| ANCC, AnCC | anodal closure contraction |
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| PC | avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; packed cells; paper chromatography; paracortex; parent cell... |
| CaOCL | cathodal opening clonus |
| CI | cardiac index; cardiac insufficiency; cell immunity; cell inhibition; cephalic index; cerebral infar... |
| cl | centiliter; clarified; clean; clear; cleft; clinic; clinical; clonus; clotting; cloudy |
| flask closure | In dentistry, the procedure of bringing the two halves or parts of a flask together; trial flask closure's are preliminary closure's made to eliminate excess denture-base material and to ensure that the mold is completely filled; the final flask closure is the last closure of a flask before curing, following trial packing of the mold with denture-base material. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| layered closure | <surgery> A sutural closure where the subcutaneous tissue is closed separately using an absorbable suture and the skin is closed in an additional layer. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lid-closure reaction | A constriction of both pupils when an effort is made to close eyelids forcibly held apart. A variant of the pupil response to near vision. Synonym: Galassi's pupillary phenomenon, Gifford's reflex, lid-closure reaction, orbicularis phenomenon, orbicularis pupillary reflex, Piltz sign, Westphal's pupillary reflex, Westphal-Piltz phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |