| IP | icterus praecox; imaging plate; immune precipitate; immunoblastic plasma; immunoperoxidase technique... |
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| KPV | key process variable; killed parenteral vaccine |
| NPUI | nursing process utilization inventory |
| PCM | patient care manager or management; patient classification system; primary cutaneous melanoma; proce... |
| PP | diphosphate group; emphysema [pink puffers]; near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; pa... |
| secondary amenorrhoea | Amenorrhoea in which the menses appeared at puberty but subsequently ceased. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| secondary amine monooxygenase | <enzyme> Catalyses NADH or NADPH dependent oxidative n-dealkylation of short chain aliphatic secondary amines with a methyl or ethyl group Registry number: EC 1.14.99.- Synonym: dimethylamine mono-oxygenase, secondary amine mono-oxygenase (26 Jun 1999) |
| secondary amputation | Amputation performed some time after a previous amputation that has failed to heal satisfactorily. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary amyloidosis | Amyloidosis occurring in association with another chronic inflammatory disease; organs chiefly involved are the liver, spleen, and kidneys, and the adrenal glands less frequently. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary anaesthetic | A compound that contributes to, but is not primarily responsible for, loss of sensation when two or more anaesthetics are simultaneously administered. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary antibody deficiency | Immunodeficiency in which there is no evident defect in the lymphoid tissues, but rather hypercatabolism or loss of immunoglobulins such as occurs in familial idiopathic hypercatabolic hypoproteinaemia or in defects associated with the nephrotic syndrome. Synonym: secondary agammaglobulinaemia, secondary antibody deficiency, secondary hypogammaglobulinaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary antibody response | An antibody made upon second (subsequent) exposure to an antigen, mostly of the class IgG. (09 Oct 1997) |
| secondary aortic area | Region of the chest at the mid-left sternal bases where aortic diastolic murmurs are often best heard. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary atelectasis | A nonexpansion of the lungs after birth is known as primary atelectasis. Secondary atelectasis can occur at any age but is common in infants due to hyaline membrane disease. This form may also be seen in patients after surgery (general anaesthesia). See: atelectasis. (27 Sep 1997) |
| secondary axis | Any ray passing through the optical centre of a lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary buffer | See: Hamburger's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary calcium phosphate | CaHPO4-2H2O;used as a calcium and phosphorus dietary supplement. Synonym: calcium monohydrogen phosphate, secondary calcium phosphate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary carcinoma | <tumour> A carcinoma that has appeared in a region remote from its site of origin, as in metastasis. Synonym: secondary carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary cardiomyopathy | Disease that affects the myocardium secondarily to systemic disease, infection, or metabolic disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary caries | Caries of enamel beginning at the dento-enamel junction due to a rapid lateral spread of decay from the original decay. (05 Mar 2000) |