| SCL | scleroderma; serum copper level; sinus cycle length; soft contact lens; stromal cell line; subcostal... |
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| SCOT | subcostal [right ventricle] outflow [view] |
| TCV | thoracic cage volume; three concept view |
| LAD | 1) Left Axis Deviation; 좌축 편위 2) Left Anterior Descending coronary artery... |
| RAD | Right Axis Deviation; 우축 편위 |
| short wave diathermy | Therapeutic elevation of temperature in the tissues by means of an oscillating electric current of extremely high frequency (10 to 100 million Hz) and short wavelength of 3 to 30 meters. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| short-wave therapy | The use of focused short radio waves to produce local hyperthermia in an injured person or diseased body area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| short-winded | Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| LTDH short chain dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Has been sequenced; responsible for methotrexate resistance; isolated from leishmania sp. Registry number: EC 1.3.- Synonym: ltdh gene product, pteridine reductase 1, ptr1 gene product, hmtx(r) gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| axis | <botany> A stem, commonly used for the main stem of a whole plant or of an inflorescence. (09 Oct 1997) |
| axis bulbi externus | That part of the optic axis from the midpoint of anterior surface of the cornea to the posterior surface of the posterior pole of the external surface of the sclera. Synonym: axis bulbi externus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis bulbi internus | <anatomy> That part of the optic axis from the midpoint of the posterior surface of the cornea to the anterior surface of the retina opposite the posterior pole. Synonym: axis bulbi internus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis corpuscle | Axile corpuscle, the central portion of a tactile corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis, crystallographic | <microscopy> One of several imaginary lines assumed in describing the positions of the planes by which a crystal is bounded, the positions of the atoms in the structure of the crystal and the directions associated with vectorial and tensorial physical properties. (05 Aug 1998) |
| axis cylinder | An obsolete term for axon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis deviation | Deflection of the electrical axis of the heart to the right or left of the normal. See: left axis deviation, right axis deviation, axis. Synonym: axis shift. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis fracture | <radiology> Incidence: 6% of cervical spine injuries, associated with atlas fractures in 8%, hyperflexion injury: odontoid fracture, type I avulsion of tip of odontoid (5-8%) difficult to detect, type II fracture through base of dens (54-67%) complication: nonunion, type III subdental injury (30-33%) prognosis: good, Differential diagnosis: os odontoideum, ossiculum terminale, hypoplasia/aplasia of dens, hyperextension injury: hangman's fracture (12 Dec 1998) |
| axis lentis | A line connecting the anterior and posterior poles of the lens of the eye. Synonym: axis lentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis ligament of malleus | <anatomy> A ligament forming the axis about which the malleus rotates; it consists of two portions extending from the anterior and the posterior border, respectively, of the tympanic notch to the malleus. Synonym: axis ligament of malleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis of lens | A line connecting the anterior and posterior poles of the lens of the eye. Synonym: axis lentis. (05 Mar 2000) |