| misc | miscarriage; miscellaneous |
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| CBR | carbonyl reductase; chemical, biological, and radiological [warfare]; chemically-bound residue; chro... |
| FOB | fecal occult blood; feet out of bed; fiberoptic bronchoscopy; foot of bed; functional observational ... |
| IFP | inflammatory fibroid polyp; insulin, compound F [hydrocortisone], prolactin; intermediate filament p... |
| PAD | pain and distress; patient surface axis depth; percutaneous abscess drainage; percutaneous automated... |
| SQUID | SUper Conducting Quantum Interference Device |
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| SFC | Super-critical fluid chromatography |
| CSD | critical size defect |
| ES | Effect Size |
| HPSEC | High Performance Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| super- | 1. <prefix> A prefix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose, supersede, supernatural, superabundance. 2. <chemistry> A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, Bi-, Di-, and Per-. Origin: L. Super over, above; akin to Gr, L. Sub under, and E. Over. See Over, and cf. Hyper-, Sub-, Supra-, Sur-. (29 Oct 1998) |
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| abnormal placental size | <radiology> TOO BIG (greater than5cm in sections obtained at right angles to the long axis), maternal disease, diabetic mothers (= villous oedema), intrauterine infections, anaemic mothers (= normal histology), foetal disease, erythroblatosis foetalis (= villous oedema and hyperplasia), umbilical vein obstruction, foetal high output failure, large chorioangioma, sacrococcygeal teratoma, arteriovenous fistula too small, preeclampsia (associated with placental infarcts in 33-60%) (12 Dec 1998) |
| aerodynamic size | In aerosols, the particle size with unit density that best represents the aerodynamic behaviour of a particle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| burst size | The number of phages produced by an infected cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cell size | The physical dimensions of a cell. It refers mainly to changes in dimensions correlated with physiological or pathological changes in cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health facility size | The physical space or dimensions of a facility. Size may be indicated by bed capacity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sample size | The number of units (persons, animals, patients, specified circumstances, etc.) in a population to be studied. The sample size should be big enough to have a high likelihood of detecting a true difference between two groups. (12 Dec 1998) |
| size | 1. A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize. "To scant my sizes." 2. <engineering> An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; corresponding to battel at Oxford. 3. Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock. 4. Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size. "Men of a less size and quality." (L'Estrange) "The middling or lower size of people." (Swift) 5. A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale. 6. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for ascertaining the size of pearls. Size roll, a small piese of parchment added to a roll. Size stick, a measuring stick used by shoemakers for ascertaining the size of the foot. Synonym: Dimension, bigness, largeness, greatness, magnitude. Origin: Abbrev. From assize. See Assize, and cf. Size glue. 1. To fix the standard of. "To size weights and measures." 2. To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk. Specifically: To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature. <chemical> To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts. 3. To swell; to increase the bulk of. 4. <mechanics> To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting. To size up, to estimate or ascertain the character and ability of. See 4th Size. "We had to size up our fellow legislators." (The Century) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| size perception | The sensory interpretation of the dimensions of objects. (12 Dec 1998) |
| focal spot size | The measured size of a focal spot, a function of its actual size and the angulation of the anode surface. See: focal spot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| litter size | The number of offspring produced at one birth by an animal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bed | 1. To place in a bed. 2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with. "I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her." (Shak) 3. To furnish with a bed or bedding. 4. To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold. 5. To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock. "Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded." (Wordsworth) 6. To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed. 7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. "Bedded hair." Origin: Bedded; Bedding. 1. An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs. "And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed." (Byron) "I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . Make the beds." (Shak) "In bed he slept not for my urging it." (Shak) 2. (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage. "George, the eldest son of his second bed." (Clarendon) 3. A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. "Beds of hyacinth and roses." 4. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals. 5. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river. "So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed." (Milton) 6. <geology> A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc. 7. See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed. 8. The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds. A course of stone or brick in a wall. The place or material in which a block or brick is laid. The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. 9. <mechanics> The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine. 10. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad. 11. The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid. Bed is much used adjectively or in combination; as, bed key or bedkey; bed wrench or bedwrench; bedchamber; bedmaker, etc. Bed of justice, a phrase applied to a separation by partial divorce of man and wife, without dissolving the bonds of matrimony. If such a divorce (now commonly called a judicial separation) be granted at the instance of the wife, she may have alimony. Origin: AS. Bed, bedd; akin to OS. Bed, D. Bed, bedde, Icel. Ber, Dan. Bed, Sw. Badd, Goth. Badi, OHG. Betti, G. Bett, bette, bed, beet a plat of ground; all of uncertain origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bed conversion | The reallocation of beds from one type of care service to another, as in converting acute care beds to long term care beds. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bed occupancy | A measure of inpatient health facility use based upon the average number or proportion of beds occupied for a given period of time. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bed of breast | Structures against which the posterior surface of the breast lies; includes mainly the pectoralis major muscle, but also some serratus anterior and external abdominal oblique muscle; extends from second to sixth rib, and from parasternal to anterior axillary lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
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