| ABP | actin-binding protein; ambulatory blood pressure; American Board of Pedodontics; American Board of P... |
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| ft. | foot, feet |
| 1 inch | = 1/12 feet, 2.54 cm; |
| BF | bentonite flocculation; bile flow; black female; blastogenic factor; blister fluid; blood flow; body... |
| FF | degree of fineness of abrasive particles; fat-free; father factor; fecal frequency; fertility factor... |
| FSW | feet of sea water |
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| ABIM | American Board of Internal Medicine |
| ABR | American Board of Radiology |
| ABSITE | American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination |
| ENB | English National Board |
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| board feet | (BF) Unit of measure for logs and lumber. One board foot is equivalent to a piece of wood 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide, and 12 inches long. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| board | 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, used for building, etc. When sawed thick, as over one and a half or two inches, it is usually called a plank. 2. A table to put food upon. The term board answers to the modern table, but it was often movable, and placed on trestles. "Fruit of all kinds . . . She gathers, tribute large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand." (Milton) 3. Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board. 4. A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorised assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc. "Both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board." (Clarendon) "We may judge from their letters to the board." (Porteus) 5. A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board. 6. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards. 7. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession. 8. [In this use originally perh. A different word meaning border, margin; cf. D. Boord, G. Bord, shipboard, and G. Borte trimming; also F. Bord (fr. G) the side of a ship. Cf. Border] The border or side of anything. The side of a ship. "Now board to board the rival vessels row." . See On board, below. The stretch which a ship makes in one tack. Board is much used adjectively or as the last part of a compound; as, fir board, clapboard, floor board, shipboard, sideboard, ironing board, chessboard, cardboard, pasteboard, seaboard; board measure. The American Board, a shortened form of "The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions" (the foreign missionary society of the American Congregational churches). Bed and board. See Bed. <mathematics> Board and board, to sail in a straight line when close-hauled; to lose little to leeward. To make short boards, to tack frequently. On board. On shipboard; in a ship or a boat; on board of; as, I came on board early; to be on board ship. In or into a railway car or train. Returning board, a board empowered to canvass and make an official statement of the votes cast at an election. Origin: OE. Bord, AS. Bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. Bor board, side of a ship, Goth. Ftu-baurd]/> Footstool, D. Bord board, G. Brett, bort. See def. 8. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| governing board | The group in which legal authority is vested for the control of health-related institutions and organizations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sound-board | A sounding-board. "To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes." (Milton) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sweaty feet syndrome | A disorder of leucine metabolism characterised by the excessive production of isovaleric acid upon protein ingestion or during infectious episodes; severe metabolic acidosis results from the large quantities of acid formed; autosomal recessive inheritance; due to a deficiency of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase. Synonym: sweaty feet syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end-feet | The somewhat enlarged, often club-shaped endings by which axons make synaptic contacts with other nerve cells or with effector cells (muscle or gland cells). As isolated, by homogenizing brain or spinal cord, they contain acetylcholine and the related enzymes. Terminals contain neurotransmitters of various kinds, sometimes more than one. These can be demonstrated by chemical analysis and immunocytochemical methods. See: synapse. Synonym: axonal terminal boutons, end-feet, neuropodia, pieds terminaux, synaptic boutons, synaptic endings, synaptic terminals, terminal boutons, bouton terminaux. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feet | As a measure of length, the plural of foot. See Foot. (12 Dec 1998) |
| flat feet | All babies have flat feet because their arches are not yet built up (anf their feet tend to be plump). (12 Dec 1998) |
| land use board of appeals | (LUBA) A seven-member board appointed to adjudicate land use disputes in Oregon. (05 Dec 1998) |
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