| BLAD | borderline left axis deviation |
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| CA | anterior commissure [Lat. commissura anterior]; calcium antagonist; California [rabbit]; cancer; Can... |
| CL | capillary lumen; cardiolipin; cell line; centralis lateralis; chemiluminescence; chest and left arm ... |
| cx | cervix; complex; cylinder axis |
| HAM | hearing aid microphone; helical axis in motion; human albumin microsphere; human alveolar macrophage... |
| transporionic axis | An imaginary line connecting the upper central points of the external auditory meatuses; used in radiographic cephalometry. See: porion. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transverse horizontal axis | An imaginary line around which the mandible may rotate through the horizontal plane. Synonym: hinge axis, mandibular axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external axis of eye | That part of the optic axis from the midpoint of anterior surface of the cornea to the posterior surface of the posterior pole of the external surface of the sclera. Synonym: axis bulbi externus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facial axis | A line drawn from the subnasal point to the midpoint of the sphenoethmoidal suture. Synonym: facial axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Y-axis | A cephalometric indicator of the vertical and horizontal coordinates of mandibular growth expressed in degrees of the inferior facial angle formed by the intersection of the sella-gnathion plane with the Frankfort horizontal plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left axis deviation | A mean electrical axis of the heart pointing to -30 |
| long axis | A line extending through the centre of an object lengthwise; in dentistry, the line extending inciso-(occluso-) cervically parallel to axial surfaces of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long axis of body | long axis of body |
| long axis view | In echocardiography, a projection parallel to the interventricular septum of the heart; four-chamber view. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abnormal heart chamber dimensions | <radiology> Left ventricular volume overload, left ventricular hypertrophy, right ventricular volume overload, right ventricular hypertrophy, fixed subvalvular aortic stenosis, hypoplastic left/right ventricle; common ventricle, congestive cardiomyopathy (12 Dec 1998) |
| Abrams' heart reflex | A contraction of the myocardium when the skin of the precordial region is irritated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| american heart association | A voluntary organization concerned with the prevention and treatment of heart and vascular diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| apex of heart | The blunt extremity of the heart formed by the left ventricle. See: apex beat. Synonym: apex cordis, vertex cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| armored heart | Calcareous deposits in the pericardium due to subacute or chronic pericarditis. Synonym: panzerherz. (05 Mar 2000) |
| armor heart | Extensive to complete calcification (rarely ossification) of the pericardium usually producing constrictive pericarditis. (05 Mar 2000) |