| SCT | secretin; sex chromatin test; sexual compatibility test; sickle-cell trait; sperm cytotoxicity; spin... |
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| SIT | serum inhibiting titer; Slosson Intelligence Test; sperm immobilization test; suggested immobilizati... |
| TST | thiosulfate sulfur-transferase; thromboplastin screening test; total sleep time; transforming sequen... |
| TT | tablet triturate; tactile tension; tendon transfer; test tube; testicular torsion; tetanus toxin; te... |
| TTT | thymol turbidity test; tolbutamide tolerance test; total twitch time; tuberculin tine test |
| water elder | <botany> The guelder-rose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| water-electrolyte balance | The state of the body in relation to the intake and excretion of water and electrolytes, particularly sodium and potassium. It exists in a metabolic balance internally with body fluid compartments, total body water, blood volume, extracellular space, etc., externally through sensible and insensible sweating. The hypothalamus controls water balance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| water-electrolyte imbalance | Disturbances in the body's water-electrolyte metabolism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| water elephant | <zoology> The hippopotamus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water feather-foil | <botany> The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. Inflata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water flag | <botany> A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water flannel | <botany> A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh water alga (Cladophora crispata). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water flea | <zoology> Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water flounder | <zoology> The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water for injection | Water purified by distillation for the preparation of products for parenteral use. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water fox | <zoology> The carp; so called on account of its cunning. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water furrow | <agriculture> A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water gas | <chemistry> See Gas. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water gavel | A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water germander | <botany> A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |