| BIDS | brittle hair, intellectual impairment, decreased fertility, and short stature [syndrome] |
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| B-MAST | short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test |
| BSAP | brief short-action potential; brief, small, abundant potentials |
| CSC | blow on blow (administration of small amounts of drugs at short intervals) [Fr. coup sur coup]; coll... |
| CTMM-SF | California Test of Mental Maturity-Short Form |
| short gastric arteries | Four or five small arteries given off from the splenic, passing via the gastrosplenic ligament to the fundus of the stomach along the greater curvature, and anastomosing with the other arteries in that region. Synonym: arteriae gastricae breves, vasa brevia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| short gastric veins | Small vessels that drain the fundus and left portion of the stomach wall and empty into the splenic vein. Synonym: venae gastricae breves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short gyri of insula | Several short, radiating gyri converging toward the base of the insula, composing the anterior two-thirds of the insular cortex. Synonym: gyri breves insulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short head | For a muscle with two heads of origin (a "biceps" muscle), the head originating nearest the insertion. See: short head of biceps brachii muscle, short head of biceps femoris muscle. Synonym: caput breve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short head of biceps brachii muscle | <anatomy> Head of biceps brachii originating from coracoid process of scapula. Synonym: caput breve musculi bicipitis brachii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short head of biceps femoris muscle | <anatomy> Part of biceps femoris originating from linea aspera of distal half of femur. Synonym: caput breve musculi bicipitis femoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short incubation hepatitis | A virus disease with a short incubation period (usually 15 to 50 days), caused by hepatitis A virus, a member of the family Picornaviridae, often transmitted by faecal-oral route; may be inapparent, mild, severe, or occasionally fatal and occurs sporadically or in epidemics, commonly in school-age children and young adults; necrosis of periportal liver cells with lymphocytic and plasma cell infiltration is characteristic and jaundice is a common symptom. Synonym: epidemic hepatitis, hepatitis A, infectious hepatitis, MS-1 hepatitis, short incubation hepatitis, virus A hepatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short interspersed elements | Repetitive sequences of DNA of about 300 base pairs in length that occur about every 3000-5000 bp in the genome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short-jointed | Having short intervals between the joints; said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| short levatores costarum muscles | Origin, the transverse processes of last cervical and eleven thoracic vertebrae; insertion ribs immediately below, between angle and tubercle. Synonym: musculi levatores costarum breves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short limbs and osteopenia | <radiology> Osteogenesis imperfecta, hypophosphatasia (12 Dec 1998) |
| short metacarpals | <radiology> Idiopathic, trauma, infarction (e.g., Hb SS), Turner syndrome (4th, with or without 3rd and 5th), pseudo- and pseudopseudo-hypoparathyroidism (4th and 5th), basal-cell nevus syndrome, Noonan syndrome, multiple epithelial dysplasia, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hereditary exostosis (12 Dec 1998) |
| short palmar muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, ulnar side of central portion of the palmar aponeurosis; insertion, skin of ulnar side of hand; action, wrinkles skin on medial side of palm; nerve supply, ulnar. Synonym: musculus palmaris brevis, short palmar muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short peroneal muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lower two-thirds of lateral surface of fibula; insertion, base of fifth metatarsal bone; action, everts foot; nerve supply, superficial peroneal. Synonym: musculus fibularis brevis, musculus peroneus brevis, short fibular muscle, short peroneal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short posterior ciliary artery | <anatomy, artery> One of approximately seven branches of the ophthalmic artery which pass around the optic nerve to supply the eyeball. Dividing into some 15-20 branches, they penetrate the sclera adjacent to the optic nerve, supplying the choroid and ciliary processes. Anastomoses: with central retinal artery and long and anterior ciliary arteries (at the ora serrata). Synonym: arteria ciliaris posterior brevis. (05 Mar 2000) |