| DSM-III-R | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [of APA], third edition, revised |
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| DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [of APA], fourth edition |
| MAT | manual arts therapist; master of arts in technology; mean absorption time; medical assistance team (... |
| MCT | manual cervical traction; mean cell thickness; mean cell threshold; mean circulation time; mean corp... |
| MDA | malondialdehyde; manual dilation of anus; methylene dianiline; 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; minima... |
| commando procedure | An operation for malignant tumours of the floor of the oral cavity, involving resection of portions of the mandible in continuity with the oral lesion and radical neck dissection. Synonym: commando operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| W procedure | Surgery to prevent the contracture of a straight-line scar; the edges of the wound are trimmed in the shape of a W, or a series of W's, and closed in a zig-zag manner. Synonym: W procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mustard procedure | Correction, at the atrial level, of haemodynamic abnormality due to transposition of the great arteries by an intraatrial baffle to direct pulmonary venous blood through the tricuspid orifice into the right ventricle and the systemic venous blood through the mitral valve into the left ventricle. Synonym: Mustard procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| procedure | A series of steps by which a desired result is accomplished. Origin: L. Procedere, from pro = forward, cedere = move (18 Nov 1997) |
| Puestow procedure | Longitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy for treatment of chronic pancreatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| push-back procedure | A surgical manoeuvre designed to reposition the soft palate posteriorly and reestablish velopharyngeal competence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Putti-Platt procedure | A procedure for recurrent dislocation of shoulder joint. Synonym: Putti-Platt procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shelf procedure | Insertion of a graft from the ilium into the roof of the acetabulum for congenital dislocation of the hip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Snow procedure | Augmentation of the bladder by incision and excision of detrusor muscle leaving only bladder epithelium. Synonym: autocystoplasty, Snow procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| standard operating procedure | <microscopy> A written set of instructions detailing the normal procedures for operating a piece of equipment. WWW: Available online (05 Aug 1998) |
| Stanley Way procedure | A radical vulvectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nick's procedure | Enlarges the aortic annulus by incising the noncoronary sinus and the roof of the left atrium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Noble-Collip procedure | An obsolete procedure in which shock in rats is induced by rotating them in a drum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Norwood procedure | A complex procedure designed to treat aortic atresia with hypoplastic left heart syndrome; sometimes performed in two stages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sugiura procedure | Oesophageal transection with paraesophageal devascularization, for oesophageal varices. (05 Mar 2000) |