| HC | hair cell; hairy cell; handicapped; head circumference; head compression; health care; healthy contr... |
|---|---|
| HCPCS | Health Care Financing Administration common procedural collecting system; Health Care Financing Admi... |
| ICCU | intensive coronary care unit; intermediate coronary care unit |
| MCO | managed care organization; medical care organization; multicystic ovary |
| MICU | medical intensive care unit; mobile intensive care unit |
| ciliary body | <anatomy> Tissue that includes the group of muscles that act on the eye lens to produce accommodation and the arterial circle of the iris. The inner ciliary epithelium is continuous with the pigmented retinal epithelium, the outer ciliary epithelium secretes the aqueous humour. (18 Nov 1997) |
|---|---|
| mind-body relations | <psychology> The relation between the mind and the body in a religious, social, spiritual, behavioural, and metaphysical context. This concept is significant in the field of alternative medicine. It differs from the relationship between physiologic processes and behaviour where the emphasis is on the body's physiology ( = psychophysiology). (12 Dec 1998) |
| coccygeal body | An arteriovenous (arteriolovenular) anastomosis supplied by the middle sacral artery and located on the pelvic surface of the coccyx. It was formerly called a gland (of Luschka) or a glomus and included with the paraganglia. Synonym: corpus coccygeum, arteriococcygeal gland, coccygeal gland, glomus coccygeum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| molluscum body | A disticntive intracellular spherical body in the lesions of molluscum contagiosum caused by a member of the family Poxviridae; it consists of degenerated cytoplasm and the virus. Synonym: molluscum corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigmented layer of ciliary body | The continuation of the pigment layer of the retina onto the posterior aspect of the ciliary body. Synonym: pigmented layer of ciliary body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pineal body | A small conical midline body attached to the posterior part of the third ventricle and lying between the superior colliculi, below the splenium of the corpus callosum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Weibel Palade body | <haematology> Cytoplasmic organelle found in the vascular endothelial cells of some animals, though not in the endothelium of all vessels. Although markers for endothelium, their absence does not necessarily mean the cells are not of endothelial origin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| whole-body counter | Shielding and instrumentation, usually involving more than one detector, designed to evaluate the total-body burden of various gamma-emitting nuclides. (05 Mar 2000) |
| whole-body counting | Measurement of radioactivity in the entire human body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| whole-body irradiation | Irradiation of the whole body with ionizing or non-ionizing radiation. It is applicable to humans or animals but not to microorganisms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| whole-body titration curve | A graphic representation of the in vivo changes in hydrogen ion, PaCO2, and bicarbonate which occur in arterial blood in response to primary acid-base disturbances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wolffian body | <anatomy> The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Middle + kidney. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plethysmography, whole body | Measurement of the volume of gas in the lungs, including that which is trapped in poorly communicating air spaces. It is of particular use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema. (12 Dec 1998) |
| multilamellar body | <cell biology> A specialised region of various protozoans in which phagocytosis is likely to occur. Often there is a clear concentration of microtubules or/and microfilaments in the region of the cytostome. In ciliates there may be a specialised arrangement of cilia around the cytostome. (18 Nov 1997) |
| multivesicular body | Secondary lysosome containing many vesicles of around 50 nm diameter. (18 Nov 1997) |