| TIMI | trhombolysis in myocardial infarction; transmural inferior myocardial infarction |
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| TMI | testing motor impairment; threatened myocardial infarction; transmural myocardial infarction |
| AMI | acquired monosaccharide intolerance; acute myocardial infarction; amitriptyline; anterior myocardial... |
| MI | first meiotic metaphase; maturation index; medical illustrator; medical informatics; medical inspect... |
| SP | sacroposterior; sacrum to pubis; salivary progesterone; schizotypal personality; semi-private [room]... |
| masticatory silent period | A pause in electromyographic patterns associated with tooth contacts during chewing and biting; a part of the complex feedback mechanism of mandibular control involving receptors in the periodontal ligament and muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| silent | Producing no detectable signs or symptoms, said of certain diseases or morbid processes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silent allele | 1. <genetics> A gene which is inactive. Thus, an amorphic gene. 2. <cell biology> Something that lacks a discernible shape and thus can be describes as amorphous. (05 Feb 1998) |
| silent area | Any area of the cerebrum or cerebellum in which lesions cause no definite sensory or motor symptoms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silent electrode | In unipolar electrocardiography, a remote electrode placed either upon a single limb or connected with the central terminal and paired with an exploring electrode; the indifferent electrode is supposed to contribute little or nothing to the resulting record. Synonym: dispersing electrode, silent electrode. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silent gap | The period during which Korotkoff sounds indicating true systolic pressure fade away and reappear at a lower pressure point; responsible for errors made in recording falsely low systolic blood pressure, especially in hypertensive patients, of up to 25 mm Hg, and avoided by pumping the cuff 30 mm Hg beyond palpable systolic pressure. Synonym: silent gap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silent ischemia | Myocardial ischemia without accompanying signs or symptoms of angina pectoris; can be detected by EKG and other lab techniques. See: silent myocardial infarction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silent mutant | A mutant that is not phenotypically manifest. Synonym: silent mutant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silent mutation | Mutations that have no effect on phenotype because they do not affect the activity of the product of the gene, usually because of codon ambiguity. (18 Nov 1997) |
| silent period | The time during which there is no electrical activity in a muscle following its rapid unloading, any pause in an otherwise continuous series of electrophysiologic events. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiac infarction | A term used to describe irreversible injury to heart muscle. Synonym: heart attack. See: infarction. Common symptoms include substernal, crushing chest pain that may radiate to the jaw or arms. Chest pains may be associated with nausea, sweating and shortness of breath. Acronym: MI (27 Sep 1997) |
| cerebral infarction | Infarction of brain tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peri-infarction block | An electrocardiographic abnormality associated with an old myocardial infarct and caused by delayed activation of the myocardium in the region of the infarct; characterised by an initial vector directed away from the infarcted region with the terminal vector directed toward it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| watershed infarction | Cortical infarction in an area where the distribution of major cerebral arteries meet or overlap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmyocardial infarction pericarditis | <pathology> Inflammation of the pericardium. (18 Nov 1997) |