| APB | Atrial Premature Beat |
|---|---|
| VPB | Ventricular Premature Beat |
| AB | abdominal; abnormal; abortion; Ace bandage; active bilaterally; aid to the blind; alcian blue; alert... |
| APB | abductor pollicis brevis; atrial premature beat |
| BII | beat inclusion index; Billroth II [operation]; butanol-insoluble iodine |
| ectopic rhythm | Any cardiac rhythm arising from a centre other than the normal pacemaker, the sinus node. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ectopic schistosomiasis | A clinical form of schistosomiasis that occurs outside of the normal site of parasitism (mesenteric vein or hepatic portals); may result from accidental blood-borne transport of schistosome eggs or, rarely, adult worms, to various unusual sites such as the skin, brain, or spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectopic tachycardia | A tachycardia originating in a focus other than the sinus node, e.g., atrial, A-V junctional, or ventricular tachycardia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectopic teratosis | A teratosis in which the organs or other parts are misplaced. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectopic testis | A variant of undescended testis wherein testicular position is outside the usual pathway of descent. See: testis ectopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectopic thyroid | <radiology> Usually connects to normal thyroid, sites: lingual thyroid, thyroglossal duct remnant, anterior mediastinum (retrosternal thyroid), btw trachea and oesophagus, struma ovarii (teratoma variant), use pertechnetate first (rather than I-131) because of lower dose (12 Dec 1998) |
| ectopic ureter | Opens somewhere other than the bladder wall. (05 Mar 2000) |