| AaPCO2, (A-a)PCO2 | alveolo-arterial carbon dioxide tension difference |
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| AaPO2, (A-a) PO2 | alveolo-arterial oxygen tension difference |
| ABG | arterial blood gas; axiobucco-gingival |
| ABP | actin-binding protein; ambulatory blood pressure; American Board of Pedodontics; American Board of P... |
| aBP | arterial blood pressure |
| arterial switch operation | Operation for complete transposition of the great arteries; the most common way to repair this defect consists of switching the aorta and pulmonary arteries and implanting the coronary arteries into the neoaorta (the original pulmonary artery). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| arterial tension | The pressure of the blood within an artery, the arterial pressure. Also called the intra-arterial pressure. (12 Dec 1998) |
| arterial thoracic outlet syndrome | <syndrome> A rare disorder due to compression of the subclavian artery (with resultant poststenotic dilation) by a fully formed cervical rib; thrombi form in the dilated distal arterial segment, and distal limb ischemia may occur due to thromboembolic events. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arterial transfusion | Direct transfusion from an artery of the donor into an artery of the receptor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arterial vein | <anatomy, vein> So called because it ramifies like an artery (portal vein) or because, while proceeding from the heart like an artery, it contains unoxygenated blood, like a vein (pulmonary artery). Synonym: vena arteriosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arterial wave | A wave in the jugular phlebogram due to transmission of carotid artery pulsation. B wave, the initial positive deflection in the electroretinogram, possibly arising from the inner nuclear layer of the retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arterio-arterial fistula | Abnormal communication between two arteries. It may result from injury or occur as a congenital abnormality. (12 Dec 1998) |
| calcaneal arterial network | A superficial network over the calcaneus, formed by branches of the peroneal and posterior tibial arteries and twigs from the malleolar retia. Synonym: rete calcaneum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pancreaticoduodenal arterial arcades | Anastomoses between the anterior and posterior pancreaticoduodenal arteries (from the gastroduodenal artery) and the anterior and posterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal arteries (from the superior mesenteric artery) on the anterior and posterior aspects of the head of the pancreas and the duodenum, supplying both structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mean arterial pressure | <cardiology, physiology> The average value for arterial pressure. Systolic pressure + diastolic pressure divided by 2. (27 Sep 1997) |
| cephalic arterial rami | Parietal branches of the sympathetic trunks conveying postsynaptic sympathetic fibres from the superior cervical ganglion to the carotid arteries for distribution within the head. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cerebral arterial circle | The roughly pentagonally shaped circle of vessels on the ventral aspect of the brain in the area of the optic chiasm, hypothalamus, and interpeduncular fossa. See: circle of Willis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| greater arterial circle of iris | An arterial circle at the ciliary border of the iris. Synonym: circulus arteriosus iridis major. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plantar arterial arch | The arterial arch formed by the lateral plantar artery running across the bases of the metatarsal bones and anastomosing with the dorsal pedis artery, either of two bony arch's of the foot, longitudinal arch or transverse arch. See: medial longitudinal arch of foot, lateral longitudinal arch of foot, transverse arch of foot. Synonym: arcus plantaris, plantar arterial arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic arterial thrombosis | Posttraumatic venous thrombosis, intravascular clotting due to injury to a vessel wall. (05 Mar 2000) |