| MIA | Medical Library Association; missing in action |
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| MLA | left mentoanterior [fetal position] [Lat. mento-laeva anterior]; Medical Library Association; mesiol... |
| IMA | Industrial Medical Association; inferior mesenteric artery; Interchurch Medical Assistance; internal... |
| MS | Maffuci syndrome; maladjustment score; mandibular series; Marfan syndrome; Marie-Strumpell [syndrome... |
| AAHSLD | Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors |
| library collection development | Development of a library collection, including the determination and coordination of selection policy, assessment of needs of users and potential users, collection use studies, collection evaluation, identification of collection needs, selection of materials, planning for resource sharing, collection maintenance and weeding, and budgeting. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| library, genomic | A collection of DNA clones made from a set of randomly generated overlapping DNA fragments representing the entire genome of an organism. As a molecular genetic sequel to john steinbeck's of mice and men , today you can have a mouse genomic library or a human genomic library. (12 Dec 1998) |
| library materials | Print and non-print materials collected, processed, and stored by libraries. They comprise books, periodicals, pamphlets, reports, microforms, maps, manuscripts, motion pictures, and all other forms of audiovisual records. (harrod, the librarians' glossary, 4th ed, p497) (12 Dec 1998) |
| library schools | Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of library science or information. (12 Dec 1998) |
| library science | Study of the principles and practices of library administration and services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| library services | Services offered to the library user. They include reference and circulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| library surveys | Collection and analysis of data pertaining to operations of a particular library, library system, or group of independent libraries, with recommendations for improvement and/or ordered plans for further development. (12 Dec 1998) |
| library technical services | Acquisition, organization, and preparation of library materials for use, including selection, weeding, cataloging, classification, and preservation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| american dental association | Professional society representing the field of dentistry. (12 Dec 1998) |
| american heart association | A voluntary organization concerned with the prevention and treatment of heart and vascular diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| american hospital association | A professional society in the united states whose membership is composed of hospitals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| american nurses' association | Professional society representing the field of nursing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| american speech-language-hearing association | A professional society concerned with the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and remediation of speech, language, and hearing disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| association | 1. <neurology> Correlation involving a high degree of modifiability and also consciousness. 2. <genetics> The occurrence together of two or more phenotypic characteristics more often than would be expected by change. To be distinguished from linkage. 3. In dysmorphology, the nonrandom occurrence in two or more individuals of multiple anomalies not known to be a polytopic field defect, sequence or syndrome. Origin: L. Associatio (18 Nov 1997) |
| association areas | Generic term denoting the large expanses of the cerebral cortex that are not sensory or motor in the customary sense, but are involved in advanced stages of sensory information processing, multisensory integration, or sensorimotor integration. See: cerebral cortex. Synonym: association areas. (05 Mar 2000) |