| ACTS | acute cervical traumatic sprain or syndrome; advanced communication technology satellite; American C... |
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| ALTS | acute lumbar traumatic sprain [or syndrome] |
| CPTH | chronic post-traumatic headache |
| DTICH | delayed traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage |
| HTS | head traumatic syndrome; HeLa tumor suppression; human thyroid-stimulating hormone, human thyroid st... |
| Mackenzie's amputation | A modification of Syme's amputation at the ankle joint, the flap being taken from the inner side. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| racket amputation | A circular or slightly oval amputation, in which a long incision is made in the axis of the limb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| major amputation | Amputation of the lower or upper extremity above the ankle or the wrist, respectively. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Malgaigne's amputation | Amputation of the foot in which only the astragalus is retained. Synonym: Malgaigne's amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rectangular amputation | Amputation in which the flaps are fashioned in the shape of a rectangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic amputation | Amputation necessitated by cancer or other disease of the limb and not by an injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vladimiroff-Mikulicz amputation | An osteoplastic resection of the foot in which the talus and calcaneus are excised, the anterior row of tarsal bones being united to the lower end of the tibia, the articular surfaces of both being removed; the lower end of the stump is therefore the anterior portion of the foot, the patient walking thereafter on tiptoe. Synonym: Vladimiroff-Mikulicz amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central amputation | Amputation in which the flaps are so united that the cicatrix runs across the end of the stump. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mediotarsal amputation | Amputation through the midtarsal joint; i.e., between the tarsal navicular and the calcaneocuboid joints. Synonym: mediotarsal amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cervical amputation | Amputation of the uterine cervix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periosteoplastic amputation | Amputation in which the periosteum is stripped back from the bone and replaced afterward, forming a periosteal flap over the cut end. Synonym: periosteoplastic amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gritti-Stokes amputation | Supracondylar amputation of the femur, the patella being preserved and applied to the end of the bone, its articular cartilage being removed so as to obtain union. Synonym: Gritti's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| guillotine amputation | Amputation performed by a circular incision through the skin, the muscles being similarly divided higher up, and the bone higher still. Synonym: guillotine amputation, linear amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chopart's amputation | Amputation through the midtarsal joint; i.e., between the tarsal navicular and the calcaneocuboid joints. Synonym: mediotarsal amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Guyon's amputation | Amputation above the malleoli, a modification of Syme's amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |