| ABCDES | abnormal alignment, bones-periarticular osteoporosis, cartilage-joint space loss, deformities, margi... |
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| ACFAO | American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine |
| A&D | admission and discharge; ascending and descending |
| ADM | abductor digiti minimi; administrative medicine; admission; Adriamycin; Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Ment... |
| A+E | accident and emergency [department]; analysis and evaluation |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
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| ASTRO | American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology |
| APUD | Amine Precursor Uptake and Decarboxylation |
| AMPS | Assessment of Motor and Process Skills |
| ALSPAC | Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood |
| chondroitinases and chondroitin lyases | <enzyme> Enzymes which catalyze the elimination of glucuronate residues from chondroitin a,b, and c or which catalyze the hydrolysis of sulfate groups of the 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-galactose 6-sulfate units of chondroitin sulfate. Registry number: EC 4.2.2.- (12 Dec 1998) |
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| gyrate atrophy of choroid and retina | A slowly progressive atrophy of the choriocapillaris, pigmentary epithelium, and sensory retina, with irregular confluent atrophic areas and an associated ornithinuria; autosomal recessive inheritance; due to a deficiency of ornithine d-aminotransferase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharmacy and therapeutics committee | An advisory group composed primarily of staff physicians and the pharmacist which serves as the communication link between the medical staff and the pharmacy department. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Rowntree and Geraghty test | An obsolete test for renal function; after the patient has drunk a glass or two of water, 1 ml of a 0.6% solution of dye is injected hypodermically; the time between this injection and the appearance of a pink tinge in the urine as it falls into an alkaline solution is noted; the amount excreted in each of the next 2 hours is then estimated colourimetrically. Synonym: Geraghty's test, phthalein test, red test, Rowntree and Geraghty test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circulatory and respiratory physiology | Functions and activities of cardiovascular circulation and of respiration and respiratory mechanics. (12 Dec 1998) |
| civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services | See: CHAMPUS. (12 Dec 1998) |
| clasped thumbs and mental retardation | A syndrome with the following characteristic features: (1) neurologically:mental retardation and aphasia (lack of speech); (2) limbs: adducted (clasped) thumbs, absent extensor pollicis longus and/or brevis muscles to the thumb, shuffling gait, and leg spasticity; (3) growth: small body size; (4) skeleton: lumbar lordosis (sway back). The syndrome is inherited as an X-linked trait and so affects mainly boys. Alternative names include MASA syndrome (MASA stands for mental retardation, aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs), adducted thumb with mental retardation, congenital clasped thumb with mental retardation, and the Gareis-Mason syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| missions and missionaries | To be used for articles pertaining to medical activities carried out by personnel in institutions which are administered by a religious organization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| physical education and training | Instructional programs in the care and development of the body, often in schools. The concept does not include prescribed exercises, which is exercise therapy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| coccidia of sheep and goats | Eimeria ovina (arloingi), the most common and destructive species in sheep, principal losses being in young lambs; Eimeria minakolyakimovae, a highly pathogenic parasite of sheep; Eimeria parva and Eimeria pallida are frequently found but believed to be of low virulence; Eimeria faurei, Eimeria intricata, Eimeria granulosa, Eimeria ahsata, Eimeria hawkins, Eimeria gilruthi, Eimeria gonzalezi, Eimeria christenseni, Eimeria punctata, Eimeria crandallis, and Eimeria honessi, are found in sheep or goats, and are probably of low pathogenicity. All of these species invade the epithelium of the small intestine. Synonym: coccidia of sheep and goats. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pin and ligature cutter | <dentistry> A special plier use to cur off arch wires, ligatures etc. (08 Jan 1998) |
| monocyte chemotactic and activating factor | Cytokine of the C C subfamily, co induced with IL-8 on stimulation of endothelial cells, fibroblasts or monocytes that activates and is chemotactic for, monocytes. A chemokine. (18 Nov 1997) |
| weal and flare | <immunology> The vascular changes in the skin in response to mild mechanical injury, an outward spreading zone of reddening flare) followed rapidly by a weal (swelling) at the site of injury. Redness, heat and swelling, three of the cardinal signs of inflammation, are present. (18 Nov 1997) |
| wear-and-tear pigment | Lipofuscin that accumulates in aging or atrophic cells as a residue of lysosomal digestion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wedge-and-groove joint | A form of fibrous joint in which the sharp edge of one bone is received in a cleft in the edge of the other, as in the articulation of the vomer with the rostrum of the sphenoid. Synonym: schindylesis, schindyletic joint, wedge-and-groove suture. (05 Mar 2000) |