| SH | Salter-Harris [fracture]; Schonlein-Henoch [purpura]; self-help; serum hepatitis; sexual harassment;... |
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| SHBG | sex hormone binding globulin |
| SI | International System of Units [Fr. le Systeme International d'Unites]; sacroiliac; saline infusion; ... |
| SIECUS | Sex Information and Education Council of the United States |
| SKAT | Sex Knowledge and Attitude Test |
| secondary cardiomyopathy | Disease that affects the myocardium secondarily to systemic disease, infection, or metabolic disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| secondary caries | Caries of enamel beginning at the dento-enamel junction due to a rapid lateral spread of decay from the original decay. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary cataract | A cataract that accompanies or follows some other eye disease such as uveitis. Synonym: complicated cataract. A cataract occurring in the retained lens or capsule after a cataract extraction. Synonym: aftercataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary cementum | Cementum that forms on the root surface after eruption; it contains cementocytes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary centre of ossification | This is the centre of bone formation appearing later than the punctum ossificationis primarium, usually in epiphysis. Synonym: punctum ossificationis secundarium, secondary point of ossification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary choana | The definitive choana opening into the nasopharynx, after the nasal chambers have been lengthened by the formation of the secondary palate. Synonym: internal nostril. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary coccidioidomycosis | Progressive or disseminated extrapulmonary granulomatous lesions following primary coccidioidomycosis. Synonym: coccidioidal granuloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary constriction | A subsidiary narrowing of the chromosome associated in some cases with satellites. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary degeneration | <medicine> A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibres as a result of their division; so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| secondary dementia | Chronic dementia following and due to a psychosis or some other underlying disease process. Senile dementia, dementia of Alzheimer's disease developing after age 65. Toxic dementia, dementia caused by an exogenous agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary dentin | Dentin formed by normal pulp function after root end formation is complete. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary dentition | One of the 32 teeth belonging to the second or permanent dentition; eruption of the permanent teeth begins from the fifth to the seventh year, and is not completed until the seventeenth to the twenty-third year, when the last of the wisdom teeth appears. Synonym: dens permanens, dens succedaneus, second tooth, secondary dentition, succedaneous dentition, succedaneous tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary deviation | Ocular deviation seen in paralysis of an ocular muscle when the paralysed eye is used for fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary dextrocardia | Dextroposition of the heart by some disease of the lungs, pleura, or diaphragm. Synonym: type 4 dextrocardia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary digestion | The change in the chyle effected by the action of the cells of the body, whereby the final products of digestion are assimilated in the process of metabolism. (05 Mar 2000) |