| Var, var | variable; variant, variation, variety |
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| IDA | 1) Imino-Diacetic Acid 2) Iron Deficiency Anemia &nb... |
| APP | acute phase protein; alum-precipitated pyridine; aminopyrazolopyrimidine; amyloid peptide precursor;... |
| PFV | physiologic full value |
| PhyS | physiologic saline [solution] |
| physiologic anisocoria | A common (20% of normals) benign inequality of the pupils that may change from one hour to the next. Synonym: essential anisocoria, physiologic anisocoria, simple-central anisocoria. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| physiologic antidote | An agent that produces systemic effects contrary to those of a given poison. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic congestion | Hyperaemia occurring during functional activity of an organ. Synonym: physiologic congestion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic cup | The normally occurring depression or pit in the centre of the optic disc. Synonym: excavatio disci, depression of optic disk, excavatio papillae, physiologic cup, physiologic excavation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic dead space | The sum of anatomic and alveolar dead space; the dead space calculated when the carbon dioxide pressure in systemic arterial blood is used instead of that of alveolar gas in Bohr's equation; it is a virtual or apparent volume that takes into account the impairment of gas exchange because of uneven distributions of lung ventilation and perfusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic dwarfism | Dwarfism characterised by normal development that is at a strikingly lesser rate than that for members of the same family, race, or other races. Synonym: primordial dwarfism, true dwarfism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic elasticity of muscle | The biologic quality, unique for muscle, of being able to change and resume size under neuromuscular control. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic equilibrium | nutritive equilibrium |
| physiologic excavation | The normally occurring depression or pit in the centre of the optic disc. Synonym: excavatio disci, depression of optic disk, excavatio papillae, physiologic cup, physiologic excavation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic hypertrophy | Temporary increase in size of an organ or part to provide for a natural increase of function, such as the kind that occurs in the walls of the uterus and in the mammae during pregnancy. Synonym: functional hypertrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic icterus | Icterus which can be accentuated by many factors including excessive haemolysis, sepsis, neonatal hepatitis or congenital atresia of the biliary system. Synonym: physiologic icterus, jaundice of the newborn, neonatal jaundice, physiologic jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic incompatibility | A form of incompatibility in which the substances in a mixture exert opposing physiologic actions. Synonym: therapeutic incompatibility. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic jaundice | Icterus which can be accentuated by many factors including excessive haemolysis, sepsis, neonatal hepatitis or congenital atresia of the biliary system. Synonym: physiologic icterus, jaundice of the newborn, neonatal jaundice, physiologic jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic leukocytosis | Any form of leukocytosis that is associated with apparently normal situations and that is not directly related to a pathologic condition; e.g., the temporary increase in the total number of white blood cells that may occur during a single day, or from day to day, as well as in the newborn period, during childhood, after strenuous exercise, during attacks of paroxysmal tachycardia, and in association with various other situations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic occlusion | Occlusion in harmony with functions of the masticatory system. (05 Mar 2000) |