| RUS | radioulnar synostosis |
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| AAPS | American Association of Plastic Surgeons; Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale; Association of Ame... |
| AI | accidental injury; accidentally incurred; adiposity index; aggregation index; allergy and immunology... |
| art | artery, arterial; articulation; artificial |
| artic | articulation, articulated |
| distal end cutter | <dentistry, equipment> A special plier used to cut off the ends of your arch wires. (08 Jan 1998) |
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| 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) |
| distal part of anterior lobe of hypophysis | The larger part of the adenohypophysis composed of cords of epithelial cells individually specialised to secrete various tropic hormones that exert their effect on several target organs in the body. The secretory activity of these cells is under the control of either releasing or inhibiting factors elaborated by hypothalamic neurons and transported to the adenohypophysis by the hypothalamo-hypophysial portal system. Synonym: pars distalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal spiral septum | See: spiral septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal splenorenal shunt | Anastomosis of the splenic end of the divided splenic vein to the left renal vein. Synonym: distal splenorenal shunt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal surface of tooth | The contact surface of a tooth that is directed away from the median plane of the dental arch; opposite to the mesial surface of a tooth. Synonym: facies distalis dentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal tibiofibular joint | The fibrous union of the tibia and fibula consisting of the interosseous membrane and the anterior, interosseous and posterior tibiofibular ligaments at the distal extremities of the bones. Synonym: syndesmosis tibiofibularis, distal tibiofibular joint, inferior tibiofibular joint, tibiofibular articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberosity of distal phalanx | A roughened raised surface of horseshoe shape on the palmar surface of the distal end of the terminal or ungual phalanx of each finger and toe, which serves to support the pulp of the digit. Synonym: tuberositas phalangis distalis, tuberositas unguicularis, ungual tuberosity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arthrodial articulation | A synovial joint in which the opposing surfaces are nearly planes and in which there is only a slight, gliding motion, as in the intermetacarpal joints. Synonym: articulatio plana, arthrodia, arthrodial articulation, arthrodial joint, gliding joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| articulation | <neurology> The ability to pronounce speech sounds, words and thoughts. <orthopaedics, rheumatology> The junction of two or more bones. (11 Nov 1997) |
| articulation disorders | Disorders of speech sound production characterised by substitution, omission, and distortion of sounds. (12 Dec 1998) |
| articulation of pisiform bone | The synovial joint between the pisiform and triquetrum; it is separate from the other intercarpal joints. Synonym: articulatio ossis pisiformis, articulation of pisiform bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atlanto-occipital articulation | <anatomy> A condylar synovial joint between the superior articular facets of the atlas and the condyles of the occipital bone. Synonym: articulatio atlanto-occipitalis, atlanto-occipital articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |