| paed | pediatrics, pediatric [paediatrics, paediatric] |
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| PAIDS | paralyzed academic investigator's disease syndrome; pediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| PALS | parietolateral lymphocyte sheath; pediatric advanced life support; prison-acquired lymphoproliferati... |
| PCCM | pediatric critical care medicine; primary care case management; primary care case manager |
| PD | Doctor of Pharmacy; Dublin Pharmacopoeia; interpupillary distance; Paget disease; pancreatic duct; p... |
| laparoscopically assisted surgery | Operative procedure performed using combined laparoscopic and open techniques; most commonly applied to colon or small intestinal resections with anastomosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| laparoscopic surgery | Operative procedure performed using minimally invasive surgical technique for exposure that avoids traditional incision. Visualization is achieved using a fibre optic instrument, usually attached to a video camera. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laser surgery | A type of operation using the cutting powers of laser beams from various sources. The use of a laser either to vaporise surface lesions or to make bloodless cuts in tissue. It does not include the coagulation of tissue by laser (laser coagulation). (12 Dec 1998) |