| TOT | Transobturator Tape Placement |
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| TVT | Tension free Vaginal Tape placement |
| ST | esotropia; scala tympani; scaphotrapezoid; sclerotherapy; sedimentation time; semitendinosus; sensor... |
| FP | false positive; family physician; family planning; family practice; family practitioner; Fanconi pan... |
| FPA | Family Planning Association; fibrinopeptide A; filter paper activity; fluorophenylalanine |
| paper plate | A thin plate of ethmoid bone forming part of the medial wall of the orbit and the lateral wall for the ethmoidal labyrinth. Synonym: lamina orbitalis ossis ethmoidalis, lamina papyracea, orbital lamina of ethmoid bone, orbital layer of ethmoid bone, orbital plate, paper plate, papyraceous plate. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| glucose oxidase paper strip test | <chemical pathology> A qualitative test for glucose in the urine, in which glucose is oxidised to gluconic acid by glucose oxidase; a specific test, unless ascorbic acid is present. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chromatography paper | Used in paper chromatography. Synonym: high quality filter paper. Congo red paper, paper impregnated with Congo red; used as a pH indicator, changing from blue-violet at 3.0 to red at 5.0. Filter paper, an unsized paper used in pharmacy and chemistry for filtering solutions; many varieties are used for paper chromatography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cigarette-paper scars | Atrophic scar's in the skin at sites of minor lacerations over the knees, shins, and elbows of persons with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Synonym: papyraceous scars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| potassium nitrate paper | Paper impregnated with potassium nitrate that is ignited to produce fumes inhaled as treatment for asthma. Synonym: potassium nitrate paper, saltpeter paper. Occluding paper, an inked paper or ribbon interposed between natural or artificial teeth to determine tooth contacts. Synonym: articulating paper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saltpeter paper | Paper impregnated with potassium nitrate that is ignited to produce fumes inhaled as treatment for asthma. Synonym: potassium nitrate paper, saltpeter paper. Occluding paper, an inked paper or ribbon interposed between natural or artificial teeth to determine tooth contacts. Synonym: articulating paper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| high quality filter paper | Used in paper chromatography. Synonym: high quality filter paper. Congo red paper, paper impregnated with Congo red; used as a pH indicator, changing from blue-violet at 3.0 to red at 5.0. Filter paper, an unsized paper used in pharmacy and chemistry for filtering solutions; many varieties are used for paper chromatography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| niter paper | Paper impregnated with potassium nitrate that is ignited to produce fumes inhaled as treatment for asthma. Synonym: potassium nitrate paper, saltpeter paper. Occluding paper, an inked paper or ribbon interposed between natural or artificial teeth to determine tooth contacts. Synonym: articulating paper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nitrocellulose paper | <apparatus> Paper with a high non-specific absorbing power for biological macromolecules. Very important as a receptor in blot transfer methods. Bands are transferred from a chromatogram or electropherogram either by blotting on nitrocellulose sheets or by electrophoretic transfer. The replica can then be used for sensitive analytical detection methods. (18 Nov 1997) |
| electrophoresis, paper | Electrophoresis in which paper is used as the diffusion medium. This technique is confined almost entirely to separations of small molecules such as amino acids, peptides, and nucleotides, and relatively high voltages are nearly always used. (12 Dec 1998) |
| absorbable surgical suture | A surgical suture material prepared from a substance that can be digested by body tissues and is therefore not permanent; it is available in various diameters and tensile strengths, and can be treated to modify its resistance to absorption and be impregnated with antimicrobial agents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anastomosis, surgical | Surgical union or shunt between ducts, tubes or vessels. It may be end-to-end, end-to-side, side-to-end, or side-to-side. (12 Dec 1998) |
| biliary tract surgical procedures | Any surgical procedure performed on the biliary tract. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blood loss, surgical | Loss of blood during surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardiac surgical procedures | Surgery performed on the heart. (12 Dec 1998) |