| IK | immobilized knee; immune body [Ger. Immunekorper]; Infusoria killing [unit]; interstitial keratitis |
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| IKU | Infusoria killing unit |
| MCC | mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; medial cell column; Medical Council of Canada; metacerebr... |
| SKL | serum killing level |
| LAK | Lymphokine Activated Killing |
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| NK | Natural Killing |
| mercy | Origin: OE. Merci, F. Merci, L. Merces, mercedis, hire, pay, reward, LL, equiv. To misericordia pity, mercy. L. Merces is prob akin to merere to deserve, acquire. See Merit, and cf. Amerce. 1. Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency. "Examples of justice must be made for terror to some; examples of mercy for comfort to others." (Bacon) 2. Compassionate treatment of the unfortunate and helpless; sometimes, favor, beneficence. 3. Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help. "In whom mercy lacketh and is not founden." (Sir T. Elyot) 4. A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor. "The Father of mercies and the God of all comfort." (2 Cor. I. 3) Mercy seat,a religious order founded in Dublin in the year 1827. Communities of the same name have since been established in various American cities. The duties of those belonging to the order are, to attend lying-in hospitals, to superintend the education of girls, and protect decent women out of employment, to visit prisoners and the sick, and to attend persons condemned to death. To be at the mercy of, to be wholly in the power of. Synonym: See Grace. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| oxygen dependent killing | One of the most important bactericidal mechanisms of mammalian phagocytes involves the production of various toxic oxygen species (hydrogen peroxide, superoxide, singlet oxygen, hydroxyl radicals) through the metabolic burst. Although anaerobic killing is possible, the oxygen dependent mechanism is crucial for normal resistance to infection and a defect in this system is usually fatal within the first decade of life (chronic granulomatous disease). See: myeloperoxidase, chemiluminescence. (18 Nov 1997) |
| lady-killing | The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women. "Better for the sake of womankind that this dangerous dog should leave off lady-killing." (Thackeray) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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euthanasia: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
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Killing by one person of another who has an incurable illness or injury in its final and most painful stages. When mercy killing occurs with the consent of the patient, it is called voluntary. When performed upon an incapacitated person or against a person
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