| DF | decapacitation factor; decontamination factor; deferoxamine; deficiency factor; defined flora [anima... |
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| DFA | direct fluorescent antibody; discriminant function analysis; dorsiflexion assistance |
| DFT | diagnostic function test; defibrillation threshold |
| DOFOS | disturbance of function occlusion syndrome |
| DTF | detector transfer function |
| immunologic tests | Diagnostic techniques involving the demonstration or measurement of an immune response, including antibody production or assay, antigen-antibody reactions, serologic cross-reactivity, delayed hypersensitivity reactions, or heterogenetic responses. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| ink blot tests | Projective tests utilizing ink blots to which a subject responds. They are used in personality diagnosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intradermal tests | Skin tests in which the sensitiser is injected. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tests of criminal responsibility | In forensic psychiatry, legal precedents upon which are based decisions concerning insanity in criminals. See: American Law Institute rule, Durham rule, M'Naghten rule, New Hampshire rule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxicity tests | Tests that determine the toxicity of a substance. These include tests of clinical drugs, foods, environmental pollutants, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fallopian tube patency tests | Methods for assessing the patency of the fallopian tubes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| flocculation tests | Precipitin tests in which precipitation occurs over a narrow range of antigen-antibody ratio, due chiefly to peculiarities of the antibody (precipitin). (12 Dec 1998) |
| language tests | Tests designed to assess language behaviour and abilities. They include tests of vocabulary, comprehension, grammar and functional use of language, e.g., development sentence scoring, receptive-expressive emergent language scale, parsons language sample, utah test of language development, michigan language inventory and verbal language development scale, illinois test of psycholinguistic abilities, northwestern syntax screening test, peabody picture vocabulary test, ammons full-range picture vocabulary test, and assessment of children's language comprehension. (12 Dec 1998) |
| latex fixation tests | Passive agglutination tests in which antigen is adsorbed onto latex particles which then clump in the presence of antibody specific for the adsorbed antigen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vein of vestibular aqueduct | A small vein accompanying the endolymphatic duct; it drains much of the vestibular portion of the labyrinth and terminates in the inferior petrosal sinus. Synonym: vena aqueductus vestibuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vein of vestibular bulb | The vein draining the bulb of the vestibule; a tributary of the internal pudendal vein. Synonym: vena bulbi vestibuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular | <anatomy> Pertaining to or toward a vestibule. In dental anatomy, used to refer to the tooth surface directed toward the vestibule of the mouth. Origin: L. Vestibularis (18 Nov 1997) |
| vestibular anus | <anatomy, surgery> A congenital malformation in which the anus is imperforate but the rectum opens into the vagina just above the vulva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular apparatus | <anatomy> The receptor organ of the vestibular portion of the 8th cranial nerve, consisting of the three saemicircular canals and the otolith, located within the petrous portion of the temporal bone of the skull. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular aqueduct | <anatomy> A small bony canal linking the vestibule of the inner ear to the posterior part of the internal surface of the petrous temporal bone. It surrounds the endolymphatic duct. (12 Dec 1998) |