| MUGA | multiple gated acquisition [blood pool scan] |
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| MUGEx | multigated blood pool image during exercise |
| MUGR | multigated blood pool image at rest |
| NPP | nitrophenylphosphate; normal pool plasma; nucleus tegmenti pedunculopontinus |
| POD | peroxidase; place of death; podiatry; polycystic ovary disease; pool of doctors; postoperative day; ... |
| vaginal hysterotomy | Incision into the uterus via the vagina. Synonym: colpohysterotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vaginal introitus | The space behind the glans clitoridis and between the labia minora, containing the openings of the vagina, urethra, and ducts of the greater vestibular glands. Synonym: vestibulum vaginae, vaginal introitus, vestibulum pudendi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal laceration | Tearing of the vaginal wall. Synonym: vaginal laceration. Origin: colpo-+ G. Rhexis, rupture (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal lithotomy | Lithotomy in which the bladder is entered through an incision in the vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal mucification test | A test for progestational activity; stimulation of mucus production by the vaginal epithelium in rats, guinea pigs, or mice by progestogens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal mucosa | The mucous membrane of the vagina. Synonym: tunica mucosa vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal myomectomy | Removal of a myoma of the uterus through the vagina. Synonym: colpomyomectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal nerves | Several nerves passing from the uterovaginal plexus to the vagina. Synonym: nervi vaginales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal opening | The narrowest portion of the canal, in the floor of the vestibule posterior to the urethral orifice. Synonym: ostium vaginae, orificium vaginae, vaginal opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal orifice | The narrowest portion of the canal, in the floor of the vestibule posterior to the urethral orifice. Synonym: ostium vaginae, orificium vaginae, vaginal opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal plug | A plug formed by the coagulation of semen; found in the vagina after copulation in certain animals, such as the baboon, rat, and squirrel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal portion of cervix | The part of the cervix uteri contained within the vagina. Synonym: portio vaginalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal process | A crest of bone (edge of the tympanic portion of the temporal bone) running from the front and medial side of the mastoid process to the spine of the sphenoid; it splits to ensheath the base of the styloid process. Synonym: vagina processus styloidei, vaginal process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal process of peritoneum | A peritoneal diverticulum in the embryonic lower anterior abdominal wall that traverses the inguinal canal; in the male it forms the tunica vaginalis testis and normally loses its connection with the peritoneal cavity; a persistent processus vaginalis in the female is known as the canal of Nuck. Synonym: Nuck's diverticulum, processus vaginalis peritonei, vaginal process of peritoneum, vaginal process of testis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal process of sphenoid bone | A thin lamina of bone that extends medially under the body of the sphenoid bone from the medial lamina of the pterygoid process; it articulates with the vomer and the palatine bone. Synonym: processus vaginalis ossis sphenoidalis, sheath process of sphenoid bone. (05 Mar 2000) |