| SA | salicylic acid; saline [solution]; salt added; sarcoidosis; sarcoma; scalenus anticus; secondary ame... |
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| SSS | scalded skin syndrome; secondary Sjogren syndrome; sick sinus syndrome; specific soluble substance; ... |
| ST | esotropia; scala tympani; scaphotrapezoid; sclerotherapy; sedimentation time; semitendinosus; sensor... |
| AFP | Alpha(α) Feto-Protein [HP 1826, 1858, 1859, 2265] ; Oncofetal Antigens &nbs... |
| CSM | 1) Carotid Sinus Massage 2) Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis; 뇌척수막염 |
| arachnoid mater | Like a cobweb, covered with or consisting of soft fibres or hairs so entangled as to give a cobwebby appearance. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| arachnoid mater cranialis | That portion of the arachnoid which lies within the cranial cavity and surrounds the brain and the cranial portion of the subarachnoid space. In several sites it is relatively widely-separated from the pia mater, creating the cranial subarachnoid cisterns. Synonym: arachnoid mater cranialis, arachnoid mater encephali, cerebral part of arachnoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arachnoid mater encephali | An alternate term for arachnoid of brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mater | The "sheltering" coverings of the central nervous system. Origin: L. Mother (05 Mar 2000) |
| pia mater | <anatomy> The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord. Origin: NL, fr. L. Pia (fem. Of pius tender, kind) + mater mother. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Amberg's lateral sinus line | A line dividing the angle formed by the anterior edge of the mastoid process and the temporal line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva | A congenital thin-walled tubular out pouching usually in the right or non-coronary sinus with an entirely intracardiac course that may rupture into the right or rarely the left heart chambers to form an aortocardiac fistula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aortic sinus | The space between the superior aspect of each cusp of the aortic valve and the dilated portion of the wall of the ascending aorta, immediately above each cusp. Synonym: sinus aortae, Petit's sinus, Valsalva's sinus. Arlt's sinus, an inconstant depression on the lower portion of the internal surface of the lacrimal sac. Barber's pilonidal sinus, pilonidal sinus occurring in barbers, usually in the web between the fingers, due to the burying of exogenous hairs by the alternate loosening and tightening of tissues of the hand by the manipulation of scissors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aortic sinus aneurysm | Abnormal dilation of one or more of the three aortic sinuses situated behind the three aortic valve cusps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apertura sinus frontalis | One of a pair of openings in the floor of the frontal sinuses in the nasal part of the frontal bone, through which the frontal sinuses communicate with the ethmoidal infundibulum via the frontonasal duct. Synonym: apertura sinus frontalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apertura sinus sphenoidalis | One of the pair of openings in the body of the sphenoid bone through which the sphenoid sinuses communicate with the sphenoethmoidal recess of the nasal cavity. Synonym: apertura sinus sphenoidalis, sphenoidal sinus aperture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arrhythmia, sinus | Irregularity of the heart rate related to functioning of the sinoatrial node. (12 Dec 1998) |
| barotrauma, sinus | See: Barosinusitis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| basilar sinus | A venous plexus on the clivus, connected with the cavernous and petrosal sinuses and the internal vertebral (epidural) venous plexus. Synonym: plexus basilaris, basilar sinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Breschet's sinus | A paired dural venous sinus beginning on the parietal bone, running along the sphenoidal ridges and emptying into the cavernous sinus. Synonym: sinus sphenoparietalis, Breschet's sinus, sinus alae parvae. (05 Mar 2000) |