| FBAO | foreign-body airway obstruction |
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| IIP | idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction; increased intracranial ... |
| IO | incisal opening; inferior oblique; inferior olive; internal os; interorbital; intestinal obstruction... |
| IP | icterus praecox; imaging plate; immune precipitate; immunoblastic plasma; immunoperoxidase technique... |
| LBO | large bowel obstruction |
| false vocal cord | One of the pair of folds of mucous membrane stretching across the laryngeal cavity from the angle of the thyroid cartilage to the arytenoid cartilage; they enclose a space called the rima vestibuli or false glottis. Synonym: plica vestibularis, false vocal cord, plica ventricularis, ventricular band of larynx, ventricular fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
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