| SMCR | Smith-Magenis chromosome region |
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| SRO | sex-ratio organism; single room occupancy; smallest region of overlap; Steele-Richardson-Olszewski [... |
| TB | Taussig-Bind [syndrome]; terabyte; term birth; terminal bronchiole; terminal bronchus; thromboxane B... |
| TPR | temperature, pulse, and respiration; testosterone production rate; third party reimbursement; total ... |
| UTR | untranslated region |
| posterior knee region | The posterior region of the knee, including the popliteal fossa. Synonym: regio genus posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| posterior neck region | The back of neck, including the suboccipital region. Synonym: regio nuchalis, nuchal region, posterior neck region, regio cervicalis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior region of arm | The back of arm. Synonym: facies brachialis posterior, regio brachialis posterior, posterior brachial region, posterior surface of arm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior region of elbow | The back of the elbow. Synonym: facies cubitalis posterior, regio cubitalis posterior, posterior cubital region, posterior surface of elbow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior region of forearm | The area between the radial and ulnar borders of the forearm posteriorly. Synonym: regio antebrachialis posterior, facies antebrachialis posterior, posterior antebrachial region, posterior surface of forearm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior region of leg | The back of the leg. Synonym: regio cruralis posterior, posterior crural region, posterior surface of leg. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior region of neck | The back of neck, including the suboccipital region. Synonym: regio nuchalis, nuchal region, posterior neck region, regio cervicalis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior region of thigh | The back of the thigh. Synonym: facies femoralis posterior, posterior surface of thigh, regio femoralis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| preoptic region | The most anterior part of the hypothalamus surrounding the anterior or preoptic part of the third ventricle and including the lamina terminalis; containing the lateral and medial preoptic nucleus continuous caudally with, respectively, the lateral and anterior hypothalamic nucleus; rostrally the preoptic region is continuous with the precommissural septum, laterally with the innominate substance. Synonym: preoptic area. (05 Mar 2000) |
| presternal region | The part of the chest over the sternum. Synonym: regio presternalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| presumptive region | In experimental embryology, an area of the blastula from which a specific tissue or organ may be expected to develop. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pretectal region | A narrow, transversally oriented rostral zone of the mesencephalic tectum, bounded caudally by the superior colliculus, rostrally by the habenular trigone, and laterally by the pulvinar thalami; the area contains several nuclei that receive fibres from the optic tract; it has bilateral efferent connections with the Edinger-Westphal nucleus of the oculomotor nuclear complex by way of which it mediates the pupillary light reflex. Synonym: pretectal region, pretectum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacral region | The area of the back overlying the sacrum. Synonym: regio sacralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scapular region | The area of the back corresponding to the outlines of the scapula. Synonym: regio scapularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hinge region | <immunology, molecular biology> Flexible region of a polypeptide chain for example: as in immunoglobulins between Fab and Fc regions and in myosin the S2 portion of heavy meromyosin. (18 Nov 1997) |