| LAX-DSS | long axis-discrete subaortic stenosis |
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| MAS | magic angle spinning; Manifest Anxiety Scale; maximum average score; McCune-Albright syndrome; mecon... |
| NAD | neutrophil actin dysfunction; new antigenic determinant; nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; nicotini... |
| PAD | pain and distress; patient surface axis depth; percutaneous abscess drainage; percutaneous automated... |
| PSA | parasternal short axis; pleomorphic salivary gland adenoma; polyethylene sulfonic acid; polysacchari... |
| transverse horizontal axis | An imaginary line around which the mandible may rotate through the horizontal plane. Synonym: hinge axis, mandibular axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| aditus pelvis | The upper opening of the true pelvis, bounded anteriorly by the pubic symphysis and the pubic crest on either side, laterally by the iliopectineal lines, and posteriorly by the promontory of the sacrum. Synonym: apertura pelvis superior, aditus pelvis, first parallel pelvic plane, pelvic brim, pelvic inlet, pelvic plane of inlet, plane of inlet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| android pelvis | A masculine or funnel-shaped pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthropoid pelvis | An apelike pelvis, with a long anteroposterior diameter and a narrow transverse diameter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apertura pelvis inferior | The lower opening of the true pelvis, bounded anteriorly by the pubic arch, laterally by the rami of the ischium and the sacrotuberous ligament on either side, and posteriorly by these ligaments and the tip of the coccyx. Synonym: apertura pelvis inferior, apertura pelvis minoris, fourth parallel pelvic plane, pelvic outlet, pelvic plane of outlet, plane of outlet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apertura pelvis minoris | The lower opening of the true pelvis, bounded anteriorly by the pubic arch, laterally by the rami of the ischium and the sacrotuberous ligament on either side, and posteriorly by these ligaments and the tip of the coccyx. Synonym: apertura pelvis inferior, apertura pelvis minoris, fourth parallel pelvic plane, pelvic outlet, pelvic plane of outlet, plane of outlet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apertura pelvis superior | The upper opening of the true pelvis, bounded anteriorly by the pubic symphysis and the pubic crest on either side, laterally by the iliopectineal lines, and posteriorly by the promontory of the sacrum. Synonym: apertura pelvis superior, aditus pelvis, first parallel pelvic plane, pelvic brim, pelvic inlet, pelvic plane of inlet, plane of inlet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcus tendineus fasciae pelvis | A linear thickening of the superior fascia of the pelvic diaphragm extending posteriorly from the body of the pubis alongside the bladder (and vagina in the female) and giving attachment to the supporting ligaments of the pelvic viscera. Synonym: arcus tendineus fasciae pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |