| IVF | interventricular foramen; intervertebral foramen; intravascular fluid; intravenous fluid; in vitro f... |
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| JP drain | The original suction drain. The drain itself is inside the body. It is made of Teflon and has multip... |
| ECG | Electro-Cardio-Graphy(-Gram); 심전도 = EKG 1. Conducting System Structu... |
| AUC | area under the curve |
| CCD | calibration curve data; central core disease; charge-coupled device; childhood celiac disease; cleid... |
| biphasic growth curve | <cell culture, microbiology> A particular type of growth curve seen in cultured microorganisms in which they have two exponential growth stages separated by a plateau phase. This double-hump curve is produced when the microbes are cultured using two carbon sources, one of which must be used up before the second can be used. (19 Jan 1998) |
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| blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier | A barrier located at the tight junctions which surround and connect the cuboidal epithelial cells on the surface of the choroid plexus; capillaries and connective tissue stroma of the choroid do not represent a barrier to protein tracers or dyes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body fluid compartments | The two phases between which water and other body fluids are distributed: extracellular and intracellular. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Brodie fluid | An aqueous salt solution used in manometers designed for testing gas evolution or uptake, as in cell respiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bronchoalveolar lavage fluid | Fluid obtained by washout of the alveolar compartment of the lung. It is used to assess biochemical and inflammatory changes in and effects of therapy on the interstitial lung tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| buccal curve | The line of the dental arch from the canine, or cuspid tooth to the third molar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Callison's fluid | A diluting fluid for counting red blood cells, consisting of 1 ml of Loeffler's alkaline methylene blue, 1 ml of formalin, 10 ml of glycerol, 1 g of neutral ammonium oxalate, and 2.5 g of sodium chloride added to 90 ml of distilled water, mixed well, and permitted to stand until the solids are dissolved and the reagent is clear; the preparation is filtered prior to use. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gaussian curve | Continuous frequency distribution of infinite range. Its properties are as follows: 1) continuous, symmetrical distribution with both tails extending to infinity; 2) arithmetic mean, mode, and median identical; and 3) shape completely determined by the mean and standard deviation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| receiver operating characteristic curve | A plot of true positive versus false positive results, usually in a trial of a diagnostic test. A graphical means of assessing the ability of a screening test to discriminate between healthy and diseased persons. Synonym: ROC curve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventricular fluid | The portion of the cerebrospinal fluid that is contained in the ventricles of the brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Carus' curve | An imaginary curved line obtained from a mathematical formula, supposed to indicate the outlet of the pelvic canal. Synonym: Carus' circle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival crevicular fluid | A fluid occurring in minute amounts in the gingival crevice, believed by some authorities to be an inflammatory exudate and by others to cleanse material from the crevice, containing sticky plasma proteins which improve adhesions of the epithelial attachment, have antimicrobial properties, and exert antibody activity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gingival fluid | Fluid containing plasma proteins, which is present in increasing amounts in association with gingival inflammation. Synonym: crevicular fluid, sulcular fluid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rees-Ecker fluid | An aqueous solution of sodium citrate, sucrose, and brilliant cresyl blue used in platelet counts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maximal expiratory flow-volume curve | <chest medicine> Curves depicting maximal expiratory flow in liters/second at each point of lung inflation (expressed in liters or percentage of forced vital capacity) during a forced vital capacity determination. Common abbreviation is mefv. (12 Dec 1998) |