| NPJT | nonparoxysmal atrioventricular junctional tachycardia |
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| PAVNRT | paroxysmal atrioventricular nodal reciprocal tachycardia |
| RAVC | retrograde atrioventricular conduction; Royal Army Veterinary Corps |
| SAV | sequential atrioventricular [pacing] |
| TAVB | total atrioventricular block |
| Tawara's node | <cardiology> The location in the heart's conduction system, between the atria and the ventricles, which conducts the normal electrical impulse from the atria to the ventricles. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| eggshell lymph node calcification | <radiology> Silicosis, sarcoid, treated Hodgkin's lymphoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| Troisier's node | Historic term for a lymph node immediately above the clavicle, especially on the left side, that is palpably enlarged as the result of a metastasis from a malignant neoplasm; the presence of such a node indicates that the probable site of primary involvement is in an abdominal organ. See: signal node. Synonym: Troisier's node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculosis, lymph node | Infection of the lymph nodes by tuberculosis. Tuberculous infection of the cervical lymph nodes is scrofula. (12 Dec 1998) |
| jugulodigastric lymph node | A prominent lymph node in the deep lateral cervical group lying below the digastric muscle and anterior to the internal jugular vein; it receives lymphatic drainage from the pharynx, palatine tonsil, and tongue. Synonym: nodus jugulodigastricus, jugulodigastric node, subdigastric node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugulodigastric node | A prominent lymph node in the deep lateral cervical group lying below the digastric muscle and anterior to the internal jugular vein; it receives lymphatic drainage from the pharynx, palatine tonsil, and tongue. Synonym: nodus jugulodigastricus, jugulodigastric node, subdigastric node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugulo-omohyoid lymph node | A lymph node of the lateral deep cervical group that lies above the intermediate tendon of the omohyoid muscle and anterior to the internal jugular vein; it receives lymphatic drainage from the submental, submandibular, and deep anterior cervical nodes; its efferent vessels go to other deep lateral cervical nodes. Synonym: nodus jugulo-omohyoideus, jugulo-omohyoid node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugulo-omohyoid node | A lymph node of the lateral deep cervical group that lies above the intermediate tendon of the omohyoid muscle and anterior to the internal jugular vein; it receives lymphatic drainage from the submental, submandibular, and deep anterior cervical nodes; its efferent vessels go to other deep lateral cervical nodes. Synonym: nodus jugulo-omohyoideus, jugulo-omohyoid node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Keith and Flack node | sinoatrial node |
| Keith's node | sinoatrial node |
| Koch's node | sinoatrial node |
| fibular lymph node | A small inconstant lymph node located along the course of the peroneal vein. Synonym: nodus fibularis, fibular node, peroneal node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibular node | A small inconstant lymph node located along the course of the peroneal vein. Synonym: nodus fibularis, fibular node, peroneal node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Flack's node | sinoatrial node |
| foraminal lymph node | <anatomy> One of the hepatic nodes located adjacent to the epiploic foramen. Synonym: nodus foraminalis, foraminal node. (05 Mar 2000) |