| HDRBC | head-damaged red blood cells |
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| HEENT | head, ears, eyes, nose, and throat |
| HHT | head halter traction; hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; heterotopic heart transplantation; homo... |
| HI | half-scan with interpolation; head injury; health insurance; hearing impaired; heart infusion; hemag... |
| HIR | head injury routine |
| SHI | severe head injury |
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| SCCHN | squamous cell cancer of the head and neck |
| frontal region of head | The surface region of the head corresponding to the outlines of the frontal bone. Synonym: regio frontalis capitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ligament of head of femur | A flattened ligament that passes from the fovea in the head of the femur to the borders of the acetabular notch (transverse acetabular ligament); developmentally, an artery passes to the head of the femur with the ligament which may or may not persist into adulthood; the ligament does not contribute to the integrity of the joint or control movements there. Synonym: ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres femoris, round ligament of femur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| little head of humerus | The small rounded eminence on the lateral half of the distal end of the humerus for articulation with the radius. Synonym: capitulum humeri, capitellum, little head of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long head | The head that has the more proximal origin. Nomina Anatomica lists long heads (caput longum...) of the following: 1) biceps brachii muscle (... Musculi bicipitis brachii ); 2) biceps femoris muscle (... Musculi bicipitis femoris ); 3) triceps brachii muscle (... Musculi tricipitis brachii ). Synonym: caput longum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long head of triceps | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, infraglenoid tuberosity of scapula; insertion, posterior and upper olecranon and fascia of the forearm; action, extends and adducts arm. (06 Mar 2000) |
| long muscle of head | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, anterior tubercles of transverse processes of third to sixth cervical vertebrae; insertion, basilar process of occipital bone; action, twists or flexes neck anteriorly; nerve supply, cervical plexus. Synonym: musculus longus capitis, long muscle of head, musculus rectus capitis anticus major. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ABC process | Purification of water or deodorization of sewage by a mixture of alum, blood, and charcoal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory process | A small apophysis at the posterior part of the base of the transverse process of each of the lumbar vertebrae. Synonym: processus accessorius, accessory tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acromial process | <anatomy> The lateral triangular projection of the spine of the scapula that forms the point of the shoulder and articulates with the clavicle. (27 Sep 1997) |
| activated sludge process | <procedure> A method of treating sewage and wastewater through microbial oxidation. Sewage previously treated in settling tanks is aerated to encourage the growth of nonpathogenic aerobic microorganisms (bacteria, yeasts, moulds and protozoans) which break the organic matter down into carbon dioxide, water and simple salts. After this activated sludge is produced, the wastewater undergoes further processing through anaerobic digestion, filtering and chlorination. (29 Dec 1997) |
| adiabatic process | <chemistry> A process in which the system does not exchange heat with the surroundings. (15 Jan 1998) |
| agene process | Bleaching of flour with nitrogen trichloride (prohibited in the United States). (05 Mar 2000) |
| alar process | A small lateral expansion of the ethmoid bone from the front of the crista galli on each side that articulates with the frontal bone and forms the foramen caecum. Synonym: ala cristae galli, alar process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolar process | That portion of bone in either the maxilla or the mandible which surrounds and supports the teeth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anterior process of malleus | A slender spur running anteriorward from the neck of the malleus toward the petrotympanic fissure. Synonym: processus anterior mallei, Folli's process, follian process, long process of malleus, processus gracilis, processus ravii, Rau's process, Ravius' process, slender process of malleus. (05 Mar 2000) |