| MCHC | maternal/child health care; mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; mean corpuscular hemoglobin c... |
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| SFH | schizophrenia family history; serum-free hemoglobin; stroma-free hemoglobin |
| MEN | Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia ; AD Trait 1. MEN Type I(= Wermer Syndro... |
| PBT | Paul-Bunnell test; phenacetin breath test; piebald trait; profile-based therapy |
| PTD | percutaneous transluminal dilatation; permanent total disability; personality trait disorder; preter... |
| quantitative trait | A characteristic showing quantitative inheritance such as skin pigmentation in man. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| intermediate trait | A measurable trait in which there is some evidence of the operation of a simple major cause, but in which the variation within the putative categories is such as to cause overlap and hence ambiguity in classification of any particular reading. (05 Mar 2000) |
| threshold trait | A trait that falls into natural groups that originate not in categorically distinct causes but in whether or not the outcome attains critical values; e.g., gallstones may result from a categorical cause or from unusual levels of causal factors that themselves show no evidence of grouping. Synonym: liminal trait. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trait | A qualitative characteristic; a discrete attribute as contrasted with metrical character. A trait is amenable to segregation rather than quantitative analysis; it is an attribute of phenotype, not of genotype. Origin: Fr. From L. Tractus, a drawing out, extension (05 Mar 2000) |
| liminal trait | A trait that falls into natural groups that originate not in categorically distinct causes but in whether or not the outcome attains critical values; e.g., gallstones may result from a categorical cause or from unusual levels of causal factors that themselves show no evidence of grouping. Synonym: liminal trait. (05 Mar 2000) |