| CT | calcitonin; calf testis; cardiac tamponade; cardiothoracic [ratio]; carotid tracing; carpal tunnel; ... |
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| LPCT | late proximal cortical tubule |
| MCT | manual cervical traction; mean cell thickness; mean cell threshold; mean circulation time; mean corp... |
| PCT | peripheral carcinoid tumor; plasma clotting time; plasmacrit test; plasmacytoma; polychlorinated tri... |
| PST | pancreatic suppression test; paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia; penicillin, streptomycin, and ... |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
| 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 radioulnar articulation | The pivot synovial joint between the head of the ulna and the ulnar notch on the radius; an articular disk passes across the distal part of the joint. Synonym: articulatio radioulnaris distalis, distal radioulnar articulation, inferior radioulnar joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal radioulnar joint | The pivot synovial joint between the head of the ulna and the ulnar notch on the radius; an articular disk passes across the distal part of the joint. Synonym: articulatio radioulnaris distalis, distal radioulnar articulation, inferior radioulnar joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal spiral septum | See: spiral septum. (05 Mar 2000) |