| APA | action potential amplitude; aldosterone-producing adenoma; Ambulatory Pediatric Association; America... |
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| BRCM | below right costal margin |
| CM | California mastitis [test]; calmodulin; capreomycin; carboxymethyl; cardiac murmur; cardiac muscle; ... |
| GMT | geometric mean titer; gingival margin trimmer |
| ICM | inner cell mass; integrated conditional model; intercostal margin; International Confederation of Mi... |
| ulnar margin of forearm | An imaginary line extrapolated from the medial epicondyle of the humerus to the styloid process of the ulna, forming a border between the anterior and posterior surfaces. Synonym: margo medialis antebrachii, margo ulnaris antebrachii, ulnar margin of forearm. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| zygomatic margin of greater wing of sphenoid bone | The border of the greater wing of the sphenoid that articulates with the zygomatic bone. Synonym: margo zygomaticus alae majoris, zygomatic margin of greater wing of sphenoid bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibular margin of foot | The border of the foot between the small toe and the heel. Synonym: margo lateralis pedis, margo fibularis pedis, fibular margin of foot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimal margin of maxilla | The margin of the nasal surface of the maxilla that articulates with the lacrimal bone. Synonym: margo lacrimalis maxillae, lacrimal margin of maxilla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lambdoid margin of occipital bone | <anatomy> The margin of the occipital squama that articulates with the parietal bones in the lambdoid suture. Synonym: margo lambdoideus squamae occipitalis, lambdoid margin of occipital bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral margin | The margin or edge of a structure which is farthest from the midline. Synonym: margo lateralis, lateral margin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| free margin | Unattached edge of a sturcture, often opposite the attached edge. See: free border of nail, free border of ovary. Synonym: margo liber, free margin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| free margin of eyelids | The unattached inferior edge of the upper lid and superior edge of the lower lid, where the anterior (cutaneous) surface of the eyelid meets the posterior (conjunctival) surface of the eyelid. The free margins of the eyelids bound the rima palpebrarum, and each free margin has an anterior and posterior border. See: borders of eyelids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontal margin | Edge of a bone which articulates with the frontal bone. See: frontal border of parietal bone, frontal border of sphenoid bone. Synonym: margo frontalis, frontal margin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior border of testis | An imaginary convex line demarcating the lateral and medial surfaces. Synonym: margo anterior testis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| appendix of the testis | A vesicular nonpedunculated structure attached to the cephalic pole of the testis; a vestige of the cephalic end of the paramesonephric (mullerian) duct. Synonym: appendix testis, appendix of the testis, nonpedunculated hydatid, ovarium masculinum, sessile hydatid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| appendix testis | A small solid projection of tissue on the outer surface of the testis which is a remnant of the embryologic mullerian duct. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blood-testis barrier | The membrane in the testis that separates sperm from the bloodstream. (09 Oct 1997) |
| vaginal process of testis | 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) |
| vanished testis syndrome | <syndrome> Absence of both testes in a male with normal chromosomes (XY) and otherwise normal genitalia at birth and during childhood. Testes were present in at least the first trimester of gestation, but vanished sometime thereafter. (05 Mar 2000) |