| misc | miscarriage; miscellaneous |
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| adh | adhesion, adhesive; antidiuretic hormone |
| CAOM | chronic adhesive otitis media |
| IVAP | in-vivo adhesive platelet |
| BS | Bachelor of Science; Bachelor of Surgery; Bacillus subtilis; Bartter syndrome; base strap; bedside; ... |
| ARI | Adhesive Remnant Index |
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| MAP | Mussel Adhesive Protein |
| dover's powder | <alchemy> A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr. Dover's original prescription) with nitrate and sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne diaphoretic. Origin: From Dr. Dover, an English physician. (04 Mar 1998) |
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| clavicle strap | <orthopaedics> Also called a figure of 8 strap. This orthopaedic device is worn something like a back pack an allows improved healing of a fractured clavicle (improves the alignment of the fractured ends). (27 Sep 1997) |
| safety strap | <dentistry> A plastic strap which prevents a face-bow from coming loose and hurting you. (08 Jan 1998) |
| sandal strap dermatitis | Allergic contact on the dorsal surfaces of the feet, caused by synthetic rubber sandal straps or additives to natural rubber. (05 Mar 2000) |
| strap | 1. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging. "A lively cobbler that . . . Had scarce passed a day without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap." (Addison) 2. Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap. 3. A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop. 4. A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. <machinery> Specifically: A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine. A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything. 5. <botany> The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy. The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses. 6. A shoulder strap. See Shoulder. Strap bolt, a bolt of which one end is a flat bar of considerable length. Strap head, a flat rail formerly used. Origin: OE. Strope, AS. Stropp, L. Stroppus, struppus, perhaps fr. Gr. A band or cord, fr. To twist, to turn (cf. Strophe). Cf. Strop a strap, a piece of rope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| strap cell | An elongated tumour cell of uniform width that may show cross-striations; found in rhabdomyosarcoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| strap muscles | The small, flat muscles inferior to the hyoid bone including the sternohyoid, omohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, and levator muscle of the thyroid gland. Synonym: musculi infrahyoidei, strap muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adhesive | 1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances that cause the adherence of two surfaces. They include glues (properly collagen-derived adhesives), mucilages, sticky pastes, gums, resins, or latex. 2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. Adhesive attraction. 3. <physics> That kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration. Adhesive plaster, a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil. Origin: Cf. F. Adhesif. Source: Websters Dictionary (25 Jun 1999) |
| adhesive absorbent dressing | A sterile individual dressing consisting of a plain absorbent compress affixed to a film of fabric coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adhesive arachnoiditis | Thickening of the leptomeninges, sometimes with obliteration of the subarachnoid space; commonly related to acute or chronic leptomeningitis of bacterial or chemical origin. See: leptomeningeal fibrosis. Synonym: obliterative arachnoiditis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adhesive atelectasis | Alveolar collapse in the presence of patent airways, especially when surfactant is inactivated or absent, especially in respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, acute radiation pneumonitis, or viral pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adhesive bandage | A dressing of plain absorbent gauze affixed to plastic or fabric coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adhesive capsulitis | <orthopaedics, rheumatology> This disorder results from any conditions that enforce prolonged immobility of the shoulder joint. The shoulder is painful and tender to palpation. There is marked restriction of passive and active range of motion. Physical therapy and corticosteroid injections may be helpful in some cases. Surgery will be required for more advanced cases. (15 Jan 1998) |
| adhesive inflammation | Inflammation in which the amount of fibrin in the exudate is sufficient to result in a slight or moderate degree of adherence of adjacent tissues, as in healing by first intention. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adhesive otitis | Inflammation of the middle ear caused by prolonged eustachian tube dysfunction resulting in permanent retraction of the eardrum and obliteration of the middle ear space. (05 Mar 2000) |
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