| rabies virus | <organism, virology> Species of the Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies in humans. The virus infects the cells in the brain, causing a fatal encephalomyelitis. It is found all over the world, but strict quarantine regulations have excluded it from Britain and Australia. The virus infects a number of domestic and wild mammals, whose saliva is infective. Some bats and small mammals can carry the virus without showing any symptoms of disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| Flury strain rabies virus | <organism, virology> Species of the Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies in humans. The virus infects the cells in the brain, causing a fatal encephalomyelitis. It is found all over the world, but strict quarantine regulations have excluded it from Britain and Australia. The virus infects a number of domestic and wild mammals, whose saliva is infective. Some bats and small mammals can carry the virus without showing any symptoms of disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
| fixed virus | Rabies virus whose virulence for rabbits has been stabilised by numerous passages through this experimental host. See: street virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rabies | Same as Hydrophobia; canine madness. Origin: L. See Rage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rabies immune globulin | Globulin fraction of pooled plasma of high anti-rabies virus titre from immunised persons. Synonym: rabies immunoglobulin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rabies immunoglobulin | rabies immune globulin (human) |
| rabies vaccine | An inactivated virus vaccine, used for preexposure immunization to persons at high risk of exposure, e.g., veterinarians, and in conjunction with rabies immunoglobulin, for postexposure prophylaxis. The official preparation is human diploid cell vaccine produced from rabies virus grown in cultures of human diploid embryo lung cells and inactivated with propriolactone. It has a much lower incidence of adverse reactions than the previously used duck embryo vaccine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| paralytic rabies | A form or stage of rabies marked by paralytic symptoms. Synonym: dumb rabies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human diploid cell rabies vaccine | An iodinated virus vaccine used for protection against rabies vaccine usually prepared in the human diploid cell WI-38. Synonym: human diploid cell rabies vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dumb rabies | A form or stage of rabies marked by paralytic symptoms. Synonym: dumb rabies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| furious rabies | The form or stage of rabies in which the animal is markedly hyperactive, characterised by periods of agitation, thrashing, running, snapping, or biting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| denture, partial, fixed | A partial denture attached to prepared natural teeth, roots, or implants by cementation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| denture, partial, fixed, resin-bonded | A commonly used prosthesis that results in a strong, permanent restoration. It consists of an electrolytically etched cast-metal retainer that is cemented (bonded), using resins, to adjacent teeth whose enamel was previously acid-treated (acid-etched). This type of bridgework is sometimes referred to as a maryland bridge. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fixed | 1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. 2. <chemistry> Stable; non-volatile. <chemistry> Fixed air, the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. <astronomy> Fixed stars, such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fixed alkali | Any alkali other than a weakly ionised one, like ammonia. (05 Mar 2000) |