| HRA | health record analyst; health risk appraisal; heart rate audiometry; hereditary renal adysplasia; hi... |
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| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| HSA | Hazardous Substances Act; Health Services Administration; health systems agency; hereditary siderobl... |
| HSMHA | Health Services and Mental Health Administration |
| MA | malignant arrhythmia; management and administration; mandelic acid; masseter; Master of Arts; matern... |
| embolism, air | Embolism due to air bubbles entering the blood vessels after trauma, surgical procedures, or changes in atmospheric pressure. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| tubal air cells | Occasional small air cells in the inferior wall of the auditory tube, near the tympanic orifice, communicating with the tympanic cavity. Synonym: cellulae pneumaticae tubae auditivae, air cells of auditory tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ethmoid air cells | The numerous small air-filled cells of the ethmoidal labyrinth. See: anterior ethmoidal air cells, middle ethmoidal air cells, posterior ethmoidal air cells. Synonym: cellulae ethmoidales, sinus ethmoidales, ethmoidal cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic air cells | Numerous groovelike depressions in the walls of the tympanic cavity, communicating with the tubal air cells. Synonym: cellulae tympanicae, tympanic cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laminar air flow unit | An air-filtering system used at some transplant facilities to remove particulate matter and fungi from the air. (16 Dec 1997) |
| functional residual air | The volume of air remaining in the lungs at the end of a normal, quiet expiration. It is the sum of the residual volume and the expiratory reserve volume. Common abbreviation is frc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| liquid air | Air that, by means of intense cold and pressure, has been liquefied. (05 Mar 2000) |