| SEG | segment; soft elastic gelatin; sonoencephalogram |
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| SF | Sabin-Feldman [test]; safety factor; salt-free; scarlet fever; screen film; seminal fluid; serosal f... |
| STANDOUT | soft thresholding and depth cueing of unspecified techniques |
| STC | serum theophylline concentration; soft tissue calcification; stroke treatment center; subtotal colec... |
| STR | soft tissue relaxation; statherin; stirred tank reactor |
| soft wart | A polypoid outgrowth of both epidermis and dermal fibrovascular tissue, common terminology for any small benign cutaneous lesion. Synonym: acrochordon, fibroepithelial polyp, fibroma molle, senile fibroma, soft wart. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| soft water | Water lacking those ions, such as Magnesium and Calcium, that form insoluble salts with fatty acids, so that ordinary soap will lather easily in it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nasion soft tissue | The outer point of intersection between the nasion-sella line and the soft tissue profile. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neoplasms, connective and soft tissue | Neoplasms developing from some structure of the connective and subcutaneous tissue. The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in connective or soft tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| yellow soft paraffin | <pharmacology> A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odour, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments. Petrolatum is the official name for the purified product. Cosmoline and vaseline are commercial names for substances essentially the same, but differing slightly in appearance and consistency or fusibility. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |