| HLA | histocompatibility leukocyte antigen; histocompatibility locus antigen; homologous leukocyte antibod... |
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| HLT | heart-lung transplantation; human lipotropin; human lymphocyte transformation |
| hPL | human placental lactogen; human platelet lactogen |
| HPV | Hemophilus pertussis vaccine; hepatic portal vein; human papillomavirus; human parvovirus; hypoxic p... |
| HRV | heart rate variability; human reovirus; human rotavirus |
| human clinical trial | <pharmacology> Controlled clinical studies in human volunteers to test the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical candidates. There are usually three distinct phases of human clinical testing: Phases I, II, and III. Phase I trials are safety studies of volunteers, usually healthy controls. Phase II trials are studies to confirm safety and study optimum dose and initial efficacy. Phase III trials are studies to prove safety and efficacy in a specific patient population. (14 Nov 1997) |
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| human cytomegalovirus | <virology> A group of viruses within the subfamily Cytomegalovirus (Betaherpesvirinae) (of the family Herpesviridae) which infects human beings. (09 Oct 1997) |
| human development | Continuous sequential changes which occur in the physiological and psychological functions during the individual's life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| human diploid cell 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) |
| human ecology | The relations of persons to their total (biologic and social) environment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human ehrlichiosis | A form of ehrlichiosis that presents clinically as a undifferentiated acute febrile illness characterised by fever, chills, diarrhoea, and headache, following tick bite(s), probably by the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum. Caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis. First described in 1987. (Thought to be predominantly a monocytic form of ehrlichiosis.) (05 Mar 2000) |
| human embryo lung cell | <cell culture> Diploid, untransformed cells from the lungs of human embryos which are used to make vaccines against certain viruses (such as rabies). (09 Oct 1997) |
| human engineering | The science of designing, building or equipping mechanical devices or artificial environments to the anthropometric, physiological, or psychological requirements of the people who will use them. (12 Dec 1998) |
| human fibrin foam | A dry artificial sponge of human fibrin prepared by clotting with thrombin a foam of a solution of human fibrinogen; the clotted foam is dried from the frozen state and heated; used as a topical anticoagulant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human gamma globulin | A preparation of the proteins of liquid human plasma, containing the antibodies of normal adults; it is obtained from pooled liquid human plasma from a number of donors and may be prepared by precipitation with organic solvents under controlled conditions of pH, ionic strength, and temperature. Synonym: human normal immunoglobulin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human gene therapy | <molecular biology, technique> Insertion of normal DNA directly into cells to correct a genetic defect. (09 Oct 1997) |
| human genetics | The study of the genetic aspects of humans as a species. Compare: medical genetics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human genome | The full collection of genes in a human being. (12 Dec 1998) |
| human genome initiative | <molecular biology> Collective name for several projects begun in 1986 by the Department of Energy to create an ordered set of DNA segments from known chromosomal locations, develop new computational methods for analysing genetic map and DNA sequence data, and develop new techniques and instruments for detecting and analysing DNA. This initiative is now known as the Human Genome Program. The national effort, led by DOE and National Institute of Health, is known as the Human Genome Project. (09 Oct 1997) |