| FJS | finger joint size |
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| IS | ileal segment; immediate sensitivity; immune serum; immunosuppression; impingement syndrome; incenti... |
| ISI | infarct size index; initial slope index; injury severity index; Institute for Scientific Information... |
| MSM | medium-size molecule; mineral salts medium |
| NSS | normal saline solution; normal size and shape; not statistically significant; nutrition support serv... |
| CSD | critical size defect |
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| ES | Effect Size |
| HPSEC | High Performance Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| IS | Infarct size |
| S | Size |
| size | 1. A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize. "To scant my sizes." 2. <engineering> An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; corresponding to battel at Oxford. 3. Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock. 4. Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size. "Men of a less size and quality." (L'Estrange) "The middling or lower size of people." (Swift) 5. A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale. 6. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for ascertaining the size of pearls. Size roll, a small piese of parchment added to a roll. Size stick, a measuring stick used by shoemakers for ascertaining the size of the foot. Synonym: Dimension, bigness, largeness, greatness, magnitude. Origin: Abbrev. From assize. See Assize, and cf. Size glue. 1. To fix the standard of. "To size weights and measures." 2. To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk. Specifically: To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature. <chemical> To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts. 3. To swell; to increase the bulk of. 4. <mechanics> To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting. To size up, to estimate or ascertain the character and ability of. See 4th Size. "We had to size up our fellow legislators." (The Century) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| size perception | The sensory interpretation of the dimensions of objects. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sizer | 1. See Sizar. 2. <mechanics> An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size. An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| abnormal placental size | <radiology> TOO BIG (greater than5cm in sections obtained at right angles to the long axis), maternal disease, diabetic mothers (= villous oedema), intrauterine infections, anaemic mothers (= normal histology), foetal disease, erythroblatosis foetalis (= villous oedema and hyperplasia), umbilical vein obstruction, foetal high output failure, large chorioangioma, sacrococcygeal teratoma, arteriovenous fistula too small, preeclampsia (associated with placental infarcts in 33-60%) (12 Dec 1998) |
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| aerodynamic size | In aerosols, the particle size with unit density that best represents the aerodynamic behaviour of a particle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| burst size | The number of phages produced by an infected cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cell size | The physical dimensions of a cell. It refers mainly to changes in dimensions correlated with physiological or pathological changes in cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health facility size | The physical space or dimensions of a facility. Size may be indicated by bed capacity. (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) |
| focal spot size | The measured size of a focal spot, a function of its actual size and the angulation of the anode surface. See: focal spot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| litter size | The number of offspring produced at one birth by an animal. (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Perception, Size, Perceptions, Size, Size Perceptions
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To identify a problem and assess the potential consequences. Initially, a size-up is the responsibility of the first officer to arrive at the scene of an emergency. Size-ups continue throughout the response phase and continuously update the status of the incident, evaluate the hazards present, determine the size of the affected area as well as whether the area can be isolated. ...
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The assessment of the safety of a scene for rescuers and patients, before proceeding with the initial patient assessment.
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An analysis or evaluation of the overall fire situation for determining control action to take. The present and potential behavior of the fire is an important and necessary step.
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A mental process of evaluating all of the influencing factors at a fire scene before committing personnel and equipment to a course of action. This usually includes hazards, life safety, fire involvement and plan of attack. Stick The aerial of a ladder truck. Aerials vary in length depending on the needs and finances of a department. Some are as short as 65 feet, while others reach lengths greater than 100 feet. Still Alarm A still alarm is a call requiring only one company. ...
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| size | the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing) |
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| size | the physical magnitude of something (how big it is) |
| size | a large magnitude |
| size | (informal) the actual state of affairs |
| size | any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics |
| size | make to a size |
| size | sort according to size |
| size | cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) |
| size | (used in combination) "the economy-size package" |
| size | the tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye) |
| size | (informal) the actual state of affairs |
| size | a mechanical measuring stick used by shoe fitters to measure the length and width of your foot |
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