| Ziemann's dots | Fine dot's seen in erythrocytes in malariae malaria. Synonym: Ziemann's stippling. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Ziemann's stippling | Fine dot's seen in erythrocytes in malariae malaria. Synonym: Ziemann's stippling. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ziemann, Hans | <person> German pathologist, *1865. See: Ziemann's dots, Ziemann's stippling. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zietrisikite | <chemical> A mineral wax, vert similar to ozocerite. It is found at Zietrisika, Moldavia, whence its name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Zieve's syndrome | <syndrome> Transient jaundice, haemolytic anaemia, and hyperlipaemia associated with acute alcoholism in patients with cirrhosis or a fatty liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Zieve, Leslie | <person> U.S. Physician, *1915. See: Zieve's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ZIFT | <gynaecology> In vitro fertilization with a transfer of the zygote into the fallopian tube, a combination of in vitro fertilization and gamete intra-fallopian transfer. An assisted reproduction technique consisting of hormonal stimulation of the ovaries, laparoscopic follicular aspiration of oocytes, in-vitro fertilization, and intra-fallopian transfer of the zygote by transabdominal cannulation at the pronuclear stage (before cleavage). Acronym: ZIFT (12 Dec 1998) |
| zighyr | <chemical> Same as Sicker. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Zigmond chamber | <cell culture> Chamber designed by Zigmond in which to test the ability of cells (neutrophils) to orient in a gradient of chemoattractant. The chamber is similar to a haemocytometer, but with a depth of only ca. 20m. The gradient is set up by diffusion from one well to the other and the orientation of cells towards the well containing chemoattractant is scored on the basis of their morphology or by filming their movement. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Zika fever | An acute disease, probably transmitted by mosquitoes, clinically resembling dengue; caused by Zika virus, a member of the family Flaviviridae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Zika virus | A mosquito-borne virus of the genus Flavivirus (family Flaviviridae), found in parts of Africa and in Malaysia, that causes Zika fever. Origin: Zika, forest in Uganda, where first isolated (05 Mar 2000) |
| zilla | <botany> A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| zillah | A district or local division, as of a province. Origin: Ar. Zila. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Zimany's bilobed flap | A surgical flap that is transposed into a defect with a smaller flap transposed to fill the secondary defect caused by the rotation of the larger flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zimb | <zoology> A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |