| PPHN | Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn; 신생아 폐동맥 고혈압 존속증 = PFC |
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| CPH | Certificate in Public Health; chronic paroxysmal hemicrania; chronic persistent hepatitis; chronic p... |
| dif-PIPE | diffuse persistent interstitial pulmonary emphysema |
| MPPN | malignant persistent positional nystagmus |
| PAS | para aminosalicylate; Parent Attitude Scale; patient administration system; patient appointments and... |
| frontal sinus | One of the paired, but seldom symmetrical, air spaces located between the inner and outer compact layers of the frontal bone. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| frontal sinus aperture | One of a pair of openings in the floor of the frontal sinuses in the nasal part of the frontal bone, through which the frontal sinuses communicate with the ethmoidal infundibulum via the frontonasal duct. Synonym: apertura sinus frontalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontal sinusitis | Inflammation of the frontal sinus; in most cases the infection is caused by the bacteria streptococcus pneumoniae and haemophilus influenzae. This condition may be acute or chronic. (12 Dec 1998) |
| frontal squama | The tabular or squamous portion of occipital bone. Synonym: squama occipitalis, occipital squama, frontal squama. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontal triangle | A triangle bounded above by the maximum frontal diameter and laterally by lines joining the extremities of this diameter with the glabella. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontal tuber | The most prominent portion of the frontal bone on either side. Synonym: tuber frontale, eminentia frontalis, frontal tuber. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontal veins | The superficial veins draining the frontal cortex and emptying into the superior sagittal sinus. Synonym: supratrochlear veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontal zone contraction theory | Model proposed to account for the movement of giant amoebae in which cytoplasmic contraction at the front of the leading pseudopod (fountain zone) pulls viscoelastic cytoplasm forward in the centre of the cell and forms a tube of more rigid cytoplasm immediately below the plasma membrane behind the active region. The peripheral contracted cytoplasm relaxes into a weaker gel at the rear and is pulled forward in its turn. Contrasts with the ectoplasmic tube contraction model. (18 Nov 1997) |
| absorbable surgical suture | A surgical suture material prepared from a substance that can be digested by body tissues and is therefore not permanent; it is available in various diameters and tensile strengths, and can be treated to modify its resistance to absorption and be impregnated with antimicrobial agents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Albert's suture | A modified Czerny suture, the first row of stitches passing through the entire thickness of the wall of the gut. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apposition suture | A suture of the skin only. Synonym: coaptation suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| approximation suture | A suture that pulls together the deep tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atraumatic suture | A suture swaged onto the end of an eyeless needle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blanket suture | A continuous lock-stitch used to approximate the skin of a wound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bridle suture | A suture passed through the superior rectus muscle to rotate the globe downward in eye surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |