| AHF | acute heart failure; American Health Foundation; American Hepatic Foundation; American Hospital Form... |
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| NPF | nasopharyngeal fiberscope; National Parkinson Foundation; National Pharmaceutical Foundation; Nation... |
| IHF | Industrial Health Foundation; integration host factor; International Hospital Foundation |
| ERF | Education and Research Foundation; external rotation in flexion; Eye Research Foundation |
| NAF | nafcillin; National Amputation Foundation; National Ataxia Foundation; net acid flux |
| CBS | Charles Bonnet Syndrome |
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| JAMA | Journal of the American Medical Association |
| NEJM | New England Journal of Medicine |
| CCF | Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
| JDF | Juvenile Diabetes Foundation |
| Tweed, Charles | <person> U.S. Orthodontist, 1895-1970. See: Tweed edgewise treatment, Tweed triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| journal article | The predominant publication type for articles and other items indexed for nlm databases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Tweed edgewise treatment | See: edgewise appliance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tweed triangle | A triangle defined by facial and dental landmarks on a lateral cephalometric film, using the Frankfort horizontal plane as a base and intended for use as a guide in the evaluation and planning of orthodontic treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mean foundation plane | The mean of the various irregularities in form and inclination of the basal seat; the ideal condition for denture stability exists when the mean foundation plane is most nearly at right angles to the direction of force. (05 Mar 2000) |
| National Science Foundation | <organisation> A nonregulatory U.S. Federal agency which has oversight of biotechnology research activities that the agency funds. (09 Oct 1997) |
| denture foundation | That portion of the oral structures which is available to support a denture. See: denture foundation area, denture foundation surface, mean foundation plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| denture foundation area | That portion of the basal seat which supports the complete or partial denture base under occlusal load. Synonym: basal seat, denture-bearing area, denture-supporting area, stress-bearing area, supporting area, tissue-bearing area. (05 Mar 2000) |
| denture foundation surface | That portion of the surface of a denture which has its contour determined by the impression and bears the greater part of the occlusal load. Synonym: denture basal surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foundation | A base; a supporting structure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Systeme International d'Unites | See: International System of Units. (05 Mar 2000) |
| international | 1. Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, two or more nations. 2. Of or concerning the association called the International. International code, a common system of signaling adopted by nearly all maritime nations, whereby communication may be had between vessels at sea. International copyright. See Copyright. International law, the rules regulating the mutual intercourse of nations. International law is mainly the product of the conditions from time to time of international intercourse, being drawn from diplomatic discussion, textbooks, proof of usage, and from recitals in treaties. It is called public when treating of the relations of sovereign powers, and private when of the relations of persons of different nationalities. International law is now, by the better opinion, part of the common law of the land. Cf. Conflict of laws, under Conflict. Origin: Pref. Inter- + national: cf. F. International. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| international agencies | International organizations which provide health-related or other cooperative services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| International Classification of Disease | The classification of specific conditions and groups of conditions determined by an internationally representative expert committee that advises the World Health Organization, which publishes the complete list in a periodically revised book, the Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death. The Tenth Revision (ICD) came into use in 1992; it has 20 chapters, each with a hierarchical arrangement of subdivisions (rubrics); some chapters are aetiological, more relate to body systems, some to classes of conditions, some to procedures. Acronym: ICD (05 Mar 2000) |
| International Classification of Health Problems in Primary Care | A classification of diseases, conditions and problems arranged for use in primary care where diagnostic precision is seldom possible. (05 Mar 2000) |
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