| LB | lamellar body; large bowel; left breast; left bronchus; left bundle; left buttock; leiomyoblastoma; ... |
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| TBS | total body solids; total body solute; total body surface; total burn size; Townes-Brocks syndrome; t... |
| JP drain | The original suction drain. The drain itself is inside the body. It is made of Teflon and has multip... |
| A2 P2 | aortic second sound; pulmonary second sound |
| cps | counts per second; cycles per second |
| polar plates | Condensed platelike bodies at the ends of the spindle during mitosis of certain types of cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| polar presentation | The presentation of either pole of the foetal oval; may be either a cephalic or breech presentation, or a longitudinal lie. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar ring | A thickened, electron-dense ring at the anterior end of certain stages of the Apicomplexa; part of the apical complex characteristic of these sporozoans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar solvents | Solvent's that exhibit polar forces on solutes, due to high dipole moment, wide separation of charges, or tight association; e.g., water, alcohols, acids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar star | One of the figures forming the diaster. Synonym: polar star. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar zone | The region in the vicinity of an electrode applied to the body. See: electrotonus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electro-polar | <physics> Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; said of a conductor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| zinco-polar | <physics> Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| law of polar excitation | A given segment of a nerve is irritated by the development of catelectrotonus and the disappearance of anelectrotonus, but the reverse does not hold; i.e., excitation occurs at the cathode when the circuit is closed and at the anode when it is opened. Synonym: Pfluger's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antidepressive agents, second-generation | A structurally and mechanistically diverse group of drugs that are not tricyclics or monoamine oxidase inhibitors. The most clinically important appear to act selectively on serotonergic systems, especially by inhibiting serotonin reuptake. (12 Dec 1998) |
| burns, second degree | Second degree burns look similar to the first degree burns in that it is red and sensation is intact; however, the damage is severe enough to cause blistering of the skin and the pain is usually somewhat more intense. (12 Dec 1998) |
| centimeter-gram-second system | The scientific system of expressing the fundamental physical units of length, mass, and time, and those units derived from them, in centimeters, grams, and seconds; currently being replaced by the International System of Units based on the meter, kilogram, and second. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centimeter-gram-second unit | <unit> An absolute unit of the centimeter-gram-second system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mendel's second law | Different hereditary factors assort independently when the gametes are formed; traits at linked loci are an exception. Synonym: Mendel's second law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meter-kilogram-second system | An absolute system based on the meter, kilogram, and second; the basis of the International System of Units. (05 Mar 2000) |