| OS | left eye [Lat. oculus sinister]; occipitosacral; occupational safety; office surgery; Omenn syndrome... |
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| PRAISE | Prospective Randomized Amlodipine Survival Evaluation |
| PST | pancreatic suppression test; paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia; penicillin, streptomycin, and ... |
| RFS | relapse-free survival; renal function study; rotating frame spectroscopy |
| RSR | regular sinus rhythm; relative survival rate; right superior rectus [muscle] |
| parallax method | Localization of a foreign body by observing the direction of its motion on a fluoroscopic screen while moving the X-ray tube or the screen. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Marshall's method | A quantitative procedure for estimating free and conjugated sulfanilamide in body fluids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Carpue's method | Rhinoplasty utilizing a flap from the forehead. Synonym: Carpue's method, Indian method, Indian operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gerota's method | Injection of the lymphatics with a dye that is soluble in chloroform or ether but not in water; alkannin, red sulfide of mercury, and Prussian blue are said to be suitable for this purpose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reference method | An analytical procedure sufficiently free of random or systematic error to make it useful for validating proposed new analytical procedures for the same analyte. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Maxam Gilbert method | A method of DNA sequencing, based on the controlled degradation of a DNA fragment in a set of independent, nucleotide specific reactions. The resulting fragments have characteristic sizes depending on the sequence of the template, that can be resolved on a sequencing gel. Although no longer the main protocol, Maxam Gilbert sequencing still has advantages, for example for oligonucleotides or covalently modified DNA. See: dideoxy sequencing. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Rehfuss method | Fractional method of gastric activity: a fine tube with fenestrated metal tip is passed into the stomach after a test meal, and small quantities (6 or 8 ml) of the stomach contents are removed at 15-minute intervals and examined. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pavlov method | The method of studying conditioned reflex activity by the observation of a motor indicator, such as the salivary or electroencephalographic response. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glucose oxidase method | <chemical pathology> A highly specific method for measurement of glucose in serum or plasma by reaction with glucose oxidase, in which gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide are formed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Reverdin's method | pinch graft |
| Charters' method | A method of toothbrushing utilizing a restricted circular motion with the bristles inclined coronally at a 45 degree angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chayes' method | A method of replacing lost teeth utilizing a mechanical device for the fixation and stabilization of the dental prosthesis which allows "movement in function" of the abutment teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Graupner's method | An obsolete term for a test of the sufficiency of the heart muscle; if a normal subject takes a measured amount of exercise, the pulse rate rises, and after it has begun to fall the systolic blood pressure begins to rise, reaching its maximum a few minutes after the pulse rate; in the case of a weakened heart, the rise in blood pressure is delayed and the amount of increase diminished; in seriously weakened hearts, a fall in blood pressure occurs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhythm method | <gynaecology> A contraceptive method whereby abstinence is practiced a few days before and after the estimated day of ovulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Rideal-Walker method | A figure expressing the disinfecting power of any substance; it is obtained by dividing the figure indicating the degree of dilution of the disinfectant that kills a microorganism in a given time by that indicating the degree of dilution of phenol which kills the organism in the same space of time under similar conditions. Synonym: hygienic laboratory coefficient, phenol coefficient. (05 Mar 2000) |