| Deg, deg | degeneration, degenerative; degree |
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| DF | decapacitation factor; decontamination factor; deferoxamine; deficiency factor; defined flora [anima... |
| DP | data processing; deep pulse; definitive procedure; degradation product; degree of polymerization; de... |
| FF | degree of fineness of abrasive particles; fat-free; father factor; fecal frequency; fertility factor... |
| FFF | degree of fineness of abrasive particles; field-flow fractionation; flicker fusion frequency |
| second tibial muscle | An inconstant muscle, of small size, arising from the back of the tibia and inserted into the articular capsule of the ankle joint. Synonym: second tibial muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| second tooth | One of the 32 teeth belonging to the second or permanent dentition; eruption of the permanent teeth begins from the fifth to the seventh year, and is not completed until the seventeenth to the twenty-third year, when the last of the wisdom teeth appears. Synonym: dens permanens, dens succedaneus, second tooth, secondary dentition, succedaneous dentition, succedaneous tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neoplasms, second primary | Abnormal growths of tissue that follow a previous neoplasm but are not metastases of the latter. The second neoplasm may have the same or different histological type and can occur in the same or different organs as the previous neoplasm but in all cases arises from an independent oncogenic event. The development of the second neoplasm may or may not be related to the treatment for the previous neoplasm since genetic risk or predisposing factors may actually be the cause. (12 Dec 1998) |
| error of the second kind | See: Error, beta. (12 Dec 1998) |
| twelfth-second | <physics> A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 10^12 (ten trillion) of these units make one second. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| foot-pound-second | <unit> An absolute unit of the foot-pound-second system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foot-pound-second system | <mechanics> A system of absolute units based on the foot, pound, and second. (05 Mar 2000) |