| WBGT index | Wet Bulb Globe Thermometer index = 0.7tw + 0.3k{(tg-ta)oK + ta} ta; 건... |
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| AEI | arbitrary evolution index; atrial emptying index |
| AHI | active hostility index; Animal Health Institute; apnea-plus-hypopnea index |
| BI | background interval; bacterial or bactericidal index; base-in [prism]; basilar impression; Billroth ... |
| CPI | California Personality Inventory; Cancer Potential Index; congenital palatopharyngeal incompetence; ... |
| cerebral index | The ratio of the transverse to the anteroposterior diameter of the cranial cavity multiplied by 100. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cerebrospinal index | The figure obtained by multiplying the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid, after fluid has been withdrawn by spinal puncture, by the quantity of fluid withdrawn and then dividing by the original pressure. Synonym: cephalorrhachidian index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemotherapeutic index | The ratio of the minimal effective dose of a chemotherapeutic agent to the maximal tolerated dose. Originally used by Ehrlich to express the relative toxicity of a chemotherapeutic agent to a parasite and to its host. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chest index | Anteroposterior diameter of the thorax times 100 divided by the transverse diameter of the thorax. Synonym: chest index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periodical index | Useful as a subject approach to the contents of a periodical issuing an annual, biennial, quinquennial, decennial, etc., index. The heading is used for the overall body of articles published by a periodical in the same sense that bibliography is useful when published as a single article. (12 Dec 1998) |
| metacarpal index | The average ratio of length to breadth of metacarpals II to V; this ratio is increased in the Marfan syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Robinson index | An index used to calculate heart work load. See: double product. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phagocytic index | The average number of bacteria observed in the cytoplasm of polymorphonuclear leukocytes after mixing and incubating, at 37캜, 1) a suspension of washed, presumably normal leukocytes, 2) the serum to be tested for opsonin, and 3) a young culture of microorganisms that are causing disease in the patient. Origin: L. Phagedaena, Gr Phago, To eat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rohrer's index | Body weight in grams times 100 divided by the cube of height in centimeters. (05 Mar 2000) |
| root caries index | The ratio of the number of teeth with carious lesions of the root, and/or restorations of the root, to the number of teeth with exposed root surfaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mitotic index | <cell biology, molecular biology> The fraction of cells in a sample that are in mitosis. It is a measure of the relative length of the mitotic phase of the cell cycle. (18 Nov 1997) |
| molar absorbancy index | Absorbance (of light) per unit path length (usually the centimeter) and per unit of concentration (moles per liter); a fundamental unit in spectrophotometry. Synonym: absorbancy index, absorptivity, molar absorbancy index, molar absorptivity, molar extinction coefficient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pirquet's index | An obsolete method of establishing the presence of malnutrition by dividing the weight (grams/10) by the sitting height (in cm); the cube root of the quotient if < 0.945 was considered as indicating malnutrition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Colour Index | A publication concerned with the chemistry of dyes, with each listed dye identified by a five-digit Colour Index number, e.g., methylene blue is Colour Index 52015. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Plaque Index | An index for estimating the status of oral hygiene by measuring dental plaque which occurs in the areas adjacent to the gingival margin. (05 Mar 2000) |