| TBW | total body water; total body weight |
|---|---|
| WBS | Wechsler-Bellevue Scale; whole-blood serum; whole-body scan; Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome; withdrawal... |
| αHBs | Antibody against Hepatitis B surface Antigen |
| CSA | 1) Cell Surface Antigen 2) Central Sleep Apnea |
| HBsAg | Hepatitis B surface Antigen |
| maxillary surface of palatine bone | The lateral surface of the perpendicular plate of the palatine bone. Synonym: facies maxillaris ossis palatini. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| glenoid surface | A deep hollow in the squamous portion of the temporal bone at the root of the zygoma, in which rests the condyle of the mandible. Synonym: cavitas glenoidalis, fossa mandibularis, articular fossa of temporal bone, glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa, glenoid surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| patellar surface of femur | The groove formed anteriorly between the anterosuperior portions of the femoral condyles that accommodates the patella. Synonym: facies patellaris femoris, trochlea femoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial cerebral surface | It faces, above as well as anterior and posterior to the corpus callosum, the falx cerebri; below it are the mesencephalon and the dura-covered medial wall of the middle cranial fossa. Synonym: facies medialis cerebri, medial cerebral surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visceral surface of liver | The posteroinferior surface of the liver that faces adjacent abdominal organs; the porta hepatis and gallbladder are located on this surface. Synonym: facies visceralis hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visceral surface of the spleen | The surface of the spleen in contact with adjacent viscera. Synonym: facies visceralis splenis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial malleolar surface of talus | The surface of the trochlea of the talus that articulates with the medial malleolus of the tibia. Synonym: facies malleolaris medialis tali. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface | The surface of a part of the body that faces toward the midline. The NA recognises a medial surface on the following structures: arytenoid cartilage; fibula; lung; ovary; testis; tibia; ulna. Synonym: facies medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of arytenoid cartilage | medial surface of arytenoid cartilage |
| medial surface of cerebral hemisphere | It faces, above as well as anterior and posterior to the corpus callosum, the falx cerebri; below it are the mesencephalon and the dura-covered medial wall of the middle cranial fossa. Synonym: facies medialis cerebri, medial cerebral surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of fibula | medial surface of fibula |
| medial surface of lung | It consists of a vertebral part and a mediastinal part. See: mediastinal surface of lung. Synonym: facies medialis pulmonis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of ovary | The surface of the ovary that faces the pelvic cavity. Synonym: facies medialis ovarii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of testis | medial surface of testis |
| medial surface of tibia | medial surface of tibia |