| miniature end plate potential | <physiology> Small fluctuations (typically 0.5 mV) in the resting potential of postsynaptic cells. They are the same shape as, but much smaller than, the end plate potentials caused by stimulation of the presynaptic cell. Miniature end plate potentials are considered as evidence for the quantal release of neurotransmitters at chemical synapses, a single miniature end plate potential resulting from the release of the contents of a single synaptic vesicle. (12 Jan 1998) |
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| positive end-expiratory pressure | A technique used in respiratory therapy in which airway pressure greater than atmospheric pressure is achieved at the end of exhalation by introduction of a mechanical impedance to exhalation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skin test end-point titration | A quantitative form of intradermal testing for the relative allergenicity of a substance. It is used to determine the amount of an allergen that will be tolerated in immunotherapy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| negative end-expiratory pressure | A subatmospheric pressure at the airway at the end of expiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sternal end of clavicle | The enlarged medial end of the clavicle that articulates with the manubrium sterni. Synonym: extremitas sternalis claviculae, sternal end of clavicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dead-end host | A host from which infectious agents are not transmitted to other susceptible host's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal end | The posterior extremity of a dental appliance. Synonym: heel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distal end cutter | <dentistry, equipment> A special plier used to cut off the ends of your arch wires. (08 Jan 1998) |
| total end-diastolic diameter | Cross sectional diameter of the left ventricle including the septum and posterior wall thicknesses in diastole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total end-systolic diameter | Cross sectional diameter of the left ventricle including the septum and posterior wall thicknesses in systole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end | 1. The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part. "Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof." (Eccl. Vii. 8) 2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence. "My guilt be on my head, and there an end." (Shak) "O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come!" (Shak) 3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction. "Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end." (Pope) "Confound your hidden falsehood, and award either of you to be the other's end." (Shak) "I shall see an end of him." (Shak) 4. The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labour for private or public ends. "Losing her, the end of living lose." (Dryden) "When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end." (Coleridge) 5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends. "I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil." (Shak) 6. One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. An end. On end; upright; erect; endways. To the end; continuously. <anatomy> End bulb, one of the two plates of a jewel in a timepiece; the part that limits the pivot's end play. Ends of the earth, the remotest regions of the earth. In the end, finally. On end, upright; erect. To the end, in order. To make both ends meet, to live within one's income. To put an end to, to destroy. Origin: OE. & AS. Ende; akin to OS. Endi, D. Einde, eind, OHG. Enti, G. Ende, Icel. Endir, endi, Sw. Ande, Dan. Ende, Goth. Andeis, Skr. Anta. Cf. Ante-, Anti-, Answer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| end artery | <anatomy, artery> An artery with insufficient anastomoses to maintain viability of the tissue supplied if occlusion of the artery occurs. Synonym: terminal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end-brush | An anomalous term that refers to the terminal arborization of an axon. Synonym: end-brush. Origin: G. Telos, end, + dendron, tree (05 Mar 2000) |
| end bud | The rapidly proliferating mass of cells at the caudal extremity of the embryo; remnant of the primitive node. Synonym: end bud. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end bulb | One of the oval or rounded bodies in which the sensory nerve fibres terminate in mucous membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |