| BMT | Bone Marrow Transplantation;골수 이식 |
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| HIVD | Herniation(Herniated) of Inter-Vertebral Disc - Cervical HIVD &... |
| 99mTc | radioactive Technetium(used in Brain Skull, Thyroid, Liver, Spleen, Bone & Lung scans) |
| A>B | air greater than bone [conduction] |
| A&BC | air and bone conduction |
| tip of posterior horn | The pointed extremity of each posterior gray column or cornu of the spinal cord. Synonym: apex cornus posterioris, caput cornus, tip of posterior horn. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| uterine horn | cornu uteri |
| lateral horn | The small lateral gray column of the spinal cord as appearing in transverse section containing the interomedial cell column. See: gray columns. Synonym: cornu laterale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontal horn | See: inferior horn of lateral ventricle, inferior horn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute reflex bone atrophy | Atrophy of bones, commonly of the carpal or tarsal bones, following a slight injury such as a sprain. See: causalgia, reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Synonym: acute reflex bone atrophy, posttraumatic osteoporosis, Sudeck's syndrome. Origin: L. English sweat (05 Mar 2000) |
| air-bone gap | The difference between the threshold for hearing acuity by bone conduction and by air conduction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Albrecht's bone | A small bone between the basioccipital and basisphenoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allogeneic bone marrow transplant | <haematology, procedure> A bone marrow transplant using marrow collected from a matched healthy donor, usually a brother or sister. The risks associated with the transplant increase with age and 50 years of age is generally regarded as the upper limit. (13 Nov 1997) |
| alveolar bone | That portion of bone in either the maxilla or the mandible which surrounds and supports the teeth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alveolar bone loss | The resorption of bone in the supporting structures of the maxilla or mandible as a result of periodontal disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alveolar supporting bone | alveolar process |
| amyloidosis: bone manifestations | <radiology> Joint pain without radiographic findings, osteoporosis, especially in axial skeleton, lytic lesions that destroy cortex and invade soft tissue, wrist, scaphoid and lunate lesions that may extend into the carpal tunnel, inducing the classic complaints of carpal tunnel syndrome amyloid arthropathy Differential diagnosis: pigmented villonodular synovitis, synovial chondromatosis, rheumatoid arthritis, TB (12 Dec 1998) |
| aneurysmal bone cyst | <radiology> ABC, 10 - 30 yrs, 75% before skeletal maturity, sites: long bones; also, flat bones Findings: metaphyseal if unfused, metaepiphyseal after fusion, lytic, expansile, thin, continuous rim, thin internal bony strands (12 Dec 1998) |
| ankle bone | 1. <anatomy> The astragalus. 2. <surgery> A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes. 1. A slope; the inclination of the face of a work. 2. <geology> A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice. Origin: L, the ankle, the ankle bone. (26 Nov 1998) |
| anterior condyloid canal of occipital bone | The canal through which the hypoglossal nerve emerges from the skull. Synonym: canalis hypoglossalis, anterior condyloid canal of occipital bone, anterior condyloid foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |