| LFD | lactose-free diet; large for date [fetus]; late fetal death; lateral facial dysplasia; least fatal d... |
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| MF | magnetic field; meat free; medium frequency; megafarad; membrane filler; merthiolate-formaldehyde [s... |
| CAT | 1) Computerized(= Computed) Axial Tomography = CAT scan &n... |
| AA | abdominal aorta; acetic acid; achievement age; active alcoholic; active assistive [range of motion];... |
| ACAT | acetocoenzyme A acetyltransferase; automated computerized axial tomography |
| CAT | Computerized Axial Tomographic |
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| CT | Computerized axial tomographic |
| isotonic traction | Traction in which the amount of force does not change. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| traction | <dentistry> The act of drawing or pulling the teeth. (08 Jan 1998) |
| traction alopecia | Circumscribed or diffuse loss of hair resulting from repetitive traction on the hair by pulling or twisting; also occurs after excessive application of hair "softeners" such as permanent wave solutions or hot combs. Alopecia marginalis is a form of traction alopecia. Synonym: traumatic alopecia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traction atrophy | Bands of thin wrinkled skin, initially red but becoming purple and white, which occur commonly on the abdomen, buttocks, and thighs at puberty and/or during and following pregnancy, and result from atrophy of the dermis and overextension of the skin; also associated with ascites and Cushing's syndrome. Synonym: atrophoderma striatum, lineae albicantes, lineae atrophicae, linear atrophy, stretch marks, stria, striae atrophicae, striate atrophy of skin, traction atrophy, vergeture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traction diverticulum | A diverticulum formed by the pulling force of contracting bands of adhesion, occurring mainly in the distal oesophagus, from tuberculous hilar or mediastinal lymphadenitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traction epiphysis | A secondary centre of ossification at the site of attachment of a tendon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external traction | A pulling force created by using fixed anchorage (e.g., a headcap or bed frame) outside the oral cavity; principally used in the management of midfacial fractures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extraoral traction appliances | Extraoral devices for applying force to the dentition in order to avoid some of the problems in anchorage control met with in intermaxillary traction and to apply force in directions not otherwise possible. (12 Dec 1998) |
| axial | <anatomy> Position as it relates to the CNS. Intra-axial is within the CNS, extra-axial is outside the CNS. (16 Dec 1997) |
| axial ametropia | That resulting from a shortening or lengthening of the eyeball on the optic axis, causing hyperopia or myopia, respectively. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axial aneurysm | An aneurysm involving the entire circumference of a blood vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axial angle | An angle formed by two surfaces of a body, the line of union of which is parallel with its axis; the axial angle's of a tooth are the distobuccal, distolabial, distolingual, mesiobuccal, mesiolabial, and mesiolingual. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axial cataract | A lenticular opacity in the visual axis of the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axial current | The central rapidly moving portion of the bloodstream in an artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axial filament | The central filament of a flagellum or cilium; with the electron microscope it is seen as a complex of nine peripheral diplomicrotubules and a central pair of microtubules. Synonym: axoneme. (05 Mar 2000) |