| SEP | self-evaluation process; sensory-evoked potential; septum; somatosensory evoked potential; sperm ent... |
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| SIMP | Schmele instrument to measure the process of nursing care |
| SIMP-C | Schmele instrument to measure the process of nursing care |
| SIMP-H | Schmele instrument to measure the process of nursing care in home care |
| SPC | salicylamide, phenacetin, and caffeine; seropositive carrier; single palmar crease; single photoelec... |
| cuneiform cartilage | A small nonarticulating rod of elastic cartilage in the aryepiglottic fold anterolateral and somewhat superior to the corniculate cartilage. Synonym: cartilago cuneiformis, Morgagni's cartilage, Morgagni's tubercle, Wrisberg's cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| precursory cartilage | A cartilage that is normally replaced by bone, to form a part of the skeleton. Synonym: ossifying cartilage, precursory cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primordial cartilage | Cartilage in an early stage in its development. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Santorini's cartilage | A conical nodule of elastic cartilage surmounting the apex of each arytenoid cartilage. Synonym: cartilago corniculata, corniculum laryngis, Santorini's cartilage, supra-arytenoid cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| xiphoid cartilage | <anatomy> Composed of cartilage at the inferior aspect of the sternal body. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Seiler's cartilage | A small rod of cartilage attached to the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semilunar cartilage | One of the articular menisci of the knee joint. See: lateral meniscus, medial meniscus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| horns of thyroid cartilage | See: inferior horn of thyroid cartilage, superior horn of thyroid cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyaline cartilage | Cartilage having a frosted glass appearance, with interstitial substance containing fine type II collagen fibres obscured by the ground substance; in adult cartilage, the cells are present in isogenous groups. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sesamoid cartilage of larynx | A small nodule of elastic cartilage sometimes present on the lateral border of the arytenoid cartilage. Synonym: cartilago sesamoidea laryngis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypsiloid cartilage | Y-shaped cartilage, the connecting cartilage for the ilium, ischium, and pubis; it extends through the acetabulum. Synonym: hypsiloid cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| slipping rib cartilage | Subluxation of rib cartilage, at the costo-chondral junction, causing pain and audible click. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sternal cartilage | A costal cartilage of one of the true ribs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| notches in cartilage of external acoustic meatus | (usually) two vertical fissures in the anterior portion of the cartilage of the external auditory meatus, filled by fibrous tissue. Synonym: incisurae cartilaginis meatus acustici externi, Duverney's fissures, incisurae santorini, Santorini's fissures, Santorini's incisures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior horn of thyroid cartilage | One of the pair of upward prolongations from the thyroid cartilage to which the lateral hyothyroid ligament attaches. Synonym: cornu superius cartilaginis thyroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |