| 'Greek letter alpha' | angular acceleration; first [carbon atom next to the carbon atom bearing the active group in organic... |
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| AMAL | Aero-Medical Acceleration Laboratory |
| BASH | body acceleration synchronous with heart rate |
| DTIA | Doppler tissue imaging acceleration |
| FAD | familial Alzheimer dementia; familial autonomic dysfunction; fetal activity-acceleration determinati... |
| linear fracture | A fracture running parallel with the long axis of the bone. Synonym: fissured fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| linear IgA bullous disease in children | A rare self-limiting bullous disease, chiefly of the trunk, perioral, and pelvic areas, with onset in the first decade, successively less severe recurrences, and total remission at adolescence; linear epidermal basement membrane zone deposit of IgA is found in involved and in normal skin. Synonym: linear IgA bullous disease in children. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linear models | Statistical models in which the value of a parameter for a given value of a factor is assumed to be equal to a + bx, where a and b are constants. The models predict a linear regression. (12 Dec 1998) |
| linear skull fracture | A skull fracture resembling a line. (05 Mar 2000) |