| ICU | infant care unit; immunologic contact urticaria; intensive care unit; intermediate care unit |
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| IDG | intermediate dose group |
| IDM | idiopathic disease of myocardium; immune defense mechanism; indirect method; infant of diabetic moth... |
| IFP | inflammatory fibroid polyp; insulin, compound F [hydrocortisone], prolactin; intermediate filament p... |
| ILL | intermediate lymphocytic lymphoma |
| Osler node | A tender cutaneous lesion, probably of immunopathic origin, characteristic of subacute bacterial endocarditis; small, raised, and discolored, these node's usually appear in the pads of fingers or toes. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Tawara's node | <cardiology> The location in the heart's conduction system, between the atria and the ventricles, which conducts the normal electrical impulse from the atria to the ventricles. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Troisier's node | Historic term for a lymph node immediately above the clavicle, especially on the left side, that is palpably enlarged as the result of a metastasis from a malignant neoplasm; the presence of such a node indicates that the probable site of primary involvement is in an abdominal organ. See: signal node. Synonym: Troisier's node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugulodigastric node | A prominent lymph node in the deep lateral cervical group lying below the digastric muscle and anterior to the internal jugular vein; it receives lymphatic drainage from the pharynx, palatine tonsil, and tongue. Synonym: nodus jugulodigastricus, jugulodigastric node, subdigastric node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugulo-omohyoid node | A lymph node of the lateral deep cervical group that lies above the intermediate tendon of the omohyoid muscle and anterior to the internal jugular vein; it receives lymphatic drainage from the submental, submandibular, and deep anterior cervical nodes; its efferent vessels go to other deep lateral cervical nodes. Synonym: nodus jugulo-omohyoideus, jugulo-omohyoid node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Keith and Flack node | sinoatrial node |
| Keith's node | sinoatrial node |
| Koch's node | sinoatrial node |
| fibular node | A small inconstant lymph node located along the course of the peroneal vein. Synonym: nodus fibularis, fibular node, peroneal node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Flack's node | sinoatrial node |
| foraminal node | <anatomy> One of the hepatic nodes located adjacent to the epiploic foramen. Synonym: nodus foraminalis, foraminal node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory nerve lymph nodes | The nodes of the lateral deep cervical group that are located along the accessory nerve; their efferent vessels pass to the supraclavicular lymph nodes. Synonym: companion lymph nodes of accessory nerve, nodi lymphatici comitantes nervi accessorii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anorectal lymph nodes | Nodes located on either side of the rectum; they send efferents to the middle rectal and superior rectal nodes. Synonym: nodi lymphatici pararectales, nodi lymphatici anorectales, anorectal lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior cervical lymph nodes | The group of lymph nodes located in the anterior region of the neck, divided into superficial and deep groups. Synonym: nodi lymphatici cervicales anteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior deep cervical lymph nodes | The lymph nodes near the larynx, trachea, and thyroid gland. Synonym: nodi lymphatici cervicales anteriores profundi. (05 Mar 2000) |