| CEA | Carcino-Embryonic Antigen [HP 1825-6] ; Oncofetal Antigens ; Glycopro... |
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| GIS | gas in stomach; gastrointestinal series; geographic information system; guaranteed income supplement... |
| HCS | Hajdu-Cheney syndrome; Hazard Communication Standard; health care support; hourglass contraction of ... |
| RSS | rat stomach strip; rectosigmoidoscopy; Russell-Silver syndrome |
| SR | sarcoplasmic reticulum; saturation recovery; scanning radiometer; screen; secretion rate; sedimentat... |
| posterior surface of lower limb | The posterior surface of the inferior limb. Synonym: facies posterior membri inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| posterior surface of pancreas | The posterior surface of the pancreas. Synonym: facies posterior pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior surface of petrous part of temporal bone | The surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone that contributes to the posterior cranial fossa. Synonym: facies posterior partis petrosae ossis temporalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior surface of prostate | The posterior surface of the prostate. Synonym: facies posterior prostatae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior surface of radius | The posterior surface of the radius. Synonym: facies posterior radii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior surface of shaft of humerus | The posterior surface of the humerus. Synonym: facies posterior corporis humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior surface of suprarenal gland | The posterior surface of the suprarenal gland. Synonym: facies posterior glandulae suprarenalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior surface of thigh | The back of the thigh. Synonym: facies femoralis posterior, posterior surface of thigh, regio femoralis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior surface of tibia | The posterior surface of the tibia. Synonym: facies posterior tibiae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior surface of ulna | The posterior surface of the ulna. Synonym: facies posterior ulnae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior talar articular surface of calcaneus | Articulates with talus (subtalar joint) posterior to sinus tarsi. Synonym: facies articularis talaris posterior calcanei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior wall of stomach | The part of the gastric wall that faces the peritoneal cavity. Synonym: paries anterior gastris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bare area of stomach | The part of posterior surface of the fundus of the stomach between the two diverging layers of the gastrophrenic ligament, that is not covered by peritoneum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bed of stomach | The structures against which the posteroinferior surface of the stomach lies, and from which it is separated, for the main part, by the omental bursa; includes diaphragm, left suprarenal gland, upper part of left kidney, splenic artery, anterior aspect of pancreatic body and tail, left colic flexure, and transverse mesocolon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bilocular stomach | A condition in which there is a central constriction of the wall of the stomach dividing it into two cavities, cardiac and pyloric. Synonym: bilocular stomach, ectasia ventriculi paradoxa. Leather-bottle stomach, marked thickening and rigidity of the stomach wall, with reduced capacity of the lumen although often without obstruction; nearly always due to scirrhous carcinoma, as in linitis plastica. Synonym: sclerotic stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |