| Sp | tap spinal tap |
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| SpT | spinal tap |
| TAP | transesophageal atrial pacing; transluminal angioplasty; transmembrane action potential; transporter... |
| TW | tap water; terminal web; test weight; total body water; travelling wave |
| TWE | tap water enema; tepid water enema |
| CHL | Crown-heel length |
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| r-TAP | Recombinant tick anticoagulant peptide |
| TAP | Thiamphenicol |
| TAP | Tick anticoagulant peptide |
| TAP | Tracheal antimicrobial peptide |
| heel tap | A reflex movement of the toes when the heel is tapped, present in multiple sclerosis and other diseases of the pyramidal tract. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pericardial tap | Needle drainage of the pericardium, usually accompanied by placement of an indwelling catheter for continuing drainage. Synonym: pericardial tap, pericardiocentesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mitral tap | The palpable equivalent of the opening snap of the mitral valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sole tap reflex | Plantar flexion of the foot and toes elicited by tapping the sole near its outer edge; has the same significance as the Rossolimo toe flexion reflex Also called Guillain-Barre, Weingrow's, or sole tap reflex. Synonym: Guillain-Barre reflex, sole tap reflex, Weingrow's reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spinal tap | A diagnostic procedure where a sterile needle is introduced into the lower spine (L2) to collect cerebrospinal fluid for diagnostic purposes. Chemical analysis, cellular analysis and CSF pressure can all be measured with this procedure. This test can aid in the diagnosis of meningitis, subarachnoid haemorrhage and multiple sclerosis. (27 Sep 1997) |
| tap | 1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn. 2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet. 3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. 4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. 5. <mechanics> A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges. On tap. Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap. Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on tap. Plug tap, the slag of a puddling furnace. 1. To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumour, etc. 2. Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury. 3. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. "He has been tapping his liquors." (Addison) 4. <mechanics> To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut. Origin: AS. Taeppa, akin to D. Tap, G. Zapfen, OHG. Zapfo, Dan. Tap, Sw. Tapp, Icel. Tappi. Cf. Tampion, Tip. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| front-tap contraction | Contraction of the calf muscles when the anterior surface of the leg is struck. Synonym: Gowers' contraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| front-tap reflex | Contraction of the gastrocnemius muscle when the shin is struck. Synonym: periosteal reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black heel | Traumatic haemorrhage into the stratum corneum of the heel which may persist for several weeks as centrally confluent black dots. Synonym: black heel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| grease heel | Initially, lesions of horsepox occurring in the skin of the flexor surface of the fetlock of the horse, now frequently applied to any weeping, eczematous condition of that area. Synonym: scratches. Painful heel, a condition in which bearing weight on the heel causes pain of varying severity. Synonym: calcaneodynia, calcodynia. Prominent heel, a condition marked by a tender swelling on the os calcis due to a thickening of the periosteum or fibrous tissue covering the back of the os calcis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wire-heel | <veterinary> A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| contracted heel | A condition of the horse in which a part of the foot, often a heel, is contracted and shrunken as a result of loss of moisture in the hoof. Synonym: contracted heel, talipes cavus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cracked heel | Hyperkeratosis and fissure formation on the soles. Synonym: cracked heel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crown-heel length | Length of an outstretched embryo or foetus from skull vertex to heel. See: Streeter's developmental horizon(s). (05 Mar 2000) |
| heel | 1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; in man or quadrupeds. "He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His winged heels and then his armed head." (Denham) 2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif, a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe. 3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. "The heel of a hunt." . "The heel of the white loaf." . 4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob. 5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests; especially: The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt. The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe. 6. Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well. 7. The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif, the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping. A cyma reversa; so called by workmen. Heel chain See Heel. Heel ring, a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the snath. Neck and heels, the whole body. To be at the heels of, to pursue closely; to follow hard: as, hungry want is at my heels. To be down at the heel, to be slovenly or in a poor plight. To be out at the heels, to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. To cool the heels. See Cool. To go heels over head, to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner. To have the heels of, to outrun. To lay by the heels, to fetter; to shackle; to imprison. . To show the heels, to flee; to run from. To take to the heels, to flee; to betake to flight. To throw up another's heels, to trip him. To tread upon one's heels, to follow closely. Origin: OE. Hele, heele, AS. Hela, perh. For hohila, fr. AS. Heh heel (cf. Hough); but cf. D. Hiel, OFries. Heila, HLA, Icel. Haell, Dan. Hael, Sw. Hal, and L. Calx. Cf. Inculcate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| heel bone | The largest of the tarsal bones and is situated at the lower and back part of the foot forming the heel. (12 Dec 1998) |
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