| CL | capillary lumen; cardiolipin; cell line; centralis lateralis; chemiluminescence; chest and left arm ... |
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| Cl | chloride; chlorine; clavicle; clear; clinic; Clostridium; closure; colistin |
| cl | centiliter; clarified; clean; clear; cleft; clinic; clinical; clonus; clotting; cloudy |
| JP drain | The original suction drain. The drain itself is inside the body. It is made of Teflon and has multip... |
| CBS | Clear breathing sounds |
| water-clear cell of parathyroid | A variety of chief cell, so-called because the cytoplasm contains much glycogen that is not preserved or stained in the usual preparation. Synonym: wasserhelle cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sarcoma, clear cell | A sarcoma of young, often female, adults of the lower extremities and acral regions, intimately bound to tendons as circumscribed but unencapsulated melanin-bearing tumours of neuroectodermal origin. An ultrastructural finding simulates flattened and curved barrel staves, corresponding to the internal structures of premelanosomes. There is a 45-60% mortality in clear cell sarcoma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cutting edge | The beveled, knifelike, sharpened working angle of a dental hand instrument. Synonym: incisal edge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shearing edge | The part of an anterior tooth farthest from the apex of the root. Synonym: margo incisalis, cutting edge, incisal margin, incisal surface, shearing edge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| denture edge | The limit or boundary or circumferential margin of a denture base, the margin of the denture base at the junction of the polished surface with the impression (tissue) surface, the extreme edges of a denture base at the buccolabial, lingual, and posterior limits. Synonym: denture edge, periphery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisal edge | The part of an anterior tooth farthest from the apex of the root. Synonym: margo incisalis, cutting edge, incisal margin, incisal surface, shearing edge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| edge | 1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way. 2. To sail close to the wind. "I must edge up on a point of wind." (Dryden) To edge away or off, to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it. 1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc. "He which hath the sharp sword with two edges." (Rev. Ii. 12) "Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword." (Shak) 2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice. "Upon the edge of yonder coppice." (Shak) "In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle." (Milton) "Pursue even to the very edge of destruction." (Sir W. Scott) 3. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. "The full edge of our indignation." (Sir W. Scott) "Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices." (Jer. Taylor) 4. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. "On the edge of winter. <medicine>" Edge joint A rail set on edge; applied to a rail of more depth than width. A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch. Edge railway, a railway having the rails set on edge. Edge stone, a curbstone. Edge tool. Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool. To be on edge, to be eager, impatient, or anxious. To set the teeth on edge, to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them. Origin: OE. Eg, egge, AS. Ecg; akin to OHG. Ekka, G. Ecke, Icel. & Sw. Egg, Dan. Eg, and to L. Acies, Gr. Point, Skr. Ari edge. Cf. Egg, Eager, Ear spike of corn, Acute. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| edge enhancement | Using analogue or digital image processing to increase the contrast of each interface; equivalent to using a high-pass filter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| edge-localised mode | Found often in H-mode plasmas, this is a temporary relaxation of the very high edge gradients found in H-modes. It may be a relaxation back to the L-mode. (09 Oct 1997) |
| edge plasma | <radiobiology> Cooler, less dense plasma away from the centre of a reactor, affected by limiter or divertor, includes scrape-off layer. Distinguished from core plasma. (09 Oct 1997) |
| feather-edge | 1. <zoology> The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster. 2. Any thin, as on a board or a razor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| leading edge | The initial part of a wave form at maximum slope. (05 Mar 2000) |