| AI/RHEUM | artificial intelligence rheumatology consultant system |
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| AK | above knee; acetate kinase; adenosine kinase; adenylate kinase; artificial kidney |
| ALEC | artificial lung-expanding compound |
| ANN | artificial neural network |
| AP | accessory pathway; accounts payable; acid phosphatase; acinar parenchyma; action potential; active p... |
| Phemister graft | An autogenous onlay bone graft used in treating delayed union of fractures. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pinch graft | Small bits of skin, of partial or full thickness, removed from a healthy area and seeded in a site to be covered. Synonym: Reverdin graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white graft | Rejection of a skin allograft so acute that vascularization never occurs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| composite graft | A graft composed of several structures, such as skin and cartilage or a full-thickness segment of the ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucosal graft | A graft of mucous membrane, usually the full-thickness of the lining of the cheek or lower lip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wolfe graft | A full-thickness skin graft without any subcutaneous fat. Synonym: Wolfe-Krause graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wolfe-Krause graft | A full-thickness skin graft without any subcutaneous fat. Synonym: Wolfe-Krause graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corneal graft | corneal transplant |
| coronary artery bypass graft | A surgical procedure, known as a coronary artery bypass graft, which involves replacing diseased (narrowed) coronary arteries with veins obtained from the patients lower extremities (autologous graft). During this procedure the patient is placed on a heart bypass machine (heart-lung machine) to allow the surgeon adequate time to perform surgery on the resting (nonbeating) heart. This procedure has proven to extend the lives of individuals with coronary artery disease and improve the quality of life. Recovery in the hospital is approximately 7-10 days. (27 Sep 1997) |
| porcine graft | A split-thickness graft from a pig, applied to a raw area on a human as a temporary dressing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous graft versus host reaction | An acute erythematous maculopapular reaction with bulla formation in the most severe cases; chronic changes may resemble lichen planus or scleroderma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutis graft | A graft of corium, from which epidermis and subcutaneous tissue have been separated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterologous graft | <surgery> A surgical graft of tissue from one species onto or into individuals of unlike species, genus or family. Also know as a heteroplastic graft. See: xenotransplantation. (11 May 1997) |
| heteroplastic graft | <surgery> A surgical graft of tissue from one species onto or into individuals of unlike species, genus or family. Also know as a heteroplastic graft. See: xenotransplantation. (11 May 1997) |
| heterospecific graft | <surgery> A surgical graft of tissue from one species onto or into individuals of unlike species, genus or family. Also know as a heteroplastic graft. See: xenotransplantation. (11 May 1997) |