| other-directed | Pertaining to a person readily influenced by the attitudes of others. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transferases (other substituted phosphate groups) | <enzyme> A class of enzymes that transfers substituted phosphate groups. Registry number: EC 2.7.8 (12 Dec 1998) |
| body weights and measures | The systems of measurement applied to the height, weight, length, area, etc., of the human and animal body or its parts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| measures of central tendency | General term for several characteristics of the distribution of a set of measurements or values around a value or values at or near the middle of the set; the principal measures of central tendency are mean, median, and mode. (05 Mar 2000) |
| weights and measures | A unit or standard of measurement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| security measures | Regulations to assure protection of property and equipment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| prophylactic | Preventive measure or medication. (16 Dec 1997) |
| prophylactic cranial irradiation | Radiation therapy to the head to prevent cancer from spreading to the brain. (12 Dec 1998) |
| prophylactic mastectomy | <procedure, surgery> Surgery to remove a breast before it has cancer. (16 Dec 1997) |
| prophylactic membrane | A layer of pus cells lining an abscess cavity which have not yet autolyzed. Synonym: prophylactic membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prophylactic treatment | The institution of measures designed to protect a person from an attack of a disease to which he has been, or is liable to be exposed. Synonym: preventive treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |