| TMI | testing motor impairment; threatened myocardial infarction; transmural myocardial infarction |
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| DMI | Defense Mechanism Inventory; Diagnostic Medical Instruments; diaphragmatic myocardial infarction; di... |
| AMI | acquired monosaccharide intolerance; acute myocardial infarction; amitriptyline; anterior myocardial... |
| MI | first meiotic metaphase; maturation index; medical illustrator; medical informatics; medical inspect... |
| SMI | Self-Motivation Inventory; senior medical investigator; severe mental impairment; silent myocardial ... |
| anterior part of diaphragmatic surface of liver | The part of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver deep to the costal arches and the xiphoid process. Synonym: pars anterior faciei diaphragmatis hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| right part of diaphragmatic surface of liver | The part of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver deep to the bodies of the lower ribs on the right side. Synonym: pars dextra faciei diaphragmaticae hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congenital diaphragmatic hernia | Absence of the pleuroperitoneal membrane (usually on the left) or an enlarged Morgagni's foramen which allows protrusion of abdominal viscera into the chest. Synonym: Bochdalek's hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior part of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver | That portion of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver that includes the bare area and the caudate lobe. Synonym: pars posterior faciei diaphragmatis hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hernia, diaphragmatic | Protrusion of some part of the abdominal or retroperitoneal structures through the diaphragm into the thorax. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hernia, diaphragmatic, traumatic | Protrusion of some part of the abdominal or retroperitoneal structures through the diaphragm into the thorax, occurring as a result of injury, usually to the abdomen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| superior part of diaphragmatic surface of liver | The convex superior portion of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver. Synonym: pars superior faciei diaphragmaticae hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic | Relating to a diaphragm. Synonym: phrenic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic eventration | <radiology> Upward displacement of abdominal contents secondary to a congenitally thin hypoplastic diaphragm, location: anteromedial on right, total involvement on the left, R:L = 5:1, findings: small diaphragmatic excursions, often lobulated contour see: elevated hemidiaphragm (12 Dec 1998) |
| diaphragmatic flutter | Rapid rhythmical contractions (average, 150 per minute) of the diaphragm, simulating atrial flutter clinically and sometimes electrocardiographically. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic hernia | A condition present at birth where there is abnormal protrusion of abdominal contents upward through a defect in the diaphragm. This condition is treated as a surgical emergency due to interference with the infant's breathing. Smaller, less serious diaphragmatic hernias may also be seen in adults. (27 Sep 1997) |
| diaphragmatic ligament of the mesonephros | The segment of the urogenital ridge that extends from the mesonephros to the diaphragm; becomes the suspensory ligament of the ovary. Synonym: urogenital mesentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic nodes | Three groups of small nodes, anterior, middle, and posterior, on the upper surface of the diaphragm; they receive afferents from the liver, diaphragm, and intercostal spaces and send efferents to parasternal and posterior mediastinal nodes. Synonym: nodi lymphatici phrenici superiores, diaphragmatic nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic pacemaker | A device that paces the diaphragm, used in patients with chronic ventilatory insufficiency resulting from malfunction of the respiratory control centre on certain types of phrenic nerve malfunction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic peritonitis | Peritonitis affecting mainly the peritoneal surface of the diaphragm. (05 Mar 2000) |