| ILD | interstitial lung disease; intraoperative localization device; ischemic leg disease; ischemic limb d... |
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| leg | legislation; legal |
| lg | large; leg |
| LL | large lymphocyte; lateral leminiscus; left lateral; left leg; left lower; left lung; lepromatous [in... |
| LLB | left lateral border; long-leg brace |
| short TI inversion recovery | An inversion recovery sequence that uses a short inversion time, about 100 ms., between 180 |
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| short ton | 2000 pounds. A ton, as commonly used in the U.S. And Canada. (05 Dec 1998) |
| short vinculum | A triangular band that extends from the dorsal surface of each of the flexor tendons of a digit to the capsule of the nearby interphalangeal joint and to the phalanx proximal to the insertion of the tendon. Synonym: vinculum breve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short wave diathermy | Therapeutic elevation of temperature in the tissues by means of an oscillating electric current of extremely high frequency (10 to 100 million Hz) and short wavelength of 3 to 30 meters. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short-wave therapy | The use of focused short radio waves to produce local hyperthermia in an injured person or diseased body area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| short-winded | Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| LTDH short chain dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Has been sequenced; responsible for methotrexate resistance; isolated from leishmania sp. Registry number: EC 1.3.- Synonym: ltdh gene product, pteridine reductase 1, ptr1 gene product, hmtx(r) gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| bilaterally small, smooth kidneys | <radiology> Generalised atherosclerosis, nephrosclerosis - benign and malignant, atheroembolic renal disease, chronic glomerulonephritis, papillary necrosis, hereditary diseases, hereditary chronic nephritis (Alport's syndrome), medullary cystic disease, amyloidosis (late), arterial hypotension Cf: other urographic patterns (12 Dec 1998) |
| carcinoma, non-small-cell lung | A heterogeneous aggregate of at least three distinct histological types of lung cancer, including squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and large cell carcinoma. They are dealt with collectively because of the shared properties of poor response to conventional chemotherapy and the potential for cure with surgical resection in a fraction of patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| carcinoma, small cell | An anaplastic, highly malignant, and usually bronchogenic carcinoma composed of small ovoid cells with scanty neoplasm. It is characterised by a dominant, deeply basophilic nucleus, and absent or indistinct nucleoli. There are admixtures of small cell lung carcinoma with other types of lung cancer. Small cell carcinomas are distinguished by their distinctive biological features, response to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and by their nearly universal tendency to develop overt or subclinical metastases, which frequently eliminates surgery in most patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| generalised small bowel disease | <radiology> Hypoproteinaemia, sprue, Whipple (12 Dec 1998) |
| mesenteric portion of small intestine | The freely movable portion of the small intestine supplied with a mesentery, comprising the jejunum and ileum. Synonym: mesenteric portion of small intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ribonucleoproteins, small nuclear | Highly conserved nuclear RNA-protein complexes that function in RNA processing in the nucleus, including pre-mRNA splicing and pre-mRNA 3'-end processing in the nucleoplasm. The u3 snrnp is localised in the nucleolus, where it aligns into base pairs with the 28s rrna precursor in a still unidentified region and functions in pre-rrna processing. The u7 snrnp aligns into base pairs with a conserved sequence in the 3'-end of histone pre-mRNA and is an essential cofactor for the cleavage that creates the mature nonadenylated 3'-end. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ribonucleoproteins, small, u1 | A nuclear RNA-protein complex that plays a role in RNA processing. In the nucleoplasm, the u1 snrnp along with other small ribonucleoproteins (u2, u4-u6, and u5) assemble into spliceosomes that remove introns from pre-mRNA by splicing. The u1 snrnp base pairs with conserved sequence motifs at the 5'-splice site and recognises both the 5'- and 3'-splice sites and may have a fundamental role in aligning the two sites for the splicing reaction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ribonucleoproteins, small, u2 | A nuclear RNA-protein complex that plays a role in RNA processing. In the nucleoplasm, the u2 snrnp along with other small ribonucleoproteins (u1, u4-u6, and u5) assemble into spliceosomes that remove introns from pre-mRNA by splicing. The u2 snrnp base pairs with conserved sequence motifs at the branch point, which associates with a heat- and rnaase-sensitive factor in an early step of splicing. (12 Dec 1998) |