| PPC | pentose phosphate cycle; peripheral posterior curve; plasma prothrombin conversion; pneumopericardiu... |
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| PPCF | peripartum cardiac failure; plasma prothrombin conversion factor |
| Pro | proline; prophylactic; prothrombin |
| PTA | parallel tubular arrays; parathyroid adenoma; percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; peroxidase-labe... |
| PTC | papillary thyroid carcinoma; percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography; phase transfer catalyst; phe... |
| zero time-binding DNA | DNA that has become the duplex form at the start of a reassociation process. Acronym: DNA (05 Mar 2000) |
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| utilization time | The minimum duration of a stimulus of rheobasic strength that is just sufficient to produce excitation. Synonym: temps utile. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forced expiratory time | The time taken to expire a given volume or a given fraction of vital capacity during measurement of forced vital capacity; subscripts specify the exact parameters measured. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left ventricular ejection time | The time measured clinically from onset to incisural notch of the carotid or other pulse; properly the time of ejection of blood from the left ventricle beginning with aortic valve opening and ending with aortic valve closure. (05 Mar 2000) |