| TPR | Temperature, Pulse & Respiration; 온도, 맥박, 호흡 |
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| AP | accessory pathway; accounts payable; acid phosphatase; acinar parenchyma; action potential; active p... |
| BP&P | blood pressure and pulse |
| BVP | blood vessel prosthesis; blood volume pulse; burst of ventricular pacing |
| CP | candle power; capillary pressure; cardiac pacing; cardiac performance; cardiopulmonary; caudate puta... |
| short head | For a muscle with two heads of origin (a "biceps" muscle), the head originating nearest the insertion. See: short head of biceps brachii muscle, short head of biceps femoris muscle. Synonym: caput breve. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| short head of biceps brachii muscle | <anatomy> Head of biceps brachii originating from coracoid process of scapula. Synonym: caput breve musculi bicipitis brachii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short head of biceps femoris muscle | <anatomy> Part of biceps femoris originating from linea aspera of distal half of femur. Synonym: caput breve musculi bicipitis femoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short incubation hepatitis | A virus disease with a short incubation period (usually 15 to 50 days), caused by hepatitis A virus, a member of the family Picornaviridae, often transmitted by faecal-oral route; may be inapparent, mild, severe, or occasionally fatal and occurs sporadically or in epidemics, commonly in school-age children and young adults; necrosis of periportal liver cells with lymphocytic and plasma cell infiltration is characteristic and jaundice is a common symptom. Synonym: epidemic hepatitis, hepatitis A, infectious hepatitis, MS-1 hepatitis, short incubation hepatitis, virus A hepatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short interspersed elements | Repetitive sequences of DNA of about 300 base pairs in length that occur about every 3000-5000 bp in the genome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short-jointed | Having short intervals between the joints; said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| short levatores costarum muscles | Origin, the transverse processes of last cervical and eleven thoracic vertebrae; insertion ribs immediately below, between angle and tubercle. Synonym: musculi levatores costarum breves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short limbs and osteopenia | <radiology> Osteogenesis imperfecta, hypophosphatasia (12 Dec 1998) |
| short metacarpals | <radiology> Idiopathic, trauma, infarction (e.g., Hb SS), Turner syndrome (4th, with or without 3rd and 5th), pseudo- and pseudopseudo-hypoparathyroidism (4th and 5th), basal-cell nevus syndrome, Noonan syndrome, multiple epithelial dysplasia, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hereditary exostosis (12 Dec 1998) |
| short palmar muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, ulnar side of central portion of the palmar aponeurosis; insertion, skin of ulnar side of hand; action, wrinkles skin on medial side of palm; nerve supply, ulnar. Synonym: musculus palmaris brevis, short palmar muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short peroneal muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lower two-thirds of lateral surface of fibula; insertion, base of fifth metatarsal bone; action, everts foot; nerve supply, superficial peroneal. Synonym: musculus fibularis brevis, musculus peroneus brevis, short fibular muscle, short peroneal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short posterior ciliary artery | <anatomy, artery> One of approximately seven branches of the ophthalmic artery which pass around the optic nerve to supply the eyeball. Dividing into some 15-20 branches, they penetrate the sclera adjacent to the optic nerve, supplying the choroid and ciliary processes. Anastomoses: with central retinal artery and long and anterior ciliary arteries (at the ora serrata). Synonym: arteria ciliaris posterior brevis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short process of malleus | A short projection from the base of the manubrium of the malleus, attached firmly to the drum membrane. Synonym: processus lateralis mallei, processus brevis, short process of malleus, tuberculum mallei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short radial extensor muscle of wrist | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lateral epicondyle of humerus; insertion, base of third metacarpal bone; action, extends and abducts wrist radialward; nerve supply, radial. Synonym: musculus extensor carpi radialis brevis, short radial extensor muscle of wrist. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short rib-polydactyly syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and incompatible with life. The main features are narrow thorax, short ribs, scapular and pelvic dysplasia, and polydactyly. (12 Dec 1998) |