| MIP | macrophage inflammatory protein; major intrinsic protein; maximum inspiratory pressure; maximum inte... |
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| PXM | projection x-ray microscopy; pseudoexfoliation material |
| Spr | scan projection radiography |
| STPS | specific thalamic projection system |
| TPN | thalamic projection neuron; total parenteral nutrition; transition protein; triphosphopyridine nucle... |
| half-axial projection | Reverse tilted AP radiographic projection devised to permit demonstration of the entire occipital bone, foramen magnum, and dorsum sellae, as well as the petrous ridges. Synonym: half axial view, half-axial projection, Towne view. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| projection | 1. The act of throwing or shooting forward. 2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else. 3. The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan. 4. The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each. 5. <geography> Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane. Conical projection, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. Cylindric projection, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. Globular, Gnomonic, Orthographic, projection,etc. See Globular, Gnomonic, etc. Mercator's projection, a mode of representing the sphere in which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio as on the sphere itself. Oblique projection, a projection made by parallel lines drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane of projection obliquely. Polar projection, a projection of the sphere in which the point of sight is at the center, and the plane of projection passes through one of the polar circles. <geometry> Powder of projection, the foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the point. Projection of a straight line of a plane, the straight line of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let fall from the extremities of the given line. Synonym: See Protuberance. Origin: L. Projectio: cf. F. Projection. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| projection fibres | Nerve fibre's connecting the cerebral cortex with other centres in the brain or spinal cord; fibres arising from cells in the central nervous system that pass to distant loci. (05 Mar 2000) |
| projection lens | <microscopy> The final lens in the electron microscope. The lens focuses the electrons onto a fluorescent screen to produce the visible image. (05 Aug 1998) |
| projection perimeter | A perimeter that uses as target a spot of light that can be adjusted rapidly as to size, brightness, and colour, and moves silently at any desired speed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| projection system | The system of axons carrying stimuli from one portion of the nervous system to other portions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stenvers projection | Oblique radiographic projection of the skull devised to provide an unobstructed view of the petrous bone, bony labyrinth, internal auditory canal, and meatus. Synonym: Stenvers view. (05 Mar 2000) |
| submental vertex projection | Radiographic projection devised to obtain direct visualization of the base of the skull. Synonym: axial view, base projection, submental vertex projection, submentovertical projection, verticosubmental view. (05 Mar 2000) |
| submentovertical projection | Radiographic projection devised to obtain direct visualization of the base of the skull. Synonym: axial view, base projection, submental vertex projection, submentovertical projection, verticosubmental view. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oblique projection | Any radiographic projection between frontal and lateral. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipitomental projection | A PA radiographic view of the skull made with the orbitomeatal line at an angle of 37 |
| Towne projection | Reverse tilted AP radiographic projection devised to permit demonstration of the entire occipital bone, foramen magnum, and dorsum sellae, as well as the petrous ridges. Synonym: half axial view, half-axial projection, Towne view. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Towne projection radiograph | See: Towne projection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enamel projection | Extension of enamel into furcation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| erroneous projection | <ophthalmology> The faulty visual sensation arising secondarily to underaction of an ocular muscle. Synonym: erroneous projection. (05 Mar 2000) |