| ERF | Education and Research Foundation; external rotation in flexion; Eye Research Foundation |
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| IHF | Industrial Health Foundation; integration host factor; International Hospital Foundation |
| NAF | nafcillin; National Amputation Foundation; National Ataxia Foundation; net acid flux |
| NOF | National Osteopathic Foundation; National Osteoporosis Foundation |
| EMV | eye, motor, voice [Glasgow coma scale] |
| voice disorders | Disorders of voice pitch, loudness, or quality. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| voice quality | Voice quality is that component of speech which gives the primary distinction to a given speaker's voice when pitch and loudness are excluded. It involves both phonatory and resonatory characteristics. Some of the descriptions of voice quality are harshness, breathiness and nasality. (12 Dec 1998) |
| voice strain | The development of hoarse voice secondary to overuse. (27 Sep 1997) |
| myxoedema voice | <otolaryngology> The forced, rough, raucous voice of subjects of myxoedema, probably due to myxoedematous thickening of the vocal folds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epigastric voice | The delusion of a voice proceeding from the epigastrium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eunuchoid voice | High pitched voice in the adult male resembling the voice of an immature boy; usually functional in origin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lombard voice-reflex test | The observation of fluctuations in the intensity of a patient's voice when a masking noise is increased or decreased; a test useful in assessing functional hearing loss. (05 Mar 2000) |