| AAG | 3-alkaladenine deoxyribonucleic acid glycosylase; allergic angiitis and granulomatosis; alpha-1-acid... |
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| A-a O2 | alveolo-arterial oxygen tension |
| AaPCO2, (A-a)PCO2 | alveolo-arterial carbon dioxide tension difference |
| AaPO2, (A-a) PO2 | alveolo-arterial oxygen tension difference |
| ABG | arterial blood gas; axiobucco-gingival |
| alligator forceps | A long forceps with a small hinged jaw on the end. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Allis forceps | A straight grasping forceps with serrated jaws, used to forcibly grasp or retract tissues or structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Arruga's forceps | Forceps for the intracapsular extraction of a cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis-traction forceps | Obstetrical forceps provided with a second handle so attached that traction can be made in the line in which the head must move in the axis of the pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barton's forceps | An obstetrical forceps with one fixed curved blade and a hinged anterior blade for application to a high transverse head. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bayonet forceps | Forceps with offset blades, such as those for use through an otoscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone forceps | A strong forceps used for seizing or removing fragments of bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brown-Adson forceps | An Adson forceps with about 16 delicate teeth on each tip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulldog forceps | A forceps for occluding a blood vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bullet forceps | A forceps with thin curved blades with serrated grasping surfaces, for extracting a bullet from tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsule forceps | Forceps used for removing the capsule of the lens in extracapsular extraction of a cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| major forceps | Occipital radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends sharply backward into the occipital lobe of the cerebrum. Synonym: forceps major, forceps posterior, occipital part of corpus callosum, pars occipitalis corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Randall stone forceps | A forceps with variably curved slender blades and serrated jaws, used to extract calculi from the renal pelvis or calices. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vulsellum forceps | A forceps with hooks at the tip of each blade. Synonym: volsella, vulsella, vulsellum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chamberlen forceps | The original obstetrical forceps, without a curvature. (05 Mar 2000) |