| BTR | Bezold-type reflex; biceps tendon reflex |
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| CR | calculation rate; calculus removed; calorie-restricted; cardiac rehabilitation; cardiac resuscitatio... |
| MSR | macrophage scavenger receptor; Member of the Society of Radiographers; monosynaptic reflex; muscle s... |
| PR | by way of the rectum [Lat. per rectum]; far point [of accommodation] [Lat. punctum remotum]; palindr... |
| CD | cadaver donor; canine distemper; canine dose; carbohydrate dehydratase; carbon dioxide; cardiac dise... |
| crossed hemianesthesia | alternate hemianesthesia |
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| crossed hemianopia | Attitudinal hemianopia involving the upper field of one eye and the lower field of the other; or a binasal or bitemporal hemianopia. Synonym: crossed hemianopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crossed hemiplegia | alternating hemiplegia |
| crossed immunoelectrophoresis | two-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis |
| crossed jerk | A reflex movement on one side of the body in response to a stimulus applied to the opposite side. Synonym: crossed jerk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crossed knee jerk | Contraction of the contralateral quadriceps when a patellar reflex is elicited. Synonym: crossed knee jerk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crossed paralysis | alternating hemiplegia |
| crossed phrenic phenomenon | Hemisection of the cord above the exit of the phrenic nerve paralyzes the ipsilateral half of the diaphragm; if the contralateral phrenic nerve is then sectioned or blocked, contractions on the ipsilateral side are resumed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crossed pyramidal tract | Those fibres of the pyramidal tract that cross to the opposite side in the pyramidal decussation and descend in the dorsal half of the lateral funiculus of the spinal cord; they are distributed throughout the length of the spinal cord to interneurons of the zona intermedia of the spinal gray matter. See: pyramidal tract. Synonym: tractus corticospinalis lateralis, tractus pyramidalis lateralis, crossed pyramidal tract, fasciculus corticospinalis lateralis, fasciculus pyramidalis lateralis, lateral corticospinal tract, lateral pyramidal fasciculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crossed renal ectopia | <radiology> M more than F, right (67%), may fuse: crossed-fused renal ectopia (12 Dec 1998) |
| crossed testicular ectopia | Testis that has crossed the midline to join its contralateral mate in the contralateral inguinal canal or hemiscrotum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embolism, crossed | See Embolism, paradoxical. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adductor | <anatomy, orthopaedics> Muscles which move a portion of the body toward the midline such as lowering your arm to your side. (27 Sep 1997) |
| adductor brevis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, superior ramus of pubis; insertion, upper third of medial lip of linea aspera; action, adducts thigh; nerve supply, obturator. Synonym: musculus adductor brevis, short adductor muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adductor canal | The space in middle third of the thigh between the vastus medialis and adductor muscles, converted into a canal by the overlying sartorius muscle. It gives passage to the femoral vessels and saphenous nerve, ending at the adductor hiatus. Synonym: canalis adductorius, Hunter's canal, subsartorial canal. (05 Mar 2000) |