| CC | calcaneal-cuboid; calcium cyclamate; cardiac catheterization; cardiac contusion; cardiac cycle; card... |
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| CCOT | cervical compression overloading test |
| CCT | carotid compression tomography; central conduction time; cerebrocranial trauma; chocolate-coated tab... |
| CHS | central hypoventilation syndrome; Chediak-Higashi syndrome; cholinesterase; chondroitin sulfate; com... |
| compr | compression |
| epiphysial plate | The disc of cartilage between the metaphysis and the epiphysis of an immature long bone permitting growth in length. Synonym: cartilago epiphysialis, epiphysial cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| equatorial plate | <cell biology> Region of the mitotic spindle where chromosomes are aligned at metaphase: as its name suggests, it lies midway between the poles of the spindle. (06 Mar 1998) |
| ethmovomerine plate | The central portion of the ethmoid bone, forming a distinct element at birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic plate of temporal bone | The bony plate forming the greater part of the anterior wall of the bony part of the external acoustic meatus and the tympanic cavity and the posterior wall of the mandibular fossa. Synonym: pars tympanica ossis temporalis, tympanic part of temporal bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kuhne's plate | The endplate of a motor nerve fibre in a muscle spindle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urethral plate | An endodermal plate located ventromedially in the developing genital tubercle of a young embryo; it later opens to form the lining of the penile urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flat plate | Jargon for plain film. (05 Mar 2000) |
| floor plate | Ventral midline thinning of the developing neural tube, a continuity between the basal laminae of either side; opposite of roof plate. Synonym: ventral plate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral plate | A nonsegmented mass of mesoderm on the lateral periphery of the embryonic disk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral plate mesoderm | The peripheral thinned-out portion of intraembryonic mesoderm which is continuous with the extraembryonic mesoderm beyond the margins of the embryonic disk; in it develops the intraembryonic celom. Synonym: lateral mesoderm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral plate of pterygoid process | The larger and more lateral of the two bony plates extending downward from the point of union of the body and greater wing of the sphenoid bone on either side; forms medial wall of intfratemporal fossa and gives origin to pterygoi muscles. Synonym: lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei, lateral plate of pterygoid process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral pterygoid plate | The larger and more lateral of the two bony plates extending downward from the point of union of the body and greater wing of the sphenoid bone on either side; forms medial wall of intfratemporal fossa and gives origin to pterygoi muscles. Synonym: lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei, lateral plate of pterygoid process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontal plate | In the foetus, a cartilage plate between the lateral parts of ethmoid cartilage and the developing sphenoid bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lingual plate | A partial denture major connector formed as a lingual bar extended to cover the cingula of the lower anterior teeth. Synonym: lingual plate. (05 Mar 2000) |