| MEDPAR | Medical Provider Analysis and Review; Medicare Provider Analysis and Review |
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| M& | F male and female; mother and father |
| NINCDS | National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke |
| N&M | nerves and muslces; night and morning |
| PACS | patient care and services; picture archiving and communication system |
| epiphyseal fracture | Separation of the epiphysis of a long bone, caused by trauma. See: Salter-Harris classification of epiphysial plate injuries. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| trimalleolar fracture | A fracture through both malleoli and the posterior process of the tibia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tripod fracture | <radiology> Malar fracture, trimalar fracture, inferior orbital rim, lateral orbital wall, fracture/dislocation of zygomatic arch (12 Dec 1998) |
| triquetral fracture | <orthopaedics> Fracture of the triquetrum or triangular bone, one of the carpal bones in the wrist. (27 Sep 1997) |
| essex-lopresti fracture | <radiology> Comminuted fracture of radial head, dislocation of distal radio-ulnar joint, due to longitudinal compression force (12 Dec 1998) |
| jefferson fracture | <radiology> Burst fracture of atlas (C1), widened lateral masses of C1 on open-mouth odontoid view, vertical compression injury, unstable see also: atlas fractures, cervical spine fractures (12 Dec 1998) |
| jones fracture | <radiology> Fracture base of 5th metatarsal (12 Dec 1998) |
| extracapsular fracture | A fracture at the articular extremity of a bone, but outside of the line of attachment of the capsular ligament of the joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extraoral fracture appliance | A device used for extraoral reduction and fixation of maxillary or mandibular fractures, in which pins, clamps, or screws interjoined with metal or acrylic connectors are used to align the fractured segments. See: external pin fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatigue fracture | Fracture that occurs in bone subject to repeated or unusual subliminal, endogenous stress, most often transverse in configuration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unstable fracture | A fracture with an intrinsic tendency to slip out of place after reduction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ununited fracture | A fracture in which union fails to occur, the ends of the bone becoming rounded and eburnated, and a false joint occurs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kocher fracture | <radiology> Osteochondral fracture of the capitellum (12 Dec 1998) |
| fissured fracture | A fracture running parallel with the long axis of the bone. Synonym: fissured fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foetal fracture | A fracture of one or more bones of a foetus occurring before birth. Synonym: foetal fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |