| CRT | cadaveric renal transplant; cardiac resuscitation team; cathode-ray tube; certified; Certified Recor... |
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| DELIRIUM | drugs-electrolytes-low temperature and lunacy-intoxication and intracranial processes-retention of u... |
| DRIP | delirium and drugs-restricted mobility and retention-infection, inflammation and impaction-polyuria ... |
| FR | failure rate; film-screen radiograph; fasciculus retroflexus; febrile reaction; feedback regulation;... |
| OR | a logical binary relation that is true if any argument is true, and false otherwise; [o]estrogen rec... |
| palatomaxillary suture | Line of union, in the floor of the orbit, between the orbital process of the palatine bone and the orbital surface of the maxilla. Synonym: sutura palatomaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Pancoast's suture | In plastic surgery, union of two edges by a tongue-and-groove arrangement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gely's suture | A cobbler's suture used in closing intestinal wounds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pare's suture | The approximation of the edges of a wound by pasting strips of cloth to the surface and stitching them instead of the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietomastoid suture | Articulation of the posterior inferior angle of the parietal with the mastoid process of the temporal bone. Synonym: sutura parietomastoidea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Parker-Kerr suture | A continuous inverting suture used to close an open end of intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mattress suture | A suture utilizing a double stitch that forms a loop about the tissue on both sides of a wound, producing eversion of the edges when tied. Synonym: quilted suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| relaxation suture | A suture so arranged that it may be loosened if the tension of the wound becomes excessive. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glover's suture | A continuous suture in which each stitch is passed through the loop of the preceding one. (05 Mar 2000) |
| median palatine suture | Line of union between the horizontal plates of the palatine bones, continuing the intermaxillary suture posteriorly. Synonym: sutura palatina mediana. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gould's suture | An intestinal mattress suture in which each loop is invaginated in such a way that the tissue at the loop is bulged out, becoming convex instead of concave. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gussenbauer's suture | A figure-of-8 suture for the intestine, resembling the Czerny-Lembert suture but not including the mucous membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metopic suture | A persistent frontal suture, sometimes discernible a short distance above sutura frontonasalis. Synonym: sutura metopica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coaptation suture | A suture of the skin only. Synonym: coaptation suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cobbler's suture | A suture with a needle attached at both ends. Synonym: cobbler's suture. (05 Mar 2000) |