| NSSTT | nonspecific ST and T [wave] |
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| PD | Doctor of Pharmacy; Dublin Pharmacopoeia; interpupillary distance; Paget disease; pancreatic duct; p... |
| PPRWP | poor precordial R-wave progression |
| P-R | the time between the P wave and the beginning of the QRS complex in electrocardiography [interval] |
| y | Greek letter psi; wave function |
| extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy | <procedure> This procedure uses sound waves delivered inside a water bath to pulverise kidney stones painlessly inside the body. (11 Nov 1997) |
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| y wave | The wave in the atrial and venous pulse curves reflecting rapid filling of the ventricles just after the atrioventricular valves open. (05 Mar 2000) |
| U wave | A positive wave following the T wave of the electrocardiogram. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluid wave | A sign of free fluid in the abdominal cavity; percussion on one side of the abdomen transmits a wave that is felt on the opposite side. (05 Mar 2000) |
| free wave | <radiobiology> A wave (for example, electromagnetic) traveling in a homogeneous infinite medium (no boundary conditions). (09 Oct 1997) |
| longitudinal wave | <physics> Waves where the variation of the field is partially or totally in the direction of propagation (parallel to wavennumber, k [a vector]). Examples include sound waves and Langmuir waves. Contrasted with transverse waves, where the variation is perpendicular to the direction of propagation, such as light waves. (13 Nov 1997) |