A & E medicine Quick reference
Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
accident and emergency medicine: an important specialty dealing with the immediate problems of the acutely ill and injured. See also...
a- Quick reference
Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
prefix denoting absence of; lacking; not. Examples: amastia (absence of breasts); amorphic (lacking definite form); atoxic (not poisonous).
A-DNA Quick reference
A Dictionary of Biomedicine (2 ed.)
One of the double helical structures that can be adopted by DNA, a right-handed double helix fairly similar to *...
A-O Quick reference
Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
Association for Osteosynthesis: denoting a widely used system for treating fractures by metal inserts.
A-scan n. Quick reference
Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
examination of ocular tissue, including measurement of the length of the eye (axial length), by means of a high-frequency ultrasound machine. ...
A-type channels Quick reference
A Dictionary of Biomedicine (2 ed.)
A20 Quick reference
A Dictionary of Biomedicine (2 ed.)
A cytoplasmic zinc finger protein (790 aa) that inhibits *NFκB activity and TNF-mediated programmed cell death. The expression of the A20 mRNA is upregulated by TNF...
A431 Quick reference
A Dictionary of Biomedicine (2 ed.)
A human cell line established from an epidermoid carcinoma, often used in studies on *EGF.
AAA family Quick reference
A Dictionary of Biomedicine (2 ed.)
Aarskog–Scott syndrome Quick reference
A Dictionary of Biomedicine (2 ed.)
Ab Quick reference
A Dictionary of Biomedicine (2 ed.)
Common abbreviation for antibody. See IgA, IgG, etc.
ab- Quick reference
Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
prefix denoting away from. Example: abembryonic (away from or opposite the embryo).
abarticulation n. Quick reference
Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
abasia n. Quick reference
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abatacept n. Quick reference
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abbreviated injury scale Quick reference
Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
a quick method for determining the severity of a case of serious trauma. It can be used for purposes of ...
Abbreviations and symbols Quick reference
Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
ABC Quick reference
A Dictionary of Biomedicine (2 ed.)
abciximab n. Quick reference
Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
an *antiplatelet drug (a *monoclonal antibody) that is used as an adjunct to lessen the chance of a heart attack during surgery to open blocked arteries of the heart (...
