| CPF | clot-promoting factor; complication probability factor; contraction peak force; current patient file... |
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| NTCP | noninvasive transcutaneous cardiac pacing; normal tissue complication probability |
| NTFOM | normal tissue complication-based figure-of-merit |
| AOIVM | angiographically occult intracranial vascular malformation |
| BIH | benign intracranial hypertension; Beth Israel Hospital |
| intracranial pneumocele | A collection of gas within the skull, in the brain, or in the meninges. Synonym: intracranial pneumocele. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intracranial pressure | <physiology> The pressure the cerebrospinal fluid exerts on the brain. (27 Sep 1997) |
| intracranial tuberculoma | <neurology> A well-circumscribed mass found cortically or subcortically in the cerebral or cerebellar hemispheres. In under-developed countries where tuberculosis is endemic these lesions are quite common. Management of intracranial tuberculomas includes antituberculosis chemotherapy and neurosurgical evacuation of tuberculomas singly or in combination. (04 Jul 2000) |
| extracranial-intracranial bypass | A vascular shunt created by the anastomosis of an extracranial vessel to an intracranial vessel, usually, the superficial temporal artery to a cortical branch of the middle cerebral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |