| NPUI | nursing process utilization inventory |
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| PCM | patient care manager or management; patient classification system; primary cutaneous melanoma; proce... |
| PP | diphosphate group; emphysema [pink puffers]; near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; pa... |
| proc | proceedings, procedure; process |
| PSP | pancreatic spasmolytic peptide; paralytic shellfish poisoning; parathyroid secretory protein; period... |
| Weitbrecht's cartilage | The articular disk of fibrocartilage usually found between the acromial end of the clavicle and the medial border of the acromion. Synonym: discus articularis acromioclavicularis, acromioclavicular disk, Weitbrecht's cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Morgagni's cartilage | A small nonarticulating rod of elastic cartilage in the aryepiglottic fold anterolateral and somewhat superior to the corniculate cartilage. Synonym: cartilago cuneiformis, Morgagni's cartilage, Morgagni's tubercle, Wrisberg's cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conchal cartilage | The cartilage of the auricle. Synonym: cartilago auriculae, cartilage of ear, conchal cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wrisberg's cartilage | A small nonarticulating rod of elastic cartilage in the aryepiglottic fold anterolateral and somewhat superior to the corniculate cartilage. Synonym: cartilago cuneiformis, Morgagni's cartilage, Morgagni's tubercle, Wrisberg's cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| connecting cartilage | The cartilage in a cartilaginous joint such as the symphysis pubis. Synonym: interosseous cartilage, uniting cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corniculate cartilage | A conical nodule of elastic cartilage surmounting the apex of each arytenoid cartilage. Synonym: cartilago corniculata, corniculum laryngis, Santorini's cartilage, supra-arytenoid cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cornua of thyroid cartilage | See: inferior horn of thyroid cartilage, superior horn of thyroid cartilage. Cornu uteri, the portion of the uterus to which the intramural section of the uterine tube enters on either the right or left. Synonym: uterine horn, horn of uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| costal cartilage | The cartilage forming the anterior continuation of a rib, providing the means by which it reaches and articulates with the sternum. Synonym: cartilago costalis, costicartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cricoid cartilage | <anatomy> The lower most of the laryngeal cartilages, may be palpated just below the thyroid prominence Adjacent the cricoid cartilage and the first tracheal ring is the cricothyroid membrane, a site used for rapid emergency airway access (cricothyroidotomy). (13 Nov 1997) |
| cuneiform cartilage | A small nonarticulating rod of elastic cartilage in the aryepiglottic fold anterolateral and somewhat superior to the corniculate cartilage. Synonym: cartilago cuneiformis, Morgagni's cartilage, Morgagni's tubercle, Wrisberg's cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| precursory cartilage | A cartilage that is normally replaced by bone, to form a part of the skeleton. Synonym: ossifying cartilage, precursory cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primordial cartilage | Cartilage in an early stage in its development. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Santorini's cartilage | A conical nodule of elastic cartilage surmounting the apex of each arytenoid cartilage. Synonym: cartilago corniculata, corniculum laryngis, Santorini's cartilage, supra-arytenoid cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| xiphoid cartilage | <anatomy> Composed of cartilage at the inferior aspect of the sternal body. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Seiler's cartilage | A small rod of cartilage attached to the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |