| 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 |
| LOCM | low osmolality contrast media |
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| POM | purulent otitis media |
| RCM | radiocontrast media |
| otitis media, suppurative | Inflammation of the middle ear with purulent discharge. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| otitis media with effusion | Inflammation of the middle ear with a clear pale yellow-coloured transudate. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Capillaria plica | A fine threadworm species occurring in the urinary bladder and sometimes the renal pelvis of the dog and cat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica | 1. <medicine> A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait. 2. <botany> A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches. 3. <zoology> The bend of the wing of a bird. Origin: LL, a fold, fr. L. Plicare to fold. See Ply. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plica aryepiglottica | A prominent fold of mucous membrane stretching between the lateral margin of the epiglottis and the arytenoid cartilage on either side; it encloses the aryepiglottic muscle. Synonym: plica aryepiglottica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica axillaris | One of the folds of skin and muscular tissue bounding the axilla anteriorly and posteriorly. Synonym: plica axillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica caecalis vascularis | <anatomy> A peritoneal fold that arches over a branch of the ileocolic artery and bounds in front a narrow recess, the superior ileocaecal (or ileocolic) recess. Synonym: plica caecalis vascularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica chordae tympani | The fold of mucosa that surrounds the chorda tympani nerve in its course through the tympanic cavity. Synonym: plica chordae tympani. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica choroidea | In the embryo, an infolding of the chorion from which the choroid plexus develops. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica duodenalis inferior | A fold of peritoneum bounding the inferior duodenal recess. Synonym: plica duodenalis inferior, plica duodenomesocolica, duodenomesocolic fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica duodenalis superior | A fold of peritoneum bounding the superior duodenal recess. Synonym: plica duodenalis superior, plica duodenojejunalis, duodenojejunal fold. (05 Mar 2000) |