| NEEE | Near East equine encephalomyelitis |
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| NFCE | near-fatal choking episode |
| NIR | near infrared |
| NIRS | near-infrared spectroscopy; normal inactivated rabbit serum |
| NIS | nationwide impatient sample; near-infrared intracranial spectroscopy; N-iodosuccinimide; no inflamma... |
| near reaction | The pupillary constriction associated with a near vision effort, i.e., with accommodation and convergence. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| near reflex | Pupillary constriction with a near vision effort, with ocular convergence, or with accommodation; an associated reaction, not a true reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| near-total thyroidectomy | Removal of nearly all of each thyroid lobe leaving unresected only a small portion of gland adjacent to the entrance of the recurrent laryngeal nerve into the larynx. (05 Mar 2000) |
| far-and-near suture | A suture utilizing alternate near and far stitches, used to approximate fascial edges. (05 Mar 2000) |
| light-near dissociation | A stronger near pupil response than light response; due to weak pupillomotor input, Argyll Robertson pupil, dorsal midbrain syndrome, or to misdirection of ciliary muscle fibres into the iris sphincter. Synonym: light-near dissociation. (05 Mar 2000) |