| PRO-PBP | pro-platelet basic protein |
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| misc | miscarriage; miscellaneous |
| SF | Sabin-Feldman [test]; safety factor; salt-free; scarlet fever; screen film; seminal fluid; serosal f... |
| EPI/STAR | echo planar imaging with signal targeting and alternating radiofrequency |
| STAR | Specialty Training and Advanced Research [NIH] |
micronucleus
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| gloves, protective | Coverings for the hands, usually with separations for the fingers, made of various materials, for protection against infections, toxic substances, extremes of hot and cold, radiations, water immersion, etc. The gloves may be worn by patients, care givers, housewives, laboratory and industrial workers, police, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| gloves, surgical | Gloves, usually rubber, worn by surgeons, examining physicians, dentists, and other health personnel for the mutual protection of personnel and patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bleaching powder | A mixture of varying proportions of complexes of chlorine with calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide. Contains 24-37% available chlorine. Decomposes in moist conditions to liberate chlorine. Strong irritant due to chlorine vapors. Used for disinfecting drinking water, sewage etc.; in the bleaching of wood pulp, linen, cotton, straw, oils, soaps, and laundry; as an oxidiser; in destroying caterpillars; and as a decontaminant for mustard gas and similar substances. Synonym: bleaching powder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| goa powder | A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained. Origin: So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| powder | 1. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust. "Grind their bones to powder small." (Shak) 2. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder. Atlas powder, Baking powder, etc. See Atlas, Baking, etc. Powder down, a boy formerly employed on war vessels to carry powder; a powder boy. Powder post. See Dry rot, under Dry. Powder puff. See Puff. Origin: OE. Poudre, pouldre, F. Poudre, OF. Also poldre, puldre, L. Pulvis, pulveris: cf. Pollen fine flour, mill dust, E. Pollen. Cf. Polverine, Pulverize. 1. To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily. 2. To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| powder-posted | Affected with dry rot; reduced to dust by rot. See Dry rot, under Dry. (01 Mar 1998) |
| dover's powder | <alchemy> A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr. Dover's original prescription) with nitrate and sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne diaphoretic. Origin: From Dr. Dover, an English physician. (04 Mar 1998) |
| james's powder | <medicine> Antimonial powder, first prepared by Dr. James, ar English physician. Synonym: fever powder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brittle star | Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| venous star | A small, red nodule formed by a dilated vein in the skin; caused by increased venous pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water star grass | <botany> An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mother star | The single star figure at the end of prophase in mitosis. Synonym: mother star. Origin: mono-+ G. Aster, star (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar star | One of the figures forming the diaster. Synonym: polar star. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sea star | <zoology> A starfish, or brittle star. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| star | To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. "A sable curtain starred with gold." Origin: Starred; Starring. 1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae. "His eyen twinkled in his head aright, As do the stars in the frosty night." (Chaucer) The stars are distinguished as planets, and fixed stars. See Planet, Fixed stars under Fixed, and Magnitude of a star under Magnitude. 2. The polestar; the north star. 3. <astronomy> A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune. "O malignant and ill-brooding stars." (Shak) "Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury." (Addison) 4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor. "On whom . . . Lavish Honor showered all her stars." (Tennyson) 5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, ]; used as a reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc. 6. <chemistry> A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc, which, exploding of a air, presents a starlike appearance. 7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc. Star is used in the formation of compound words generally or obvious signification: as, star-aspiring, star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting, star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed, star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed; star-sprinkled, star-wreathed. Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, Shooting star, etc. See Blazing, Double, etc. <astronomy> Nebulous star, a small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star. <botany> Star anise, a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure. Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each. "With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit." (D. Webster) Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting. <botany> Star thistle, an aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with small yellow starlike blossoms. Origin: OE. Sterre, AS. Steorra; akin to OFries. Stera, OS. Sterro, D. Ster, OHG. Sterno, sterro, G. Stern, Icel. Stjarna, Sw. Stjerna, Dan. Stierne, Goth. Stairno, Armor. & Corn. Stern, L. Stella, Gr, Skr. Star; perhaps from a root meaning, to seater, Skr. St, L. Sternere (cf. Stratum), and originally applied to the stars as beingstrewn over the sky, or as beingscatterers or spreaders of light. 296. Cf. Aster, Asteroid, Constellation, Disaster, Stellar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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