| AAMSI | American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics |
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| AAO | American Academy of Osteopathy; American Academy of Ophthalmology; American Academy of Optometry; Am... |
| AAOO | American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology |
| AAPB | American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists |
| AAPL | American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law |
| CBER | Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research |
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| CDRH | Center for Devices and Radiological Health |
| CDER | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research |
| CEE | Central and Eastern Europe |
| CADASIL | Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leucoencephalopathy |
| enzymes, coenzymes, and enzyme inhibitors | Proteins or RNA that act as biological catalysts, their cofactors, and inhibitors. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| trial and error | The apparently random, haphazard, hit-or-miss exploratory activity which often precedes the acquisition of new information or adjustments; it may be overt, as in a rat running in a maze, or covert (vicarious), as when one thinks of various ways of coping with a situation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trinidad and tobago | An independent state in the lesser antilles in the west indies, north of venezuela, comprising the islands of trinidad and tobago. Its capital is port of spain. Both islands were discovered by columbus in 1498. The spanish, english, dutch, and french figure in their history over four centuries. Trinidad and tobago united in 1898 and were made part of the british colony of trinidad and tobago in 1899. The colony became an independent state in 1962. Trinidad was so named by columbus either because he arrived on trinity sunday or because three mountain peaks suggested the holy trinity. Tobago was given the name by columbus from the haitian tambaku, pipe, from the natives' habit of smoking tobacco leaves. (12 Dec 1998) |
| equipment and supplies | Expendable and nonexpendable equipment, supplies, apparatus, and instruments that are used in diagnostic, surgical, therapeutic, scientific, and experimental procedures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| equipment and supplies, hospital | Any materials used in providing care specifically in the hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
| jejunal and ileal veins | The veins that drain the jejunum and ileum; they terminate in the superior mesenteric vein. Synonym: venae jejunales et ilei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome | <syndrome> A prolonged Q-T interval recorded in the electrocardiogram of certain congenitally deaf children subject to attacks of unconsciousness resulting from Adams-Stokes seizures and ventricular fibrillation; autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: surdocardiac syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jewett and Strong staging | Staging of bladder carcinoma: O, noninvasive; A, with submucosal invasion; B, with muscle invasion; C, with invasion of perivascular fat; D, with lymph node metastasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| typhoid-paratyphoid A and B vaccine | A suspension of killed typhoid and paratyphoid A and B bacilli. See: typhoid vaccine. Synonym: TAB vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| exudative discoid and lichenoid dermatitis | Disease resembling an exudative form of nummular eczema described in Jewish males with oval lesions on the penis, trunk, and face. Synonym: exudative discoid and lichenoid dermatitis, Sulzberger-Garbe syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facility design and construction | Architecture, exterior and interior design, and construction of facilities other than hospitals, e.g., dental schools, medical schools, ambulatory care clinics, and specified units of health care facilities. The concept also includes architecture, design, and construction of specialised contained, controlled, or closed research environments including those of space labs and stations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| facility regulation and control | Formal voluntary or governmental procedures and standards required of hospitals and health or other facilities to improve operating efficiency, and for the protection of the consumer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| familial hyperbetalipoproteinaemia and hyperprebetalipoproteinaemia | Hyperlipoproteinaemia characterised by increased plasma levels of LDL, beta-lipoproteins, pre-beta-lipoproteins, cholesterol, phospholipids, and triglycerides; hypertriglyceridemia induced by a high carbohydrate diet, and glucose tolerance is abnormal; frequent eruptive xanthomas and atheromatosis, particularly coronary artery disease; biochemical defect lies in apolipoproteins; there are many varieties. Synonym: carbohydrate-induced hyperlipaemia, dysbetalipoproteinaemia, familial hyperbetalipoproteinaemia and hyperprebetalipoproteinaemia, familial hypercholesterolaemia with hyperlipaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Keith and Flack node | sinoatrial node |