other organs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| signs and symptoms, respiratory | Respiratory system manifestations of diseases of the respiratory tract or of other organs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| skin and connective tissue diseases | A collective term for diseases of the skin and its appendages and of connective tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| andrology |
Science of diseases of males, including infertility, spermatogenesis and sexual dsyfunction
출처: www.stanford.edu/dept/GYNOB/rei/defs.html
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| androgen |
A male sex hormone, such as testosterone. Androgens may be used to treat recurrence of breast cancer. Their effect is to block the activity of estrogen, which "feeds" some cancers.
출처: www.jsonline.com/alive/news/cancer/aterms.asp
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| andropause |
Represent a change in male hormonal balance.
출처: www.people.vcu.edu/~swharkin/swhpages/glossary.htm
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| androstenedione |
an adrenal androgen precursor that is transformed to testosterone by 3 beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase within the prostate cell; testosterone can also be oxidized to androstenedione by 17 beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
출처: www.prostate-cancer.org/resource/gloss_a.html
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| androgyny |
Technically referring to the union of both sexes in one individual, this term is often equated with hermaphrodism. Feminist writers and critics, though, use it to refer to the culturally, rather than biologically, determine characteristics. Androgyny is sometimes celebrated as a liberating vision of wholeness through the blurring or break down of false gender categories. See, for example, Angela Carter s novel The Passion of New Eve.
출처: www.adamranson.freeserve.co.uk/critical%20concepts...
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