| AMA | against medical advice; alkaline membrane assay; American Management Association; American Medical A... |
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| AMB | avian myeloblastosis; amphotericin B; anomalous muscle bundle |
| AMC | academic medical center; acetylmethyl carbinol; Animal Medical Center; antibody-mediated cytotoxicit... |
| AMR | acoustic muscle reflex; activity metabolic rate; acute mitral stenosis; alopecia-mental retardation ... |
| ASMA | antismooth muscle antibody |
| immediate flap | A flap raised completely and transferred at the same stage. Synonym: immediate flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Indian flap | Flap from a contiguous area, such as cheek or forehead, used to rebuild the nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interpolated flap | A flap that is rotated into an adjoining area. (05 Mar 2000) |
| island flap | A flap in which the pedicle consists solely of the supplying artery and vein(s), sometimes including a nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Italian flap | Flap from a distant area; usually used in reference to a flap from the upper arm to rebuild a nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| open flap | A flap in which during transfer the pedicle is left flat or open, i.e., untubed. Synonym: open flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tongue flap | A flap derived from the tongue; used to close a defect in an adjacent part, such as the lip or palate. Synonym: lingual flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| envelope flap | A mucoperiosteal flap retracted from a horizontal incision along the free gingival margin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubed flap | A flap in which the sides of the pedicle are sutured together to create a tube, with the entire surface covered by skin. Synonym: Filatov flap, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle, rope flap, tubed pedicle flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubed pedicle flap | A flap in which the sides of the pedicle are sutured together to create a tube, with the entire surface covered by skin. Synonym: Filatov flap, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle, rope flap, tubed pedicle flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Estlander flap | A full-thickness flap of the lip, transferred from the side of one lip to the same side of the other lip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turnover flap | A hinged flap that is turned over 180 |
| jump flap | A distant flap transferred in stages via an intermediate carrier; e.g., an abdominal flap is attached to the wrist, then at a later stage the wrist is brought to the face. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Zimany's bilobed flap | A surgical flap that is transposed into a defect with a smaller flap transposed to fill the secondary defect caused by the rotation of the larger flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Filatov flap | A flap in which the sides of the pedicle are sutured together to create a tube, with the entire surface covered by skin. Synonym: Filatov flap, Filatov-Gillies flap, Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle, rope flap, tubed pedicle flap. (05 Mar 2000) |