| lymphocyte lymphocyte | A type of non-granular antibodies. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| carbon-nitrogen ligases with glutamine as amide-n-donor | <enzyme> Enzymes that catalyze the joining of glutamine-derived ammonia and another molecule. The linkage is in the form of a carbon-nitrogen bond. Registry number: EC 6.3.5 (12 Dec 1998) |
| proton donor | <chemistry> An acid, a susbstance that donates protons in an acid-base reduction reaction. (10 Jan 1998) |
| hydrogen donor | A metabolite from which hydrogen is removed (by a dehydrogenase system) and transferred by a hydrogen carrier to another metabolite, which is thus reduced. (05 Mar 2000) |
| donor | <biology> An individual organism that supplies living tissue to be used in another body, as a person who furnished blood for transfusion or an organ for transplantation in a histocompatible recipient. (15 Nov 1997) |
| donor insemination | Artificial insemination with semen from a donor who is not the woman's husband. Synonym: donor insemination. Homologous insemination, artificial insemination with the husband's semen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| donor splice junction | <molecular biology> The junction between an exon and an intron at the 5' end of the intron. When the intron is removed during processing of hnRNA the donor junction is spliced to the acceptor junction at the 3' end of the intron. (15 Nov 1997) |
| electron donor | A molecule or compound that gives up electrons in an oxidation-reduction reaction. (09 Oct 1997) |
| universal donor | In blood grouping, a person belonging to group O; i.e., one whose erythrocytes do not contain either agglutinogen A or B and are, therefore, not agglutinated by plasma containing either of the ordinary isoagglutinins, alpha or beta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |