| A&P | anterior and posterior; assessment and plans; auscultation and percussion |
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| APA | action potential amplitude; aldosterone-producing adenoma; Ambulatory Pediatric Association; America... |
| APDER | anterior-posterior dual energy radiography |
| APE | acetone powder extract; acute polioencephalitis; acute psychotic episode; airway pressure excursion;... |
| APH | alcohol-positive history; alternative pathway hemolysis; aminoglycoside phosphotransferase; antepart... |
| POA-AH | preoptic area anterior hypothalamus |
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| RAO | right anterior oblique |
| VA | ventral anterior |
| anterior superior segment | Anterior superior segment of kidney. Synonym: segmentum anterius superius. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| anterior superior segmental artery of kidney | Origin, anterior branch of renal. See: segmental arteries of kidney. Synonym: arteria segmenti anterioris superioris renis, artery of anterior {superior segment of kidney}. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior supraclavicular nerve | <anatomy, nerve> One of several nerves arising from the cervical plexus which supply the skin over the upper medial part of the thorax. Synonym: nervus supraclavicularis medialis, anterior supraclavicular nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface | The surface of a structure or part of the body that faces forward. Synonym: facies anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface of arm | Anterior articular surface of dens, the curved articular facet on the anterior aspect of the dens of the axis that articulates with the facet for the dens of the axis anterior arch of the atlas. Synonym: facies articularis anterior dentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface of cornea | The external surface of the cornea. Synonym: facies anterior corneae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface of elbow | The area in front of the elbow, including the cubital fossa. Synonym: facies cubitalis anterior, regio cubitalis anterior, anterior cubital region, anterior surface of elbow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface of eyelids | anterior surface of eyelids |
| anterior surface of forearm | Synonym: anterior region of forearm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface of iris | The anterior surface of the iris of the eye. Synonym: facies anterior iridis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface of kidney | The anterior surface of the kidney. Synonym: facies anterior renis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface of lens | The anterior surface of the lens of the eye. Synonym: facies anterior lentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface of lower limb | The anterior surface of the inferior limb. Synonym: facies anterior membri inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface of maxilla | The surface of the maxilla below the orbit and lateral to the nasal aperture. Synonym: facies anterior corporis maxillae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface of pancreas | The anterior surface of the pancreas. Synonym: facies anterior pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |