| RCT | radiotherapy and chemotherapy; randomized clinical trial; randomized controlled trial; registered ca... |
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| TCMP | thematic content modification program |
| LT | 1) heat-Labile enteroToxin 2) Leuko-Trience |
| ST | heat-Stable enteroToxin |
| CHV | canine herpes virus; centigrade heat unit |
| heat lamp | A lamp that emits infrared light and produces heat; used to apply topical heat to the skin. Synonym: thermolamp. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| heat oedema | Oedema caused by excessively high external temperature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heat of combustion | The quantity of heat liberated per gram-molecular weight when a substance undergoes complete oxidation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heat of compression | Heat produced when a gas is compressed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heat of crystallization | The quantity of heat liberated or absorbed per mol when a substance passes into the crystalline state. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heat of dissociation | The heat (expressed in calories or joules) expended in the dissociation of 1 mol of a substance into specified products. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heat of evaporation | The heat absorbed in the evaporation of water, sweat or other liquid; for water it amounts to 540 cal/g at 100캜. Synonym: heat of vaporization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heat of formation | The heat (expressed in calories or joules) absorbed or liberated during the (hypothetical) reaction in which a mole of a compound is formed from the necessary elements, in elemental form. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heat of fusion | <chemistry> The enthalpy change that occurs to melt a solid at its melting point. (09 Jan 1998) |
| heat of hydration | <chemistry> The enthalpy change associated with placing gaseous molecules or ions in water. (09 Jan 1998) |
| heat of solution | <chemistry> The enthalpy change associated with dissolving a solute in a solvent. (09 Jan 1998) |
| heat of vaporization | <chemistry> The energy required to vaporise one mole of a liquid at a pressure of one atmosphere. (09 Jan 1998) |
| heat prostration | A form of heat illness that results when the victim is dehydrated (fluid depleted). Common symptoms include: fatigue, lightheadedness, nausea, vomiting, headache, rapid heartbeat and lowered blood pressure. (27 Sep 1997) |
| heat rash | An eruption of papules and vesicles at the orifices of sweat glands, accompanied by redness and inflammatory reaction of the skin. Synonym: heat rash, lichen infantum, lichen strophulosus, prickly heat, strophulus, summer rash, tropical lichen, lichen tropicus, wildfire rash. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heat rate | The amount of fuel energy required by a power plant to produce one kilowatt-hour of electrical output. A measure of generating station thermal efficiency, generally expressed in Btu per net kWh. It is computed by dividing the total Btu content of fuel burned for electric generation by the resulting net kWh generation. (05 Dec 1998) |