| bile solubility test | A procedure that differentiates Streptococcus pneumoniae from other alpha-haemolytic streptococci by demonstrating its susceptibility to lysis in the presence of bile. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bunsen's solubility coefficient | The milliliters of gas STPD dissolved per milliliter of liquid and per atmosphere (760 mm Hg) partial pressure of the gas at any given temperature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solubility | 1. The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of a problem or intricate difficulty. 2. <botany> The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil. Origin: Cf. F. Solubilite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solubility test | A screening test for sickle cell haemoglobin (Hb S), which is reduced by dithionite and is insoluble in concentrated inorganic buffer; addition of blood showing Hb S to buffer and dithionite causes opacity of the solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ostwald's solubility coefficient | The milliliters of gas dissolved per milliliter of liquid and per atmosphere (760 mm of Hg) partial pressure of the gas at any given temperature. This differs from Bunsen's solubility coefficient (a) in that the amount of dissolved gas is expressed in terms of its volume at the temperature of the experiment, instead of STPD. Thus, lambda = a (1 + 0.00367t), where t = temperature in degrees Celsius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anisotropic lipid | A lipid in the form of doubly refractive droplets. (05 Mar 2000) |
| annular lipid | The layer(s) of lipid bound to and/or surrounding an integral membrane protein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brain lipid | Impure cephalin possessing marked haemostatic action when locally applied. (05 Mar 2000) |
| galactose-diphosphoglycosyl carrier lipid synthetase | <enzyme> Catalyses synthesis of gcl-pp-gal from udp gal and p-gcl; also catalyses exchange between the uridylyl moiety of udpgal and ump Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| pneumonia, lipid | Pneumonia due to aspiration or inhalation of various oily or fatty substances. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neutral lipid storage disease | <syndrome> Congenital ichthyosis, leukocyte vacuoles, and variable involvement of other organ systems. Synonym: neutral lipid storage disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| disease, lipid storage | A series of disorders due to inborn errors in lipid metabolism resulting in the abnormal accumulation of lipids in the wrong places (Examples include Gaucher, Fabry and Niemann-Pick diseases and metachromatic leukodystrophy). (12 Dec 1998) |
| inositol lipid | A membrane-anchored phospholipid that transduces hormonal signals by stimulating the release of any of several chemical messengers. (09 Oct 1997) |
| isotropic lipid | A lipid occurring in the form of singly refractive droplets. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lipid | <chemical> Any of a heterogeneous group of flats and fatlike substances characterised by being water insoluble and being extractable by nonpolar (or fat) solvents such as alcohol, ether, chloroform, benzene, etc. All contain as a major constituent aliphatic hydrocarbons. The lipids, which are easily stored in the body, serve as a source of fuel, are an important constituent of cell structure and serve other biological functions. Lipids may be considered to include fatty acids, neutral fats, waxes and steroids. Compound lipids comprise the glycolipids, lipoproteins and phospholipids. (18 Nov 1997) |