| SVC | saphenous vein cutdown; segmental venous capacitance; selective venous catheterization; slow vital c... |
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| SET | Singlephoton Emission Tomography = SPECT |
| SPECT | Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography = SET |
| CISC | complex-instructional-set computing |
| MDS | Master of Dental Surgery; maternal deprivation syndrome; medical data screening; medical data system... |
| small bowel disease involving mesentery | <radiology> Lymphoma, metastasis, retractile mesenteritis (12 Dec 1998) |
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| small bowel disease involving stomach | <radiology> Lymphoma, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel disease involving terminal ileum | <radiology> Crohn's, TB, Yersinia (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel enema | Radiographic examination of the small intestine, by retrograde filling from the contrast-filled large bowel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| small bowel infiltration | <radiology> Whipple disease (proximal small bowel), small bowel lymphoma, amyloidosis, Waldenstrom macrogloblinaemia, sprue, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, abetalipoproteinaemia (increased fat droplets in mucosal cells) (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel lymphoma | <radiology> Patterns:, infiltrative dilatation, nodular multiple filling defects, polypoid may cause intussiception from leading point associated with Burkitt lymphoma, endoexoenteric fistulae (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel nodules | <radiology> Lymphoid hyperplasia, lymphoma, metastasis (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel obstruction | <radiology> Fibrous adhesions (75%), secondary to previous peritonitis or surgery, hernia, external, internal, neoplasm, inflammatory disease See also: adynamic ileus simulating mechanical obstruction, large bowel (colon) obstruction (12 Dec 1998) |
| small bowel series | Radiographic examination of the small intestine following the oral administration of contrast medium, usually barium sulfate. Compare: small bowel enema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| small calorie | The quantity of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of water 1캜, or from 14.5캜 to 15.5캜 in the case of normal or standard calorie. Synonym: gram calorie. (05 Mar 2000) |
| small canal of chorda tympani | A canal leading from the facial canal to the tympanic cavity through which the chorda tympani nerve enters this cavity. Synonym: canaliculus chordae tympani, iter chordae posterius, small canal of chorda tympani. (05 Mar 2000) |
| small cell carcinoma | <oncology, tumour> Common malignant neoplasm of bronchus. Cells of the tumour have endocrine like characteristics and may secrete one or more of a wide range of hormones, especially regulatory peptides like bombesin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| small cell lung cancer | A type of lung cancer in which the cells are small and round. Also called oat cell lung cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| small cleaved cell | A lymphoid cell of follicular centre cell origin that has an irregularly shaped nucleus with clumped chromatin, absent nucleoli, and one or more clefts in the nuclear membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| small deep petrosal nerve | <anatomy, nerve> One of two sympathetic branches from the internal carotid plexus to the tympanic plexus. Synonym: nervus caroticotympanicus, small deep petrosal nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |