| AS | acetylstrophanthidin; acidified serum; acoustic schwannoma; acoustic stimulation; active sarcoidosis... |
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| DDS | damaged disc syndrome; dendrodendritic synaptosome; dental distress syndrome; depressed DNA synthesi... |
| GSV | gestational sac volume |
| SAC | saccharin; sacrum; screening and acute care; Self-Assessment of Communication [scale]; short-arm cas... |
| YS | yellow spot; yolk sac |
| vitelline fistula | A fistula between the umbilicus and the terminal ileum along the course of a persistent vitelline cord. See: Meckel's diverticulum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vitelline layer of egg | <zoology> The membrane, usually of protein fibres, immediately outside the plasmalemma of the ovum and the earlier stages of the developing embryo. Its structure and composition vary in differing animal groups. (18 Nov 1997) |
| vitelline membrane | <cell biology> The plasma membrane of the egg. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Vitelline pole | <embryology> The vegetative pole of an ovum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitelline reservoir | In cestodes and trematodes, a common chamber receiving vitelline (yolk) material from the two vitelline ducts; the yolk material then passes into the ootype to surround the ovum with nutritive vitelline granules that are enclosed by a characteristically formed eggshell. Synonym: vitelline reservoir. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitelline vein | <anatomy, vein> A vein returning blood from the yolk sac to the embryo. Synonym: vena vitellina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitelline vessels | See: vitelline artery, vitelline vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete abortion | The complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a foetus or embryo, complete expulsion of any other product of gestation. (e.g., hydatidiform mole). (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete achromatopsia | Achromatopsia with absent colour vision, nystagmus, reduced visual acuity, and light aversion. Synonym: rod monochromatism, typical achromatopsia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete antibody | An antibody which causes agglutination of erythrocytes when they are suspended either in saline or in a protein medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete antigen | Any antigen capable of stimulating the formation of antibody with which it reacts in vivo or in vitro, as distinguished from incomplete antigen (hapten). (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete ascertainment | Method by which all families with at least one affected individual in a population are certain or have an equal chance of being identified by survey or an appropriate random sampling technique. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete atrioventricular dissociation | A-V dissociation not interrupted by ventricular captures. Synonym: complete A-V block. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete A-V block | complete atrioventricular dissociation, complete A-V dissociation |
| complete blood count | <haematology, investigation> The number of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are present in the patients sample of blood is determined. most common test done on the blood. Acronym: CBC Synonym: full blood count. (16 Mar 1998) |