| FE | fatty ester; fecal emesis; fetal erythroblastosis; fetal erythrocyte; fluid extract; fluorescent ery... |
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| HWE | healthy worker effect; hot water extract |
| MSWYE | modified sea water yeast extract |
| NBME | National Board of Medical Examiners; normal bone marrow extract |
| NFE | nonferrous extract |
| jaundice root | The dried rhizome of Hydrastis canadensis (family Ranunculaceae), a native of the eastern U.S.; formerly used in the treatment of chronic catarrhal states of the mucous membranes and in metrorrhagia. Synonym: golden seal, jaundice root, yellow root. Origin: Mod. L. Fr. G. Hydor (hydro-), water, + drao, to accomplish (05 Mar 2000) |
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| facial root | The nerve constituting the parasympathetic and sympathetic root of the pterygopalatine ganglion; it is formed in the region of the foramen lacerum by the union of the greater superficial petrosal and the deep petrosal nerves, and runs through the pterygoid canal to the pterygopalatine fossa. Synonym: nervus canalis pterygoidei, radix facialis, facial root, vidian nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| yellow root | <botany> Any one of several plants with yellow roots. Specifically: See Xanthorhiza. Same as Orangeroot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) Previous: yellow mercury iodide, yellow nail, yellow nail syndrome, yellow precipitateNext: yellow root, yellows, yellowseed, yellowshins, yellow skinyellow root hydrastis |
| lateral root of median nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The part of the median nerve arising from the lateral cord of the brachial plexus. Synonym: radix lateralis nervi mediani. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral root of optic tract | The larger division of the posterior end of the optic tract that terminates in the lateral geniculate body. Synonym: radix lateralis tractus optici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long root of ciliary ganglion | Sensory fibres passing from the eyeball through the ciliary ganglion to their cell bodies in the trigeminal ganglion via the nasociliary nerve. Synonym: radix sensoria ganglii ciliaris, ramus communicans nervi nasociliaris cum ganglio ciliari, radix nasociliaris, long root of ciliary ganglion, nasociliary root, radix longa ganglii ciliaris. (05 Mar 2000) |