| Nissen fundoplication |
Operation to sew the top of the stomach (fundus) around the esophagus; used to stop stomach contents from flowing back into the esophagus (reflux) and to repair a hiatal hernia.
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| nisus |
(N?<ros). 1. A son of Pandion (or, according to others, of De'ion or Ares) and Pylia, was a brother of Aegeus, Pallas, and Lycus, and husband of Abrote, by whom he became the father of Scylla. He was king of Megara ; and when Minos, on his expedition against Athens, took Megara, Nisus died, because his daughter Scylla, who had fallen in love with Minos, had pulled out the purple or golden hair which grew on the top of her father's head, and on which his life depended. (Apollod. iii. 15. ...
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| NIST |
New name for National Bureau of Standards.
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| NIST |
NIST in the Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration was established by Congress to assist industry in the development of technology needed to improve product quality, modernize manufacturing processes, ensure product reliability, and facilitate rapid commercialization of products based on new scientific discoveries. ...
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| Nissl body |
[Franz Nissl, Ger. neurologist, 1860?1919] A large granular body found in nerve cells. They can be demonstrated by selective staining. They are rough endoplasmic reticulum (with ribosomes) and are the site of protein synthesis. Nissl
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