| plus | 1. <mathematics> More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; opposed to minus. 2. Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual. "Success goes invariably with a certain plus or positive power." (Emerson) 3. <mathematics> Plus sign, the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity. Origin: L, more; akin to Gr, and cf. Piu, Pleonasm. (11 Mar 1998) |
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| plus lens | A converging lens. Synonym: plus lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plus strand | See: replicative form. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluorescence plus Giemsa stain | <technique> A stain used to demonstrate sister chromatid exchange; cells are grown in 5-bromodeoxyuridine, followed by chromosome preparation, staining in Hoechst 33258, exposure to light, and staining in Giemsa; chromosomes exhibit a "harlequin" appearance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| appetite juice | Gastric juice secreted upon the sight or smell of food and at the time of eating, influenced by the attractiveness of the food and delight in the food ingested; a conditioned reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cancer juice | Turbid, white to yellow-white or gray-white fluid (chiefly plasma) that may be expressed from certain forms of malignant neoplastic tissue, and is likely to contain neoplastic cells and debris; formed especially in relatively large, degenerating, partly necrotic foci of rapidly growing neoplastic tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pancreatic juice | The liquid secretion of the pancreas, which is discharged into the duodenum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gastric juice | The liquid secretion of the stomach mucosa consisting of hydrochloric acid (gastric acid), pepsinogen, intrinsic factor, gastrin, mucus, and the bicarbonate ion (bicarbonates). (12 Dec 1998) |
| glove juice test | <investigation> A test of how effective a particular antimicrobial surgical hand scrub is at disinfecting. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cherry juice | The juice expressed from the fresh ripe fruit of Prunus cerasus, containing not less than 1.0% of malic acid; used as a flavoring agent, and as a vehicle for cough syrups and other preparations for oral administrations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prune-juice expectoration | A thin reddish expectoration, characteristic of necrosis of lung tissue, usually by infection; due to haemorrhage caused by destruction of the lung parenchyma; sometimes seen with lung tumours. Synonym: prune-juice expectoration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prune-juice sputum | A thin reddish expectoration, characteristic of necrosis of lung tissue, usually by infection; due to haemorrhage caused by destruction of the lung parenchyma; sometimes seen with lung tumours. Synonym: prune-juice expectoration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intestinal juice | An alkaline straw-coloured fluid secreted by the intestinal glands; its enzymes (peptidases, saccharases, nucleases, lecithinases, phosphatases, lipases) complete the hydrolysis of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| juice | The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separates from meat in cooking. "An animal whose juices are unsound." (Arbuthnot) "The juice of July flowers." (B. Jonson) "The juice of Egypt's grape." (Shak) "Letters which Edward Digby wrote in lemon juice." (Macaulay) "Cold water draws the juice of meat." (Mrs. Whitney) Origin: OE. Juse, F.jus broth, gravy, juice, L. Jus; akin to Skr. Ysha. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| argyrophilic fibre | Reticular connective tissue fibre's that react with silver salts and appear black microscopically. (05 Mar 2000) |