| St, st | let it stand [Lat. stet]; let them stand [Lat. stent]; stage [of disease]; status; stere; sterile; s... |
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| STL | serum theophylline level; status thymicolymphaticus; stereolithography; swelling, tenderness and lim... |
| STMS | short test of mental status |
| SU | salicyluric acid; secretory unit; sensation unit; solar urticaria; sorbent unit; spectrophotometric ... |
| SUMSE | stroke unit mental status examination |
| hepatic veno-occlusive disease | Blockage of the small- or medium-sized hepatic veins due to nonthrombotic subendothelial oedema which may progress to fibrosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hepatic venous segments | Each of the four territories of the liver separately drained by the hepatic veins. Synonym: hepatic venous segments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphincter of hepatic flexure of colon | Physiological sphincter at the level of the right colic flexure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| echinococcosis, hepatic | Helminth infection of the liver caused by echinococcus granulosus or echinococcus multilocularis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tuberculosis, hepatic | Infection of the liver with tubercle bacilli producing localised granulomata, miliary lesions, or tuberculoma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| left hepatic artery | <anatomy, artery> Left branch of proper hepatic artery; terminal branch off proper hepatic artery supplying left lobe of the liver. Synonym: ramus sinister arteriae hepaticae propriae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left hepatic duct | The duct that drains bile from the left half of the liver, including the quadrate lobe and the left part of the caudate lobe. Synonym: ductus hepaticus sinister. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left hepatic veins | Veins draining the lateral segments [II & III] of the left lobe of the liver which join to form a single or paired trunk of variable size which usually (90% of the time) merges with that formed by the middle hepatic veins prior to entering the terminal portion of the superior vena cava. Synonym: venae hepaticae sinistrae. (05 Mar 2000) |