| NSPN | neurosurgery progress note |
|---|---|
| PN | papillary necrosis; parenteral nutrition; penicillin; perceived noise; percussion note; periarteriti... |
| PR | by way of the rectum [Lat. per rectum]; far point [of accommodation] [Lat. punctum remotum]; palindr... |
| prog | progress, progressive |
| SPA | salt-poor albumin; sheep pulmonary adenomatosis; sperm penetration assay; spinal progressive amyotro... |
| biological chemistry | The scientific study of the chemistry of living cells, tissues, organs and organisms. (09 Oct 1997) |
|---|---|
| radiation chemistry | The science concerned with the effects of ionizing or nuclear radiation on chemical reactions or materials. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macromolecular chemistry | The chemistry of macromolecules (e.g., proteins, nucleic acids) and polymers (nylon, polyethylene, etc). (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiopharmaceutical chemistry | The science concerned with the labeling of pharmaceuticals with radionuclides. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medical chemistry | Chemistry in its relation to pharmacy, physiology, or any science connected with medicine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemistry | The scientific study of the composition, structure, properties, andinteractions of chemicals. (09 Oct 1997) |
| chemistry, analytical | The branch of chemistry dealing with detection (qualitative) and determination (quantitative) of substances. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chemistry, bioinorganic | A field of chemistry which pertains to the study of inorganic compounds or ions in biological systems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chemistry, clinical | The specialty of analytical chemistry applied to assays of physiologically important substances found in blood, urine, tissues, and other biological fluids for the purpose of aiding the physician in making a diagnosis or following therapy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chemistry, inorganic | A field of chemistry which pertains to chemical compounds or ions that do not contain the element carbon (with the exception of carbon dioxide and compounds containing a carbonate radical, e.g., calcium carbonate). (12 Dec 1998) |
| chemistry, pharmaceutical | Chemistry that deals with the composition and preparation of substances used in treatment of patients or diagnostic studies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pharmaceutical chemistry | Medicinal chemistry in its application to the analysis, development, preparation, and the manufacture of drugs. Synonym: medicinal chemistry, pharmacochemistry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical chemistry | The chemistry of human health and disease, chemistry in connection with the management of patients, as in a hospital laboratory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical chemistry tests | Laboratory tests demonstrating the presence of physiologically significant substances in the blood, urine, tissue, and body fluids with application to the diagnosis or therapy of disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| physiological chemistry | The scientific study of the chemistry of living cells, tissues, organs and organisms. (09 Oct 1997) |