| A&P | anterior and posterior; assessment and plans; auscultation and percussion |
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| C&P | compensation and pension; complete and pain free [joint movement]; cystoscopy and pyelography |
| C&S | calvarium and scalp; conjunctiva and sclera; culture and sensitivity |
| DRIP | delirium and drugs-restricted mobility and retention-infection, inflammation and impaction-polyuria ... |
| H&E | hematoxylin and eosin [stain]; hemorrhage and exudate; heredity and environment |
| APD(90) | Action potential duration at 50% and 90 |
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| APACHE II | Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation |
| APACHE II | Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II |
| ABLES | Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance program |
| NASA | Aeronautic and Space Administration |
one and one-half syndrome
| senile cataract | A cataract occurring spontaneously in the elderly; mainly a cuneiform cataract, nuclear cataract, or posterior subcapsular cataract, alone or in combination. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pyramidal cataract | A cone-shaped, anterior polar cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| siderotic cataract | A cataract resulting from deposition of iron from an iron-containing intraocular foreign body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypermature cataract | A cataract in which the lens cortex becomes liquid, with the nucleus gravitating within the capsule (Morgagni's cataract). Synonym: overripe cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypocalcaemic cataract | <ophthalmology> A cataract occurring with low serum calcium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soft cataract | <ophthalmology> An advanced or mature cataract in which the nucleus is not well developed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spindle cataract | A cataract in which the opacity is fusiform, extending from one pole to the other. Synonym: fusiform cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stationary cataract | A cataract that does not progress. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate cataract | Congenital cataract with lens opacities radiating toward the periphery, with subcapsular and cortical changes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subcapsular cataract | A cataract in which the opacities are concentrated beneath the capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sugar cataract | Any cataract associated with intralenticular accumulation of pentose or hexose alcohols. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuclear cataract | A cataract involving the nucleus. Synonym: hard cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sunflower cataract | chalcosis lentis |
| sutural cataract | A congenital type of cataract with opacities along the Y sutures of the foetal lens nucleus; usually does not affect vision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dendritic cataract | A congenital sutural cataract with complicated branching. (05 Mar 2000) |