| AID | acquired immunodeficiency disease; acute infectious disease; acute ionization detector; Agency for I... |
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| AIE | acute inclusion-body encephalitis; acute infectious encephalitis; acute infective endocarditis |
| AIL | acute infectious lymphocytosis; angiocentric immunoproliferative lesion; angioimmunoblastic lymphade... |
| AIP | acute idiopathic pericarditis; acute infectious polyneuritis; acute intermittent porphyria; aldoster... |
| EIA | electroimmunoassay; enzyme immunoassay; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; equine infectious anemia;... |
| enterokinetic agent | An agent used to relieve intestinal atony. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| F agent | The prototype conjugative plasmid associated with conjugation in the K-12 strain of Escherichia coli. Synonym: F agent, F-factor, F genote, F-genote, fertility agent, fertility factor, sex factor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uncoupling agent | <chemistry> A chemical that breaks the electron transport chain during key biological processes (for example, photosynthesis, phosphorylation). (09 Oct 1997) |
| fertility agent | The prototype conjugative plasmid associated with conjugation in the K-12 strain of Escherichia coli. Synonym: F agent, F-factor, F genote, F-genote, fertility agent, fertility factor, sex factor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uricosuric agent | <pharmacology> Gout suppressants that act directly on the renal tubule to increase the excretion of uric acid, thus reducing its concentrations in plasma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fibrinolytic agent | Fibrinolysin or agents that convert plasminogen to fibrinolysin. They may be endogenous or exogenous like the bacterial enzymes used in thromboembolism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| LDH agent | A species of RNA virus, probably an arterivirus, occurring in a number of transplantable mouse tumours. Infected mice have permanently elevated serum levels of lactate dehydrogenase. (12 Dec 1998) |
| luting agent | A fastening material or cement; e.g., plaster or wax to hold casts to an articulator, or material to hold crowns to teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |