| Amberg, Emil | <person> U.S. Otologist, 1868-1948. See: Amberg's lateral sinus line. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Beck, Emil | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1866-1932. See: Beck's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Berger, Emil | <person> Austrian ophthalmologist, 1855-1926. See: Berger's space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mannkopf, Emil | <person> German physician, 1836-1918. See: Mannkopf's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Holmgren, Emil | <person> Swedish histologist, 1866-1922. See: Holmgren-Golgi canals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Huschke, Emil | <person> German anatomist. Lived: 1797-1858. See: Huschke's cartilages, Huschke's foramen, Huschke's auditory teeth, Huschke's valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Du Bois-Reymond, Emil | <person> German physiologist, 1818-1896. See: Du Bois-Reymond's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Feer, Emil | <person> Swiss paediatrician, 1864-1955. See: Feer's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Zuckerkandl, Emil | <person> Austrian anatomist, 1849-1910. See: Zuckerkandl's bodies, Zuckerkandl's convolution, Zuckerkandl's fascia, organs of Zuckerkandl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fischer, Emil | <person> German chemist and Nobel laureate, 1852-1919. See: Fischer projection formulas of sugars, Kiliani-Fischer synthesis, Kiliani-Fischer reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Looser, Emil | <person> Swiss physician, 1877-1936. See: Looser's zones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acrosomal cap | A collapsed membranous vesicle that covers the anterior part of the nucleus of the spermatozoon, derived from the acrosomal granule; the carbohydrate-rich substance of the cap is associated with hydrolytic enzymes that aid in sperm penetration of the zona pellucida of the ovum. Synonym: head cap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apical cap | <radiology> Local pleural thickening at lung apex, ascribed incorrectly to TB, aetiology: non-specific fibrous scarring (most common), Pancoast tumour (12 Dec 1998) |
| bishop's cap | <botany> A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| cap | <abbreviation> Catabolite (gene) activator protein. 1. Any anatomical structure that resembles a cap or cover. 2. A protective covering for an incomplete tooth. 3. Colloquialism for restoration of the coronal part of a natural tooth by means of an artificial crown. 4. The nucleotide structure found at the 5' terminus of many eukaryotic messenger RNAs, consisting of a 7-methylguanosine connected, via its 5'-hydroxyl group, by a triphosphate group to the 5'-hydroxyl group of the first nucleoside encoded by the DNA; usually symbolised as m7G5'ppp5'N, where N is nucleoside number 1 in the transcribed mRNA and is often itself methylated; the cap is added posttranscriptionally. (05 Mar 2000) |