| HF | Hageman factor; haplotype frequency; hard filled [capsule]; hay fever; head of fetus; head forward; ... |
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| IARF | ischemic acute renal failure |
| LHF | left heart failure |
| LVF | left ventricular failure; left ventricular function; left visual field; low-voltage fast; low-voltag... |
| MRF | Markov random field; medical record file; melanocyte-[stimulating hormone]-releasing factor; mesence... |
| hexaxial reference system | The figure resulting if the lines of derivation of the unipolar limb leads of the electrocardiogram are added to the triaxial reference system. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| His-Tawara system | The complex system of interlacing Purkinje fibres within the ventricular myocardium. See: conducting system of heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| second signaling system | <psychology> Pavlovian term for speech in which words are considered to be the second signals capable of producing conditioned responses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary branch of autonomic nervous system | Pulmonary branches of cardiac plexuses and cardiaopulmonary splanchnic nerves. Synonym: rami pulmonales systematis autonomici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| homogeneous system | In chemistry, a system whose parts cannot be mechanically separated, and is therefore uniform throughout and possesses in every part identically physical properties; e.g., a solution of sodium chloride in water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Purkinje system | <cardiology, physiology> Terminal ramifications in the ventricles of the specialised conducting system of the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory system agents | Drugs that act on neuronal sensory receptors resulting in an increase, decrease, or modification of afferent nerve activity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| host-vector system | A combination of a bacterial host cell (i.e. A specific strain) and a virus vector (i.e. A particular bacteriophage strain) which work well together for DNA cloning. (09 Oct 1997) |
| serotonergic system | <anatomy, physiology> The system of nerve cells that uses serotonin as their neurotransmitter. (22 May 1998) |
| single-payer system | An approach to health care financing with only one source of money for paying health care providers. The scope may be national (the canadian system), state-wide, or community-based. The payer may be a governmental unit or other entity such as an insurance company. The proposed advantages include administrative simplicity for patients and providers, and resulting significant savings in overhead costs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| skeletal system | The bones and cartilages of the body. Synonym: systema skeletale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypophyseoportal system | A capillary network that carries hypophyseotropic hormones from the hypothalamus, where they are secreted into blood, to their sites of action in the anterior hypophysis. See: portal circulation, hypophysis, hypothalamus. Synonym: hypophyseoportal system, hypophysial portal circulation, hypophysial portal system, hypophysioportal system, hypothalamohypophysial portal circulation, hypothalamohypophysial portal system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypophysial portal system | A capillary network that carries hypophyseotropic hormones from the hypothalamus, where they are secreted into blood, to their sites of action in the anterior hypophysis. See: portal circulation, hypophysis, hypothalamus. Synonym: hypophyseoportal system, hypophysial portal circulation, hypophysial portal system, hypophysioportal system, hypothalamohypophysial portal circulation, hypothalamohypophysial portal system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypophysioportal system | A capillary network that carries hypophyseotropic hormones from the hypothalamus, where they are secreted into blood, to their sites of action in the anterior hypophysis. See: portal circulation, hypophysis, hypothalamus. Synonym: hypophyseoportal system, hypophysial portal circulation, hypophysial portal system, hypophysioportal system, hypothalamohypophysial portal circulation, hypothalamohypophysial portal system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypothalamo-hypophyseal system | A neuroendocrine system of neurons, fibre tracts, endocrine tissue, and blood vessels which produces and releases pituitary hormones into the systemic circulation. (12 Dec 1998) |