| package insert | <pharmacology> A form containing the indications, side effects and other relevant information known about a drug that can be found on the inside of any prescription drug container. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| touch-me-not | <botany> See Impatiens. Squirting cucumber. See Cucumber. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| forget-me-not | <botany> A small herb, of the genus Myosotis (M. Palustris, incespitosa, etc), bearing a beautiful blue flower, and extensively considered the emblem of fidelity. Formerly the name was given to the Ajuga Chamaepitus. Origin: G. Vergissmeinnicht. (04 Apr 1998) |
| bulk | To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell. "The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment." (Leslie Stephen) Origin: Bulked; Bulking. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bulk density | Weight per unit of volume, usually specified in pounds per cubic foot. (05 Dec 1998) |
| bulk modulus | modulus of volume elasticity |
| radiation damage, bulk | <radiobiology> General term describing changes in chemical and/or metallurgical properties of structure components of fusion reactor caused by atomic displacement and nuclear transmutation events occuring as a result of exposure to a radiation environment (such as the neutrons emitted from a fission or D-T fusion reactor). (09 Oct 1997) |
| brain-heart infusion agar | A medium used for the isolation of fastidious microorganisms, especially fungi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| constant infusion pump | An electrically driven device for delivery from a reservoir of a constant, often very small, volume of solution over a prolonged period of time. (05 Mar 2000) |
| home infusion therapy | Use of any infusion therapy on an ambulatory, outpatient, or other non-institutionalised basis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| infusion | The therapeutic introduction of a fluid other than blood, as saline solution, solution, into a vein. (18 Nov 1997) |
| infusion-aspiration drainage | A type of drainage in which antibiotics are continuously infused into a cavity at the same time fluid is being drained (aspirated) from the cavity. Synonym: drip-suck irrigation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infusion graft | Transplantation by injection of a suspension of cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infusion pumps | Fluid propulsion systems driven mechanically, electrically, or osmotically that are used to inject (or infuse) over time agents into a patient or experimental animal; used routinely in hospitals to maintain a patent intravenous line, to administer antineoplastic agent and other drugs in thromboembolism, heart disease, diabetes mellitus (insulin infusion systems is also available), and other disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| infusion pumps, implantable | Implanted fluid propulsion systems with self-contained power source for providing long-term controlled-rate delivery of drugs such as chemotherapeutic agents or analgesics. Delivery rate may be externally controlled or osmotically or peristaltically controlled with the aid of transcutaneous monitoring. (12 Dec 1998) |