| ADA | adenosine deaminase; American Dental Association; American Dermatological Association; American Diab... |
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| AGA | accelerated growth area; allergic granulomatosis and angiitis; American Gastroenterological Associat... |
| AOA | American Osteopathic Association; Administration on Aging; Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society; American... |
| IDA | 1) Imino-Diacetic Acid 2) Iron Deficiency Anemia &nb... |
| JOC | Journal of Oncologic Clinical(?) |
| physiologic occlusion | Occlusion in harmony with functions of the masticatory system. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| physiologic rest position | The usual position of the mandible when the patient is resting comfortably in the upright position and the condyles are in a neutral unstrained position in the glenoid fossae. See: rest relation. Synonym: postural position, postural resting position, rest position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic retraction ring | A ridge on the inner uterine surface at the boundary line between the upper and lower uterine segment that occurs in the course of normal labour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic sclerosis | A slowly progressive sclerosis in the walls of the ovarian arteries which commences after puberty. Synonym: menstrual sclerosis, ovulational sclerosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic scotoma | The negative scotoma in the visual field, corresponding to the optic disk. Synonym: blind spot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic tremor | Fine tremor, 8-13 Hz frequency, which is a normal phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic unit | The ultimate (hypothetical) vital unit of protoplasm, as conceived by Spencer, the smallest division of an organ that will perform its function; e.g., the uriniferous tubule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiologic vertigo | Dizziness as result of changes in inner ear resulting from absence of gravity. Synonym: physiologic vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monitoring, physiologic | The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neovascularization, physiologic | The development of new blood vessels, especially in tissues where circulation has been impaired by trauma or disease; in healthy tissue transplants to restore circulation between a transplant and surrounding tissue; and across anastomotic sites. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nystagmus, physiologic | Involuntary rhythmical movements of the eyes in the normal person. These can be naturally occurring as in end-position (end-point, end-stage, or deviational) nystagmus or induced by the optokinetic drum (nystagmus, optokinetic), caloric test, or a rotating chair. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adrenal imaging | <radiology> Cortex, I-131 iodo-cholesterol, not widely used due to high rad dose and 4-15 day delayed imaging, medulla, search for pheo, MIBG (I-131 meta-iodobenzylguanidine) (12 Dec 1998) |
| adrenal medullary imaging | <investigation, radiology> A nuclear scan that images the adrenal glands after a radioactive tracer is injected into the bloodstream. This test is useful in detecting a pheochromocytoma, particularly if it not within the adrenal gland. (27 Sep 1997) |
| backscattered electron imaging | <microscopy> The production of backscattered electrons from a sample varies directly with the specimen's average atomic number, higher atomic number elements produce more backscattered electrons than lower atomic number ones. Detection of Backscattered Electrons is achieved by using a donut shaped solid state saemiconductor device mounted on the bottom of the objective lens. When Backscattered Electrons strike the detector electron-hole pairs are created which are then counted. This quantity is translated into a pixel intensity and displayed on the CRT, forming the image. By splitting the detector into halves (or quadrants) differences in the signal level on the individual detector segments provide surface topography information. (05 Aug 1998) |
| blood pool imaging | Nuclear medicine study using a radionuclide that is confined to the vascular compartment. (05 Mar 2000) |