| ECG | Electro-Cardio-Graphy(-Gram); ½ÉÀüµµ = EKG 1. Conducting System Structu... |
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| SB | Bachelor of Science; Schwartz-Bartter [syndrome]; serum bilirubin; shortness of breath; sick bay; si... |
| SBE | breast self-examination; short below-elbow [cast]; shortness of breath on exertion; small bowel enem... |
| SHORT, S-H-O-R-T | short stature, hyperextensibility of joints or hernia or both, ocular depression, Rieger anomaly, te... |
| short-FRAME | short stature-facial anomalies-Rieger anomaly-midline anomalies-enamel defects [syndrome] |
| (13)C-UBT | 13)C-urea breath test |
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| UBT | 13)C-urea breath test |
| ABT | 13C]-aminopyrine breath test |
| ABT | Aminopyrine Breath Test |
| BrAC | Breath Alcohol Concentration |
| breath | 1. The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration, air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc. "Melted as breath into the wind." (Shak) 2. The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath. 3. The power of respiration, and hence, life. "Thou takest away their breath, they die." (Ps. Civ. 29) 4. Time to breathe; respite; pause. "Give me some breath, some little pause." (Shak) 5. A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant. "He smiles and he frowns in a breath." (Dryden) 6. That which gives or strengthens life. "The earthquake voice of victory, To thee the breath of life." (Byron) 7. A single word; the slightest effort; a triffle. "A breath can make them, as a breath has made." (Goldsmith) 8. A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion. "Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea, when not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface." (Addison) 9. Fragrance; exhalation; odour; perfume. "The breath of flowers." (Bacon) 10. Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration. "An after dinner's breath." (Shak) Out of breath, breathless, exhausted; breathing with difficulty. Under one's breath, in low tones. Origin: OE. Breth, breeth, AS. Br odour, scent, breath; cf. OHG. Bradam steam, vapor, breath, G. Brodem, and possibly E. Brawn, and Breed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| breath analysis test | A test of hepatic and intestinal absorptive function; aminopyrine labelled with radioactive carbon is administered orally; expired 14CO2 is a measure of aminopyrine absorption and its metabolism in the liver; a measurement of the amount of 14CO2 exhaled after an oral dose of 14C-O-xylose; a measurement of exhaled hydrogen gas following an oral dose of lactose as a test of lactose deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| breath-holding | Voluntary or involuntary cessation of breathing; often seen in young children as a response to frustration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| breath-holding test | A rough index of cardiopulmonary reserve measured by the length of time that a subject can voluntarily stop breathing; normal duration is 30 seconds or more; diminished cardiac or pulmonary reserve is indicated by a duration of 20 seconds or less. (05 Mar 2000) |
| breath tests | Any tests done on exhaled air. (12 Dec 1998) |
| shortness of breath | Difficulty breathing. (27 Sep 1997) |
| uraemic breath | Characteristic odour of the breath in patients with chronic renal failure, variously described as "fishy," "ammoniacal," and "fetid," which is indicative of the systemic accumulation of volatile metabolites, usually excreted in the urine; dimethylamine and trimethylamine have been identified and correlated with the classic fishy odour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urea breath test | A test for the presence of the bacteria helicobacter pylori that causes inflammation and ulcers in the stomach. The breath test is based on the ability of h. Pylori to break down urea. Ten minutes after swallowing a capsule containing urea with labelled carbon, a breath sample is collected to detect labelled carbon in the exhaled breath. A positive test indicates active infection. The test turns negative after eradication of the bacteria from the stomach with antibiotics. (12 Dec 1998) |
| liver breath | A peculiar odour to the breath in persons with severe liver disease; caused by volatile aromatic substances that accumulate in the blood and urine due to defective hepatic metabolism. Synonym: liver breath. (05 Mar 2000) |
| red-short | <chemistry> Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; said of certain kinds of iron. Red"-shortness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| congenitally short oesophagus | <radiology> Very rare findings: nonreducible intrathoracic gastric segment, short straight oesophagus, circular narrowing at GE junction frequently with ulcer, GE reflux see also: hiatal hernia (12 Dec 1998) |
| hot-short | <chemistry> More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| short | 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight. "The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it." (Isa. Xxviii. 20) 2. Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath. "The life so short, the craft so long to learn." (Chaucer) "To short absense I could yield." (Milton) 3. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water. 4. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; usually with of; as, to be short of money. "We shall be short in our provision." (Shak) 5. Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith. 6. Not distant in time; near at hand. "Marinell was sore offended That his departure thence should be so short." (Spenser) "He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day." (Clarendon) 7. Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory. "Their own short understandings reach No farther than the present." (Rowe) 8. Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); with of. "Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war." (Landor) 9. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question. 10. Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry. 11. <chemistry> Brittle. Metals that are brittle when hot are called ot-short; as, cast iron may be hot-short, owing to the presence of sulphur. Those that are brittle when cold are called cold-short; as, cast iron may be cold-short, on account of the presence of phosphorus. 12. Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, and To sell short. In mercantile transactions, a note or bill is sometimes made payable at short sight, that is, in a little time after being presented to the payer. 13. Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, 22. Short is much used with participles to form numerous self-explaining compounds; as, short-armed, short-billed, short-fingered, short-haired, short-necked, short-sleeved, short-tailed, short-winged, short-wooled, etc. at short notice, in a brief time; promptly. Short rib, any suit having only three cards, or less than three. To come short, To cut short, To fall short, etc. See Come, Cut, etc. Origin: OE. Short, schort, AS. Scort, sceort; akin to OHG. Scurz, Icel. Skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. Shear, v. T. Cf. Shirt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| short abductor muscle of thumb | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, tubercle of trapezium and flexor retinaculum; insertion, lateral side of proximal phalanx of thumb; action, abducts thumb; nerve supply, median. Synonym: musculus abductor pollicis brevis, short abductor muscle of thumb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short adductor muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, superior ramus of pubis; insertion, upper third of medial lip of linea aspera; action, adducts thigh; nerve supply, obturator. Synonym: musculus adductor brevis, short adductor muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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