| PLM | percent labeled mitoses; periodic leg movement; plasma level monitoring; polarized light microscopy |
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| PSIL | preferred frequency speech interference level |
| PTL | peritoneal telencephalic leukoencephalomyopathy; pharyngotracheal lumen; plasma thyroxine level post... |
| REL | rate of energy loss; recommended exposure limit; resting expiratory level |
| RL | radial line; radiation laboratory; reduction level; renal dysplasia-limb defects [syndrome]; resisti... |
| sea mouse | <zoology> A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setae on the sides. The dunlin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sea needle | <zoology> See Garfish . Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea nettle | A jellyfish, or medusa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea onion | <botany> The officinal squill. See Squill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea orange | <zoology> A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea-orb | <zoology> A globefish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea otter | <zoology> An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, or marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed. <botany> Sea-otter's cabbage, a gigantic kelp of the Pacific Ocean (Nereocystis Lutkeana). See Nereocystis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea owl | <zoology> The lumpfish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea pad | <zoology> The puffin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea partridge | <zoology> The gilthead (Crenilabrus melops), a fish of the British coasts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea peach | <zoology> A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, or Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and colour of a ripe peach. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea pear | <zoology> A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea-pen | <zoology> A pennatula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea perch | <zoology> The European bass (Roccus, or Labrax, lupus); called also sea dace. The cunner. The sea bass. The name is applied also to other species of fishes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea pheasant | <zoology> The pintail duck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |