| ADH | Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped; adhesion; alcohol dehydrogenase; antidiuretic hormone; arg... |
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| ADI | Academy of Dentistry International; acceptable daily intake; AIDS-defining illness; allowable daily ... |
| AOAC | Association of Official Agricultural Chemists |
| AWOL | absent without official leave |
| BAPS | biomechanical ankle platform system; bovine albumin phosphate saline; British Association of Paediat... |
| intensive care units, paediatric | Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill infants and children. Neonates are excluded since intensive care units, neonatal is available. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| european molecular biology lab gene bank | <molecular biology> A large database of DNA sequence data in Heidelberg, Germany, compiled from international sources. It is the European equivalent to the Genbank DNA sequence databank in the United States of America. WWW: EMbase. (09 Oct 1997) |
| European snakeroot | An emetic and cathartic. Synonym: European snakeroot, hazelwort. (05 Mar 2000) |
| European tarantula | Lycosa tarentula, the large European wolf spider or true tarantula Its bite was once believed to cause madness, which inspired frenzied contortions and dancing to rid the body of the venom, though the bite is, in fact, harmless, as is that of most of the large, hairy "tarantula spiders" of the tropics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| european typhus | See Epidemic typhus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| european union | The collective designation of three organizations with common membership: the european economic community (common market), the european coal and steel community, and the european atomic energy community (euratom). It was known as the european community until 1994. It is primarily an economic union with the principal objectives of free movement of goods, capital, and labour. Professional services, social, medical and paramedical, are subsumed under labour. The constituent countries are austria, belgium, denmark, finland, france, germany, greece, ireland, italy, luxembourg, netherlands, portugal, spain, sweden, and the united kingdom. (12 Dec 1998) |
| typhus, european | See Typhus, epidemic. (12 Dec 1998) |
| geriatric dentistry | <specialty> The branch of dentistry concerned with the dental problems of older people. (12 Dec 1998) |
| restorative dentistry | Usually, the individual restoration of teeth by means of metallic or nonmetallic materials. Synonym: restorative dentistry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| military dentistry | The practice of dentistry as applied to special circumstances associated with military operations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community dentistry | The practice of dentistry concerned with preventive as well as diagnostic and treatment programs in a circumscribed population. (12 Dec 1998) |
| preventive dentistry | The branch of dentistry concerned with the prevention of disease and the maintenance and promotion of oral health. (12 Dec 1998) |
| prosthetic dentistry | A dental specialty concerned with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and structures by artificial devices or prostheses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| school dentistry | Preventive dental services provided for students in primary and secondary schools. (12 Dec 1998) |
| public health dentistry | A dental specialty concerned with the prevention of disease and the maintenance of oral health through promoting organised dental health programs at a community, state, or federal level. (12 Dec 1998) |