| BAT | basic aid training; best available technology; blunt abdominal trauma; brown adipose tissue |
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| opt | best [Lat. optimus]; optics, optician |
| PFM | peak flow meter |
| WPFM | Wright peak flow meter |
| PIP | paralytic infantile paralysis; peak inflation pressure, peak inspiratory pressure; periodic interim ... |
| peak expiratory flow | The maximum flow at the outset of forced expiration, which is reduced in proportion to the severity of airway obstruction, as in asthma. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| peak expiratory flow rate | Measurement of the maximum rate of airflow attained during a forced vital capacity determination. Common abbreviations are pefr and pfr. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peak flow | <chest medicine, physiology> The maximum flow rate of air breathed out during forced expiration. (15 Nov 1997) |
| peak flow rate | Maximum urinary flow rate during voiding as measured by a uroflowmeter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peak magnitude | The greatest amplitude. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peak plasma drug concentration | <pharmacology> The highest level of drug that can be obtained in the blood usually following multiple doses. (09 Oct 1997) |
| monoclonal peak | A narrow band visible on electrophoresis or an abnormal arc seen on immunoelectrophoresis, thought to represent immunoglobulin of one cell clone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| widow's peak | A sharp point of hair growth in the midline of the anterior scalp margin, usually resulting from recession of hair of the temple areas, or occurring as a congenital configuration of scalp hair. (05 Mar 2000) |
| juxtaphrenic peak | On chest radiograph, a triangular density on top of the right diaphragmatic shadow, probably caused by tension of the phrenic nerve on the pleura over the diaphragm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blood glucose meter | A machine that helps test how much glucose (sugar) is in the blood. A specially coated strip containing a fresh sample of blood is inserted in a machine, when then calculates the correct level of glucose in the blood sample and shows the result in a digital display. Some meters have a memory that can store results from multiple tests. (09 Oct 1997) |
| candle-meter | A unit of light or illumination; the reception of a luminous flux of 1 lumen per square meter of surface. Synonym: candle-meter, meter-candle. Abbreviation: lx Origin: L. Light (05 Mar 2000) |
| rate meter | A device that continuously displays the magnitude of events averaged over varying time intervals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventilation meter | A meter used to measure tidal and minute ventilatory volumes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Venturi meter | A device for measuring flow of a fluid in terms of the drop in pressure when the fluid flows into the constriction of a Venturi tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gram-meter | <unit> A unit of energy equal to 100 gram-centimeters. (05 Mar 2000) |