| HSC | Hand-Schuller-Christian [syndrome]; Health and Safety Commission; health sciences center; health scr... |
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| MGG | May-Grunwald-Giemsa [staining]; molecular and general genetics; mouse gammaglobulin; multinucleated ... |
| MIC | maternal and infant care; medical intensive care; Medical Interfraternity Conference; microscopy; mi... |
| PEP | peptidase; phospho(enol)pyruvate; peer evaluation program; phosphoenolpyruvate; pigmentation, edema,... |
| SCCHN | squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck |
mean cell hemoglobin (평균 적혈구 혈색소
| equipment and supplies, hospital | Any materials used in providing care specifically in the hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| jejunal and ileal veins | The veins that drain the jejunum and ileum; they terminate in the superior mesenteric vein. Synonym: venae jejunales et ilei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome | <syndrome> A prolonged Q-T interval recorded in the electrocardiogram of certain congenitally deaf children subject to attacks of unconsciousness resulting from Adams-Stokes seizures and ventricular fibrillation; autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: surdocardiac syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jewett and Strong staging | Staging of bladder carcinoma: O, noninvasive; A, with submucosal invasion; B, with muscle invasion; C, with invasion of perivascular fat; D, with lymph node metastasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| typhoid-paratyphoid A and B vaccine | A suspension of killed typhoid and paratyphoid A and B bacilli. See: typhoid vaccine. Synonym: TAB vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extraction and processing industry | The industry concerned with the removal of raw materials from the earth's crust and with their conversion into refined products. (12 Dec 1998) |
| exudative discoid and lichenoid dermatitis | Disease resembling an exudative form of nummular eczema described in Jewish males with oval lesions on the penis, trunk, and face. Synonym: exudative discoid and lichenoid dermatitis, Sulzberger-Garbe syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facility design and construction | Architecture, exterior and interior design, and construction of facilities other than hospitals, e.g., dental schools, medical schools, ambulatory care clinics, and specified units of health care facilities. The concept also includes architecture, design, and construction of specialised contained, controlled, or closed research environments including those of space labs and stations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| facility regulation and control | Formal voluntary or governmental procedures and standards required of hospitals and health or other facilities to improve operating efficiency, and for the protection of the consumer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| familial hyperbetalipoproteinaemia and hyperprebetalipoproteinaemia | Hyperlipoproteinaemia characterised by increased plasma levels of LDL, beta-lipoproteins, pre-beta-lipoproteins, cholesterol, phospholipids, and triglycerides; hypertriglyceridemia induced by a high carbohydrate diet, and glucose tolerance is abnormal; frequent eruptive xanthomas and atheromatosis, particularly coronary artery disease; biochemical defect lies in apolipoproteins; there are many varieties. Synonym: carbohydrate-induced hyperlipaemia, dysbetalipoproteinaemia, familial hyperbetalipoproteinaemia and hyperprebetalipoproteinaemia, familial hypercholesterolaemia with hyperlipaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Keith and Flack node | sinoatrial node |
| far-and-near suture | A suture utilizing alternate near and far stitches, used to approximate fascial edges. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zinc deficiency dermatitis and diarrhoea | A genetic disease called acrodermatitis enteropathica is characterised by the simultaneous occurrence of skin inflammation (dermatitis) and diarrhoea. The skin on the cheeks, elbows and knees and tissue about the mouth and anus are inflammed. There is also balding of the scalp, eyebrows and lashes, delayed wound healing and recurrent bacterial and fungal infections due to immune deficiency. The key laboratory finding is an abnormally low blood zinc level reflecting impaired zinc uptake. Oral treatment with zinc is curative. (12 Dec 1998) |
| zinc oxide and eugenol | Used as a base material beneath metallic dental restorations and as a temporary filling material or impression material; setting and hardening result from complex reactions between the powder and the eugenol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| united states agency for health care policy and research | An agency of the public health service established in 1990 to "provide indexing, abstracting, translating, publishing, and other services leading to a more effective and timely dissemination of information on research, demonstration projects, and evaluations with respect to health care to public and private entities and individuals engaged in the improvement of health care delivery.." it supersedes the national centre for health services research. (12 Dec 1998) |