| SLIP | serial line interface protocol |
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| SMS | senior medical student; serial motor seizures; Shared Medical Systems; Smith-Magenis syndrome; somat... |
| SPR | sepiapterin reductase; serial probe recognition; specific pathogen free; Society for Pediatric Radio... |
| STT | scaphotrapeziotrapezoid [joint]; serial thrombin time; skin temperature test |
| USI | universal serial interface; urinary stress incontinence |
| hirt extraction | <molecular biology, technique> The Hirt extraction is a lab technique used to separate the DNA of a virus from the DNA of its host cell. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| solvent extraction | A method of separation used to purify vegetable oils. (05 Dec 1998) |
| spontaneous breech extraction | Delivery of a foetus in the breech presentation without extraction by the obstetrician. (05 Mar 2000) |
| noncondensing, controlled extraction turbine | A turbine that bleeds part of the main steam flow at one (single extraction) or two (double extraction) points. (05 Dec 1998) |
| tooth extraction | The surgical removal of a tooth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| total breech extraction | Delivery of a foetus in breech presentation with complete extraction of the entire foetal body from the uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extraction | The process or act of pulling or drawing out. Origin: L. Trahere = to draw (18 Nov 1997) |
| extraction and processing industry | The industry concerned with the removal of raw materials from the earth's crust and with their conversion into refined products. (12 Dec 1998) |
| extraction coefficient | The percentage of a substance removed from the blood or plasma in a single passage through a tissue; e.g., the extraction coefficient for p-aminohippuric acid (PAH) in the kidney is the difference between arterial and renal venous plasma PAH concentrations, divided by the arterial plasma PAH concentration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extraction, obstetrical | Extraction of the foetus by means of obstetrical instruments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| extraction ratio | The fraction of a substance removed from the blood flowing through the kidney; it is calculated from the formula (A -V)/A, where A and V, respectively, are the concentrations of the substance in arterial and renal venous plasma. (05 Mar 2000) |