| PLV | partial liquid ventilation; poliomyelitis live vaccine; panleukopenia virus; phenylalanine, lysine, ... |
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| PM | after death (Lat. post mortem); after noon [Lat. post meridiem]; mean pressure; pacemaker; pantomogr... |
| polio | poliomyelitis |
| FRC | Functional Residual Capacity |
| LCP Disease | Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease ? Stages of LCP Disease(= Juvenile Idiopathic AVN) &nb... |
| residual body | 1. <cell biology> Secondary lysosomes containing material that cannot be digested. 2. <biology> The surplus cytoplasm shed by spermatids during their differentiation to spermatozoa. Usually the cytoplasm from several spermatids connected by cytoplasmic bridges. 3. <microbiology> Surplus cytoplasm containing pigment and left over after production of merozoites during schizogony of malaria parasites. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| residual body of Regaud | The excess cytoplasm that separates from the spermatozoon during spermiogenesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual capacity | The volume of air remaining in the lungs at the end of a maximal expiration. Common abbreviation is rv. (12 Dec 1998) |
| residual cleft | The remnants of the pituitary diverticulum that occur between the pars distalis and pars intermedia; a distinct lumen is present in some animals, but, in humans, is present only during prenatal development and sometimes in young children. Synonym: residual lumen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual cyst | The persistence of an apical periodontal cyst that remains after tooth extraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual error | The estimated discrepancy between the actual measured datum and the value for that value computed after a model has been fitted to the set of the data by an estimator. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual inhibition | The inhibition or suppression of tinnitus by use of a sound-generating device (residual inhibitor) which masks the sounds of tinnitus and produces a residual sound-inhibiting effect when the device is turned off. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual inhibitor | A sound-generating device, worn in the ear, which inhibits or suppresses the sounds of tinnitus by masking, with a residual inhibitory effect when the device is turned off. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual lumen | The remnants of the pituitary diverticulum that occur between the pars distalis and pars intermedia; a distinct lumen is present in some animals, but, in humans, is present only during prenatal development and sometimes in young children. Synonym: residual lumen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual ovary syndrome | <syndrome> The development of a pelvic mass, pelvic pain, and occasionally dyspareunia following hysterectomy without removal of both ovaries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual ridge | That portion of the processus alveolaris remaining in the edentulous mouth following resorption of the section containing the alveoli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual schizophrenia | Blunted or inappropriate affect, social withdrawal, eccentric behaviour, or loose associations, but without prominent psychotic symptoms, as the remains of former psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual urine | Urine remaining in the bladder at the end of micturition in cases of prostatic obstruction, bladder atony, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual volume | The volume of air remaining in the lungs at the end of a maximal expiration. Common abbreviation is rv. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neoplasm, residual | Remnant of a tumour or cancer after primary, potentially curative therapy. (dr. Daniel masys, written communication) (12 Dec 1998) |