| BSO | bilateral sagittal osteotomy; bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; British School of Osteopathy; butathi... |
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| 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; ... |
| MSP | macrophage stimulating protein; maximum squeeze pressure; median sagittal plane; microseminoprotein;... |
| OPD | obstetric prediabetic; optical path difference; otopalatodigital [syndrome]; outpatient department; ... |
| SSS | Superior sagittal sinus |
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| BSSO | bilateral sagittal split osteotomy |
| occlusal path | A gliding occlusal contact, the path of movement of an occlusal surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| incisal | <dentistry> The biting edge of your central and lateral teeth. (08 Jan 1998) |
| incisal edge | The part of an anterior tooth farthest from the apex of the root. Synonym: margo incisalis, cutting edge, incisal margin, incisal surface, shearing edge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisal embrasure | A space existing on the incisal aspect of the interproximal contact area between adjacent anterior teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisal guidance | 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) |
| incisal guide | In dentistry, that part of an articulator on which the anterior guide pin rests to maintain the vertical dimension of occlusion and the incisal guide angle as established by the incisal guidance; may be adjustable, with a superior surface that may be changed to provide variations in the incisal guide angle, or customised, being individually formed in plastic to allow other than straight line incisal guidance in eccentric movements. Synonym: anterior guide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisal guide angle | The angle formed with the horizontal plane by drawing a line in the sagittal plane between incisal edges of the maxillary and mandibular central incisors when the teeth are in centric occlusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisal margin | The part of an anterior tooth farthest from the apex of the root. Synonym: margo incisalis, cutting edge, incisal margin, incisal surface, shearing edge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisal point | The point located between the incisal edges of the lower central incisors; the graphic projection of the excursions of the incisal point in certain planes is generally used to illustrate the envelope of motion of mandibular movement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisal rest | The portion of a removable partial denture supported by an incisal edge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisal surface | The part of an anterior tooth farthest from the apex of the root. Synonym: margo incisalis, cutting edge, incisal margin, incisal surface, shearing edge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right sagittal fissure | A sagittal groove on the undersurface of the liver formed by the fossa vesicae felleae anteriorly and the sulcus venae cavae posteriorly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| groove for superior sagittal sinus | The groove in the midline of the inner table of the calvaria lodging the superior sagittal sinus. Synonym: sulcus sinus sagittalis superioris, sagittal groove, sagittal sulcus, superior longitudinal sulcus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior sagittal diameter | Distance from the sacrococcygeal junction to the middle of an imaginary line running between the left and right ischial tuberosities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sagittal | 1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arowlike appendage. 2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull. In the mesial plane; as, a sagittal section of an animal. <anatomy> Sagittal suture, the suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull. Synonym: rabdoidal suture, and interparietal suture. Origin: L. Sagitta an arrow: cf. F. Saguttal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |