| DI | date of injury; defective interfering [particle]; dentinogenesis imperfecta; deoxyribonucleic acid i... |
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| FSI | foam stability index; Food Sanitation Institute; functional status index; function status index |
| RPI | regional perfusion index; relative percentage index; reticulocyte production index, ribose 5-phospha... |
| VI | Roman numeral six; vaginal irrigation; variable interval; vastus intermedius; virgo intacta; virulen... |
| WBGT index | Wet Bulb Globe Thermometer index = 0.7tw + 0.3k{(tg-ta)oK + ta} ta; 건... |
| centromeric index | The ratio of the length of the short arm of the chromosome to that of the total chromosome; ordinarily expressed as a percentage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cephalic index | The ratio of the maximal breadth to the maximal length of the head, obtained by the formula: (breadth × 100)/length. Synonym: length-breadth index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic index | The ratio of the conjugate of the pelvic inlet to the transverse diameters of the pelvis: (conjugate of pelvic inlet × 100)/transverse diameter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cephalo-orbital index | The ratio of the cubic content of the two orbits to that of the cranial cavity multiplied by 100. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cephalorrhachidian index | The figure obtained by multiplying the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid, after fluid has been withdrawn by spinal puncture, by the quantity of fluid withdrawn and then dividing by the original pressure. Synonym: cephalorrhachidian index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gnathic index | Relation between the basialveolar (basion to alveolar point) and basinasal (basion to nasion) lengths: (basialveolar length × 100)/basinasal length; the result indicates the degree of projection of the maxilla or upper jaw. Synonym: alveolar index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cerebral index | The ratio of the transverse to the anteroposterior diameter of the cranial cavity multiplied by 100. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cerebrospinal index | The figure obtained by multiplying the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid, after fluid has been withdrawn by spinal puncture, by the quantity of fluid withdrawn and then dividing by the original pressure. Synonym: cephalorrhachidian index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemotherapeutic index | The ratio of the minimal effective dose of a chemotherapeutic agent to the maximal tolerated dose. Originally used by Ehrlich to express the relative toxicity of a chemotherapeutic agent to a parasite and to its host. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chest index | Anteroposterior diameter of the thorax times 100 divided by the transverse diameter of the thorax. Synonym: chest index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periodical index | Useful as a subject approach to the contents of a periodical issuing an annual, biennial, quinquennial, decennial, etc., index. The heading is used for the overall body of articles published by a periodical in the same sense that bibliography is useful when published as a single article. (12 Dec 1998) |
| metacarpal index | The average ratio of length to breadth of metacarpals II to V; this ratio is increased in the Marfan syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Robinson index | An index used to calculate heart work load. See: double product. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phagocytic index | The average number of bacteria observed in the cytoplasm of polymorphonuclear leukocytes after mixing and incubating, at 37캜, 1) a suspension of washed, presumably normal leukocytes, 2) the serum to be tested for opsonin, and 3) a young culture of microorganisms that are causing disease in the patient. Origin: L. Phagedaena, Gr Phago, To eat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rohrer's index | Body weight in grams times 100 divided by the cube of height in centimeters. (05 Mar 2000) |