| EI | Edmonton injector; electrolyte imbalance; electron impact; electron ionization; emotionally impaired... |
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| MHP | hemiplegic migraine; maternal health program; maternal health program; medical center health plan; 1... |
| ACI | acceleration index; acoustic comfort index; acute cardiac ischemia; acute coronary infarction; acute... |
| API | alkaline protease inhibitor; Analytical Profile Index; arterial pressure index; atmospheric pressure... |
| DI | date of injury; defective interfering [particle]; dentinogenesis imperfecta; deoxyribonucleic acid i... |
| status sternuens | A state of continual sneezing. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| status thymicolymphaticus | Old term for a syndrome of supposed enlargement of the thymus and lymph nodes in infants and young children, formerly believed to be associated with unexplained sudden death; it was also erroneously believed that pressure of the thymus on the trachea might cause death during anaesthesia. Prominence of these structures is now considered normal in young children, including those who have died suddenly without preceding illnesses that might lead to atrophy of lymphoid tissue. See: sudden infant death syndrome. Synonym: status lymphaticus, status thymicus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| status thymicus | Old term for a syndrome of supposed enlargement of the thymus and lymph nodes in infants and young children, formerly believed to be associated with unexplained sudden death; it was also erroneously believed that pressure of the thymus on the trachea might cause death during anaesthesia. Prominence of these structures is now considered normal in young children, including those who have died suddenly without preceding illnesses that might lead to atrophy of lymphoid tissue. See: sudden infant death syndrome. Synonym: status lymphaticus, status thymicus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| status typhosus | Rarely used term for an erethistic or typhoidal state. Synonym: status nervosus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| status vertiginosus | A condition in which attacks of vertigo occur in rapid succession. Synonym: chronic vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutritional status | State of the body in relation to the consumption and utilization of nutrients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ind status | Status given an experimental drug after the FDA approves an application for testing it in people. (09 Oct 1997) |
| educational status | Educational attainment or level of education of individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| karnofsky performance status | A performance measure for rating the ability of a person to perform usual activities, evaluating a patient's progress after a therapeutic procedure, and determining a patient's suitability for therapy. It is used most commonly in the prognosis of cancer therapy, usually after chemotherapy and customarily administered before and after therapy. It was named for dr. David a. Karnofsky, an american specialist in cancer chemotherapy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| absorbancy index | Absorbance (of light) per unit path length (usually the centimeter) and per unit of mass concentration. Compare: molar absorption coefficient. Synonym: absorbancy index, absorptivity, extinction coefficient, specific extinction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolar index | Relation between the basialveolar (basion to alveolar point) and basinasal (basion to nasion) lengths: (basialveolar length × 100)/basinasal length; the result indicates the degree of projection of the maxilla or upper jaw. Synonym: alveolar index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anaesthetic index | Ratio of the number of units of anaesthetic required for anaesthesia to the number of units of anaesthetic required to produce respiratory or cardiovascular failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antitryptic index | An obsolete term for the relative retardation in loss of viscosity of a solution of casein incubated with trypsin, to which a drop of abnormal blood serum (as from a cancerous patient) has been added, compared with that in a similar solution to which normal serum has been added; if the former drips through the tube of the viscosimeter in 100 seconds, and the latter in 104 seconds, the antitryptic index is 4. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Arneth index | An expression based on adding the percentages of polymorphonuclear neutrophils with 1 or 2 lobes in their nuclei, plus one-half the percentage with 3 lobes; the normal value is 60%. See: Arneth formula, Arneth count. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auricular index | Relation of the width to the height of the auricle or pinna: (width of pinna × 100)/length of pinna. (05 Mar 2000) |