| CT | calcitonin; calf testis; cardiac tamponade; cardiothoracic [ratio]; carotid tracing; carpal tunnel; ... |
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| DTT | diagnostic and therapeutic team; diphtheria tetanus toxoid; direct transverse traction; dithiothreit... |
| GTEM | gigahertz transverse electromagnetic [cell] |
| LFT | latex fixation test; latex flocculation test; left fronto-transverse [fetal position]; liver functio... |
| LTCS | low transverse cervical section |
| fleischner lines | <radiology> Long line shadows (fibrotic scar) from invagination of pleura at the base of the collapse resulting in pseudofissure, seen in pulmonary infarction (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Langer's lines | Lines which can be extrapolated by connecting linear openings made when a round pin is driven into the skin of a cadaver, resulting from the principal axis of orientation of the subcutaneous connective tissue (collagen) fibres of the dermis; they vary in direction with the region of the body surface. Synonym: Langer's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fraunhofer lines | <physics> The lines of the spectrun; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed and interpreted by Fraunhofer, a German physicist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Fraunhofer's lines | A number of the most prominent of the absorption line's of the solar spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| LINES | <abbreviation> Long interspersed elements. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lines of Retzius | Incremental line's of rhythmic deposition of successive layers of enamel matrix during development. Synonym: lines of Retzius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lines of Zahn | Riblike markings seen by the naked eye on the surface of antemortem thrombi; they consist of a branching framework of platelets and fibrin separating the coagulated blood cells. Synonym: striae of Zahn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Looser's lines | Radiolucent bands in the cortex of a bone; usually indicates osteomalacia. Synonym: Looser's zones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute transverse myelitis | Acute inflammation and softening of the spinal cord; involves the entire thickness of the spinal cord but of limited longitudinal extent; multiple aetiologies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal transverse fissure | A transverse fissure on the visceral surface of the liver between the caudate and quadrate lobes, lodging the portal vein, hepatic artery, hepatic nerve plexus, hepatic ducts, and lymphatic vessels. Synonym: caudal transverse fissure, portal fissure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mesentery of transverse colon | See: mesocolon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| groove for transverse sinus | The groove on the inner surface of the occipital bone marking the course of the transverse sinus; the tentorium is attached to its margins. Synonym: sulcus sinus transversi, sulcus for transverse sinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle transverse rectal fold | See: transverse rectal folds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| midgastric transverse sphincter | Angular sphincter, thickening of the circular muscular layer forming a proposed intermediate sphincter at the level of the angular notch of the stomach. While the thickening of the circular muscle may indicate the commencement of the pyloric antrum, true functional sphincteric activity distinct from the other peristaltic contractions of the stomach is not observed although some of these may in fact temporarily close off the antrum from the remainder of the stomach lumen. Synonym: antral sphincter, midgastric transverse sphincter, sphincter antri, sphincter intermedius, sphincter of antrum, sphincter of gastric antrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myelitis, transverse | Myelitis in which the functional effect of the lesions spans the width of the entire cord at a given level. (12 Dec 1998) |