| SSD | shaded surface display; single saturating dose; Social Security disability; source-skin distance; so... |
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| ST | esotropia; scala tympani; scaphotrapezoid; sclerotherapy; sedimentation time; semitendinosus; sensor... |
| TE | Time to Echo |
| CA | anterior commissure [Lat. commissura anterior]; calcium antagonist; California [rabbit]; cancer; Can... |
| CEC | central echo complex; ciliated epithelial cell; Commission of the European Community |
| syllabic speech | An abrupt utterance, each syllable being enunciated separately; noted especially in multiple sclerosis. Synonym: syllabic speech. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oesophageal speech | Speech produced with air trapped in the oesophagus and forced out again. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tracheoesophageal speech | A form of alaryngeal speech obtained by a surgical technique which creates a shunt between trachea and oesophagus, allowing pulmonary air to generate upper oesophageal and pharyngeal mucosal vibrations as a substitute for vocal cord vibrations when the larynx is surgically removed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| explosive speech | Loud, sudden speech related to injury of the nervous system. Synonym: logospasm. (05 Mar 2000) |