| PSIFT | platelet suspension immunofluorescence test |
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| RCS | rabbit aorta-contracting substance; red cell suspension; reticulum cell sarcoma; right coronary sinu... |
| SAS | sarcoma amplified sequence; self-rating anxiety scale; short arm splint; Sklar Aphasia Scale; sleep ... |
| SIS | semantic indexing system; serotinin irritation syndrome; simian sarcoma; simulator-induced syndrome;... |
| susp | suspension, suspended |
| suspension stability | A very slow sedimentation rate. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| insulin zinc suspension | A sterile buffered suspension with zinc chloride, containing 40 or 80 units per ml; the solid phase of the suspension consists of a mixture of 7 parts of crystalline insulin and 3 parts of amorphous insulin. Synonym: lente insulin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extended insulin zinc suspension | A long-acting insulin suspension, obtained from beef, with an approximate time of onset of 7 hours and a duration of action of 36 hours. Synonym: crystalline insulin zinc suspension. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Belsey Mark IV procedure | A transthoracic hiatal hernia repair that restores the lower oesophageal sphincter zone to the high pressure region below the diaphragm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Belsey Mark V procedure | A modified Belsey Mark IV procedure often employing pledgetted sutures performed for patients with hiatal hernia plus disordered oesophageal motility in whom an oesophageal myotomy is also needed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Girdlestone procedure | Complete resection or excision of the head and neck of the femur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vineberg procedure | Implantation of the internal mammary artery into the myocardium to improve blood flow to the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| V-Y procedure | A flap in which the incision is made in a V shape and sutured in a Y shape to gain additional tissue. Synonym: V-Y plasty, V-Y procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gomori procedure | <procedure> Cytochemical staining procedure used to localise acid phosphatases. Depends upon the production of phosphate ions from organic phospho esters such as _ glycerophosphate. The phosphate in the presence of lead ions causes the formation of a precipitate of lead salt that is converted to the brown sulphide of lead by the action of yellow ammonium sulphide. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Chamberlain procedure | A limited left anterior thoracostomy for biopsy of the mediastinal nodes out of reach by cervical mediastinoscopy. Synonym: anterior mediastinotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rittenhouse-Manogian procedure | Enlarges the aortic annulus by incising the left coronary-noncoronary commissure down unto the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Clagett procedure | For empyema, a two-stage surgical procedure for expediting treatment of chronic empyema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Collis-Belsey procedure | A surgical method of treating oesophageal structure by creation of a neoesophagus and a fundoplication antireflux procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| 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) |