| pK | negative logarithm of the dissociation constant; plasma potassium |
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| pK' | apparent value of a pK; negative logarithm of the dissociation constant of an acid |
| pKa | negative logarithm of the acid ionization constant |
| Vak | atrial volume constant |
| vvk | ventricular volume constant |
| space perception | The awareness of the spatial properties of objects; includes physical space. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| space retainer | <dentistry> A gadget used to maintain a space in your mouth. You would use a space maintainer when you lose one of your baby teeth. The space maintainer will keep a space in your mouth until a permanent tooth comes in to fill the space. (08 Jan 1998) |
| space sense | The faculty of perceiving the relative positions of objects in the external world. (05 Mar 2000) |
| space sickness | Dizziness as result of changes in inner ear resulting from absence of gravity. Synonym: physiologic vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| space simulation | An environment simulating one or more parameters of the space environment, applied in testing space systems or components. Often, a closed chamber is used, capable of approximating the vacuum and normal environments of space. This also includes simulated extravehicular activity studies in atmosphere exposure chambers or water tanks. (12 Dec 1998) |
| space suits | Pressure suits for wear in space or at very low ambient pressures within the atmosphere, designed to permit the wearer to leave the protection of a pressurised cabin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| space-time clustering | A statistically significant excess of cases of a disease, occurring within a limited space-time continuum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| subarachnoid space | The space between the arachnoidea and pia mater, traversed by delicate fibrous trabeculae and filled with cerebrospinal fluid. Since the pia mater immediately adheres to the surface of the brain and spinal cord, the space is greatly widened wherever the brain surface exhibits a deep depression (for example, between the cerebellum and medulla); such widenings are called cisternae. The large blood vessels supplying the brain and spinal cord lie in the subarachnoid space. Synonym: cavum subarachnoideum, subarachnoid cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subchorial space | The part of the placenta adjacently beneath the chorionic plate; it joins with irregular channels to form the marginal lakes. Synonym: subchorial lake. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subdural space | Originally thought to be a narrow fluid-filled interval between the dural and arachnoid; now known to be an artificial space created by the separation of the arachnoid from the dura as the result of trauma or some ongoing pathologic process; in the healthy state, the arachnoid is attached to the dura and a naturally occurring subdural space is not present. Synonym: spatium subdurale, cavum subdurale, subdural cavity, subdural cleavage, subdural cleft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subgingival space | The space between the surface of the tooth and the free gingiva. Synonym: sulcus gingivalis, gingival crevice, gingival space, subgingival space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nuel's space | An interval in the spiral organ (of Corti) between the outer pillar cells on one side and the phalangeal cells and hair cells on the other. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superficial perineal space | The superficial compartment of the perineum; the space bounded above by the perineal membrane (inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm) and below by the superficial perineal (Colles') fascia; it contains the root structure of the penis or clitoris and associated musculature, plus the superficial transverse perineal muscle and, in the female only, the greater vestibular glands. Synonym: spatium perinei superficiale, Colles' space, superficial perineal pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dead space | A cavity, potential or real, remaining after the closure of a wound which is not obliterated by the operative technique. See: anatomical dead space, physiologic dead space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep perineal space | The region between the perineal membrane and the endopelvic fascia of the floor of the pelvis occupied by the membranous part of the urethra, the bulbourethral gland (in the male), the deep transverse perineal and sphincter urethrae muscles, and the dorsal nerve and artery of the penis or clitoris. Synonym: spatium perinei profundum, deep perineal pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |