| separation | The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate. Specifically: Chemical analysis. Divorce. The operation of removing water from steam. Judicial separation, a form of divorce; a separation of man and wife which has the effect of making each a single person for all legal purposes but without ability to contract a new marriage. Origin: L. Separatio: cf. F. Separation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
|---|---|
| separation anxiety | A child's apprehension or fear associated with removal from or loss of a parent or significant other. (05 Mar 2000) |
| separation anxiety disorder | A mental disorder occurring in childhood characterised by excessive anxiety when the child is separated from someone to whom the child is attached, usually a parent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| separation of retina | <ophthalmology> A painless disorder (when spontaneous) where the patient complains of a gradual raising or lowering of a curtain over the visual field of the affected eye. May also occur as the result of trauma. (27 Sep 1997) |
| separation of teeth | Loss of proximal contact of teeth, in orthodontics, the creation of interproximal spaces for the fitting of an appliance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anxiety, separation | Anxiety experienced by an individual upon separation from a person or object of particular significance to him. (12 Dec 1998) |
|---|---|
| phase separation | <chemistry> The separation of fluid phases that contain different concentrations of common components. Occurs with partially miscible solvents used in many biochemical separation methods. Also temperature dependent phase separation occurs with some detergent solutions. With reference to membranes means the segregation of lipid components into domains that have different chemical composition. (31 Dec 1997) |
| sternochondral separation | Separation of the sternochondral articulation, especially of the 2nd to 7th ribs, which are true joints lined with synovial membranes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immunomagnetic separation | A cell-separation technique where magnetizable microspheres or beads are first coated with monoclonal antibody, allowed to search and bind to target cells, and are then selectively removed when passed through a magnetic field. Among other applications, the technique is commonly used to remove tumour cells from the marrow of patients who are to undergo autologous bone marrow transplantation. (12 Dec 1998) |