| elicitor | <plant biology> Substance that induces the formation of phytoalexins in higher plants. May be exogenous (often produced by potentially pathogenic microorganisms) or endogenous (possibly cell wall degradation products). (18 Nov 1997) |
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| eligibility determination | Criteria to determine eligibility of patients for medical care programs and services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eliminant | <mathematics> The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree. Synonym: resultant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eliminate | 1. To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty. "Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces of thought yet unexplored." (Young) 2. <mathematics> To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity. 3. To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration. "Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating." (Lowth) 4. To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion. 5. <physiology> To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system. Origin: L. Eliminatus, p. P. Of eliminare; e out + limen threshold; prob. Akin to limes boundary. See Limit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| elimination | <pharmacology> The act of expulsion or of extrusion, especially of drug expulsion from the body. Origin: L. Eliminatio, from limen = threshold (18 Nov 1997) |
| elimination diet | A diet designed to detect what ingredient of the food causes allergic manifestations in the patient; food items to which the patient may be sensitive are withdrawn separately and successively from the diet until that which causes the symptoms is discovered. (05 Mar 2000) |
| elimination disorders | Excretory-related psychiatric disorders usually diagnosed in infancy or childhood. (12 Dec 1998) |
| elimination half-life | <pharmacology> The time it takes for the body to eliminate or breakdown half of a dose of a pharmacologic agent. (09 Oct 1997) |
| eliminative | <physiology> Relating to, or carrying on, elimination. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eliminative behaviour, animal | Behaviour associated with the elimination of feces and urine from the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| elinguation | Synonym: glossectomy. Origin: L. E, out, + lingua, tongue (05 Mar 2000) |
| elinin | A lipoprotein fraction of red blood cells that contains the Rh and A and B factors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eliquament | A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eliquation | <chemistry> The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation. Origin: L. Eliquatio, fr. Eliquare to clarify, strain; e + liquare to make liquid, melt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ELISA | <investigation> The enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay is serologic test used as a general screening tool for the detection of antibodies to the HIV virus. Reported as positive or negative. Since false positive tests due occur (for example recent flu shot), positives will require further evaluation using the western blot. ELISA technology links an a measurable enzyme to either an antigen or antibody. In this way, it can then measure the presence of an antibody or an antigen in the bloodstream. Acronym: ELISA (27 Sep 1997) |
| Marshall, Eli | <person> U.S. Pharmacologist, 1889-1966. See: Marshall's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Moschcowitz, Eli | <person> U.S. Physician, 1879-1964. See: Moschcowitz' disease, Moschcowitz test. (05 Mar 2000) |