| AHI | active hostility index; Animal Health Institute; apnea-plus-hypopnea index |
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| CONPA-DRI | III conpa-dri I plus intensified doxorubicin |
| DM-R | decayed plus missing teeth, minus replaced teeth |
| 4E | four-plus edema |
| FPG | fasting plasma glucose; fluorescence plus Giemsa; focal proliferative glomerulonephritis |
| apple jelly nodules | Descriptive term for the papular lesions of lupus vulgaris, as they appear on diascopy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cardiac jelly | Gelatinous extracellular material that lies between endocardium and myocardium in the embryo. (18 Nov 1997) |
| glycerin jelly | A preparation made of equal parts of gelatin and glycerin; a firm mass liquefying at gentle heat; it is used as a vehicle for suppositories and urethral bougies. Synonym: glycerin jelly, glycerogelatin, glycogelatin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wharton's jelly | <obstetrics> Viscous hyaluronic acid rich jelly found in the umbilical cord. (18 Nov 1997) |
| currant jelly clot | A jelly-like mass of red blood cells and fibrin formed by the in vitro or postmortem clotting of whole or sedimented blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sea jelly | <zoology> A medusa, or jellyfish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interlaminar jelly | Term introduced by B.M. Patten for the gelatinous material between ectoderm and endoderm that serves as the substrate on which mesenchymal cells migrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jelly | Origin: Formerly gelly, gely, F. Gelee jelly, frost, fr. Geler to freeze. L. Gelare; akin to gelu frost. See Gelid. 1. Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like. 2. The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly. Jelly bag, a bag through which the material for jelly is strained. Jelly mold, a mold for forming jelly in ornamental shapes. <botany> Jelly plant, Australian name of an edible seaweed (Eucheuma speciosum), from which an excellent jelly is made. Jelly powder, an explosive, composed of nitroglycerin and collodion cotton; so called from its resemblance to calf's-foot jelly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| jelly fungus | Any of several fungi in the order Tremellales, which are characterised by gelatinous fruiting bodies. (09 Oct 1997) |