| MSMAID | machine, suction, monitor, airway equipment, intravenous line, drugs [for bronchoscopy] |
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| OML | orbitomental line |
| OSCAR | on-line survey, certification and reporting system |
| PAL | pathology laboratory; peptidyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine alpha-amidating lysine phase alteration plane; p... |
| PcB | near point of convergence to the intercentral base line [punctum convergens basalis] |
| hickman line | <equipment> A narrow plastic tube which is inserted, under anaesthetic, into a major blood vessel in the chest. It is used for patients undergoing intensive therapy and provides a route for taking blood samples and administering drugs without repeated needle puncture of a vein. (13 Nov 1997) |
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| highest nuchal line | A line above and parallel to the superior nuchal line on the external surface of the occipital bone; it gives attachment to the epicranial aponeurosis and occipitalis muscle. Synonym: linea nuchae suprema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hilton's white line | A bluish pink, narrow, wavy zone in the mucosa of the anal canal below the pectinate line at the level of the interval between the subcutaneous part of the external sphincter and the lower border of the internal sphincter, said to be palpable. Synonym: Hilton's white line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| His' line | A line extending from the tip of the anterior nasal spine (acanthion) to the hindmost point on the posterior margin of the foramen magnum (opisthion), dividing the face into an upper and a lower, or dental part. (05 Mar 2000) |
| second line chemotherapy | <oncology> Chemotherapy given for a tumour which has already failed to respond to a first chemotherapy regimen (called first line). (16 Dec 1997) |
| Holden's line | The crease or furrow of the skin of the groin caused by flexion of the thigh. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semilunar line | The slight groove in the external abdominal wall parallel to the lateral edge of the rectus sheath. Synonym: semilunar line, Spigelius' line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hudson-Stahli line | <clinical sign, ophthalmology> A brown, horizontal line across the lower third of the cornea, occasionally seen in the aged and also in association with corneal opacities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sergent's white line | A pale streak appearing within 30 to 60 seconds after stroking the skin with a fingernail, and lasting for several minutes; regarded as a sign of diminished arterial tension. Synonym: Sergent's white line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunter's line | A fibrous band running vertically the entire length of the centre of the anterior abdominal wall, receiving the attachments of the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles. Synonym: Hunter's line, white line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Shenton's line | A curved line formed by the top of the obturator foramen and the inner side of the neck of the femur, seen on an anteroposterior frontal radiograph of a normal hip joint; it is disturbed in lesions of the joint such as dislocation or fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| S-N line | A line connecting a point (S) representing the centre of the sella turcica with the frontonasal junction (N); it denotes the anterior portion of the cranial base in cephalometrics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soleal line | A ridge which extends obliquely downward and medially across the back of the tibia from the fibular articular facet; it gives origin to the soleus muscle. Synonym: linea musculi solei, line for soleus muscle, linea poplitea, popliteal line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Spigelius' line | The slight groove in the external abdominal wall parallel to the lateral edge of the rectus sheath. Synonym: semilunar line, Spigelius' line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spiral line | A rough line that separates the neck and shaft of the femur anteriorly; it passes downward and medially from the greater trochanter to the lesser trochanter and continues into the medial lip of the linea aspera. Synonym: linea intertrochanterica, linea spiralis, spiral line. (05 Mar 2000) |