| CPD | calcium pyrophosphate deposition; cephalopelvic disproportion; cerebelloparenchymal disorder; childh... |
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| HPD | hearing protective device; high-protein diet; home peritoneal dialysis |
| IPD | idiopathic Parkinson disease; idiopathic protracted diarrhea; immediate pigment darkening; increase ... |
| Parkinson's Disease Foundation; peritoneal dialysis fluid; Portable Document Format; pyruvate dehydr... | |
| PDPD | prolonged-dwell peritoneal dialysis |
| colostomy bag | <surgery> A bag worn over an artifical anus to collect faeces. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Politzer bag | A pear-shaped rubber bag used for forcing air through the eustachian tube by the Politzer method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| honey-bag | <zoology> The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nuclear bag | <cell biology> The aggregation of nuclei occurring in the nonstriated centre of an intrafusal muscle fibre of a neuromuscular spindle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuclear bag fibre | The largest type of intrafusal muscle fibre's in a neuromuscular spindle, containing a central aggregation of nuclei (nuclear bag). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas bag | A large bag in which expired gas is collected for several minutes to determine oxygen consumption in humans under conditions of actual work. Origin: C.G. Douglas (05 Mar 2000) |
| farding-bag | The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen. Origin: Of uncertain origin; cf. Fardel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| macrophages, peritoneal | Mononuclear phagocytes derived from bone marrow precursors but resident in the peritoneum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| panniculitis, peritoneal | Condition of the peritoneum, most commonly of the mesentery, but also of the omentum, characterised by tissue thickening, alteration of fat cells, infiltration of lipid-laden macrophages, and fibrosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| greater peritoneal cavity | The space enclosed by the peritoneum. It is divided into two portions, the greater sac and the lesser sac or omental bursa, which lies behind the stomach. The two sacs are connected by the foramen of winslow, or epiploic foramen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peritoneal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the peritoneum. Origin: Cf. F. Peritoneal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| peritoneal button | A device used to drain ascitic fluid to subcutaneous space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peritoneal cavity | The space enclosed by the peritoneum. It is divided into two portions, the greater sac and the lesser sac or omental bursa, which lies behind the stomach. The two sacs are connected by the foramen of winslow, or epiploic foramen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peritoneal diseases | Conditions or disorders affecting the peritoneum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peritoneal exudate | A term most commonly used to describe the fluid drained from the peritoneal cavity some time after the injection of an irritant solution. For example: a standard method for obtaining neutrophil leucocytes is to inject intraperitoneally saline with glycogen (to activate complement) and drain off the leucocyte rich peritoneal exudate some hours later. (18 Nov 1997) |