| PTC | papillary thyroid carcinoma; percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography; phase transfer catalyst; phe... |
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| PTHC | percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography |
| CF | 1) Cystic Fibrosis 2) Complement Fixing antibody 3) Conver... |
| PCK | Poly-Cystic Kidney |
| PCO | Poly-Cystic Ovary |
| cystic polyp | A pedunculated cyst. Synonym: hydatid polyp. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cystic sellar mass | <radiology> Arachnoid cyst, cystic craniopharyngioma, dermoid / epidermoid (12 Dec 1998) |
| cystic vein | <anatomy, vein> Veins, usually anterior and posterior, which drain the neck of the gallbladder and cystic duct, along which they pass to enter the right branch of the portal vein; they communicate extensively with surrounding veins of the stomach, duodenum and pancreas. Synonym: vena cystica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neoplasms, cystic, mucinous, and serous | Neoplasms containing cyst-like formations or producing mucin or serum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ovarian cystic disease | <gynaecology> A painful condition associated with the recurrent formation of large ovarian cysts. Distention of the ovarian capsule causes pain and rupture of a larger cyst can, in rare instances, cause internal bleeding. Treatment often includes hormone manipulation (birth control pills). (05 Jan 1998) |
| kidney, cystic | A kidney containing one or more cysts, including polycystic disease (kidney, polycystic), solitary cyst, multiple simple cysts, and retention cysts (associated with parenchymal scarring). (12 Dec 1998) |
| Luschka's cystic glands | Small, mucous, tubuloalveolar glands in the mucosa of the larger bile ducts and especially in the neck of the gallbladder. Synonym: glandulae mucosae biliosae, Luschka's cystic glands, Theile's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphangioma, cystic | A lymphangioma, often very large, usually occurring in the neck area, and composed of large, multilocular thin-walled cysts. It is also called hygroma or cystic hygroma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| abdominal part of thoracic duct | The part of the thoracic duct between the cisterna chyli and the aortic hiatus of the diaphragm. Synonym: pars abdominalis ductus thoracici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory pancreatic duct | The excretory duct of the head of the pancreas, one branch of which joins the pancreatic duct, the other opening independently into the duodenum at the lesser duodenal papilla. Synonym: ductus pancreaticus accessorius, Bernard's canal, Bernard's duct, ductus dorsopancreaticus, Santorini's canal, Santorini's duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenoma, bile duct | A benign tumour of the intrahepatic bile ducts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alveolar duct | The part of the respiratory passages distal to the respiratory bronchiole; from it arise alveolar sacs and alveoli, the smallest of the intralobular duct's in the mammary gland, into which the secretory alveoli open. Synonym: ductulus alveolaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolar duct emphysema | Emphysema in which the primary involvement is in the alveolar ducts and respiratory bronchioles, as opposed to panacinar emphysema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amniotic duct | The transitory opening between the seroamniotic folds in birds just before they fuse to form the seroamniotic raphe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ampulla of milk duct | A circumscribed spindle-shaped dilation of the lactiferous duct just before it enters the nipple. In nursing mothers this dilatation stores a droplet of milk which is expressed by compression as the infant begins to suckle; this is thought to encourage continual suckling while the let-down reflex ensues. Synonym: sinus lactiferi, ampulla lactifera, ampulla of milk duct, lactiferous ampulla. (05 Mar 2000) |