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Concerning a part of the diastole of the cardiac cycle.  

To a type of ovum containing considerable yolk or a type of cleavage in which cleavage divisions are restricted to the protoplasmic region of the animal pole.  

A secondary spore resulting from the division of another spore.  

In medicine, the compassionate provision of relief or mitigation of physical pain, mental suffering, or psychological distress.  

An x-ray study of the knee while it is in 30° of flexion, with the patellofemoral joint viewed tangentially. This radiographical view of the knee shows the position of the dorsal surface of the patella as it sits in the trochlear groove between the femoral condyles.  

Any organic chemical that contains the — SH radical. It is formed when the oxygen of an alcohol is replaced by sulfur.  

A craniometric landmark, being the lowest point of the mandibular symphysis seen in a lateral radiograph. It is similar to, but not necessarily the same as, gnathion, which is the lowest point of the mandible in the midline as palpated in the living.  

A widely used index of commercially published, standardized tests.