| SFS | serial foveal seizures; skin and fascia stapler; social functioning schedule; spatial frequency spec... |
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| VF | 1) Ventricular Fibrillation ? Tx of Ventricular Fibrillation ... |
| AVS | aortic valve stenosis; arteriovenous shunt; auditory vocal sequencing |
| BAVCP | bilateral abductor vocal cord paralysis |
| FVC | false vocal cord; forced vital capacity |
| functional vocal fatigue | Difficult or abnormal voice production, the enunciation being too high, too loud, or too hard. Synonym: functional vocal fatigue. Origin: phon-+ G. Astheneia, weakness (05 Mar 2000) |
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| absorption spectrum | <chemistry> A graph of the amount of light a substance absorbs, plotted as a fuction of energy, frequency or wavelength. (15 Jan 1998) |
| antimicrobial spectrum | See: spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| broad spectrum | <pharmacology> Often used to describe an antibiotic that is effective against a wide range of microorganisms. (13 Nov 1997) |
| broad spectrum antibiotic | An antibiotic having a wide range of activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Raman spectrum | The characteristic array of light produced by the Raman effect. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visible spectrum | That part of electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye; it extends from extreme red, 7606 A |
| chromatic spectrum | The continuum of colours that white light forms on passing through a prism or diffraction grating. Synonym: colour spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colour spectrum | The continuum of colours that white light forms on passing through a prism or diffraction grating. Synonym: colour spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wide spectrum | See: spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| continuous spectrum | A spectrum in which there are no absorption bands or lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spectrum | A charted band of wavelengths of electromagnetic vibrations obtained by refraction and diffraction. By extension, a measurable range of activity, such as the range of bacteria affected by an antibiotic (antibacterial spectrum) or the complete range of manifestations of a disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
| spectrum analysis | The measurement of the amplitude of the components of a complex waveform throughout the frequency range of the waveform. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spectrum analysis, mass | Analysis of the mass of an object through means of determining the wave length(s) at which electromagnetic energy is absorbed by that object. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spectrum analysis, raman | Analysis of the intensity of raman scattering of monochromatic light as a function of frequency of the scattered light. (12 Dec 1998) |