| PLL | peripheral light loss; phase-locked loop; poly-L-lysine; pressure length loop; posterior longitudina... |
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| ECG | Electro-Cardio-Graphy(-Gram); 심전도 = EKG 1. Conducting System Structu... |
| ETC | electron transport chain; esophageal tracheal combitude; estimated time of conception |
| ETc | corrected ejection time |
| R1, R2, R3, etc. | years of resident study |
postglenoid process (천와후 돌기
| Henle's spine | Small bony prominence anterior to the supramastoid pit at the posterosuperior margin of the bony external acoustic meatus. Synonym: spina suprameatica, Henle's spine, meatal spine, spina meatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Henle's tubules | The straight portions of the uriniferous tubule's that form Henle's loop, distinguished as the descending and ascending tubule's of Henle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Henle's warts | Hyaline body's on the posterior surface of Descemet's membrane at the periphery of the cornea. Synonym: Henle's warts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ampulla | Origin: L. 1. A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug. 2. A cruet for the wine and water at Mass. The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. 3. <biology> Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ampulla canaliculi lacrimalis | A slight dilation at the angle of the lacrimal canaliculus immediately beyond the lacrimal punctum. Synonym: ampulla canaliculi lacrimalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ampulla chyli | A dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks open; it occurs inconstantly and when present is located posterior to the aorta on the anterior aspect of the bodies of the first and second lumbar vertebrae. Synonym: ampulla chyli, chyle cistern, chylocyst, Pecquet's cistern, Pecquet's reservoir, receptaculum chyli, receptaculum pecqueti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ampulla ductus deferentis | The dilation of the ductus deferens where it approaches its contralateral partner just before it is joined by the duct of the seminal vesicle. Synonym: ampulla ductus deferentis, Henle's ampulla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ampulla ductus lacrimalis | Incorrect term for ampulla of lacrimal canaliculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ampulla duodeni | The dilated portion of the superior part of the duodenum. Synonym: ampulla duodeni. See: duodenal cap. Synonym: hepatopancreatic ampulla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ampulla hepatopancreatica | The dilation within the major duodenal papilla that normally receives both the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct. Synonym: ampulla hepatopancreatica, duodenal ampulla, Vater's ampulla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ampulla lactifera | A circumscribed spindle-shaped dilation of the lactiferous duct just before it enters the nipple. In nursing mothers this dilatation stores a droplet of milk which is expressed by compression as the infant begins to suckle; this is thought to encourage continual suckling while the let-down reflex ensues. Synonym: sinus lactiferi, ampulla lactifera, ampulla of milk duct, lactiferous ampulla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ampulla membranacea | A nearly spherical enlargement of one end of each of the three saemicircular ducts, anterior, posterior, and lateral, where they connect with the utricle. Each contains a neuroepithelial crista ampullaris. Synonym: ampulla membranacea, membranous ampulla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ampulla of ductus deferens | The dilation of the ductus deferens where it approaches its contralateral partner just before it is joined by the duct of the seminal vesicle. Synonym: ampulla ductus deferentis, Henle's ampulla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ampulla of gallbladder | hartmann's pouch |
| ampulla of lacrimal canaliculus | A slight dilation at the angle of the lacrimal canaliculus immediately beyond the lacrimal punctum. Synonym: ampulla canaliculi lacrimalis. (05 Mar 2000) |