| NA | Avogadro constant or number; nalidixic acid; Narcotics Anonymous; network administrator; neuraminida... |
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| DFA | Direct Fluorescent Antibody |
| FTA-ABS test | Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody ABSorption test |
| IFA test | Indirect Fluorescent Antibody test |
| CLF | cardiolipin fluorescent [antibody]; ceroid lipofuscinosis; cholesterol-lecithin flocculation |
| pericardial window techniques | Surgical construction of an opening or window in the pericardium. It is often called subxiphoid pericardial window technique. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| microbiological techniques | Techniques used in microbiology. (12 Dec 1998) |
| molecular probe techniques | The use of devices which use detector molecules to detect, investigate, or analyze other molecules, macromolecules, molecular aggregates, or organisms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| planning techniques | Procedures, strategies, and theories of planning. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mycological typing techniques | Procedures for identifying types and strains of fungi. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cosmetic techniques | <surgery> Procedures for the improvement or enhancement of the appearance of the visible parts of the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| haemostatic techniques | Techniques for controlling bleeding. (12 Dec 1998) |
| projective techniques | Techniques whereby personality attributes are revealed through the subject's responses to relatively unstructured, ambiguous, or vague stimuli. These responses represent projections of the subject's own fears and needs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| histocytological preparation techniques | Methods of preparing cells or tissues for examination and study of their origin, structure, function, or pathology. The methods include preservation, fixation, sectioning, staining, replica, or other technique to allow for viewing using a microscope. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychological techniques | Methods used in the diagnosis and treatment of behavioural, personality, and mental disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sociometric techniques | Methods for quantitatively assessing and measuring interpersonal and group relationships. (12 Dec 1998) |
| stereotaxic techniques | Techniques during brain surgery that use a system of three-dimensional coordinates to locate the site to be operated on. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decision support techniques | Mathematical or statistical procedures used as aids in making a decision. They are frequently used in medical decision-making. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques and procedures | Methods, procedures, and tests performed to diagnose disease, disordered function, or disability. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, cardiovascular | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases or dysfunction of the cardiovascular system or its organs or demonstration of their physiological processes. (12 Dec 1998) |