| PG | paregoric; parotid gland; pentagastrin; pepsinogen; peptidoglycan; Pharmacopoeia Germanica; phosphat... |
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| PP | diphosphate group; emphysema [pink puffers]; near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; pa... |
| PV | pancreatic vein; papillomavirus; paraventricular; paravertebral; pemphigus vulgaris; peripheral vasc... |
| ESWL | Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy - Ix for Gall Stone ... |
| CW | cardiac work; case work; cell wall; chemical warfare; chemical weapon; chest wall; children's ward; ... |
| electrohydraulic shock wave lithotripsy | Destruction of calculi (urinary tract or other) by fragmentation using shock waves sent transcutaneously. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| electromagnetic wave | <physics> A wave of electric and magnetic fields that can move through space. Particles which make up the waves are called photons. (09 Oct 1997) |
| electrostatic wave | <radiobiology> Longitudinal oscillations appearing in a plasma due to a perturbation of electric neutrality. For a cold unmagnetised plasma, or at large wavelengths, the frequency of these waves is by definition the plasma frequency. (09 Oct 1997) |
| transverse wave | <radiobiology> Waves in which the direction of the oscillation is perpendicular (transverse) to the direction of the wave propagation. Examples include plucked strings and electromagnetic waves in free space or air. (09 Oct 1997) |
| T wave | The next deflection in the electrocardiogram following the QRS complex; represents ventricular repolarization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excitation wave | A wave of altered electrical conditions that is propagated along a muscle fibre preparatory to its contraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy | <procedure> This procedure uses sound waves delivered inside a water bath to pulverise kidney stones painlessly inside the body. (11 Nov 1997) |
| y wave | The wave in the atrial and venous pulse curves reflecting rapid filling of the ventricles just after the atrioventricular valves open. (05 Mar 2000) |
| U wave | A positive wave following the T wave of the electrocardiogram. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluid wave | A sign of free fluid in the abdominal cavity; percussion on one side of the abdomen transmits a wave that is felt on the opposite side. (05 Mar 2000) |
| free wave | <radiobiology> A wave (for example, electromagnetic) traveling in a homogeneous infinite medium (no boundary conditions). (09 Oct 1997) |
| longitudinal wave | <physics> Waves where the variation of the field is partially or totally in the direction of propagation (parallel to wavennumber, k [a vector]). Examples include sound waves and Langmuir waves. Contrasted with transverse waves, where the variation is perpendicular to the direction of propagation, such as light waves. (13 Nov 1997) |
| antihemophilic plasma | Human plasma in which the labile antihemophilic globulin component, present in fresh plasma, has been preserved; it is used to temporarily relieve dysfunction of the haemostatic mechanism in haemophilia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apical plasma membrane | <cell biology> The term used for the cell membrane on the apical (inner or upper) surface of transporting epithelial cells. This region of the cell membrane is separated, in vertebrates, from the baso lateral membrane by a ring of tight junctions that prevents free mixing of membrane proteins from these two domains. (18 Nov 1997) |
| basolateral plasma membrane | <cell biology> The plasma membrane of epithelial cells that is adjacent to the basal lamina or the adjoining cells of the sheet. Differs both in protein and phospholipid composition from the apical plasma membrane from which it is isolated by tight junctions (zonula occludentes). (18 Nov 1997) |