| DRIP | delirium and drugs-restricted mobility and retention-infection, inflammation and impaction-polyuria ... |
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| H&E | hematoxylin and eosin [stain]; hemorrhage and exudate; heredity and environment |
| ICD | I-cell disease; immune complex disease; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; impulse-control diso... |
| NINCDS/ADRDA | National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke/Alzheimer's Disease and Rel... |
| SBLA | sarcoma, breast and brain tumors, leukemia, laryngeal and lung cancer, and adrenal cortical carcinom... |
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| imperfect flower | A flower containing stamen and pistil organs required for pollination but lacking sepals or petals or both of these organs. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| joseph's flower | <botany> A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flower | The sexual reproductive structure of the angiosperms, typically consisting of gynoecium, androecium and perianth and the main stem bearing these parts. (09 Oct 1997) |
| flower basket of Bochdalek | Part of the choroid plexus of the fourth ventricle protruding through Luschka's foramen and resting on the dorsal surface of the glossopharyngeal nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flower-de-luce | <botany> A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colours, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem. There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north temperate zone. Some of the best known are Iris Germanica, I. Florentina, I. Persica, I. Sambucina, and the American I. Versicolour, I. Prismatica, etc. Origin: Corrupted fr. Fleur-de-lis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flower/er | A plant which flowers or blossoms. "Many hybrids are profuse and persistent flowerers." (Darwin) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flower-fence | <botany> A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, or Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flower-gentle | <botany> A species of amaranth (Amarantus melancholicus). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Flower's bone | A sutural bone occasionally present at the pterion or junction of the parietal, frontal, greater wing of the sphenoid, and squamous portion of the temporal bone's. Synonym: Flower's bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Flower's dental index | Relation of the dental length (distance from the mesial surface of the first premolar to the distal surface of the third molar) to the basinasal (basion to nasion) length: (dental length ×100)/basinasal length, a system of numbers for indicating comparative size of the teeth. Synonym: Flower's dental index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flower-spray ending | One of the two types of sensory nerve ending associated with the neuromuscular spindle (the other being the annulospiral ending); in this type, the fibre branches spread out upon the surface of the intrafusal fibres like a spray of flowers. Synonym: flower-spray organ of Ruffini. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flower-spray organ of Ruffini | One of the two types of sensory nerve ending associated with the neuromuscular spindle (the other being the annulospiral ending); in this type, the fibre branches spread out upon the surface of the intrafusal fibres like a spray of flowers. Synonym: flower-spray organ of Ruffini. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abstracting and indexing | Shortening or summarizing of documents; assigning of descriptors for referencing documents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| academies and institutes | Organizations representing specialised fields which are accepted as authoritative; may be non-governmental, university or an independent research organization, e.g., national academy of sciences, brookings institution, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accounts payable and receivable | Short-term debt obligations and assets occurring in the regular course of operational transactions. (12 Dec 1998) |