| PVA | Paralyzed Veterans of America; peripheral venous alimentation; polyvinyl acetate; polyvinyl alcohol;... |
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| REA | radiation emergency area; radioenzymatic assay; renal anastomosis; right ear advantage |
| RJA | regurgitant jet area |
| RMA | rapid membrane assay; refuses medical advice; Registered Medical Assistant; relative medullary area;... |
| SA | salicylic acid; saline [solution]; salt added; sarcoidosis; sarcoma; scalenus anticus; secondary ame... |
| residual body of Regaud | The excess cytoplasm that separates from the spermatozoon during spermiogenesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pedunculus of pineal body | See: habenula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rest body | A small mass of cytoplasm remaining after the nucleus and cytoplasm of the schizont of certain sporozoan protozoa have divided into asexual spores or merozoites. (05 Mar 2000) |
| restiform body | A lateral (larger) subdivision of the inferior cerebellar peduncle composed of a variety of fibres including, but not limited to, olivo-, reticulo-, cuneo-, trigemino-, and dorsal spinocerebellar. See: inferior cerebellar peduncle. Synonym: corpus restiforme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| melon-seed body | A small fibrous loose body in the joints or tendon sheaths. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Golgi body | <cell biology> Intracellular stack of membrane bounded vesicles in which glycosylation and packaging of secreted proteins takes place. Part of the GERL complex. Synonym: Golgi body, Golgi vesicles, dictyosome (in plants), parabasal body (in flagellate protozoa). (11 Jan 1998) |
| perineal body | central tendon of perineum |
| granuloma, foreign-body | Histiocytic, inflammatory response to a foreign body. It consists of modified macrophages with multinucleated giant cells, in this case foreign-body giant cells (giant cells, foreign-b0dy), usually surrounded by lymphocytes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rice body | One of the small, loose body's found in hygromas, tendon sheaths, and joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ringworm of body | A fungal skin infection sometimes referred to as ringworm. Typically a scaly, red-shaped ring on the skin. Commonly seen in children. Treatment requires an antifungal cream such as clotrimazole or miconazole. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Guarnieri body | Acidophilic inclusion body found in cells infected with vaccinia virus, composed of viral particles and proteins, it is the location of virus replication and assembly. (18 Nov 1997) |
| chromaffin body | A small, roundish body containing chromaffin cells; a number of such bodies may be found retroperitoneally near the aorta and in organs such as the kidney, liver, heart, and gonads. Synonym: chromaffin body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chromatin body | Barr body, condensed X chromosome in female mammalian cell. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Michaelis-Gutmann body | <radiology> A rounded homogenous or concentrically laminated body, 1 to 10 u in diameter, containing calcium apatite and iron; found within macrophages in the bladder wall in malakoplakia. (12 Jul 2000) |
| ciliary body | <anatomy> Tissue that includes the group of muscles that act on the eye lens to produce accommodation and the arterial circle of the iris. The inner ciliary epithelium is continuous with the pigmented retinal epithelium, the outer ciliary epithelium secretes the aqueous humour. (18 Nov 1997) |