| PSS | painful shoulder syndrome; physiologic saline solution; porcine stress syndrome; primary Sjogren syn... |
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| SD | Sandhoff disease; senile dementia; septal defect; serologically defined; serologically detectable; s... |
| SEWHO | shoulder-elbow-wrist-hand orthosis |
| Sh | sheep; Sherwood number; Shigella; shoulder |
| sh | shoulder |
one and one-half syndrome
| multiple amputation | Amputation of two or more limbs or parts of limbs performed at the same operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| consecutive amputation | A revision or secondary succeeding amputation of a limb. Amputation in continuity, amputation through a segment of a limb, not at a joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculocutaneous amputation | Amputation with a flap of muscle and skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hancock's amputation | Amputation of the foot through the astragalus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary amputation | An amputation formerly performed during the period between trauma or incipient gangrene and suppuration. Synonym: intrapyretic amputation, primary amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hey's amputation | Amputation of the foot in front of the tarsometatarsal joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hindquarter amputation | Amputation of a lower limb through the sacroiliac joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| secondary amputation | Amputation performed some time after a previous amputation that has failed to heal satisfactorily. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulp amputation | Removal of a portion of the pulp structure of a tooth, usually the coronal portion. Synonym: pulp amputation. Origin: L. Pulpa, pulp, + G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| spontaneous amputation | Amputation as the result of a pathologic process rather than external trauma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes amputation | A modification of the Gritti-Stokes amputation in that the line of section of the femur is slightly higher. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subastragalar amputation | Amputation of the foot in which only the astragalus is retained. Synonym: Malgaigne's amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subperiosteal amputation | Amputation in which the periosteum is stripped back from the bone and replaced afterward, forming a periosteal flap over the cut end. Synonym: periosteoplastic amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Syme's amputation | Amputation of the foot at the ankle joint, the malleoli being sawed off, and a flap being made with the soft parts of the heel. Synonym: Syme's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| double flap amputation | <orthopaedics, surgery> Amputation in which a flap is cut from the soft parts on either side of the limb. (05 Mar 2000) |