| CR | calculation rate; calculus removed; calorie-restricted; cardiac rehabilitation; cardiac resuscitatio... |
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| TOP | termination of pregnancy; topoisomerase |
| top | topical |
| CSC | blow on blow (administration of small amounts of drugs at short intervals) [Fr. coup sur coup]; coll... |
| MSK | medullary sponge kidney |
| sample size | The number of units (persons, animals, patients, specified circumstances, etc.) in a population to be studied. The sample size should be big enough to have a high likelihood of detecting a true difference between two groups. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| size | 1. A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize. "To scant my sizes." 2. <engineering> An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; corresponding to battel at Oxford. 3. Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock. 4. Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size. "Men of a less size and quality." (L'Estrange) "The middling or lower size of people." (Swift) 5. A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale. 6. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for ascertaining the size of pearls. Size roll, a small piese of parchment added to a roll. Size stick, a measuring stick used by shoemakers for ascertaining the size of the foot. Synonym: Dimension, bigness, largeness, greatness, magnitude. Origin: Abbrev. From assize. See Assize, and cf. Size glue. 1. To fix the standard of. "To size weights and measures." 2. To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk. Specifically: To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature. <chemical> To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts. 3. To swell; to increase the bulk of. 4. <mechanics> To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting. To size up, to estimate or ascertain the character and ability of. See 4th Size. "We had to size up our fellow legislators." (The Century) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| size perception | The sensory interpretation of the dimensions of objects. (12 Dec 1998) |
| focal spot size | The measured size of a focal spot, a function of its actual size and the angulation of the anode surface. See: focal spot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| litter size | The number of offspring produced at one birth by an animal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| absorbable gelatin sponge | A sterile, absorbable, water-insoluble gelatin base sponge, used to control capillary bleeding in surgical operations; it is left in situ and is absorbed in from 4 to 6 weeks. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bernays' sponge | A compressed disk of aseptic cotton that swells when moistened; used in packing cavities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bronchoscopic sponge | A small fold of gauze used on a long applicator to apply medication or remove secretions through a bronchoscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gelatin sponge, absorbable | <chemical> Sterile, gelatin-base surgical sponge applied topically as an adjunct to haemostasis when the control of bleeding by conventional procedures is ineffective to reduce capillary ooze or is impractical. Pharmacological action: haemostatics. (12 Dec 1998) |
| glass-sponge | <zoology> A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; so called from their glassy fibres or spicules. Synonym: vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| medullary sponge kidney | <radiology> Renal tubular ectasia, dilatation and cyst formation of collecting tubules in renal pyramids, Calcium most likely to be medullary nephrocalcinosis, not hereditary; males (2:1), usually bilateral associated with, renal tubular acidosis (RTA), Caroli disease, parathyroid adenoma, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, ipsilateral hemihypertrophy (12 Dec 1998) |
| white sponge nevus | An autosomal dominant condition of the oral cavity characterised by soft, white or opalescent, thickened and corrugated folds of mucous membrane; other mucosal sites are occasionally involved simultaneously. Synonym: familial white folded dysplasia, oral epithelial nevus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compressed sponge | A sponge is impregnated with thin mucilage of acacia, wrapped with twine to the desired shape, and then dried; used to dilate sinuses, the os uteri, etc. By absorbing moisture after insertion. Synonym: sponge tent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contraceptive sponge | A resilient, hydrophilic sponge of polyurethane foam impregnated with a spermicide; contraception is achieved by action of the spermicide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sponge | 1. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. 2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies. 3. One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger. 4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically: Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven. Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition. Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked. 5. A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff. 6. <veterinary> The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel. Bath sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse commercial sponges, especially Spongia equina. Cup sponge, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form. Glass sponge. See Glass-sponge, in the Vocabulary. Glove sponge, a variety of commercial sponge (Spongia officinalis, variety tubulufera), having very fine fibres, native of Florida, and the West Indies. Grass sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted, as Spongia graminea, and S. Equina, variety cerebriformis, of Florida and the West Indies. Horse sponge, a coarse commercial sponge, especially Spongia equina. Platinum sponge. <chemistry> A metallic lead brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by compressing finely divided lead; used in secondary batteries and otherwise. <botany> Sponge tree See Loof. Velvet sponge, a fine, soft commercial sponge (Spongia equina, variety meandriniformis) found in Florida and the West Indies. Vitreous sponge. See Glass-sponge. Yellow sponge, a common and valuable commercial sponge (Spongia agaricina, variety corlosia) found in Florida and the West Indies. Origin: OF. Esponge, F. Eponge, L. Spongia, Gr, . Cf. Fungus, Spunk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |