| Kasabach | Haig H., U.S. Physician, 1898-1943. See: Kasabach-Merritt syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| kasabach-merritt syndrome | <syndrome> Thrombocytopenia caused by sequestration and destruction of platelets in a large cavernous haemangioma, usually seen in infants, rare in adults (12 Dec 1998) |
| kasack | <ethnology> Same as Cossack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kasai | A form of anaemia occurring in natives of Zaire (formerly the Belgian Congo), with associated oedema of subcutaneous tissues, depigmented regions in the skin, and various gastrointestinal disturbances; thought to result from deficiencies in nutrition. Synonym: Belgian Congo anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kasai operation | An operation for biliary atresia in which a Roux-en-Y loop of jejunum is anastomosed to the hepatic end of the divided extravascular portal structures, including rudimentary bile ducts. Synonym: Kasai operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kasai, Morio | <person> 20th century Japanese surgeon. See: Kasai operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kashin, Nikolai | <person> Russian orthopedist, 1825-1872. See: Kashin-Bek disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kashin-Bek disease | A form of generalised osteoarthrosis limited to areas of Asia, including the Urov river; believed to result from ingestion of wheat infected with the fungus Fusarium sporotrichiella. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kassinin | <chemical> Dodecapeptide tachykinin found in the central nervous system of the amphibian kassina senegalensis. It is similar in structure and action to other tachykinins, but is especially effective in contracting smooth muscle tissue and stimulating the micturition reflex. Chemical name: Kassinin (12 Dec 1998) |
| Kasten's fluorescent Feulgen stain | <technique> A fluorescent modification of the Feulgen stain, utilizing any one of a variety of fluorescent basic dyes to which SO2 is added; the brilliant fluorescence makes this method unusually sensitive and adaptable to cytofluorometric quantification of DNA. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kasten's fluorescent PAS stain | <technique> A fluorescent modification of the periodic acid Schiff stain for polysaccharides which uses one of Kasten's fluorescent Schiff reagents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kasten's fluorescent Schiff reagents | Fluorescent analogues of Schiff's reagent which are fluorescent basic dyes lacking acidic side groups and containing one or more primary amine groups; used in cytochemical detection of DNA in Kasten's fluorescent Feulgen stain, polysaccharides in Kasten's fluorescent PAS stain, and proteins in the ninhydrin-Schiff stain; such analogues include acriflavine, auramine O, and flavophosphine N. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kasten, Frederick | <person> U.S. Histochemist and cell biologist, *1927. See: Kasten's fluorescent Schiff reagents, Kasten's fluorescent Feulgen stain, Kasten's fluorescent PAS stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kasugamycin | An aminoglycoside antibioticused against bacteria andsome fungi, it isunusual because it is bacteriostatic (inhibits bacterial growth andreproduction) rather than bacteriocidal. (09 Oct 1997) |