| AML | acute monocytic leukemia; acute mucosal lesion; acute myeloblastic leukemia; acute myelocytic leukem... |
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| AMN | adrenomyeloneuropathy; alloxazine mononucleotide; aminonucleoside; anterior median nucleus |
| aMVL | anterior mitral valve leaflet |
| AN | acanthosis nigricans; acne neonatorum; acoustic neuroma; adult, normal; ala nasi; amyl nitrate; aneu... |
| AND | algoneurodystrophy; anterior nasal discharge |
| facies superolateralis cerebri | The aspect of the cerebral hemisphere that lies in contact with the flat bones of the skull; it includes parts of the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes. Synonym: facies superolateralis cerebri, cortical convexity, superolateral cerebral surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| facies symphysialis | facies symphysialis |
| facies temporalis | The surface of a bone which contributes to the temporal fossa, namely, the greater wing of the sphenoid, the squamous part of the temporal, frontal and zygomatic bones. Synonym: facies temporalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies urethralis penis | The surface of the penis opposite to the dorsum penis. Synonym: facies urethralis penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies vesicalis uteri | The surface of the uterus facing the bladder and separated from it by the uterovesical pouch of peritoneum. Synonym: facies vesicalis uteri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies vestibularis dentis | The surface of a tooth that faces the buccal or labial mucosa of vestibule of the mouth; opposite to the lingual surface of tooth. Synonym: facies vestibularis dentis, facies facialis dentis, buccal surface, facial surface of tooth, facies buccalis, facies labialis, labial surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies visceralis hepatis | The posteroinferior surface of the liver that faces adjacent abdominal organs; the porta hepatis and gallbladder are located on this surface. Synonym: facies visceralis hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies visceralis splenis | The surface of the spleen in contact with adjacent viscera. Synonym: facies visceralis splenis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leonine facies | The ridges and furrows on the forehead and cheeks of patients with advanced lepromatous leprosy, giving a leonine appearance. Synonym: leonine facies. Origin: G. Leon (leont-), lion (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute anterior poliomyelitis | Inflammation of the anterior cornua of the spinal cord; an acute infectious disease caused by the poliomyelitis virus and marked by fever, pains, and gastroenteric disturbances, followed by a flaccid paralysis of one or more muscular groups, and later by atrophy. Synonym: acute atrophic paralysis, myogenic paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alpha cells of anterior lobe of hypophysis | Acidophil cell's that constitute about 35% of the cell's of the anterior lobe. There are two varieties: one that elaborates somatotropin, another that elaborates prolactin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior | <anatomy> Toward the front or in front of. (27 Sep 1997) |
| anterior ampullar nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the utriculoampullar nerve that supplies the crista ampullaris of the anterior saemicircular duct. Synonym: nervus ampullaris anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior antebrachial nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the median arising in elbow region, running on interosseous membrane, supplying the flexor pollicis longus, part of flexor digitorum profundus and the pronator quadratus muscles, as well as radiocarpal and intercarpal joints. Synonym: nervus interosseus anterior, ramus profundus nervi radialis, nervus antebrachii anterior, anterior antebrachial nerve, volar interosseous nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior antebrachial region | The area between the radial and ulnar borders of the forearm anteriorly. Synonym: facies antebrachialis anterior, regio antebrachialis anterior, anterior antebrachial region, anterior surface of forearm, facies anterior antebrachii. (05 Mar 2000) |