| HME | Health Media Education; heat and moisture exchanger; heat, massage, and exercise |
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| LOM | left otitis media; limitation of motion; loss of motion |
| LOMSA | left otitis media suppurativa acuta |
| LOMSC, LOMSCh | left otitis media suppurativa chronica |
| MOM | milk of magnesia; mucoid otitis media |
| tunica media | <anatomy> The middle coat of blood vessel walls, composed principally of thin, cylindrical, smooth muscle cells and elastic tissue. It accounts for the bulk of the wall of most arteries. The smooth muscle cells are arranged in circular layers around the vessel, and the thickness of the coat varies with the size of the vessel. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| facies articularis talaris media calcanei | Underlies the head of the talus and contributes to the talocalcaneonavicular joint. Synonym: facies articularis talaris media calcanei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fossa cranii media | A butterfly-shaped portion of the internal base of the skull posterior to the sphenoidal ridges and limbus and anterior to the crests of the petrous part of the temporal bones and dorsum sellae; it lodges the temporal lobes of the brain in the lateral portions, and the hypophysis centrally. Synonym: fossa cranii media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linea axillaris media | A vertical line intersecting a point midway between the anterior and posterior axillary folds or lines. Synonym: linea axillaris media, linea medio-axillaris, middle axillary line. (05 Mar 2000) |