| S&I | suction and irrigation |
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| VI | Roman numeral six; vaginal irrigation; variable interval; vastus intermedius; virgo intacta; virulen... |
| VIS | vaginal irrigation smear; venous insufficiency syndrome; vertebral irritation syndrome; visible; vis... |
| CPD | Cephalo-Pelvic Disproportion; 아두 골반 불균형 |
| HIVD | Herniation(Herniated) of Inter-Vertebral Disc - Cervical HIVD &... |
| pelvic direction | The direction of the axis of the pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pelvic exenteration | Removal of all of the organs and adjacent structures of the pelvis. It is usually performed to surgically remove cancer involving the bladder, uterine cervix, or rectum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pelvic fascia | It includes parietal and visceral components: fascia pelvis parietalis and fascia pelvis visceralis. Synonym: fascia pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic floor | Soft floor composed mainly of two muscles. These are the levators of the anus and a pair of sacrosciatic ligaments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pelvic ganglia | The parasympathetic ganglia scattered through the pelvic plexus on either side. Synonym: ganglia pelvina, hypogastric ganglia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic girdle | The bony ring formed by the hip bones and the sacrum, to which the lower limbs are attached. Synonym: cingulum membri inferioris. Shoulder girdle, the bony ring, incomplete behind, that serves for the attachment and support of the upper limbs. It is formed by the manubrium sterni, the clavicles, and the scapulae. Synonym: cingulum membri superioris, pectoral girdle, thoracic girdle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic haematocele | Intraperitoneal effusion of blood into the pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic imflammatory disease | <disease> The inflammation of any of the female pelvic organs, usually due to infection from a sexually transmitted disease. PID can result in sterility if left untreated. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pelvic index | The ratio of the conjugate of the pelvic inlet to the transverse diameters of the pelvis: (conjugate of pelvic inlet × 100)/transverse diameter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic inflammatory disease | <disease> An inflammatory process that results from other pelvic diseases, may result from gonorrhoea, chlamydia, ovarian cystic disease or postpartum infections. (27 Sep 1997) |
| pelvic inlet | The upper opening of the true pelvis, bounded anteriorly by the pubic symphysis and the pubic crest on either side, laterally by the iliopectineal lines, and posteriorly by the promontory of the sacrum. Synonym: apertura pelvis superior, aditus pelvis, first parallel pelvic plane, pelvic brim, pelvic inlet, pelvic plane of inlet, plane of inlet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic kidney | Kidney that has been displaced into the pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic limb | The hip, thigh, leg, ankle, and foot. Synonym: membrum inferius, inferior limb, lower extremity, pelvic limb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic outlet | The lower opening of the true pelvis, bounded anteriorly by the pubic arch, laterally by the rami of the ischium and the sacrotuberous ligament on either side, and posteriorly by these ligaments and the tip of the coccyx. Synonym: apertura pelvis inferior, apertura pelvis minoris, fourth parallel pelvic plane, pelvic outlet, pelvic plane of outlet, plane of outlet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic pain | Pain in the pelvic region of genital and non-genital origin and of organic or psychogenic aetiology. Frequent causes of pain are distension or contraction of hollow viscera, rapid stretching of the capsule of a solid organ, chemical irritation, tissue ischemia, and neuritis secondary to inflammatory, neoplastic, or fibrotic processes in adjacent organs. (kase, weingold & gershenson: principles and practice of clinical gynecology, 2d ed, pp479-508) (12 Dec 1998) |