V V chemical symbol, vanadium; symbol, volt; vision; visual acuity. Vd volume of distribution. VT tidal volume. v. [L.] vena (vein); pl. venae (vv.) [L.]. V–D–J joining see antibody. V…
I I chemical symbol, iodine (L. iodum). Ia antigen MHC class II histocompatibility antigens found primarily on B lymphocytes but also on some macrophages, T lymphocytes and skin. I band…
G G symbol for giga; gingival; glucose; gonidial; guanine. g 1. gravity; the unit of force exerted upon a body during acceleration and deceleration. 2. gram (or grams). γ gamma,…
E e- for words beginning thus, see also those beginning oe-. ε epsilon, small letter; fifth letter in the Greek alphabet. Used to designate random error in regression analysis. η…
H H chemical symbol, hydrogen;; Hounsfield unit. H+ symbol, hydrogen ion. H+,K+-ATPase an enzyme of the gastric parietal cell involved in the terminal step of gastric acid secretion in the…
N N 1. symbol, newton. 2. chemical symbol, nitrogen. 3. symbol, normal (solution); the expressions 2N (double normal), 0.5N (halfnormal), 0.1N (tenth-normal), etc., denote the strength of a solution in…
S S chemical symbol, sulfur; symbol for siemens and svedberg; [L.] semis (half); sight; [L.] signa (mark); [L.] sinister (left). S phase see cell cycle. S1 first heart sound. S2…
C C chemical symbol, carbon; cathode (cathodal); Celsius or centigrade (scale); cervical; clearance; clonus; closure; contraction; cylinder; cytosine; in the electrocardiogram, C stands for chest (precordial) lead2; symbol for complement….
M M macerate; maximal; symbol, mega; member; meter; minim; [L.] mil or mille (thousand); misce (mix); mistura (mixture); symbol, molar (solution)—the expressions M/10, M/100, etc., denote the strength of a…
T T symbol, tesla; tera-; (absolute) temperature; thymine. T1 in magnetic resonance imaging, a time constant; called also spin-lattice relaxation time. T1 recovery the time taken for about 63% of…
