| salvage logging | The harvest of dead, dying, damaged, or weak trees to prevent the spread of disease or insects and to reduce the risk of high intensity fire. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| green logging | The logging of timber that is still alive. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| logging | The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| logging residues | The unused portion of wood and bark left on the ground after harvesting merchantable wood. The material may include tops, broken pieces, and unmerchantable species. (05 Dec 1998) |
| salvage chemotherapy | Use of chemotherapy in a patient with recurrence of a malignancy following initial treatment, in hope of a cure or prolongation of life. Synonym: salvage therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salvage cystectomy | Removal of the bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salvage pathway | <biochemistry> A recycling metabolic pathway in which biomolecules such as nucleotides are synthesised from intermediates in the degradative pathway for those biomolecules. The intermediate materials would otherwise be waste products. (14 Oct 1997) |
| salvage therapy | <oncology> The final possible treatment for people who are nonresponsive to or cannot tolerate other available treatments for a particular condition. (14 Oct 1997) |