| ACD | absolute cardiac dullness; absolute claudication distance; acid-citrate-dextrose [solution]; actinom... |
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| ACF | accessory clinical findings; acute care facility; anterior cervical fusion; area correction factor; ... |
| AChA | anterior choroidal artery |
| ACL | Achievement Check List; acromegaloid features, cutis verticis gyrata, corneal leukoma [syndrome]; an... |
| ACLR | anterior capsulolabral reconstruction |
| intermaxillary suture | The line of union of the two maxillae. Synonym: sutura intermaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| internasal suture | Line of union between the two nasal bones. Synonym: sutura internasalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interparietal suture | Line of union between the two parietal bones. Synonym: sutura sagittalis, interparietal suture, sutura interparietalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interrupted suture | A single stitch fixed by tying ends together. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipitomastoid suture | Continuation of the lambdoid suture between the posterior border of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the occipital. Synonym: sutura occipitomastoidea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporozygomatic suture | Line of junction of the zygomatic process of the temporal and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone. Synonym: sutura temporozygomatica, sutura zygomaticotemporalis, temporozygomatic suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tendon suture | Suture of the divided ends of a tendon. Synonym: tendinosuture, tendon suture, tenosuture. Origin: teno-+ G. Rhaphe, suture (05 Mar 2000) |
| tension suture | <surgery> A heavy reinforcing suture placed deep within the muscles and fasciae of the abdominal wall to relieve tension on the primary suture line and thus obviate postoperative wound disruption. Synonym: tension suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transfixion suture | A criss-cross stitch so placed as to control bleeding from a tissue surface or small vessel when tied; a suture used to fix the columella to the nasal septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end-on mattress suture | A vertical mattress suture used for exact skin approximation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ethmoidolacrimal suture | The line of union of the orbital plate of the ethmoid and the posterior margin of the lacrimal bone. Synonym: sutura ethmoidolacrimalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ethmoidomaxillary suture | Line of apposition of the orbital surface of the body of the maxilla with the orbital plate of the ethmoid bone. Synonym: sutura ethmoidomaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jobert de Lamballe's suture | An interrupted intestinal suture, used for invaginating the margins of the intestines in circular enterorrhaphy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanomastoid suture | A fissure separating the tympanic portion from the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; it transmits the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. Synonym: fissura tympanomastoidea, auricular fissure, tympanomastoid suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Faden suture | A suture placed between an ocular rectus muscle and the posterior sclera to limit excessive action of the eyeball. Origin: Ger. Faden, thread, twine (05 Mar 2000) |