| PTLD | posttransplanatation lymphoproliferative disorder; prescribed tumor lethal dose |
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| PTSD | posttraumatic stress disorder |
| RPMD | rheumatic pain modulation disorder |
| SAD | Scale of Anxiety and Depression; seasonal affective disorder; Self-Assessment Depression [scale]; se... |
| SD | Sandhoff disease; senile dementia; septal defect; serologically defined; serologically detectable; s... |
| collateral ligament | <anatomy> One of a number of ligaments on either side of, and serving as a radius of movement of, a joint having a hingelike movement; they occur at the following joints: elbow, knee, wrist, and the metacarpo-or metatarsophalangeal, proximal interphalangeal, and distal interphalangeal joints of the hands and feet. Synonym: ligamentum collaterale. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Colles' ligament | <anatomy> A triangular fibrous band extending from the aponeurosis of the external oblique to the pubic tubercle of the opposite side. See: aponeurosis of external abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: ligamentum reflexum, Colles' ligament, fascia triangularis abdominis, reflex ligament, triangular fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pisohamate ligament | <anatomy> A strong fibrous band that extends from the pisiform bone to the hook of the hamate. Synonym: ligamentum pisohamatum, pisounciform ligament, pisouncinate ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pisometacarpal ligament | <anatomy> A strong fibrous band extending from the pisiform bone to the base of the fifth metacarpal bone; this ligament, together with the pisohamate ligament, forms the tendon of insertion of the flexor carpi ulnaris, in which the pisiform bone is like a sesamoid bone. Synonym: ligamentum pisometacarpeum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pisounciform ligament | <anatomy> A strong fibrous band that extends from the pisiform bone to the hook of the hamate. Synonym: ligamentum pisohamatum, pisounciform ligament, pisouncinate ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pisouncinate ligament | <anatomy> A strong fibrous band that extends from the pisiform bone to the hook of the hamate. Synonym: ligamentum pisohamatum, pisounciform ligament, pisouncinate ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weitbrecht's ligament | A slender band extending from the lateral part of the coronoid process of the ulna distad and laterad to the radius immediately distal to the bicipital tuberosity. Synonym: chorda obliqua, oblique cord, round ligament of elbow joint, Weitbrecht's cord, Weitbrecht's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plantar calcaneocuboid ligament | <anatomy> A strong band that passes forward and medially from the plantar surface of the calcaneus to the cuboid bone, actually forming a part of the articular "socket." Synonym: ligamentum calcaneocuboideum plantare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plantar calcaneonavicular ligament | <anatomy> A dense fibroelastic ligament that extends from the sustentaculum tali to the plantar surface of the navicular bone; it supports the head of the talus. Synonym: ligamentum calcaneonaviculare plantare, inferior calcaneonavicular ligament, spring ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plantar cuboideonavicular ligament | <anatomy> The ligament that unites the plantar surfaces of the cuboid and navicular bones of the tarsus. Synonym: ligamentum cuboideonaviculare plantare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plantar cuneocuboid ligament | <anatomy> The fibrous band that unites the apex of the lateral cuneiform with the medial margin of the plantar suface of the cuboid. Synonym: ligamentum cuneocuboideum plantare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Winslow's ligament | <anatomy> The cordlike ligament that passes from the lateral epicondyle of the femur to the head of the fibula. Synonym: ligamentum collaterale fibulare, lateral ligament of knee, Winslow's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjugate ligament | <anatomy> A ligament in some mammals which is the homologue of the intra-articular ligament present in the joints between the heads of the ribs and the vertebrae. Synonym: ligamentum conjugale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wrisberg's ligament | <anatomy> The band that passes posterior to the posterior cruciate ligament extending between the medial condyle of the femur and the posterior crus of the lateral meniscus. Synonym: ligamentum meniscofemorale posterius, ligamentum cruciatum tertium genus, ligamentum menisci lateralis, Wrisberg's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conoid ligament | <anatomy> The medial part of the coracoclavicular ligament that attaches to the conoid tubercle of the clavicle. Synonym: ligamentum conoideum. (05 Mar 2000) |