| DC | daily census; data communication; data conversion; decrease; deep compartment; Dental Corps; deoxych... |
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| EC | effective concentration; ejection click; electrochemical; electron capture; embryonal carcinoma; eme... |
| HbCV | Haemophilus influenzae conjugate vaccine |
| IC | icteric, icterus; immune complex; immunoconjugate; immunocytochemistry; immunocytotoxicity; impedanc... |
| OC | obstetrical conjugate; occlusocervical; office call; on call; only child; optic chiasma; oral contra... |
micronucleus
| anatomical snuffbox | A hollow seen on the radial aspect of the wrist when the thumb is extended fully; it is bounded by the prominences of the tendon of the extensor pollicis longus posteriorly and of the tendons of the extensor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis longus anteriorly. The radial artery crosses the floor which is formed by the scaphoid and the trapezium bones. Synonym: tabatiere anatomique. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| anatomical sphincter | An accumulation of muscular circular fibres or specially arranged oblique fibres the function of which is to reduce partially or totally the lumen of a tube, the orifice of an organ, or the cavity of a viscus; the closing component of a pylorus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anatomical tubercle | postmortem wart |
| anatomical wart | postmortem wart |
| anteroposterior diameter of the pelvic inlet | Distance from the promontory of the sacrum to the upper posterior edge of the pubic symphysis. Synonym: anteroposterior diameter of the pelvic inlet, conjugata vera, conjugate axis, conjugate diameter of pelvic inlet, diameter mediana, internal conjugate, true conjugate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baudelocque's diameter | The distance in a straight line between the depression under the last spinous process of the lumbar vertebrae and the upper edge of the pubic symphysis. Synonym: Baudelocque's diameter, external conjugate diameter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biparietal diameter | The diameter of the foetal head between the two parietal eminences. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buccolingual diameter | The diameter of the crown of a tooth measured from the buccal to the lingual surfaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| geometric mean diameter | A measure of the central tendency of particle size composition of substrate materials sometimes used as an index of the quality of spawning gravels. Also referred to as D50 size. (09 Oct 1997) |
| posterior sagittal diameter | Distance from the sacrococcygeal junction to the middle of an imaginary line running between the left and right ischial tuberosities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suboccipitobregmatic diameter | The diameter of the foetal head from the lowest posterior point of the occipital bone to the centre of the anterior fontanelle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diameter | The length of a straight line passing through the centre of a circle and connecting opposite points on its circumference, hence the distance between two specified opposite points on the periphery of a structure such as the cranium or pelvis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| diameter at breast height | The width of a plant stem (for example, tree trunk) as measured at 4.5 feet above the ground surface. (09 Oct 1997) |
| diameter mediana | Distance from the promontory of the sacrum to the upper posterior edge of the pubic symphysis. Synonym: anteroposterior diameter of the pelvic inlet, conjugata vera, conjugate axis, conjugate diameter of pelvic inlet, diameter mediana, internal conjugate, true conjugate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diameter obliqua | A measurement across the pelvic inlet from the sacroiliac joint of one side to the opposite iliopectineal eminence. Synonym: diameter obliqua. (05 Mar 2000) |