| TSEB | Total Skin Electron Beam |
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| EB | elective abortion; electron beam; elementary body; emotional behavior; endometrial biopsy; epidermol... |
| EB-IORT | intraoperative electron beam boost |
| TSEB | total skin electron beam |
| CAT | California Achievement Test; capillary agglutination test; catalase; cataract; catecholamine; Childr... |
| tomography | <procedure, radiology> The recording of internal body images at a predetermined plane by means of the tomograph, also called body section roentgenography. Origin: Gr. Graphein = to write (18 Nov 1997) |
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| emission-computed tomography | <radiology> Tomography using emissions from radionuclides and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image. (20 Jun 2000) |
| advanced multiple-beam equalization radiography | A variant of scanning equalization radiography using several X-ray beams. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Balkan beam | An overhead frame, supported on uprights attached to the bedposts or to a separate stand, from which a splinted limb is slung in the treatment of fracture or joint disease. Synonym: Balkan beam, Balkan splint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| beam | <radiobiology> Stream of particles or electromagnetic radiation travelling in a single direction. (09 Oct 1997) |
| beam dump | <radiobiology> A mass of shielding material which absorbs the energy of a beam of particles or electromagnetic radiation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| beam-plasma reaction | <radiobiology> Fusion reaction which occurs from the collision of a fast beam ion with a thermal plasma ion. (09 Oct 1997) |
| beam splitter | <radiobiology> Optical device for dividing a beam of electromagnetic radiation into two or more separate beams. (09 Oct 1997) |
| beam tree | <botany> A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. Origin: AS. Beam a tree. See: Beam. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| beam-wall reaction | <radiobiology> Fusion reaction which occurs from the collision of a fast beam ion with an ion embedded in or adsorbed onto the reactor wall. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cantilever beam | In dentistry, a beam that is supported by only one fixed support at only one of its ends. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radium beam therapy | Therapeutic use of radium rays, the source of which is a quantity of radium at a distance from the patient. Synonym: radium beam therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| restrained beam | In dentistry, a beam that has two or more supports, at least one of which permits some freedom of rotation to the point of support but not as much as if the support were a free support. (05 Mar 2000) |
| continuous beam | In dentistry, a beam that continues over three or more supports, those supports not at the beam ends being equally free supports. (05 Mar 2000) |
| horizontal beam film | A radiograph made with the central axis of the X-ray beam parallel to the floor, able to show an air-fluid level. (05 Mar 2000) |