| VTR | variable tandem repeats; videotape recording; vesicular transport system |
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| ARP | absolute refractory period; American Registry of Pathologists; anticipated recovery path; apolipopro... |
| CPM | central pontine myelinosis; chlorpheniramine maleate; continuous passive motion; critical path metho... |
| EPL | effective patient's life; equivalent path length; essential phospholipid; extensor pollicis longus; ... |
| OPD | obstetric prediabetic; optical path difference; otopalatodigital [syndrome]; outpatient department; ... |
| JGA | Juxta-glomerular apparatus |
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| MA | Mitotic apparatus |
| NuMA | Nuclear Mitotic Apparatus Protein |
| SCBA | Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus |
| condyle path | The path traveled by the mandibular condyle in the temporomandibular joint during the various mandibular movements. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| second incisor | Second maxillary or mandibular permanent or deciduous tooth on either side of the midsagittal plane of the head. Synonym: lateral incisor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisal path | The influence on mandibular movements caused by the contacting surfaces of the mandibular and maxillary anterior teeth during eccentric excursions. Synonym: incisal path. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisor | <anatomy> One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw; an incisive tooth. See Tooth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| incisor canal | One of several bony canals leading from the floor of the nasal cavity into the incisive fossa on the palatal surface of the maxilla; they convey the nasopalatine nerves and branches of the greater palatine arteries which anastomose with the septal branch of the sphenopalatine artery. Synonym: canalis incisivus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisor crest | The front part of the nasal crest of the palatine process of the maxilla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisor foramen | One of several (usually four) openings of the incisive canals into the incisive fossa. Synonym: foramen incisivum, incisor foramen, Stensen's foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisor tooth | A tooth with a chisel-shaped crown and a single conical tapering root; there are four of these teeth in the anterior part of each jaw, in both the deciduous and the permanent dentitions. Synonym: dens incisivus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occlusal path | A gliding occlusal contact, the path of movement of an occlusal surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral incisor | Second maxillary or mandibular permanent or deciduous tooth on either side of the midsagittal plane of the head. Synonym: lateral incisor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Frankfort-mandibular incisor angle | Any of several variously named and variously defined anatomical angle's that have been used to quantify facial protrusion, in dentistry, the angle formed by the intersection of the orbitomeatal (Frankfort) plane with the nasion-pogonion line (inner lower angle), which establishes the anteroposterior relation of the mandible to the upper face at the orbitomeatal plane. Synonym: Frankfort-mandibular incisor angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abbe substage apparatus | <apparatus> Includes a rack and pinion for horizontal displacement of an iris diaphragm to obtain oblique lighting. (05 Aug 1998) |
| accessory visual apparatus | The eyelids, with lashes and eyebrows, lacrimal apparatus, conjunctival sac, and extrinsic muscles of the eyeball. Synonym: organa oculi accessoria, accessory organs, accessory visual apparatus, adnexa oculi, appendages of eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| achromatic apparatus | The nonstaining asters and spindle fibres in a dividing cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alimentary apparatus | The organs that are responsible for getting food into and out of the body and for making use of food to keep the body healthy. These include the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine, colon, and rectum. (12 Dec 1998) |