| MLT | left mentotransverse [fetal position] [Lat. mento-laeva transversa]; mean latency time; median letha... |
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| ODT | oculodynamic tract; right occipitotransverse [fetal position] [Lat. occipito-dextra transversa] |
| OLT | left occipitotransverse [fetal position] [Lat. occipito-laeva transversa]; orthotopic liver transpla... |
| SDT | sensory detection theory; right sacrotransverse [fetal position] [Lat. sacrodextra transversa]; sign... |
| SLT | left sacrotransverse [fetal position] [Lat. sacrolaeva transversa]; single lung transplantation; smo... |
| fossa intermesocolica transversa | A fossa occupying the position of the superior duodenal recess but extending transversely from right to left for a few cms. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ligamenta capitulorum transversa | See: deep transverse metacarpal ligament, deep transverse metatarsal ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lineae transversa ossi sacri | One of four ridges that cross the pelvic surface of the sacrum; these mark the positions of the intervertebral disks between the bodies of the five sacral vertebrae in the immature bone. Synonym: lineae transversa ossi sacri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| conjugate diameter of 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) |
| conjugate diameter of pelvic outlet | The distance from the tip of the coccyx to the lower edge of the pubic symphysis. See: obstetric conjugate of pelvic outlet. Synonym: conjugate diameter of pelvic outlet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| diagonal conjugate diameter | The anteroposterior dimension of the inlet that measures the clinical distance from the promontory of the sacrum to the lower margin of the symphysis pubica. Synonym: conjugata diagonalis, diagonal conjugate diameter, false conjugate. (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) |