| AD | accident dispensary; acetate dialysis; active disease; acute dermatomyositis; addict, addiction; ade... |
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| adj | adjacent; adjoining; adjuvant |
| CFA | colonization factor antigen; colony-forming assay; complement-fixing antibody; complete Freund's adj... |
| FA | false aneurysm; Families Anonymous; Fanconi anemia; far advanced; fatty acid; febrile antigen; femor... |
| FCA | ferritin-conjugated antibodies; Freund's complete adjuvant; functional capacity assessment |
| NSABP | National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project |
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| NAC | Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy |
| incomplete metamorphosis | The development of a nymph into the imago which in many respects resembles the former; characteristic of more primitive insect orders, such as Heteroptera (true bugs), Orthoptera (locusts, grasshoppers), and Blatterria (roaches). Synonym: heterometabolous metamorphosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| incomplete tetanus | Tetanus in which each stimulus causes a contraction to be initiated when the muscle has only partly relaxed from the previous contraction. (05 Mar 2000) |