| DSD | depression spectrum disease; discharge summary dictated; dry sterile dressing |
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| SDD | sporadic depressive disease; sterile dry dressing |
| SDR | spontaneously diabetic rat; surgical dressing room |
| TWWD | tap water wet dressing |
| WD | wallerian degeneration; well developed; well differentiated; wet dressing; Whitney Damon [dextrose];... |
| WBR | Whole Body Retention |
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| EPR | enhanced permeability and retention |
| retention suture | <surgery> A heavy reinforcing suture placed deep within the muscles and fasciae of the abdominal wall to relieve tension on the primary suture line and thus obviate postoperative wound disruption. Synonym: tension suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| retention vomiting | <gastroenterology, physiology> Vomiting due to mechanical obstruction, usually hours after ingestion of a meal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chylomicron retention disease | An inherited disorder in which apolipoprotein B-48 is retained in intestine and absent in plasma; results in fat malabsorption. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental prosthesis retention | The retention of a dental prosthesis in place by design, device, or adhesion. (12 Dec 1998) |
| denture retention | The retention of a denture in place by design, device, or adhesion. (12 Dec 1998) |
| direct retention | Retention obtained in a removable partial denture by the use of attachments or clasps which resist their removal from the abutment teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| indirect retention | Retention obtained in a removable partial denture through the use of indirect retainers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oil retention enema | A rectal injection of mineral oil, introduced at low pressure and retained for several hours before expelling, to soften faeces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urinary retention | The inability to pass urine from the bladder, most often due to an obstruction of flow. In older males, this may be due to prostate enlargement. Urine retention can also occur as a drug side effect (anticholinergics), after surgical procedures and in the presence of a urethral stricture (narrowing of the urethra). (27 Sep 1997) |
| fluid retention | An abnormal accumulation of fluid in cells, tissues or body cavities that results in swelling. (16 Dec 1997) |