| SCM | Schwann cell membrane; sensation, circulation, and motion; Society of Computer Medicine; soluble cyt... |
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| TCE | T-cell enriched; tetrachlorodiphenyl ethane; trichloroethylene T-cell thymus-derived cell |
| TCR | T-cell reactivity; T-cell receptor; T-cell rosette; thalamocortical relay; total cytoplasmic ribosom... |
| WBC | well baby care/clinic; white blood cell; white blood cell count; whole blood cell count |
| WC | ward clerk; water closet; Weber-Christian [syndrome]; wheel chair; white cell; white cell casts; whi... |
| hepatic vein thrombosis | Occlusion of the hepatic veins caused by thrombi or fibrous obliteration of the veins. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hepatic veno-occlusive disease | Blockage of the small- or medium-sized hepatic veins due to nonthrombotic subendothelial oedema which may progress to fibrosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatic venous segments | Each of the four territories of the liver separately drained by the hepatic veins. Synonym: hepatic venous segments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphincter of hepatic flexure of colon | Physiological sphincter at the level of the right colic flexure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| echinococcosis, hepatic | Helminth infection of the liver caused by echinococcus granulosus or echinococcus multilocularis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tuberculosis, hepatic | Infection of the liver with tubercle bacilli producing localised granulomata, miliary lesions, or tuberculoma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| left hepatic artery | <anatomy, artery> Left branch of proper hepatic artery; terminal branch off proper hepatic artery supplying left lobe of the liver. Synonym: ramus sinister arteriae hepaticae propriae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left hepatic duct | The duct that drains bile from the left half of the liver, including the quadrate lobe and the left part of the caudate lobe. Synonym: ductus hepaticus sinister. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left hepatic veins | Veins draining the lateral segments [II & III] of the left lobe of the liver which join to form a single or paired trunk of variable size which usually (90% of the time) merges with that formed by the middle hepatic veins prior to entering the terminal portion of the superior vena cava. Synonym: venae hepaticae sinistrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| T-cell-rich, B-cell lymphoma | <tumour> A B-cell lymphoma in which more than 90% of the cells are of T-cell origin, masking the large cells that form the neoplastic B-cell component. See: adult T-cell lymphoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absorption cell | A small glass chamber with parallel sides, in which absorption spectra of solutions can be obtained. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acid cell | One of the cell's of the gastric glands; it lies upon the basement membrane, covered by the chief cell's, and secretes hydrochloric acid that reaches the lumen of the gland through fine intracellular and intercellular canals (canaliculi). Synonym: acid cell, oxyntic cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acidophil cell | A cell whose cytoplasm or its granules stain with acid dyes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acinar cell | Any secreting cell lining an acinus, especially applied to the cell's of the pancreas that furnish pancreatic juice and enzymes to distinguish them from the cell's of ducts and the islets of Langerhans. Synonym: acinous cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acinar cell tumour | A solid and cystic tumour of the pancreas, occurring in young women; tumour cells contain zymogen granules. (05 Mar 2000) |