| IDL | Index to Dental Literature; interface definition language; intermediate density lipoprotein; interme... |
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| IF | idiopathic fibroplasia; idiopathic flushing; immersion foot; immunofluorescence; indirect fluorescen... |
| RBA | relative binding affinity; rescue breathing apparatus; right basilar artery; right brachial artery; ... |
| RCA | red cell agglutination; relative chemotactic activity; renal cell carcinoma; right carotid artery; r... |
| AF | abnormal frequency; acid-fast; adult female; afebrile; aflatoxin; albumin-free; albumose-free; aldeh... |
| atrial appendage | The small projection from each atrium hanging over like a small ear, more marked on the left, with a small cavity of its own. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| atrial arrhythmias | See Arrhythmias, atrial. (12 Dec 1998) |
| atrial arteries | Branches of the right and left coronary arteries distributed to the muscle of the atria. Synonym: arteriae atriales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial auricle | The auricle of atrium. See: left atrium, right atrium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial auricula | A small conical ("ear-shaped") pouch projecting from the upper anterior portion of each atrium of the heart, increasing slightly the atrial volume. See: auricle of left atrium, auricle of right atrium. Synonym: auricula atrialis, atrial auricle, atrial auricula, auricle, auricula, auricular appendage, auricular appendix, skin tag. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial bigeminy | Pairing of atrial beats, as when an atrial extrasystole is coupled to each sinus beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial branches | The atrial branches, the branches of the right coronary artery and the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery distributed to the right and left atrium, respectively. Synonym: rami atriales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial capture beat | The cardiac cycle resulting when, after a period of A-V dissociation, the atria regain control of the ventricles; atrial depolarisation due to retrograde transmission from a ventricular ectopic beat or an electronically paced ventricular impulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial chaotic tachycardia | Multifocal origin of tachycardia within the atrium; often confused with atrial fibrillation during physical examination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial complex | P wave in the electrocardiogram. Synonym: auricular complex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial diastole | Period of relaxation and repolarization of the atrial muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial dipeptidyl carboxyhydrolase | <enzyme> Removes c-terminal phe-arg from atriopeptin II to give atriopeptin i; metalloenzyme with mw 240,000; also has tripeptidyl carboxyhydrolase activity; removes phe-arg-tyr from atriopeptin III to form atriopeptin i Registry number: EC 3.4.15.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| atrial dissociation | Mutually independent beating of the two atria or of parts of the atria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial echo | Electrical reactivation of the atrium by a retrograde impulse returning from the A-V node while the antegrade impulse continues to the ventricle; characterised electrocardiographically, by a pair of P waves enclosing a QRS complex, the second P wave being inverted, indicating that it is the reverse (the retrograde pathway) of the pathway of the first P wave (the antegrade pathway). (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial extrasystole | A premature contraction of the heart arising from an ectopic atrial focus. Synonym: auricular extrasystole. (05 Mar 2000) |