| AADS | American Academy of Dental Schools |
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| ABDPH | American Board of Dental Public Health |
| ADA | adenosine deaminase; American Dental Association; American Dermatological Association; American Diab... |
| ADAA | American Dental Assistants Association |
| ADAP | American Dental Assistant's Program; Assistant Director of Army Psychiatry |
| scalene tubercle | A small spine on the inner edge of the first rib, giving attachment to the scalenus anterior muscle. Synonym: tuberculum musculi scaleni anterioris, Lisfranc's tubercle, scalene tubercle of Lisfranc, tubercle of anterior scalene muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| scalene tubercle of Lisfranc | A small spine on the inner edge of the first rib, giving attachment to the scalenus anterior muscle. Synonym: tuberculum musculi scaleni anterioris, Lisfranc's tubercle, scalene tubercle of Lisfranc, tubercle of anterior scalene muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prosector's tubercle | postmortem wart |
| sebaceous tubercle | A small subepidermal keratin cyst, usually multiple and therefore commonly referred to in the plural. Synonym: sebaceous tubercle, tuberculum sebaceum, whitehead. Origin: L. Millet (05 Mar 2000) |
| pterygoid tubercle | A slight prominence on the posterior surface of the medial pterygoid plate, inferior and to the medial side of the pterygoid canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubic tubercle | A small projection at the anterior extremity of the crest of the pubis about 2 cm from the symphysis. Synonym: tuberculum pubicum, pubic spine, spina pubis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyaline tubercle | A form of fibrous tubercle in which the cellular fibrous tissue and collagenous fibres become altered and merged into a fairly homogeneous, acellular, deeply acidophilic, firm mass. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sinus tubercle | A median protuberance projecting into the embryonic urogenital sinus from its dorsal wall; it is formed from the fused caudal ends of the paramesonephric ducts and is the first evidence of the embryonic uterus and vagina. Synonym: sinus tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soft tubercle | A tubercle showing caseous necrosis. Synonym: caseous tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuchal tubercle | The vertebra in the cervicothoracic region which has the most prominent spinous process (seventh cervical vertebra in 70% of the cases, sixth in 20%, and first thoracic vertebra in 10%). Synonym: nuchal tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| darwinian tubercle | A small projection from the upper end of the posterior portion of the incurved free margin of the helix. Synonym: tuberculum auriculae, darwinian tubercle, tuberculum superius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior thyroid tubercle | A blunt projection on the lamina of the thyroid cartilage on either side at the superior end of the oblique line. Synonym: tuberculum thyroideum superius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| supraglenoid tubercle | A rough surface above the glenoid cavity of the scapula, giving attachment to the tendon of the long head of the biceps within the articular cavity of the shoulder joint. Synonym: tuberculum supraglenoidale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| supratragic tubercle | A small elevation often present on the edge of the upper tragus. Synonym: tuberculum supratragicum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dissection tubercle | Dorsal tubercle of radius, a small prominence on the dorsal aspect of the distal end of the radius lateral to the groove for the extensor pollicis longus tendon; it serves as a trochlea or pulley for the tendon. Synonym: tuberculum dorsale, Lister's tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |