| MSOF | multiple systems organ failure |
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| OSI | open systems interconnection [reference model] |
| POIS | Parkland On-Line Information Systems |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species; review of systems; rod outer segment |
| SMS | senior medical student; serial motor seizures; Shared Medical Systems; Smith-Magenis syndrome; somat... |
| expert systems | Computer programs based on knowledge developed from consultation with experts on a problem, and the processing and/or formalizing of this knowledge using these programs in such a manner that the problems may be solved. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| fire extinguishing systems | Automatic or hand operated equipment used to control and extinguish fires. (12 Dec 1998) |
| life support systems | Systems that provide all or most of the items necessary for maintaining life and health. Provisions are made for the supplying of oxygen, food, water, temperature and pressure control, disposition of carbon dioxide and body waste. The milieu may be a spacecraft, a submarine, or the surface of the moon. In medical care, usually under hospital conditions, life support care is available. (12 Dec 1998) |