| D/A | date of accident; date of admission; digital-to-analog [converter]; discharge and advise |
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| DAC | derived air concentration; digital-to-analog converter; disaster assistance center; Division of Ambu... |
| DAS | dead air space; Death Anxiety Scale; delayed anovulatory syndrome; dextroamphetamine sulfate; digita... |
| DC | daily census; data communication; data conversion; decrease; deep compartment; Dental Corps; deoxych... |
| DCC | day care center; detected in colon cancer; dextran-coated charcoal; diameter of cylindrical collimat... |
| anterior cardiac veins | Two or three small veins in the anterior wall of the right ventricle opening directly into the right atrium independently of the coronary sinus. Synonym: venae cordis anteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| anterior cardinal veins | See: cardinal veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior intercostal veins | Tributaries to the musculophrenic or internal thoracic veins from the anterior portions of intercostal spaces. Synonym: venae intercostales anteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior labial veins | Tributaries of the femoral or external pudendal veins draining the mons pubis and anterior labia majora. Synonym: venae labiales anteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior scrotal veins | Tributaries of the femoral or exteranl pudendal veins drainign the anterior aspect of the scrotum and the skin and dartos fascia of the shaft and base of the penis. Synonym: venae scrotales anteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior tibial veins | The venae comitantes of the anterior tibial artery which empty into the popliteal vein. Synonym: venae tibiales anteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arciform veins of kidney | Veins that parallel the arcuate arteries, receive blood from interlobular veins and straight venules, and terminate in interlobar veins. Synonym: venae arcuatae renis, arciform veins of kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcuate veins of kidney | Veins that parallel the arcuate arteries, receive blood from interlobular veins and straight venules, and terminate in interlobar veins. Synonym: venae arcuatae renis, arciform veins of kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auricular veins | See: anterior auricular vein, posterior auricular vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basal veins | See: basal vein of Rosenthal, common basal vein, inferior basal vein, superior basal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baumgarten's veins | Nonobliterated remnants of the vena umbilicalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Boyd communicating perforation veins | A vein connecting the superficial and deep venous system in the anteromedial calf. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachial veins | Venae comitantes of the brachial artery which empty into the axillary vein. Synonym: venae brachiales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachiocephalic veins | Large veins on either side of the root of the neck formed by the junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins. They drain blood from the head, neck, and upper extremities, and unite to form the superior vena cava. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bronchial veins | Many veins running in front of and behind the bronchi and uniting into two main trunks which empty on the right side into the azygos vein, on the left into the accessory hemiazygos or the left superior intercostal vein. Synonym: venae bronchiales. (05 Mar 2000) |