| SAR | scatter/air ratio; seasonal allergic rhinitis; sexual attitude reassessment; slowly adapting recepto... |
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| SCT | secretin; sex chromatin test; sexual compatibility test; sickle-cell trait; sperm cytotoxicity; spin... |
| SDS | same day surgery; school dental services; self-rating depression scale; sensory deprivation syndrome... |
| SFI | Sexual Function Index; Social Function Index |
| SFW | sexual function of women; shell fragment wound; slow-filling wave |
| consensus development conference | Designation for summary statements representing the majority and current agreement of physicians, scientists, and other professionals meeting to reach a consensus on a selected subject. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| consensus development conferences | Presentations of summary statements representing the majority agreement of physicians, scientists, and other professionals convening for the purpose of reaching a consensus--often with findings and recommendations--on a subject of interest. The conference, consisting of participants representing the scientific and lay viewpoints, is a significant means of evaluating current medical thought and reflects the latest advances in research for the respective field being addressed. (12 Dec 1998) |
| consensus development conferences, nih | Articles on conferences sponsored by nih presenting summary statements representing the majority agreement of physicians, scientists, and other professionals convening for the purpose of reaching a consensus on a subject of interest. This heading is used for nih consensus conferences as a means of scientific communication. In indexing it is viewed as a type of review article and as a tag for any article appearing in any publication of the nih office of medical applications of research (omar). (12 Dec 1998) |
| program development | The process of formulating, improving, and expanding educational, managerial, or service-oriented work plans (excluding computer program development). (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychosexual development | The stages of development of the psychological aspects of sexuality from birth to adulthood; i.e., oral, anal, genital, and latent periods. (12 Dec 1998) |
| human development | Continuous sequential changes which occur in the physiological and psychological functions during the individual's life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| staff development | The process by which the employer promotes staff performance and efficiency consistent with management goals and objectives. (12 Dec 1998) |
| state health planning and development agencies | Agencies established under pl93-641 to coordinate, conduct, and implement state health planning activities. Two primary responsibilities are the preparation of an annual state health plan and giving assistance to the statewide health coordinating council. (12 Dec 1998) |
| strain development | Improving the genetics of an organism so that it carries out a biotechnological process more effectively. (14 Nov 1997) |
| development | 1. The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state. "A new development of imagination, taste, and poetry." (Channing) 2. <biology> The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. 3. <mathematics> The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning. The equivalent expression into which another has been developed. 4. The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive. <biology> Development theory, the doctrine that animals and plants possess the power of passing by slow and successive stages from a lower to a higher state of organization, and that all the higher forms of life now in existence were thus developed by uniform laws from lower forms, and are not the result of special creative acts. See the Note under Darwinian. Synonym: Unfolding, disclosure, unraveling, evolution, elaboration, growth. Origin: Cf. F. Developpement Alternative forms: developement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| drug development pathway | The various procedures and studies that must be undertaken to satisfy Food and Drug Administration requirements for drug approval and marketing. (14 Nov 1997) |
| early development | An early stage in the life cycle of a bacteriophage (a virus which infects bacteria) that occurs after infection but before replication of the bacteriophage genome. (09 Oct 1997) |
| foetal development | Morphologic and physiologic growth and development of the mammalian embryo or foetus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| land conservation and development commission | (LCDC) A commission appointed to determine land use policy in Oregon. (05 Dec 1998) |
| language development | The gradual expansion in complexity and meaning of symbols and sounds as perceived and interpreted by the individual through a maturational and learning process. Stages in development include babbling, cooing, word imitation with cognition, and use of short sentences. (12 Dec 1998) |