| CVA | cardiovascular accident; cerebrovascular accident; chronic villous arthritis; common variable agamma... |
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| CVAT | costovertebral angle tenderness |
| FA | false aneurysm; Families Anonymous; Fanconi anemia; far advanced; fatty acid; febrile antigen; femor... |
| FLASH | fast low angle shot; fluorescence in situ hybridization |
| FMA | Frankfort mandibular plane angle |
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| ectotrophoblastic cavity | A developmental cavity appearing between the trophoblast and the embryonic disk ectoderm in some mammals. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| epamniotic cavity | A developmental cavity that exists in some mammals and is derived by division of the proamniotic space; it is further removed from the embryo than the amniotic cavity in some mammals. Synonym: ectoplacental cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidural cavity | The space between the walls of the vertebral canal and the dura mater of the spinal cord. Synonym: cavum epidurale, epidural space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trigeminal cavity | The cleft in the meningeal layer of dura of the middle cranial fossa near the tip of the petrous part of the temporal bone; it encloses the roots of the trigeminal nerve and the trigeminal ganglion. Synonym: cavum trigeminale, Meckel's cavity, Meckel's space, trigeminal cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic cavity | An air chamber in the temporal bone containing the ossicles; it is lined with mucous membrane and is continuous with the auditory tube anteriorly and the tympanic antrum and mastoid air cells posteriorly. Synonym: cavitas tympanica, cavity of middle ear, cavum tympani, tympanum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uterine cavity | Cavity of uterus, the space within the uterus extending from the cervical canal to the openings of the uterine tubes. Synonym: cavitas uteri, cavum uteri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| floor of tympanic cavity | The floor of the tympanic cavity; a thin plate of bone separating the tympanic cavity from the jugular fossa. Synonym: paries jugularis cavi tympani, fundus tympani, inferior wall of tympanic cavity, jugular wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral wall of tympanic cavity | The wall formed mainly by the tympanic membrane. Synonym: paries membranaceus cavi tympani, lateral wall of middle ear, membranous wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lesser peritoneal cavity | <anatomy> An isolated portion of the peritoneal cavity lying dorsal to the stomach and extending craniad to the liver and diaphragm and caudad into the greater omentum; it opens into the general peritoneal cavity at the epiploic foramen. Synonym: bursa omentalis, lesser peritoneal cavity, lesser peritoneal sac, omental sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acromial angle | The prominent angle at the junction of the posterior and lateral borders of the acromion. Synonym: angulus acromialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute angle | Any angle less than 90 |
| acute angle closure glaucoma | <ophthalmology> An increase in pressure within the anterior chamber of the eye. There are two forms of glaucoma: acute angle closure and open angle glaucoma. (27 Sep 1997) |
| adjacent angle | An angle with a line in common with another angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alpha angle | The angle between the visual and optic axes as they cross at the nodal point of the eye, the angle between the visual line and the major axis of the corneal ellipse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolar angle | The angle between the horizontal plane and a line connecting the base of the nasal spine and the middle point of the projection of the alveolus of the maxilla. (05 Mar 2000) |