| TSIA | total small intestine allotransplantation; triple sugar iron agar |
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| SAS | sarcoma amplified sequence; self-rating anxiety scale; short arm splint; Sklar Aphasia Scale; sleep ... |
| SCC | self-care center; sequential combination chemotherapy; services for crippled children; short-course ... |
| MAA | Macro-Aggregated Albumin |
| aggreg | aggregated, aggregation |
| absorptive cells of intestine | Cell's on the surface of villi of the small intestine and the luminal surface of the large intestine that are characterised by having microvilli on their free surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| malrotation of the intestine | Failure for the intestine to rotate normally during embryonic development. (12 Dec 1998) |
| papillary adenoma of large intestine | <tumour> Appears as a solitary sessile, often large, tumour of colonic mucosa composed of mucinous epithelium covering delicate vascular projections; malignant change occurs frequently; hypersecretion occurs rarely. Also known as adenoma. Synonym: papillary adenoma of large intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solitary nodules of intestine | Minute collections of lymphoid tissue in the mucosa of the small and large intestines, being especially numerous in the caecum and appendix. Synonym: folliculi lymphatici solitarii, solitary follicles, solitary glands, solitary nodules of intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonrotation of intestine | A developmental anomaly resulting in the small intestine being on the right of the abdomen and the colon on the left. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intestine | <anatomy, gastroenterology> This is a general term often used to describe both the small and large intestine. (27 Sep 1997) |
| large intestine | <anatomy> Also called the colon, this structure has 6 major divisions: caecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon and rectum. The total length is approximately 5 feet in the adult and it is responsible for forming, storing and expelling waste matter. (27 Sep 1997) |
| law of intestine | Contraction above and relaxation below a stimulated point in the intestine. Synonym: law of intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastric follicles | Branched tubular glands lying in the mucosa of the fundus and body of the stomach; such glands contain parietal cells that secrete hydrochloric acid, zymogen cells that produce pepsin, and mucous cells. Synonym: glandulae gastricae, glandulae propriae, fundus glands, gastric follicles, Wasmann's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Montgomery's follicles | A number of small mammary glands forming small rounded projections from the surface of the areola of the breast; they enlarge with pregnancy and during lactation secrete a substance presumed to resist chapping. Synonym: glandulae areolares, Montgomery's follicles, Montgomery's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sebaceous follicles | Numerous holocrine glands in the dermis that usually open into the hair follicles and secrete an oily semifluid sebum. Synonym: glandulae sebaceae, oil glands, sebaceous follicles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solitary follicles | Minute collections of lymphoid tissue in the mucosa of the small and large intestines, being especially numerous in the caecum and appendix. Synonym: folliculi lymphatici solitarii, solitary follicles, solitary glands, solitary nodules of intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| splenic lymph follicles | Small nodular masses of lymphoid tissue attached to the sides of the smaller arterial branches. Synonym: folliculi lymphatici lienales, malpighian bodies, malpighian corpuscles, malpighian glands, malpighian nodules, splenic corpuscles, splenic lymph nodules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intestinal follicles | The tubular glands in the mucous membrane of the small and large intestines. Synonym: glandulae intestinales, Galeati's glands, intestinal follicles, Lieberkuhn's crypts, Lieberkuhn's follicles, Lieberkuhn's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| follicles of thyroid gland | <physiology> The small spherical vesicular components of the thyroid gland lined with epithelium and containing colloid in varying amounts. The colloid serves for storage of the thyroid hormone precursor, thyroglobulin. Synonym: follicles of thyroid gland. Origin: L. A small sac, dim. Of follis, bellows (05 Mar 2000) |