| hooker | 1. One who, or that which, hooks. 2. A Dutch vessel with two masts. A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Hooker, Charles | <person> See: Hooker-Forbes test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hooker-Forbes test | A test for compounds with progestational activity; such compounds cause hypertrophy of the stromal nuclei of the endometrium in uteri obtained from spayed mice; a sensitive test capable of detecting 0.0002 ug of progesterone. (05 Mar 2000) |