| DP | data processing; deep pulse; definitive procedure; degradation product; degree of polymerization; de... |
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| ECCE | Extra-Capsular Cataract Extraction |
| ECLE | Extra-Capsular Lens Extraction |
| ERBSE | Endoscopic Retrograde Balloon Stone Extraction |
| ICCE | Intra-Capsular Cataract Extraction |
| podalic extraction | Obstetrical extraction of the baby by the feet. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hirt extraction | <molecular biology, technique> The Hirt extraction is a lab technique used to separate the DNA of a virus from the DNA of its host cell. (09 Oct 1997) |
| serial extraction | The selective extraction of deciduous teeth during the stage of mixed dentition in accordance with the shedding and eruption of the teeth. It is done over an extended period to allow autonomous adjustment to relieve crowding of the dental arches during the eruption of the lateral incisors, canines, and premolars, eventually involving the extraction of the first premolar teeth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| solvent extraction | A method of separation used to purify vegetable oils. (05 Dec 1998) |
| spontaneous breech extraction | Delivery of a foetus in the breech presentation without extraction by the obstetrician. (05 Mar 2000) |
| noncondensing, controlled extraction turbine | A turbine that bleeds part of the main steam flow at one (single extraction) or two (double extraction) points. (05 Dec 1998) |
| tooth extraction | The surgical removal of a tooth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| total breech extraction | Delivery of a foetus in breech presentation with complete extraction of the entire foetal body from the uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extraction | The process or act of pulling or drawing out. Origin: L. Trahere = to draw (18 Nov 1997) |
| extraction and processing industry | The industry concerned with the removal of raw materials from the earth's crust and with their conversion into refined products. (12 Dec 1998) |
| extraction coefficient | The percentage of a substance removed from the blood or plasma in a single passage through a tissue; e.g., the extraction coefficient for p-aminohippuric acid (PAH) in the kidney is the difference between arterial and renal venous plasma PAH concentrations, divided by the arterial plasma PAH concentration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extraction, obstetrical | Extraction of the foetus by means of obstetrical instruments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| extraction ratio | The fraction of a substance removed from the blood flowing through the kidney; it is calculated from the formula (A -V)/A, where A and V, respectively, are the concentrations of the substance in arterial and renal venous plasma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of pulp | The first section of a penicillus of the spleen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axial walls of the pulp chambers | The wall's parallel with the long axis of a tooth: the mesial, distal, buccal, and lingual wall's. (05 Mar 2000) |