| ART | absolute retention time; Accredited Record Technician; acoustic reflex test; algebraic reconstructio... |
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| SS | disulfide; sacrosciatic; saline soak; saline solution; saliva sample; saliva substitute; Salmonella-... |
| SSD | shaded surface display; single saturating dose; Social Security disability; source-skin distance; so... |
| CT | calcitonin; calf testis; cardiac tamponade; cardiothoracic [ratio]; carotid tracing; carpal tunnel; ... |
| SPT | secretin-pancreazymin [test]; single patch technique; sleep period time; spectrin; station pull-thro... |
| cusum | Cumulative Sum |
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| SPID | Sum of pain intensity differences |
| SUM | supramammillary nucleus |
| CIRS | Cumulative Illness Rating Scale |
| CRE | Cumulative Radiation Effect |
| sum | 1. The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12. "Take ye the sum of all the congregation." (Num. I. 2) Sum is now commonly applied to an aggregate of numbers, and number to an aggregate of persons or things. 2. A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum. "The sum of forty pound." "With a great sum obtained I this freedom." (Acts xxii. 28) 3. The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections. 4. Height; completion; utmost degree. "Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought My story to the sum of earthly bliss." (Milton) 5. <mathematics> A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out. "A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular point is ipso facto fatal to the whole." (Gladstone) "A large sheet of paper . . . Covered with long sums." (Dickens) Algebraic sum, as distinguished from arithmetical sum, the aggregate of two or more numbers or quantities taken with regard to their signs, as + or -, according to the rules of addition in algebra; thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8, and -1 is 5. In sum, in short; in brief. "In sum, the gospel . . . Prescribes every virtue to our conduct, and forbids every sin." Origin: OE. Summe, somme, OF. Sume, some, F. Somme, L. Summa, fr. Summus highest, a superlative from sub under. See Sub-, and cf. Supreme. 1. To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; usually with up. "The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day." (Bacon) 2. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; usually with up. ""Go to the ant, thou sluggard," in few words sums up the moral of this fable." (L'Estrange) "He sums their virtues in himself alone." (Dryden) 3. <veterinary> To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage. "But feathered soon and fledge They summed their pens [wings]" (Milton) Summing up, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a resume; a summary. Synonym: To cast up, collect, comprise, condense, comprehend, compute. Origin: Cf. F. Sommer, LL. Summare. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| cumulative | Increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cumulative action | The condition in which repeated administration of a drug may produce effect's that are more pronounced than those produced by the first dose. Synonym: cumulative action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cumulative dose | The total dose resulting from repeated exposures to radiation of the same part of the body or of the whole body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cumulative effect | The condition in which repeated administration of a drug may produce effect's that are more pronounced than those produced by the first dose. Synonym: cumulative action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cumulative effects | Effects on the environment resulting from actions that are individually minor but that add up to a greater total effect as they take place over a period of time. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Cumulative Index Medicus | Collection of medical literature, published annually, which began in the US Army Surgeon General's office in the last century. It has been taken over by the National Library of Medicine and has evolved into a database called MEDLINE. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cumulative trauma disorders | Harmful and painful condition caused by overuse or overexertion of some part of the musculoskeletal system, often resulting from work-related physical activities. It is characterised by inflammation, pain, or dysfunction of the involved joints, bones, ligaments, and nerves. (12 Dec 1998) |
| airbrasive technique | A method of grinding, cutting tooth structure, or roughening the natural tooth surface or the surface of a restoration, by means of a device utilizing a gas-impelled jet of fine Al203 particles which, after striking the tooth, are removed by an aspirator. See: microetching technique. (05 Mar 2000) |
| air-gap technique | Chest radiography performed using a space between the subject and film instead of a grid to absorb scattered radiation; usually requires a target-film distance of 10 feet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aseptic technique | <procedure> A method used by microbiologists and clinicians to keep cultures, sterile instruments and media, and people free of microbial contamination. (09 Oct 1997) |
| atrial-well technique | An obsolete semi-closed surgical technique for repairing atrial septal defects and other cardiac abnormalities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barcroft-Warburg technique | An apparatus for measuring the oxygen consumption of incubated tissue slices by manometric measurement of changes in gas pressure produced by oxygen absorption in an enclosed flask. Synonym: Barcroft-Warburg apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Begg light wire differential force technique | An orthodontic appliance utilizing small gauge labial wires with expansion and contraction loops formed into it and attached to bands fitted to individual teeth; sometimes called Begg light wire differential force technique. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Berk Sharp technique | <molecular biology, procedure> A technique of genetic mapping in which mRNA is hybridised with single stranded DNA and the nonhybridised DNA then digested with S1 nuclease, the residual DNA that hybridised with the messenger is then characterised by restriction mapping. (18 Nov 1997) |
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