| AES | acetone-extracted serum; American Electroencephalographic Society; American Encephalographic Society... |
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| AOS | American Ophthalmological Society; American Otological Society; anodal opening sound; anterior [o]es... |
| AS | acetylstrophanthidin; acidified serum; acoustic schwannoma; acoustic stimulation; active sarcoidosis... |
| ES | ejection sound; elastic stocking; electrical stimulus, electrical stimulation; electroshock; emergen... |
| FHS | fetal heart sound; fetal hydantoin syndrome; Floating Harbor syndrome |
| Jewett sound | A short straight sound for dilating the anterior urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| juxtaglomerular apparatus | A collective term for the juxtaglomerular cells in a nephron. These are specialised cells containing secretory granules, located in the tunica media of the afferent glomerular arterioles. They are receptors thought to stimulate secretion of the adrenal hormone aldosterone and to play a major role in renal autoregulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Kirschner's apparatus | An apparatus for skeletal traction in long bone fracture. Synonym: Kirschner's apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kjeldahl apparatus | <apparatus, chemistry> An apparatus for distilling ammonia arising from acid decomposition of an organic compound; used in nitrogen analysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urinary apparatus | The organs concerned in the production and excretion of urine, together with the organs of reproduction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urogenital apparatus | The organs concerned in the production and excretion of urine, together with the organs of reproduction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| first heart sound | Occurs with ventricular systole and is mainly produced by closure of the atrioventricular valves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimal apparatus | The tear-forming and tear-conducting system which includes the lacrimal glands, eyelid margins, conjunctival sac, and the tear drainage system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lacrimal apparatus diseases | Diseases of the lacrimal apparatus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fourth heart sound | The sound produced in late diastole in association with ventricular filling due to atrial systole and related to reduced ventricular compliance. It is a low frequency oscillation that may be normal at older ages owing to a physiologic decline in ventricular compliance but is nearly always abnormal at younger ages if it is of high intensity or palpable. It is common in ventricular hypertrophy, particularly with hypertension, and is almost invariable during acute myocardial infarction. Fourth heart sounds may arise from the right or left ventricle or both. Synonym: atrial sound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| friction sound | The sound, heard on auscultation, made by the rubbing of two opposed serous surfaces roughened by an inflammatory exudate, or, if chronic, by nonadhesive fibrosis. Synonym: friction murmur, friction rub. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Le Fort sound | A curved sound threaded for a filiform bougie, used for dilation of urethral strictures in the male when small caliber or presence of false passages prevents safe passage of a standard sound or catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |