| KIPS | key indicators, probes, and scoring method [for evaluating compliance with requrements for accredita... |
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| LW | lacerating wound; lateral wall; Lee-White [method] |
| MIF | macrophage inhibitory factor; melanocyte[-stimulating hormone]-inhibiting factor; maximum inspirator... |
| OCC | object-centered coordinate [method]; oral cholecystography |
| OM | obtuse mental; occipitomental; occupational medicine; ocular movement; oculomotor; Osborne Mendel [r... |
| indophenol method | A method of determining quantitatively the amount of vitamin C in plant and animal tissue based on the rapid reduction of a standardised indophenol solution to a colourless compound by vitamin C in acid solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| introspective method | In functionalism, the systematic study of mental phenomena by contemplating the processes in one's own conscious experiences. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Italian method | Italian method rhinoplasty utilizing a flap from the arm. Synonym: Italian method, Italian operation, tagliacotian operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ITO method | A concise matrix method for computing the distribution of genotypes of relatives that at one locus may share no genes in common, one, or both. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ochsner's method | An obsolete treatment for appendicitis (by peristaltic rest), when surgery is not advisable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ollier's method | A thin split-thickness graft, usually in small pieces. Synonym: Ollier-Thiersch graft, Thiersch graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| open circuit method | A method for measuring oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production by collecting the expired gas over a known period of time and measuring its volume and composition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Orsi-Grocco method | Palpatory percussion of the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ouchterlony method | Double (gel) diffusion test in two dimensions. See: gel diffusion precipitin tests in two dimensions. Synonym: Ouchterlony method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Thane's method | A method for indicating the position of the central sulcus (Rolando's fissure) of the brain; the upper end of the sulcus corresponds to the midpoint of a line drawn from the glabella to the inion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Theden's method | Treatment of aneurysms or of large sanguineous effusions by compression of the entire limb with a roller bandage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Thezac-Porsmeur method | Heat treatment of infected wounds by focusing of sun's rays on suppurating area by means of a lens mounted in a cylinder of canvas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Thiersch's method | ollier graft |
| thiochrome method | A method for the determination of thiamin based upon the production of thiochrome when the vitamin is oxidised by alkaline ferricyanide to yield the fluorescent compound, thiochrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Edman method | C6H5-N==C==S, a reagent that condenses with the free N-terminal amino group of a peptide chain to form a phenylthiohydantoin in the Edman method of identifying N-terminal amino acids. Synonym: Edman's reagent. Acronym: PITC (05 Mar 2000) |