| MS | Maffuci syndrome; maladjustment score; mandibular series; Marfan syndrome; Marie-Strumpell [syndrome... |
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| Rf | in paper or thin-layer chromatography, the distance that a spot of a substance has moved from the po... |
| YS | yellow spot; yolk sac |
| ys | yellow spot; yolk sac |
| SD | Sandhoff disease; senile dementia; septal defect; serologically defined; serologically detectable; s... |
| chronologic age | The age expressed in years and months; used as a measurement against which to evaluate a child's mental age in computing his Stanford-Binet intelligence quotient. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| physical age | The age in terms of structure rather than of function or of passage of time. Synonym: physical age. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic age | Age estimated in terms of function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| small for gestational age | <obstetrics, paediatrics> A weight classification of newborns associated with poor health outcomes, the weight falling below the 10th percentile on the intrauterine growth curve for the infant's calculated gestational age. (27 Sep 1997) |
| developmental age | Age estimated by anatomic development since implantation, the degree of anatomic, physiologic, mental, and emotional maturation. Synonym: foetal age. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infant, small for gestational age | An infant having a birth weight lower than expected for its gestational age. (12 Dec 1998) |
| old age assistance | Financial assistance for the impoverished elderly through public funding of programs, services, and individual income supplements. (12 Dec 1998) |
| emotional age | A measure of emotional maturity by comparison with average emotional development. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foetal age | Age estimated by anatomic development since implantation, the degree of anatomic, physiologic, mental, and emotional maturation. Synonym: foetal age. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blind spot | The negative scotoma in the visual field, corresponding to the optic disk. Synonym: blind spot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue spot | A bluish stain on the skin caused by the bites of fleas or lice, especially pediculosis pubis. Synonym: blue spot, tache bleuatre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cafe-au-lait spot | <dermatology> A pigmented cutaneous lesion, that can range from light to dark brown, and is due to an excess of melanosomes in the malpighian cells, rather than to an excess of melanocytes. Caf |
| Mariotte's blind spot | The portion of the optic nerve seen in the fundus with the ophthalmoscope. It is formed by the meeting of all the retinal ganglion cell axons as they enter the optic nerve. Because the retina at the optic disk has no photoreceptors there is a corresponding blind spot in the visual field. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cherry-red spot | The ophthalmoscopic appearance of the normal choroid beneath the fovea centralis, appearing as a red spot surrounded by white retinal oedema in central artery closure or lipid infiltration in sphingolipidosis. Synonym: Tay's cherry-red spot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cherry-red spot myoclonus syndrome | <syndrome> A neuronal storage disorder in children characterised by a cherry red spot at the macula, progressive myoclonus, and easily controlled seizures; the result of sialidase deficiency. Type 1 is characterised by normal body habitus, cherry red macula, myoclonus, and normal beta-galactosidase levels; type 2 by short stature, bony abnormalities, and deficient beta-galactosidase. Synonym: sialidosis. (05 Mar 2000) |