| NSCD | nonservice connected disability |
|---|---|
| OASDHI | Old Age, Survivors, Disability and Health Insurance |
| OASDI | Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance |
| PDI | pain disability index; periodontal disease index; plan-do integration; psychomotor development index... |
| PPD | packs per day; paraphenylenediamine; percussion and postural drainage; permanent partial disability;... |
| law of specific nerve energies | Each type of sensory nerve ending, however stimulated (electrically, mechanically, etc.), gives rise to its own specific sensation; moreover, each type of sensation depends not upon any special character of the different nerves but upon the part of the brain in which their fibres terminate. Synonym: law of specific nerve energies. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lymphocyte specific protein tyrosine kinase p56(lck) | <enzyme> This enzyme is a lymphoid specific src family tyrosine kinase that is critical for T-cell development and activation. Lck is associated with the cytoplasmic domains of CD4, CD8 and the beta-chain of the il-2 receptor, and is thought to be involved in the earliest steps of tcr-mediated T-cell activation. Registry number: EC 2.7.11.- (12 Dec 1998) |