| PRO | peer review organization; physician review organization; Professional Review Organization; pronation... |
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| BOP | buffalo orphan prototype [virus] |
| BUF | buffalo [rat] |
| DUR | drug use review; drug utilization review |
| MEDPAR | Medical Provider Analysis and Review; Medicare Provider Analysis and Review |
| BUF | Buffalo |
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| BGM | Buffalo Green Monkey |
| BRL | Buffalo rat liver |
| DUR | Drug Use Review |
| DUR | Drug Utilization Review |
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| buffalo | Origin: Sp. Bufalo (cf. It. Bufalo, F. Buffle), fr. L. Bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. Buffalo, prob. Fr. Ox. See Cow the animal, and cf. Buff the colour, and Bubale. 1. <zoology> A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. Bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers. 2. <zoology> A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; called also Cape buffalo. 3. <zoology> Any species of wild ox. 4. <zoology> The bison of North America. 5. A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below. 6. <marine biology> The buffalo fish. See Buffalo fish, below. <botany> Buffalo berry, the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub (Pyrularia oleifera); also, the shrub itself; oilnut. Buffalo robe, the skin of the bison of North America, prepared with the hair on; much used as a lap robe in sleighs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| buffalo hump | Term used to describe the distribution of a fat deposit seen posteriorly over the upper thoracic vertebrae; seen in hyperadrenocorticalism (Cushing's syndrome). Synonym: buffalo hump. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buffalo neck | Combination of moderate kyphosis with thick heavy fat pad on the neck, seen especially in persons with Cushing's disease or syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buffalo type | Term used to describe the distribution of a fat deposit seen posteriorly over the upper thoracic vertebrae; seen in hyperadrenocorticalism (Cushing's syndrome). Synonym: buffalo hump. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water buffalo | <zoology> The European buffalo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rate setting and review | A method of examining and setting levels of payments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peer review | Scrutiny by one's peers (equals). Peer-reviewed articles appearing in medical journals have been scrutinised by members of the biomedical community before publication. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peer review, health care | The concurrent or retrospective review by practicing physicians or other health professionals of the quality and efficiency of patient care practices or services ordered or performed by other physicians or other health professionals . (12 Dec 1998) |
| peer review, research | The evaluation by experts of the quality and pertinence of research or research proposals of other experts in the same field. Peer review is used by editors in deciding which submissions warrant publication, by granting agencies to determine which proposals should be funded, and by academic institutions in tenure decisions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| review | 1. A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life. 2. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works. 3. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique. 4. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc. 5. An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc. 6. The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher. 7. A lesson studied or recited for a second time. Bill of review, a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates. Synonym: Reexamination, resurvey, retrospect, survey, reconsideration, revisal, revise, revision. Origin: F. Revue, fr. Revu, p. P. Of revoir to see again, L. Revidere; pref. Re- re- + videre to see. See View, and cf. Revise. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| review, academic | A more or less comprehensive review of the literature on a specific subject, with usually an extensive critical analysis and synthesis of the literature. (12 Dec 1998) |
| review literature | Published material which provides an examination of recent or current literature. Reviews can cover a wide range of subject matter of various levels of completeness or comprehensiveness based on analyses of publications on the subject. The review may reflect the state of the art. It also includes reviews as a literary form. The presence of research findings or case reports does not preclude designation as a review. (12 Dec 1998) |
| review, multicase | A type of review literature giving demographic, laboratory, and clinical data on a group of persons or animals ranging from most of the known cases of a rare condition in large populations on whom the results of research will lead to the establishing of epidemiological analyses or predictions of the occurrence and natural history of diseases. It is differentiated from review of reported cases in that the latter generally reports a single case as a supplement to a presentation, however brief and limited, of other cases known to have been reported. (12 Dec 1998) |
| review of reported cases | Literature reporting - to the best of the author's ability - all known cases of a disease. The study is usually generated by the investigator's encounter with patients with a given disease and includes the investigator's own cases. The range of time will encompass historical cases and recent cases. The review usually cites the literature in which the known cases were published and may or may not include clinical and laboratory data. (12 Dec 1998) |
| review, tutorial | A type of review citing literature that will give the user a general and reasonably thorough coverage of a subject with which he may or may not be familiar. It often substitutes as a refresher course for a physician to update his or her awareness or as a crash course for a student unfamiliar with the subject. (12 Dec 1998) |
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