| NSVD | normal spontaneous vaginal delivery |
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| NVD | nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea; neck vein distention; neovascularization of the disk; neurovesicle d... |
| PVC | peripheral venous catheterization; persistent vaginal cornification; polyvinyl chloride; postvoiding... |
| RVO | Regional Veterinary Officer; relaxed vaginal outlet; right ventricular outflow |
| SAVD | spontaneous assisted vaginal delivery |
| posterior vaginal hernia | Downward displacement of Douglas' pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Schauta vaginal operation | An extensive extirpation of the uterus and the adnexa, using the vaginal approach facilitated by Schuchardt's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterectomy, vaginal | Removal of the uterus through a surgical incision, not of the abdomen but, within the vagina. With a vaginal hysterectomy, the scar is not outwardly visible. A vaginal hysterectomy is in contrast to an abdominal hysterectomy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lateral part of vaginal fornix | lateral part of vaginal fornix |
| abdominal wall fat pad biopsy | <investigation, procedure, surgery> The removal of a small specimen of the abdominal wall fat pad for microscopic examination. Often used in the diagnosis of amyloidosis. Performed with a local anaesthetic. (25 Jun 1999) |
| anterior wall of middle ear | It contains the carotid canal and the opening of the auditory tube. Synonym: paries caroticus cavi tympani, anterior wall of middle ear, carotid wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior wall of stomach | The part of the gastric wall that faces the peritoneal cavity. Synonym: paries anterior gastris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior wall of tympanic cavity | It contains the carotid canal and the opening of the auditory tube. Synonym: paries caroticus cavi tympani, anterior wall of middle ear, carotid wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior wall of vagina | It is somewhat shorter than the posterior wall and at its upper end is penetrated by the cervix of the uterus. Synonym: paries anterior vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| beam-wall reaction | <radiobiology> Fusion reaction which occurs from the collision of a fast beam ion with an ion embedded in or adsorbed onto the reactor wall. (09 Oct 1997) |
| carotid wall of middle ear | It contains the carotid canal and the opening of the auditory tube. Synonym: paries caroticus cavi tympani, anterior wall of middle ear, carotid wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal wall | The body wall or the somatopleure from which it is formed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mastoid wall of middle ear | It contains the opening into the mastoid antrum. Synonym: paries mastoideus cavi tympani, mastoid wall of middle ear, posterior wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular wall of cochlear duct | The membrane separating the cochlear duct from the vestibular canal; it consists of squamous epithelial cells with microvilli toward the ductus, a basement membrane, and a thin layer of connective tissue toward the scala. Synonym: membrana vestibularis, paries vestibularis ductus cochlearis, Reissner's membrane, vestibular wall of cochlear duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavity wall | One of the surfaces bounding a cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |