| AEM | Academic Emergency Medicine [journal]; analytical electron microscopy; ambulatory electrocardiograph... |
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| AM | Academic Medicine [journal]; actomyosin; acute myelofibrosis; adult male; adult monocyte; aerospace ... |
| BMJ | bones, muscles, joints; British Medical Journal |
| JAMA | Journal of the American Medical Association |
| JAMIA | Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association |
| palatal bar | A major connector which crosses the palate and unites two or more parts of a maxillary removable partial denture. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Passavant's bar | A prominence on the posterior wall of the naso-pharynx formed by contraction of the superior constrictor of the pharynx during swallowing. Synonym: Passavant's bar, Passavant's pad, Passavant's ridge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| median bar of Mercier | A prominent band of fibromuscular tissue involving the interureteric ridge or neck of the urinary bladder, occasionally resulting in urinary obstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mercier's bar | A fold of mucous membrane extending from the orifice of the ureter of one side to that of the other side. Synonym: plica interureterica, bar of bladder, Mercier's bar, plica ureterica, torus uretericus, ureteric fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| continuous bar retainer | A metal bar, usually resting on lingual surfaces of teeth, to aid in their stabilization and to act as indirect retainer's. Synonym: continuous clasp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prism bar | A graduated series of prism bar's mounted on a frame and used in ocular diagnosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sea-bar | <zoology> A tern. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sternal bar | One of the transverse units of the developing sternum formed by the union of paired primordia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occlusal rest bar | A minor connector used to attach an occlusal rest to a major part of a removable partial denture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| terminal bar | Obsolete name for zonula occludens (tight junction). (18 Nov 1997) |
| labial bar | A major connector located labial to the dental arch joining two or more bilateral parts of a mandibular removable partial denture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual bar | A major connector located lingual to the dental arch joining two or more bilateral parts of a mandibular removable partial denture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Louis-Bar | Denise, mid-20th century French physician. See: Louis-Bar syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Louis-Bar syndrome | ataxia telangiectasia |
| absent state | The saemiconscious state associated with an epileptic attack. Synonym: absent state. (05 Mar 2000) |