| AT-PAS | aldehyde-thionine-periodic acid Schiff [test] |
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| BIPLED | bilateral, independent, periodic, lateralized epileptiform discharge |
| EPSDT | early and periodic screening diagnosis and treatment program |
| HOKPP | hypokalemic periodic paralysis |
| HYPP | hyperkalemic periodic paralysis |
| PMS | Periodic movements in sleep |
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| PSD | Periodic synchronous discharges |
| TPP | Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis |
| tissue respiration | The interchange of gases between the blood and the tissues. Synonym: internal respiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| electrophrenic respiration | The rhythmical electrical stimulation of the phrenic nerve by an electrode applied to the skin at the motor points of the phrenic nerve; it is used in paralysis of the respiratory centre resulting from acute bulbar poliomyelitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubular respiration | High-pitched bronchial respiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jerky respiration | The inspiratory sound being broken into two or three by silent intervals. Synonym: interrupted respiration, jerky respiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external respiration | The exchange of respiratory gases in the lungs as distinguished from internal or tissue respiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kussmaul-Kien respiration | Deep, rapid respiration characteristic of diabetic or other causes of acidosis. Synonym: Kussmaul-Kien respiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kussmaul respiration | Deep, rapid respiration characteristic of diabetic or other causes of acidosis. Synonym: Kussmaul-Kien respiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laboured respiration | <chest medicine> Difficult, usually deep, breathing in patients with cardiac or pulmonary disease or disease affecting nervous system control of ventilation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forced respiration | Voluntary hyperventilation. (05 Mar 2000) |