| ICSA | islet cell surface antibody |
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| ISS | idiopathic short stature; injury severity score; International Society of Surgery; ion-scattering sp... |
| LA50 | total body surface area of burn that will kill 50% of patients (lethal area) |
| M2 | dose per square meter of body surface; marked dullness; promyelocyte |
| MCSA | Moloney cell surface antigen |
| denture polished surface | That portion of the denture which extends in an occlusal direction from the border of the denture and includes the palatal surface; it is the part of the denture base which is usually polished and includes the buccal and lingual surface's of the teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| diaphragmatic surface | The surface of an organ in contact with the diaphragm, as of the heart, liver, lungs, and spleen. Synonym: facies diaphragmatica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal surface of tooth | The contact surface of a tooth that is directed away from the median plane of the dental arch; opposite to the mesial surface of a tooth. Synonym: facies distalis dentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal surface | The dorsal surface of a structure such as the sacrum and the scapula. Synonym: facies dorsalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal surface of digit | The dorsal surface of a finger or toe. Synonym: facies digitalis dorsalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal surface of sacrum | The posterosuperior aspect of the sacrum marked by a median and two lateral sacral crests between which four dorsal sacral foramina are located on each side. Synonym: facies dorsalis ossis sacri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal surface of scapula | The outer aspect of the body of the scapula, subdivided by the prominent spine of the scapula into a smaller supraspinous fossa and a larger infraspinous fossa. Synonym: facies dorsalis scapulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| drift surface | <radiobiology> Surface on which the guiding centre of a particle is constrained to move, due to the effects of the laws of adiabatic invariance on its drift motion. (09 Oct 1997) |
| immunoglobulins, surface | Immunoglobulins bound to the surface of lymphocytes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| incisal surface | The part of an anterior tooth farthest from the apex of the root. Synonym: margo incisalis, cutting edge, incisal margin, incisal surface, shearing edge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferolateral surface of prostate | The surface of the prostate facing the body of the pubis and the pelvic diaphragm. Synonym: facies inferolateralis prostatae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infratemporal surface of maxilla | The convex posterolateral surface of the body of the maxilla that form the anterior wall of the infratemporal fossa. Synonym: facies infratemporalis maxillae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interfacial surface tension | The tension or resistance to separation possessed by the film of liquid between two well-adapted surfaces, as of the thin film of saliva between the denture base and the tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal surface | The internal concave surface of either the frontal or the parietal bone. Synonym: facies interna. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal surface of frontal bone | The surface of the frontal bone that contributes to the wall of the cranial cavity. Synonym: facies interna ossis frontalis. (05 Mar 2000) |