| e | base of natural logarithms, approximately 2.7182818285; egg transfer; ejection; electric charge; ele... |
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| ET | educational therapy; effective temperature; ejection time; embryo transfer; endothelin; endotoxin; e... |
| ETA | electron transfer agent; endotracheal airways; ethionamide |
| ETFB | electron transfer flavoprotein, beta polypeptide |
| FTP | file transfer protocol |
| DeBakey forceps | Nontraumatic forceps used to pick up blood vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dental forceps | <dentistry> Forceps used to luxate teeth and remove them from the alveolus. Synonym: extracting forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dressing forceps | A forceps for general use in dressing wounds, removing fragments of necrosed tissue, small foreign bodies, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interspecies hydrogen transfer | <biology, ecology> The process in which organic matter is degraded anaerobically by the interaction of several groups of microorganisms in which hydrogen production and hydrogen consumption are closely coupled among species. (09 Oct 1997) |
| obstetrical forceps | An instrument with two blades and a handle designed to aid in the vaginal delivery of a baby. (12 Dec 1998) |
| O'Hara forceps | Two slender clamp forceps's held together by a serrefine, once used in intestinal anastomosis; now obsolete. (05 Mar 2000) |
| optical transfer function | <microscopy> The relationship between the image produced by an optical instrument and the amplitude and phase of a periodic specimen, measured at various spatial frequencies. The optical transfer function curve, which shows how well contrast is maintained for finer specimen details, is a complex function, of which the real term gives the ratio of amplitudes, and the imaginary term the phase relationships. When the brightness of the periodic specimen varies as a sine wave, the modulus or absolute value of the optical transfer function becomes the modulation transfer function, when the brightness varies as a square wave, the modulation transfer function is known as a contrast transfer function. Acronym: OTF (26 Mar 1998) |
| outlet forceps delivery | Delivery by forceps applied to the foetal head when it has reached the perineal floor and is visible between contractions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tarnier's forceps | A type of axis-traction forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| technology transfer | The process of converting scientific findings from research laboratoriesinto useful products by the commercial sector. (09 Oct 1997) |
| tenaculum forceps | A forceps with jaws armed each with a sharp, straight hook like a tenaculum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tendon transfer | Surgical procedure by which a tendon is incised at its insertion and placed at an anatomical site distant from the original insertion. The tendon remains attached at the point of origin and takes over the function of a muscle inactivated by trauma or disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| through transfer imaging | The production of an ultrasound image by detection and analysis of sound on the opposite side of the body from the emitting transducer. Synonym: through transfer imaging. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thumb forceps | A spring forceps used by compression with thumb and forefinger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electron transfer flavin | <biochemistry> Flavoproteins that participate in the electron transport pathway. (05 Mar 2000) |