| OPLL | ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament |
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| PCL | pacing cycle length; persistent corpus luteum; plasma cell leukemia; posterior chamber lens; posteri... |
| PDL | pancreatic duct ligation; periodontal ligament; poorly differentiated lymphocyte; population doublin... |
| PLL | peripheral light loss; phase-locked loop; poly-L-lysine; pressure length loop; posterior longitudina... |
| PTF | patient treatment file; plasma thromboplastin factor; posterior talofibular [ligament]; proximal tub... |
| palatine process | In the embryo, medially directed shelves from the oral surface of the maxillae; they develop into the secondary palate after midline fusion. Synonym: processus palatinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| malar process | The rough projection from the maxilla that articulates with the zygomatic bone. Synonym: malar process, processus zygomaticus maxillae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gas shift process | A process in which carbon monoxide and hydrogen react in the presence of a catalyst to form methane and water. (05 Dec 1998) |
| papillary process | The left lower angle of the caudate lobe of the liver, opposite the caudate process. Synonym: processus papillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillary process | A small apophysis or tubercle on the dorsal margin of the superior articular process of each of the lumbar vertebrae and usually of the twelfth thoracic vertebra. Synonym: processus mamillaris, mamillary tubercle, metapophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandibular process | The first postoral arch in the branchial arch series. Synonym: mandibular process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rau's process | A slender spur running anteriorward from the neck of the malleus toward the petrotympanic fissure. Synonym: processus anterior mallei, Folli's process, follian process, long process of malleus, processus gracilis, processus ravii, Rau's process, Ravius' process, slender process of malleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ravius' process | A slender spur running anteriorward from the neck of the malleus toward the petrotympanic fissure. Synonym: processus anterior mallei, Folli's process, follian process, long process of malleus, processus gracilis, processus ravii, Rau's process, Ravius' process, slender process of malleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paramastoid process | An occasional process of bone extending downward from the jugular process of the occipital bone in humans. Synonym: processus paramastoideus, paroccipital process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermiform process | A wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the caecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity. Synonym: appendix vermiformis, appendix ceci, processus vermiformis, vermiform appendage, vermiform process, vermix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Markov process | A stochastic process in which the probability of an event in the future is not affected by the past history of events. (18 Nov 1997) |
| paroccipital process | An occasional process of bone extending downward from the jugular process of the occipital bone in humans. Synonym: processus paramastoideus, paroccipital process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mastoid process | The nipple-like projection of the petrous part of the temporal bone. Synonym: processus mastoideus, mastoid bone, temporal apophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestige of vaginal process | Incompletely obliterated remnants of the vaginal process of the peritoneum remaining in the spermatic cord. Synonym: vestigium processus vaginalis, vestige of vaginal process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maxillary process | A thin plate of irregular form projecting from the middle of the upper border of the inferior concha, articulating with the maxilla bone and partly closing the orifice of the maxillary sinus. Synonym: processus maxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |