| AE | above-elbow [amputation]; acrodermatitis enteropathica; activation energy; adult erythrocyte; advers... |
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| CE | California encephalitis; cardiac enlargement; cardioesophageal; carotid endarterectomy; catamenial e... |
| CPE | cardiac pulmonary edema; chronic pulmonary emphysema; clinical progress exercise; compensation, pens... |
| CRE | cumulative radiation effect; cyclic adenosine monophosphate-response element |
| eff | effect; efferent; efficiency; effusion |
| GM-CSF | Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor , granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
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| G-CSF | Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor , Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor |
| HB-EGF | Heparin binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor |
| HB-EGF | Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like growth factor |
| HGF | Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Scatter Factor |
| electrophonic effect | The sensation of hearing produced when an alternating current of suitable frequency and magnitude is passed from an external source through a person. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| toxic effect | <physiology> The physiologic, physical or laboratory manifestations or derangement that can be attributed to the presence of a substance within the body. (12 Jan 1998) |
| enhancement effect | Property of higher plant photosynthesis, discovered by Robert Emerson. The quantum yield of red light (less than 680nm) and far red light (700nm), when shone simultaneously on a plant, is greater than the sum of the yields of the light of the two wavelengths separately. This effect provides evidence for the cooperative interaction of two photosystems in photosynthesis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| tunneling effect | <radiobiology> In quantum mechanics, a particle approaching a potential energy barrier of finite extent has a chance (usually small) of tunneling through the barrier, even though it lacks the energy to go over the barrier. Tunneling plays a strong role in fusion reactions: particles which do not have enough energy to climb over the electrostatic energy barrier (into the region where nuclear attractions dominate) can still fuse by tunneling through. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Tyndall effect | The visibility of floating particles in gases or liquids when illuminated by a ray of sunlight and viewed at right angles to the illuminating ray. Synonym: Tyndall effect. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extrapyramidal effect | A combination of neurologic effects which includes tremors, chorea, athetosis and dystonia. A common side effect of neuroleptic agents (phenothiazines). Other medications known to cause these reactions include haloperidol, molindone, perphenazine & amitriptyline, loxapine, pimozide and rarely, benzodiazepines. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Fahraeus-Lindqvist effect | The decrease in apparent viscosity that occurs when a suspension, such as blood, is made to flow through a tube of smaller diameter; observed in tubes less than about 0.3 mm in diameter. Synonym: sigma effect. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Zeeman effect | The splitting of spectral lines into three or more symmetrically placed lines when the light source is subjected to a magnetic field. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fenn effect | The increased liberation of heat in a stimulated muscle when it is allowed to do mechanical work; the amount of heat liberated is increased in proportion to the distance the muscle is allowed to shorten and in proportion to the tension it must develop (e.g., the weight it lifts) during shortening; thus increased chemical energy is consumed both to liberate increased heat and to do increased mechanical work. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zygotic effect gene | <genetics> A gene whose phenotype is dependent on the genotype of the zygote, rather than the genotype of the mother. See: maternal effect gene. (18 Nov 1997) |
| late effect | Side effects of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy which only become apparent with long-term monitoring of the patient over a period of years. These are of particular concern in patients below the age of puberty. (18 Nov 1997) |
| founder effect | The establishment of a new population by a few original founders (in an extreme case, by a single fertilized female) which carry only a small fraction of the total genetic variation of the parental population [Ernst Mayr, 1963]. The result is that a given allele, gene, chromosome, or part of a chromosome found in members of the population can be traced back to one ancestral individual. (09 Oct 1997) |
| accelerator factor | <chemical> Heat- and storage-labile plasma glycoprotein which accelerates the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin in blood coagulation. Factor v accomplishes this by forming a complex with factor xa, phospholipid, and calcium (prothrombinase complex). Deficiency of factor v leads to owren's disease. Chemical name: Blood-coagulation factor V (12 Dec 1998) |
| acetate replacement factor | <biochemistry> 1,2 dithiolane 3 valeric acid. Regarded as a coenzyme in the oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex of the citric acid cycle. Involved generally in oxidative decarboxylations of _ keto acids. A growth factor for some organisms. (18 Nov 1997) |
| adrenal weight factor | A postulated substance of adenohypophysial origin responsible for maintenance of the weight of the adrenal cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |