| NSIDS | near sudden infant death syndrome |
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| ORD | optical rotatory dispersion; oral radiation death |
| PM | after death (Lat. post mortem); after noon [Lat. post meridiem]; mean pressure; pacemaker; pantomogr... |
| PND | paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea; partial neck dissection; postnasal drainage; postnasal drip; postnatal... |
| POD | peroxidase; place of death; podiatry; polycystic ovary disease; pool of doctors; postoperative day; ... |
| enhancing brain nodule | <radiology> Metastases, infection, cysticercosis, histoplasmosis, tuberculosis, non-infectious inflammatory processes, sarcoidosis, multiple sclerosis, primary CNS lymphoma, subacute multiple infarcts see: ring lesions in brain (12 Dec 1998) |
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| twixt-brain | <anatomy> The thalamencephalon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lateral fossa of brain | The deep depression of the basal surface of the forebrain that corresponds in position to the anterior perforated substance. Bounded medially by the optic tract and rostrally by the orbital surface of the frontal lobe, it extends laterally around the overhanging pole of the temporal lobe into the Sylvian fissure (sulcus lateralis). Synonym: fossa lateralis cerebri, fossa of Sylvius, lateral fossa of brain, vallecula sylvii. (05 Mar 2000) |