| EHL | effective half-life; electrohydraulic lipotripsy; endogenous hyperlipidemia; Environmental Health La... |
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| HL | hairline; hairy leukoplakia; half life; hearing level; hearing loss; heparin lock; histiocytic lymph... |
| T1/2, t1/2 | half-life |
| Tb | biological half-life; body temperature |
| Te | effective half-life; tellurium; tetanic contraction; tetanus |
| physical therapy | A physical therapist is a specialist trained using exercise and physical activities to condition muscles and improve level of activity. Physical therapy is helpful in those with physical debilitating illness (for example stroke). (27 Sep 1997) |
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| physical therapy department, hospital | Hospital department which is responsible for the administration and provision of diagnostic and medical rehabilitation services to restore or improve the functional capacity of the patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnosis, physical | A diagnosis which is made by means of the physical examination of the patient. (27 Sep 1997) |
| red half-moon | <clinical sign> Irregular red discoloration of the usually pale demilune at the base of the fingernail; may be seen in congestive failure, malignant disease, or liver disease, but not specific for any of these. (05 Mar 2000) |
| half | In an equal part or degree; in some pa appromating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-coloured, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. "Half loth and half consenting." "Their children spoke halfin the speech of Ashdod." (Neh. Xiii. 24) 1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound. 2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. "Assumed from thence a half consent." (Tennyson) Half ape, a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See Demitint. Half truth, a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. Half year, the space of six moths; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year. Origin: AS. Healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS, OFries, & D. Half, G. Halb, Sw. Half, Dan. Halv, Icel. Halfr, Goth. Halbs. Cf. Halve, Behalf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| half-a-gram stain | <technique> A lab technique used to detect the presence of members from the bacterial family Legionellaceae in samples of sputum. (09 Oct 1997) |
| half amplitude pulse duration | The time, in milliseconds, required for a wave form to reach half of its full magnitude. (05 Mar 2000) |
| half-axial projection | Reverse tilted AP radiographic projection devised to permit demonstration of the entire occipital bone, foramen magnum, and dorsum sellae, as well as the petrous ridges. Synonym: half axial view, half-axial projection, Towne view. (05 Mar 2000) |
| half axial view | Reverse tilted AP radiographic projection devised to permit demonstration of the entire occipital bone, foramen magnum, and dorsum sellae, as well as the petrous ridges. Synonym: half axial view, half-axial projection, Towne view. (05 Mar 2000) |
| half blood | 1. The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, 2 and 4. 2. A person so related to another. 3. A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed. In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| half-blooded | 1. Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep. 2. Degenerate; mean. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| half-bred | 1. Half-blooded. 2. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| half-breed | A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race. See: Half-blooded. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| half-chair form | See: Haworth conformational formulas of cyclic sugars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| half cystine | Refers to one-half of a cystine molecule or of a cystinyl residue in a protein or peptide. (05 Mar 2000) |