| ABOMS | American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery |
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| ABOP | American Board of Oral Pathology |
| ACOMS | American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons |
| AOD | Academy of Operative Dentistry; Academy of Oral Dynamics; adult onset diabetes; anesthesiologist-on-... |
| ASOS | American Society of Oral Surgeons |
| skin diseases, parasitic | Skin diseases caused by arthropods, helminths, or protozoa. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| skin diseases, vascular | Skin diseases affecting or involving the cutaneous blood vessels and generally manifested as inflammation, swelling, erythema, or necrosis in the affected area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| skin diseases, vesiculobullous | Skin diseases characterised by local or general distributions of blisters. They are classified according to the site and mode of blister formation. Lesions can appear spontaneously or be precipitated by infection, trauma, or sunlight. Aetiologies include immunologic and genetic factors. (12 Dec 1998) |
| skin diseases, viral | Skin diseases caused by viruses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| skin dose | The quantity of radiation delivered to the skin surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skin flap | A flap comprised of skin and its subjacent subcutaneous tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skin furrows | The numerous grooves of variable depth on the surface of the epidermis. Synonym: sulci cutis, skin grooves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skin graft | Skin that is moved from one part of the body to another. (12 Dec 1998) |
| skin grafting | <procedure, surgery> A plastic surgical procedure that involves the placement of epidermis (a graft) over a wound (lacking epidermis). The graft is taken from another distant site on the patients body. (27 Sep 1997) |
| skin grooves | The numerous grooves of variable depth on the surface of the epidermis. Synonym: sulci cutis, skin grooves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skin lesions of tuberous sclerosis | <radiology> Adenoma sebaceum, Shagreen patches, periungual fibromata, ash-leaf hypopigmentation (12 Dec 1998) |
| skin manifestations | Dermatologic disorders attendant upon non-dermatologic disease or injury. (12 Dec 1998) |
| skin manifestations of GI disease | <radiology> Pancreatic carcinoma . . . . . . . . Thrombophlebitis migrans, glucagonoma . . . . . . . . . Migratory necrolytic erythema, IBD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pyoderma gangrenosum, sprue / coeliac disease. . . . Dermatitis herpetiformis, Whipple disease . . . . . . . Pigmentation, primary biliary cirrhosis . . . . Exanthemasma, hepatic cirrhosis . . . . . . . . Spider angiomata (12 Dec 1998) |
| skin-muscle reflexes | Superficial or cutaneous reflex's, such as the superficial abdominal reflex's. Synonym: skin reflexes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skin of teeth | The primary enamel cuticle, consisting of two extremely thin layers (the inner one clear and structureless, the outer one cellular), covering the entire crown of newly erupted teeth and subsequently abraded by mastication; it is evident microscopically as an amorphous material between the attachment epithelium and the tooth. Synonym: cuticula dentis, adamantine membrane, dental cuticle, membrana adamantina, Nasmyth's cuticle, Nasmyth's membrane, skin of teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |