| MSS | Marshall-Smith syndrome; massage; Medical Superintendents' Society; Medicare Statistical System; men... |
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| RMSS | Ruvalcaba-Myhre-Smith syndrome |
| SDC | serum digoxin concentration; Smith delay compensator; sodium deoxycholate; subacute combined degener... |
| SLO | Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome; streptolysin O |
| SLOS | Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome |
| tut-work | <chemical> Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| unit of work | See: unit of energy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith-Boyce operation | An incision into the posterolateral renal parenchyma, gaining access to the calyceal system through an avascular plane between anterior and posterior branches of the renal artery; used for removal of calyceal and branched renal calculi, with maximum exposure yet minimal bleeding or parenchymal damage. Synonym: Smith-Boyce operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith, David | <person> U.S. Paediatrician, *1926. See: Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith, G | <person> U.S. Neurosurgeon, 1917-1964. See: Smith-Robinson operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith, Henry | <person> Irish born British military surgeon in India, 1862-1948. See: Smith's operation, Smith-Indian operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith-Indian operation | A surgical technique for removal of cataract within the capsule. Synonym: Smith's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| smith-lemli-opitz syndrome | <syndrome> Autosomal recessive disorder characterised by multiple congenital anomalies including microcephaly, mental retardation, unusual facies, and genital abnormalities. The biochemical defect is a lack of 7-dehydrocholesterol-delta-7-reductase, resulting in abnormally high levels of 7-dehydrocholesterol and low levels of cholesterol. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Smith-Petersen, Marius | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1886-1953. See: Smith-Petersen nail. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith-Petersen nail | A flanged nail for pinning a fracture of the neck of the femur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith-Riley syndrome | <syndrome> Multiple haemangiomas, macrocephaly, and blurred optic disks; angiomas appear at birth or later, and enlarge and multiply. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith, Robert | <person> Irish surgeon, 1807-1873. See: Smith's fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith-Robinson operation | Interbody spinal fusion through an anterior cervical approach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith's fracture | <orthopaedics> A fracture of the radius at the wrist that results in volar (palmar) angulation of the distal fracture fragment, opposite the Colles fracture. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Smith's operation | A surgical technique for removal of cataract within the capsule. Synonym: Smith's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |