| AW | able to work; above waist; abrupt withdrawal; alcohol withdrawal; alveolar wall; anterior wall; atom... |
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| AWAR | anterior wall of aortic root |
| AWI | anterior wall infarction |
| AWMI | anterior wall myocardial infarction |
| CASH | Commission for Administrative Services in Hospitals; corticoadrenal stimulating hormone; cruciform a... |
| anterior urethritis | Inflammation of the portion of the urethra anterior to the triangular ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| anterior uveitis | Inflammation involving the ciliary body and iris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior vein of septum pellucidum | Vein draining the anterior part of the transparent septum; it empties into the superior thalamostriate vein. Synonym: vena septi pellucidi anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior vertebral scalloping | <radiology> Hodgkin's disease, aortic aneurysm, tuberculosis of the spine (12 Dec 1998) |
| anterior vertebral vein | <anatomy, vein> The small vein that accompanies the ascending cervical artery; it opens below into the vertebral vein. Synonym: vena vertebralis anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior vitrectomy | Removal of the central vitreous gel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior wall of middle ear | It contains the carotid canal and the opening of the auditory tube. Synonym: paries caroticus cavi tympani, anterior wall of middle ear, carotid wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior wall of stomach | The part of the gastric wall that faces the peritoneal cavity. Synonym: paries anterior gastris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior wall of tympanic cavity | It contains the carotid canal and the opening of the auditory tube. Synonym: paries caroticus cavi tympani, anterior wall of middle ear, carotid wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior wall of vagina | It is somewhat shorter than the posterior wall and at its upper end is penetrated by the cervix of the uterus. Synonym: paries anterior vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior white commissure | A narrow band of white substance bordering on the anterior median fissure of the spinal cord in front of the anterior gray commissure, and consisting of nerve fibres crossing over from one half of the spinal cord to the other. Synonym: commissura alba, anterior white commissure, commissura ventralis alba, ventral white column. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcus anterior atlantis | An arch that connects the lateral masses of the atlas anteriorly and articulates with the anterior articular facet of the dens of the axis. Synonym: arcus anterior atlantis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| area intercondylaris anterior tibiae | The broad depressed area between the tibial condyles anteriorly to which attach the anterior ends of the menisci and the anterior cruciate ligament. Synonym: area intercondylaris anterior tibiae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria caecalis anterior | <anatomy, artery> An artery that originates from the ileocolic artery and supplies the anterior region of caecum. Synonym: arteria caecalis anterior. (05 May 2002) |
| arteria cerebelli inferior anterior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, basilar; distribution, lower surface of lateral lobes of cerebellum, choroid plexus in cerebellopontine angle; anastomoses, posterior inferior cerebellar; usual source of labyrinthine artery. Synonym: arteria cerebelli inferior anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |