| HPVD | hypertensive pulmonary vascular disease |
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| HTVD | hypertensive vascular disease |
| HVD | hypertensive vascular disease |
| IVA | intraoperative vascular angiography; isovaleric acid |
| MVC | maximum voluntary contraction; motor vehicle crash; mucin; multivane collimator; myocardial vascular... |
| endothelium, vascular | Single pavement layer of cells which line the luminal surface of the entire vascular system and regulate the transport of macromolecules and blood components from interstitium to lumen; this function has been most intensively studied in the blood capillaries. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Zinn's vascular circle | <anatomy, nerve> A network of branches of the short ciliary arteries on the sclera around the point of entrance of the optic nerve. Synonym: circulus vasculosus nervi optici, circulus arteriosus halleri, circulus zinnii, Haller's circle, Zinn's corona, Zinn's vascular circle. (05 Mar 2000) |