| NCM | nailfold capillary microscopy; nurse case manager |
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| OCP | octacalcium phosphate; ocular cicatricial pemphigoid; oral case presentation; oral contraceptive pil... |
| p | Greek lower case letter pi; the ratio of circumference to diameter, 3.1415926536 |
| s | Greek lower case letter sigma; conductivity; cross section; millisecond; molecular type or bond; pop... |
| SWCM | social work case manager |
| black smoker | An undersea thermal vent emitting very hot (270-380 degrees C) water and minerals. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| black spore | A degenerating malarial or other blood parasite in the body of the mosquito. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black tarantula | Sericopelma communis, a large black tarantula of Panama and the Canal Zone, whose bite is poisonous, although the effect is localised. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black tongue | In canines, a disorder associated with a deficency of nicotinic acid. Black to yellowish brown discoloration of the dorsum of the tongue due to staining by exogenous material such as the components of tobacco; usually superimposed on hairy tongue. Synonym: lingua nigra, melanoglossia, nigrities linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black-tongue disease | A disease of dogs similar to human pellagra and due to niacin deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black urine | The dark urine of melanuria or haemoglobinuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black vomit | <medicine> A copious vomiting of dark-coloured matter; or the substance so discharged; one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| black water | azoturia of horses |
| black widow spider | A venomous new world spider with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the abdomen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| black widow spider venom | Potent neurotoxin that induces catastrophic release of acetylcholine from presynaptic terminals of cholinergic chemical synapses. (18 Nov 1997) |
| bone black | Charcoal produced by incomplete combustion of animal tissues, especially bone. Synonym: animal black, bone black, bone charcoal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bouffardi's black mycetoma | <dermatology> An obsolete term for a chronic infection, usually involving the feet. See: mycetoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Carter's black mycetoma | Mycetoma caused by Madurella mycetomatis which is prevalent in Italy, parts of Africa, and India; the exuded granules are black. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chlorazol black E | <chemical> An acid dye, used as a fat and general tissue stain, and to stain protozoa in faecal smears or in tissues. Structure: C34H25N9O7S2Na2 (05 Mar 2000) |
| plague, black | In the 14th century the victims of the black plague had bleeding below the skin (subcutaneous haemorrhage) which made darkened ( blackened ) their bodies. (12 Dec 1998) |