| DSPN | distal sensory polyneuropathy; distal symmetrical polyneuropathy |
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| CT | calcitonin; calf testis; cardiac tamponade; cardiothoracic [ratio]; carotid tracing; carpal tunnel; ... |
| LPCT | late proximal cortical tubule |
| MCT | manual cervical traction; mean cell thickness; mean cell threshold; mean circulation time; mean corp... |
| PST | pancreatic suppression test; paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia; penicillin, streptomycin, and ... |
| seminiferous tubule | <anatomy> In the testicles, the network of tubes where sperm cells are formed. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| seminiferous tubule dysgenesis | A disorder in which the seminiferous tubules exhibit an abnormal cytoarchitecture and extensive hyalinization; the testes are small, and few spermatozoa are formed; the body habitus may be eunuchoid, and gynaecomastia may be present; urinary gonadotropin output is usually high, and the incidence of mental deficiency and illness increased; sex chromatin may be male or female, and androgen secretion ranges from subnormal to normal. It is a constant feature of (and is often used synonymously with) Klinefelter's syndrome. Synonym: germinal aplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spiral tubule | The segment of urinary tubule coming next after the proximal convoluted tubule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| straight seminiferous tubule | The continuation of the tubulus seminifer contortus which becomes straight just before entering the mediastinum to form the rete testis. Synonym: tubulus renalis rectus, tubulus seminifer rectus, collecting tubule, straight tubule, tubulus rectus, tubulus rectus, vasa recta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| straight tubule | One of the straight tubules of the kidney, present in the medulla and pars radiata of the cortex. Synonym: straight seminiferous tubule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| symmetric distal neuropathy | <neurology> A disease process involving a number of peripheral nerves. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (14 Oct 1997) |
| discharging tubule | A urinary tubule formed by the union of several collecting tubule's and terminating as a papillary duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal | <anatomy> Remote, farther from any point of reference, opposed to proximal. <dentistry> Used to designate a position on the dental arch farther from the median line of the jaw. Origin: L. Distans = distant (18 Nov 1997) |
| distal caries | Loss of structure on the tooth surface that is directed away from the median plane of the dental arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal centriole | The centriole in the developing spermatozoon from which the flagellum develops. Synonym: posterior centriole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal end | The posterior extremity of a dental appliance. Synonym: heel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal end cutter | <dentistry, equipment> A special plier used to cut off the ends of your arch wires. (08 Jan 1998) |
| distal ileitis | A subacute chronic enteritis, of unknown cause, involving the terminal ileum and less frequently other parts of the gastrointestinal tract; characterised by patchy deep ulcers that may cause fistulas, and narrowing and thickening of the bowel by fibrosis and lymphocytic infiltration, with noncaseating tuberculoid granulomas that also may be found in regional lymph nodes; symptoms include fever, diarrhoea, cramping abdominal pain, and weight loss. Synonym: chronic cicatrizing enteritis, Crohn's disease, distal ileitis, regional ileitis, terminal ileitis, granulomatous enteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal interphalangeal joints | The synovial joint's between the middle and distal phalanges of the fingers and of the toes. Synonym: DIP joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal occlusion | A tooth occluding in a position distal to normal. Synonym: disto-occlusion, postnormal occlusion, retrusive occlusion. Synonym: distoclusion. (05 Mar 2000) |