| journal article | The predominant publication type for articles and other items indexed for nlm databases. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| botany | <study> The scientific study of plant life. (09 Oct 1997) |
| botany bay | A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770. Hence, any place to which desperadoes resort. <medicine> Botany Bay kino, a resin of reddish yellow colour, resembling gamboge, the product of different Australian species of Xanthorrhaea, especially. The grass three (X. Hastilis) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| economic botany | <study> The study of plants and plant products that can be used for profit, such as in the field of agriculture or medicine. (13 Nov 1997) |
| radiation injuries, experimental | Harmful effects of exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation produced experimentally in chordates. (12 Dec 1998) |
| games, experimental | Games designed to provide information on hypotheses, policies, procedure or strategies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychology, experimental | The branch of psychology which seeks to learn more about the fundamental causes of behaviour by studying various psychologic phenomena in controlled experimental situations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neuritis, experimental allergic | An autoimmune demyelinating disorder of peripheral nerves produced by injection of peripheral nerve tissue protein. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diabetes mellitus, experimental | Diabetes mellitus induced experimentally by administration of various diabetogenic agents or by pancreatectomy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| implants, experimental | Artificial substitutes for body parts and materials inserted into organisms during experimental studies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| experimental | 1. Of, relating to or based on experience: empirical. 2. Of a disease: intentionally produced especially in laboratory animals for the purpose of study. (18 Nov 1997) |
| experimental allergic encephalitis | <pathology> An autoimmune disease that can be induced in various experimental animals by the injection of homogenised brain or spinal cord in Freund's adjuvant. The antigen appears to be a basic protein present in myelin and the response is characterised by focal areas of lymphocyte and macrophage infiltration into the brain, associated with demyelination and destruction of the blood-brain barrier. Sometimes used as a model for demyelinating diseases, although whether this is entirely justifiable is not clear. (18 Nov 1997) |
| experimental allergic encephalomyelitis | <pathology> An autoimmune disease that can be induced in various experimental animals by the injection of homogenised brain or spinal cord in Freund's adjuvant. The antigen appears to be a basic protein present in myelin and the response is characterised by focal areas of lymphocyte and macrophage infiltration into the brain, associated with demyelination and destruction of the blood-brain barrier. Sometimes used as a model for demyelinating diseases, although whether this is entirely justifiable is not clear. (18 Nov 1997) |
| experimental error | The total error of measurement ascribed to the conduct of an empirical observation. It is commonly expressed as the standard deviation of replicated experiments. There may be many components, including those in the sampling procedure, the measurements, injudicious choice of a model, observer bias, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| experimental group | A group of subjects exposed to the variable of an experiment, as opposed to the control group. (05 Mar 2000) |