| PE | Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia; pancreatic extract; paper electrophoresis; partial epilepsy; pelvic examina... |
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| PHI | passive hemagglutination inhibition; past history of illness; phosphohexose isomerase; physiological... |
| VP | physiological volume; vapor pressure; variegate porphyria; vascular permeability; vasopressin; velop... |
| ABC | absolute basophil count; absolute bone conduction; acalculous biliary colic; acid balance control; a... |
| ABLB | alternate binaural loudness balance |
| Wilhelmy balance | A device for measuring surface tension in terms of the pull exerted on a thin plate of platinum or other material suspended vertically through the surface; used in a Langmuir trough to study pulmonary surfactant. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nitrogen balance | The difference between the total nitrogen intake by an organism and its total nitrogen loss. A normal, healthy adult has a zero nitrogen balance, Nin Nout (i.e., a positive nitrogen balance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occlusal balance | A condition in which there are simultaneous contacts of the occluding units of the opposing dental arches in centric and eccentric positions within the functional range. (05 Mar 2000) |
| energy balance | <radiobiology> Comparison of energy put into a plasma with the energy dissipated by the system, related to energy confinement. (09 Oct 1997) |