| FDTD | finite difference time domain [method] |
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| FEM | female; femur, femoral; finite element method |
| HAREM | heparin assay rapid easy method |
| HARM | heparin assay rapid method |
| IDM | idiopathic disease of myocardium; immune defense mechanism; indirect method; infant of diabetic moth... |
| PCR-SSCP | Polymerase Chain Reaction-Single Strand Conformation Polymorphism |
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| PCR-SSCP | Polymerase chain reaction and single strand conformation polymorphism |
| PCR-SSCP | Polymerase chain reaction single strand conformational polymorphism |
| rscu-PA | Recombinant single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator |
| SCG | Single Cell Gel |
| Pavlov method | The method of studying conditioned reflex activity by the observation of a motor indicator, such as the salivary or electroencephalographic response. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| glucose oxidase method | <chemical pathology> A highly specific method for measurement of glucose in serum or plasma by reaction with glucose oxidase, in which gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide are formed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Reverdin's method | pinch graft |
| Charters' method | A method of toothbrushing utilizing a restricted circular motion with the bristles inclined coronally at a 45 degree angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chayes' method | A method of replacing lost teeth utilizing a mechanical device for the fixation and stabilization of the dental prosthesis which allows "movement in function" of the abutment teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Graupner's method | An obsolete term for a test of the sufficiency of the heart muscle; if a normal subject takes a measured amount of exercise, the pulse rate rises, and after it has begun to fall the systolic blood pressure begins to rise, reaching its maximum a few minutes after the pulse rate; in the case of a weakened heart, the rise in blood pressure is delayed and the amount of increase diminished; in seriously weakened hearts, a fall in blood pressure occurs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhythm method | <gynaecology> A contraceptive method whereby abstinence is practiced a few days before and after the estimated day of ovulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Rideal-Walker method | A figure expressing the disinfecting power of any substance; it is obtained by dividing the figure indicating the degree of dilution of the disinfectant that kills a microorganism in a given time by that indicating the degree of dilution of phenol which kills the organism in the same space of time under similar conditions. Synonym: hygienic laboratory coefficient, phenol coefficient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chloropercha method | A method of filling the root canals of teeth by dissolving gutta-percha cones in a chloroform-rosin medium within the root canal. Synonym: Callahan's method, Johnson's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gruber's method | A modification of the Politzer method in which the patient does not swallow, but says "hoc" at the instant of compression of the bag. (05 Mar 2000) |
| grunstein and hogness method | The Grunstein and Hogness methodis a hybridisation lab technique in which whole, lysed (ruptured) bacterial colonies which have previously been blotted onto a nitrocellulose (or other) membrane are hybridised to a DNA probe. (09 Oct 1997) |
| method | The mode or manner or orderly sequence of events of a process or procedure. See: fixative, operation, procedure, stain, technique. Origin: G. Methodos; fr. Meta, after, + hodos, way (05 Mar 2000) |
| micro-Astrup method | An interpolation technique for acid-base measurement, based on pH and the use of the Siggaard-Andersen nomogram to determine the base deficit as an expression of metabolic acidosis and the arterial PCO2 as an expression of respiratory acidosis or alkalosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| micro-Kjeldahl method | A modification of the macro-Kjeldahl method designed for the analysis of nitrogenous compounds in relatively small quantities, e.g., specimens in which the total content of nitrogen is in the range of 1 to a few mg. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Roux's method | Division of the inferior maxilla in the median line, to facilitate the operation of ablation of the tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |