| ASA | acetylsalicylic acid; active systemic anaphylaxis; Adams-Stokes attack; American Society of Anesthes... |
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| FHIT | fragile histidine triad [gene] |
| MTP | maximum tolerated pressure; medial tibial plateau; median time to progression; metacarpophalangeal; ... |
| SET | Singlephoton Emission Tomography = SPECT |
| SPECT | Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography = SET |
| portal triad | Branches of the portal vein, hepatic artery, and the biliary ducts bound together in the perivascular fibrous capsule or portal tract as they ramify within the substance of the liver. Synonym: hepatic triad, triad. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Saint's triad | The concurrence of hiatal hernia, diverticulosis, and cholelithiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic triad | Branches of the portal vein, hepatic artery, and the biliary ducts bound together in the perivascular fibrous capsule or portal tract as they ramify within the substance of the liver. Synonym: hepatic triad, triad. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hull's triad | <clinical sign> The association of diastolic gallop, anasarca, and small pulse pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hutchinson's triad | Parenchymatous keratitis, labyrinthine disease, and Hutchinson's teeth, significant of congenital syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triad | The junction between the T tubules and the sarcoplasmic reticulum in striated muscle. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Kartagener's triad | <syndrome> The trio of sinusitis, bronchitis and situs inversus (lateral reversal of the position all organs in the chest and abdomen with the heart and stomach on the right, the liver on the left, etc.--opposite or inverted from their usual position). (12 Dec 1998) |
| Fallot's triad | Combination of pulmonary valve stenosis and atrial septal defect with right ventricular hypertrophy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adoptive transfer | Form of passive immunization where previously sensitised immunologic agents (cells or serum) are transferred to non-immune recipients. When transfer of cells is used as a therapy for the treatment of neoplasms, it is called adoptive immunotherapy (immunotherapy, adoptive). (12 Dec 1998) |
| gamete intra-fallopian transfer | <gynaecology> Gamete intra-fallopian transfer is a technique that involves combining eggs and sperm outside of the body and immediately placing them into the fallopian tubes to achieve fertilization. A technique that came into use in the mid-1980's for assisted conception in infertile women with normal fallopian tubes. The protocol consists of hormonal stimulation of the ovaries, followed by laparoscopic follicular aspiration of oocytes, and then the transfer of sperm and oocytes by catheterization into the fallopian tubes. Acronym: GIFT (12 Dec 1998) |
| gel transfer | Any lab technique used to transfer substances which had been separated using gel electrophoresis from the gel to a membrane for further processing or analysis. For example: any type of blotting. (09 Oct 1997) |
| gene transfer | <molecular biology> General tem for the insertion of foreign genes into a cell or organism. Synonymous with transfection. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cavernous transfer of portal vein | <anatomy, vein> Replacement of the portal vein by a number of collateral channels, a consequence of thrombosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| patient transfer | Interfacility or intrahospital transfer of patients. Intrahospital transfer is usually to obtain a specific kind of care and interfacility transfer is usually for economic reasons as well as type of care provided. (12 Dec 1998) |
| resistance-transfer factor | The transfer gene of the resistance plasmid. (05 Mar 2000) |