| manifold | 1. A copy of a writing made by the manifold process. 2. <mechanics> A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others. 3. The third stomach of a ruminant animal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fever, five-day | See Fever, trench. (12 Dec 1998) |
| five | Four and one added; one more than four. <ethnology> Five nations, a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York. Origin: OE. Fif, five, AS. Fif, fife; akin to D. Vijf, OS. Fif, OHG. Finf, funf, G. Funf, Icel. Fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. Fem, Goth. Fimf, Lith. Penki, W. Pump, OIr. Coic, L. Quinque, Gr, aeol, Skr. Pacan. 303. Cf. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| five-day fever | See Fever, trench. (12 Dec 1998) |
| five-finger | 1. <botany> See Cinquefoil. 2. <zoology> A starfish with five rays, especially. Asterias rubens. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| five-leaf | Cinquefoil; five-finger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| five-leafed | <botany> Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| five-leaved | <botany> Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| five year survival rate | The proportion of patients still alive five years after a diagnosis or form of treatment is completed. Usually applied to statistics of survival of cancer patients, since after five years, recurrences are much less likely to occur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absolute unit | A unit whose value is constant regardless of place or time and not derived from dependent on gravitation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alexin unit | The smallest amount (highest dilution) of complement that will cause haemolysis of a unit of red blood cells in the presence of a haemolysin unit. Synonym: alexin unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Allen-Doisy unit | The quantity of oestrogen capable of producing in a spayed mouse a characteristic change in the vaginal epithelium, namely, disappearance of leukocytes and appearance of cornified cells, as determined by a vaginal smear; equal approximately to one-half of an estrone unit. Synonym: mouse unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amboceptor unit | haemolysin unit |
| androgen unit | The androgenic activity of 100 ug (0.1 mg) of crystalline androsterone as assayed by the comb growth response in capons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antigen unit | The smallest amount of antigen that, in the presence of specific antiserum, will fix 1 complement unit. (05 Mar 2000) |