| HBI | Hemi-Body Irradiation |
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| V/S | Vital Signs; 활력증후 1. Body Temperature; 체온 2. Blood Pressure; 혈압 &n... |
| AB | abdominal; abnormal; abortion; Ace bandage; active bilaterally; aid to the blind; alcian blue; alert... |
| ABD | abdomen; aged, blind, and disabled; aggressive behavioral disturbance; average body dose |
| ABM | adjusted body mass; alveolar basement membrane; autologous bone marrow |
| ivory vertebral body | <radiology> Single or multiple very dense vertebra: collapse, metastases, sclerotic metastasis or treated lytic metastasis, preservation of disc space and vertebral body size, Paget's disease, usually single vertebral body, expanded body with thickened cortex and coarsened trabeculation, disc space preserved, lymphoma, preservation of disc space and vertebral body size, infection (low grade), end plate destruction, disc space narrowing, paraspinal soft tissue mass (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Odland body | A membrane-bound granule, 100 to 500 nm in diameter, located in the upper layers of the stratum spinosum of certain stratified squamous epithelia. Synonym: lamellar granule, membrane-coating granule, Odland body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| olivary body | <zoology> A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully coloured. Origin: L. An olive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| three-body collisions | <radiobiology> It is possible (but generally rare) to have three particles collide simultaneously, instead of just two. (09 Oct 1997) |
| threshold body | Any material (e.g., glucose) that is excreted in the urine only when its plasma concentration exceeds a certain value, termed its threshold. Synonym: threshold body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thyroid body | A butterfly-shaped endocrine gland in the neck that is found on both sides of the trachea windpipe). It secretes the hormone thyroxine which controls the rate of metabolism. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Ehrlich's inner body | A round oxyphil body found in the red blood cell in case of haemocytolysis due to a specific blood poison. Synonym: Heinz-Ehrlich body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embryonal tumour of ciliary body | <tumour> An epitheliomatous tumour of the nonpigmented layer of the ciliary epithelium. Synonym: embryonal tumour of ciliary body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trapezoid body | A plate of transverse fibres running over the dorsal (deep) border of the pontine nuclei; it is formed by ascending auditory fibres that cross to the opposite side of the brainstem. Synonym: corpus trapezoideum, trapezoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epithelial body | <anatomy, endocrinology> Four small endocrine glands lying close or embedded in the posterior surface of the thyroid gland. They secrete the hormone parathormone. (27 Sep 1997) |
| tuffstone body | Membrane-bound electron-dense granules, measuring about 0.5 um in diameter, found primarily in Schwann cells of patients suffering from metachromatic leukodystrophy; the name alludes to their resemblance to volcanic limestone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turbinated body | A concha with its covering of mucous membrane and other soft parts. Synonym: turbinal. Synonym: inferior nasal concha, middle nasal concha, superior nasal concha, supreme nasal concha. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic body | One of the mucous gland's in the mucosa of the tympanic cavity. Synonym: tympanic body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| juxtaglomerular body | A collection of cells around the renal glomerular arterioles that contain cytoplasmic granules, probably composed of renin. Synonym: periarterial pad. (05 Mar 2000) |
| juxtarestiform body | A medial (smaller) subdivision of the inferior cerebellar peduncle (corpus restiforme) composed of fibres reciprocally connecting the vestibular nuclei with the cerebellum, in particular the latter's nodulus, flocculus, and uvula vermis. It also carries primary sensory fibres from the vestibular ganglia to the cerebellum, as well as cerebellar projections to the rhombencephalic reticular formation and vestibular nuclei. (05 Mar 2000) |