| ABS | abdominal surgery; acute brain syndrome; Adaptive Behavior Scale; admitting blood sugar; adult bovin... |
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| DMS | delayed match-to-sample; delayed microembolism syndrome; demarcation membrane system; department of ... |
| MASH | mobile Army surgical hospital; multiple automated sample harvester |
| NIS | nationwide impatient sample; near-infrared intracranial spectroscopy; N-iodosuccinimide; no inflamma... |
| NS | natural science; Neosporin; nephrosclerosis; nephrotic syndrome; nervous system; neurological surger... |
| G.H.S. | General Household Survey |
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| NHSDA | National Household Survey of Drug Abuse |
| DMS | Delayed Matching-to-Sample |
| DMTS | Delayed Matching-to-Sample |
| DNMS | Delayed Non-Match to Sample |
| household articles | Various material objects and items in the home. It includes temporary or permanent machinery and appliances. It does not include furniture or interior furnishings (furniture see interior design and furnishings; interior furnishings see interior design and furnishings). (12 Dec 1998) |
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| household products | Substances or materials used in the course of housekeeping or personal routine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| horizontal survey | <epidemiology> A study of a community, perhaps stratified by age, sex, ethnicity etc., but at one point in time or over a short time interval. Although a snapshot, horizontal surveys of prevalence and intensity within different age classes of a community can nevertheless provide valuable information on the rate at which hosts acquire infection through time, provided that the host and parasite populations have remained approximately stable for a period of time (i.e. Stable endemicity). Same as cross-sectional study , converse of longitudinal study. (05 Dec 1998) |
| skeletal survey | A radiographic examination of all or selected parts of the skeleton, as for occult fractures, metastases, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| survey | 1. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country. "Round he surveys and well might, where he stood, So high above." (Milton) 2. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine. "With such altered looks, . . . All pale and speechless, he surveyed me round." (Dryden) 3. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire. 4. To determine the form, extent, position, etc, of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast. 5. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same. Origin: OF. Surveoir, surveer; sur, sor, over, E. Sur + veoir, veeir, to see, F. Voir, L. Videre. See Sur-, and Vision, and cf. Supervise. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| survey line | A line scribed on an abutment tooth of a dental cast by means of a dental surveyor indicating the height of contour of the tooth according to a specific path of insertion, a line which serves as a guide in the proper location of various parts of a clasp assembly for a removable partial denture. Synonym: clasp guideline, Cummer's guideline. (05 Mar 2000) |
| field survey | The planned collection of data among noninstitutionalised persons in the general population. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rahn-Otis sample | An approximation of alveolar gas continuously provided by a simple device that admits just the latter part of each expiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| random sample | A group selected randomly, solely by chance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Haldane-Priestley sample | <physiology> An approximation of alveolar gas obtained from the end of a sudden maximal expiration into a Haldane tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| probability sample | Each individual in the sample has a known, generally equal, chance of being selected. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sample | 1. A specimen of a whole entity small enough to involve no threat or damage to the whole; an aliquot. 2. A selected subset of a population; a sample may be random or nonrandom (haphazard); representative or nonrepresentative. Origin: M.E. Ensample, fr. L. Exemplum, example (05 Mar 2000) |
| sample, random | A group selected randomly, solely by chance. (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) |
| stratified sample | A subset of a total population, defined by some objective criterion such as age or occupation, is sampled. (05 Mar 2000) |
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