| PAS | 1) Periodic Acid-Schiff Stain 2) Para-Amino-Salicyclic Acid &nbs... |
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| BSC | bedside commode; bedside care; bench scale calorimeter; bile salt concentration; Biological Stain Co... |
| GMS | General Medical Service; geriatric mental state; Gilbert-Meulengracht syndrome; Gomori methenamine s... |
| H and E | hematoxylin and eosin [stain] |
| HE | half-scan with extrapolation; hard exudate; hektoen enteric [agar]; hemagglutinating encephalomyelit... |
| HFMD | Hand, foot, and mouth disease |
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| AFO | ankle foot orthoses |
| FS | foot shock |
| FSIA | foot shock-induced analgesia |
Zeune's law 맹인의 수는 적도에 가까운 열대지방에서 증가한다.
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| bird's-foot | <botany> A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. Bird's-foot trefoil. <botany> A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. L. Corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain. The related plant, Trigonella ornithopodioides, is also European. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| burning foot syndrome | <syndrome> A disorder observed in prisoners-of-war in World War II, now believed to be due to a pantothenate deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buttress foot | A condition of the horse's foot in which there is exostosis of the extensor process of the third phalanx, with swelling and chronic inflammation at the coronary band on the anterior surface of the foot. Synonym: pyramidal disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Madura foot | 1. A chronic infection involving the feet and characterised by the formation of localised lesions with tumefactions and multiple draining sinuses. The exudate contains granules that may be yellow, white, red, brown, or black, depending upon the causative agent. Mycetoma is caused by two principal groups of microorganisms: A. Actinomycotic mycetoma is caused by actinomycetes, including species of Streptomyces, Actinomadurae, and Nocardia. B. Eumycotic mycetoma is caused by true fungi, including species of Madurella, Exophiala, Pseudallescheria, Curvularia, Neotestudina, Pyrenochaeta, Aspergillus, Leptosphaeria, Plemodomus, Polycytella, Fusarium, Phialophora, Corynespora, Cylindrocarpon, Pseudochaetosphaeronema, Bipolaris, and Acremonium. Synonym: fungous foot, Madura boil, Madura foot, maduromycosis. 2. Any tumour with draining sinuses produced by filamentous fungi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reel foot | Archaic term for clubfoot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial border of foot | The inner border of the foot extending from heel to the great toe. Synonym: margo medialis pedis, margo tibialis pedis, tibial border of foot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial longitudinal arch of foot | Formed by the calcaneus, talus, navicular, three cuneiform bones, and the three medial metatarsals. Synonym: arcus pedis longitudinalis pars medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial part of longitudinal arch of foot | medial part of longitudinal arch of foot |
| perforating arteries of foot | The perforating branches of the plantar metatarsal arteries, three small arteries that pass dorsally through the second, third, and fourth interosseous spaces of the foot from the plantar metatarsal arteries. Synonym: ramus perforantes arteriarum metatarsearum plantarium, perforating arteries of foot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perforating ulcer of foot | A round, deep, trophic ulcer of the sole of the foot, following disease or injury, in any part of its course from the centre to the periphery of the nerve supplying the part. Synonym: mal perforant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| charcot's foot | A foot disease associated with diabetic neuropathy that results in destruction of joints and soft tissue. (09 Oct 1997) |
| ringworm of foot | Tinea involving the feet, particularly the interdigital spaces and soles, most often caused by Trichophyton rubrum, T. Mentagrophytes or Epidermophyton floccosum and characterised by intensely pruritic lesions varying from mild, chronic and scaling to acute exfoliative, pustular and bullous. (18 Nov 1997) |
| root of foot | Origin: NL, fr. Gr. The flat of the foot, the edge of the eyelid. Cf. 2d Tarse. 1. <anatomy> The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones. A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals. Synonym: tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate. 2. <zoology> The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Morand's foot | A foot having eight toes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white-foot | <veterinary> A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |