| WPk | Ward's pack; wet pack |
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| PR | by way of the rectum [Lat. per rectum]; far point [of accommodation] [Lat. punctum remotum]; palindr... |
| PaO2 | partial oxygen tension in arterial blood; partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood |
| PH | parathyroid hormone; partial hepatectomy; partial hysterectomy; passive hemagglutination; past histo... |
| PS | pacemaker syndrome; paired stimulation; paradoxical sleep; paraspinal; parasympathetic; Parkinson sy... |
| APTT | Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time |
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| APTT | Activated partial thromboplastin |
| APOLT | Auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation |
| CPS | Complex partial seizure |
| CPSE | Complex partial status epilepticus |
| blister pack | A package consisting of a clear plastic overlay affixed to a cardboard backing for protecting and displaying a product. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| pack | 1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods. 2. [Cf. Peck] A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. "A pack of sorrows." "A pack of blessings." "In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs." 3. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; as: A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack. A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together. A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves. A shook of cask staves. A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously. 4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely. 5. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc, according to the method of treatment. 6. [Prob. The same word; but cf. AS. Pcan to deceive] A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage. Pack animal, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc, employed in carrying packs. Pack cloth, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering packs or bales. Pack horse. See Pack animal (above). Pack ice. See def. 4, above. Pack moth, a troop of pack animals. Origin: Akin to D. Pak, G. Pack, Dan. Pakke, Sw. Packa, Icel. Pakki, Gael. & Ir. Pac, Arm. Pak. Cf. Packet. 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish. "Strange materials packed up with wonderful art." (Addison) "Where . . . The bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed." (Shak) 2. To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater. 3. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly. "And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown." (Pope) 4. Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes. "The expected council was dwindling into . . . A packed assembly of Italian bishops." (Atterbury) 5. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. " He lost life . . . Upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies." (Fuller) 6. To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse. "Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey." (Shack) 7. To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school. "He . . . Must not die" "Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven." (Shak) 8. To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. E, on the backs of men or beasts). 9. To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack. 10. <mechanics> To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine. Origin: Akin to D. Pakken, G. Packen, Dan. Pakke, Sw. Packa, Icel. Pakka. See Pack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| cold pack | A pack of cloth or other material soaked in cold water or encasing ice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wet pack | The usual form of pack using hot or cold moisture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hot pack | A pack of cloth or other material soaked in hot water, or producing moist heat by another means. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry pack | A pack enveloping one in dry, warmed blankets in order to induce profuse perspiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ice pack | A cold local application to limit or reduce swelling in recently traumatised tissues; usually in the form of a water-impervious container for ice. Improvised means for containing ice (plastic bags, towels, etc.) are often employed, as are chemical sacks that when struck allow the commingling of chemicals that react endothermically. (05 Mar 2000) |
| activated partial thromboplastin time | The time needed for plasma to form a fibrin clot following the addition of calcium and a phospholipid reagent; used to evaluate the intrinsic clotting system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reaction of partial identity | See: gel diffusion precipitin tests in two dimensions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| partial | 1. Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon. "Partial dissolutions of the earth." 2. Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; baised; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial. "Ye have been partial in the law." (Mal. Ii. 9) 3. Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond. "A partial parent." "Not partial to an ostentatious display." (Sir W. Scott) 4. <botany> Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole. Partial differentials, Partial differential coefficients, Partial differentiation, etc. (of a function of two or more variables), the differentials, differential coefficients, differentiation etc, of the function, upon the hypothesis that some of the variables are for the time constant. <mathematics> Partial fractions, the simple tones which in combination form an ordinary tone; the overtones, or harmonics, which, blending with a fundamental tone, cause its special quality of sound, or timbre, or tone colour. See, also, Tone. Origin: F, fr. LL. Partials, fr. L. Pars, gen. Partis, a part; cf. (for sense 1) F. Partiel. See Part. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| partial adrenocortical insufficiency | Normal basal adrenocortical function with failure of adrenocortical reserve to respond to ACTH stimulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| partial agglutinin | Immune agglutinin present in an antiserum in lesser concentration than the major agglutinin. Synonym: partial agglutinin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| partial anencephaly | Congenital failure of the cerebrum to develop normally; usually the cerebellum and basal ganglia are represented at least in rudimentary form. Synonym: partial anencephaly. Origin: hemi-+ G. Kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| partial aneuploidy | A type of mosaicism in which some cells have a normal number of chromosomes and some have an abnormal number. (05 Mar 2000) |
| partial anodontia | A condition of having fewer than the normal complement of teeth, either congenital or acquired. Synonym: oligodontia, partial anodontia. Origin: hypo-+ G. Odous, tooth (05 Mar 2000) |
| partial pack |
a wet pack covering only a portion of the body.
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