| HOH | hard of hearing |
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| HP | halogen phosphorus; handicapped person; haptoglobin; hard palate; Harvard pump; health profession(al... |
| HXIS | hard x-ray imaging spectrometry |
| SHHH | self-help for hard of hearing |
| FDI | F?d?ration Dentaire Internationale = International Dental Association |
| incidental colour | An obsolete term for a colour impression that remains after removal of the source. See: afterimage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intrinsic colour | <dentistry> The addition of colour pigment within the material of a dental prosthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| opponent colour | Pairs of colour that share colour channels in the retina (red-green, blue-yellow, black-white). (05 Mar 2000) |
| echocardiography, doppler, colour | Echocardiography applying the doppler effect, with the superposition of flow information as colours on a gray scale in a real-time image. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tone colour | The distinguishing quality of a sound, by which one may determine its source. Synonym: tone colour. Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extrinsic colour | Colour applied to the external surface of a dental prosthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eye colour | Colour of the iris. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Young-Helmholtz theory of colour vision | A theory that there are three colour-perceiving elements in the retina: red, green, and blue. Perception of other colours arises from the combined stimulation of these elements; deficiency or absence of any one of these elements results in inability to perceive that colour and a misperception of any other colour of which it forms a part. Synonym: Helmholtz theory of colour vision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ultrasonography, doppler, colour | Ultrasonography applying the doppler effect, with the superposition of flow information as colours on a gray scale in a real-time image. This type of ultrasonography is well-suited to identifying the location of high-velocity flow (such as in a stenosis) or of mapping the extent of flow in a certain region. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Farnsworth-Munsell colour test | A test for colour perception; the task is to arrange 84 colour disks (in four separate racks of 20-22 disks) in a sequence with minimal separation of hue between adjacent disks. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acid etching, dental | Pretreatment of tooth surfaces with etching agents, usually phosphoric acid, to increase the adhesion of various resin systems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| american dental association | Professional society representing the field of dentistry. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anterior superior dental arteries | Origin, infraorbital artery within intraorbital canal; distribution, via anterior alveolar canals to upper incisors and canine teeth, mucus membrane of maxillary sinus. Synonym: arteriae alveolares superiores anteriores, anterior superior dental arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apical dental foramen | The opening at the apex of the root of a tooth that gives passage to the nerve and blood vessels. Synonym: foramen apicis dentis, apical dental foramen, root foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arrested dental caries | Carious lesions that have become inactive and stopped progressing; they may exhibit changes in colour and/or consistency. (05 Mar 2000) |