| autopolymer resin | Autopolymerizing resin, any resin that can be polymerised by chemical catalysis rather than by the application of heat; used in dentistry for dental restoration, denture repair, and impression trays. Synonym: activated resin, cold cure resin, cold-curing resin, quick cure resin, self-curing resin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| autopolymerization | Polymerization without the use of external heat, as a result of the addition of an activator and a catalyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autopolyploid | An autoploid having two or more multiples of the haploid sets of chromosomes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autopolyploidy | The condition of being allopolyploid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autopsical | Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autopsorin | <medicine> That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus. Origin: Auto- + Gr. The itch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autopsy | <procedure> A surgical procedure, postmortem, which involves the examination of body tissues, often to determine cause of death. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autoptic | Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience. Origin: Gr., cf. F. Autoptique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autoptical | Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience. Origin: Gr., cf. F. Autoptique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autoradiogram | Synonym: autoradiograph. Origin: auto-+ radiogram (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoradiograph | Image of the distribution and concentration of radioactivity in a tissue or other substance made by placing a photographic emulsion on the surface of, or in close proximity to, the substance. Synonym: autoradiogram. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autoradiography | <technique> A specimen containing radioactive atoms is overlaid with a photographic emulsion (X-ray film), which is subsequently developed, revealing the localisation of radioactivity as a pattern of silver grains. Resolution is determined by the path length of the radiation and so the low energy beta emitting isotope, tritium, is usually used. The technique can be used to visualise radioactively labelled molecules or fragments of molecules, used in analyzing length and number of DNA fragments after they are separated by gel electrophoresis. (12 Mar 1998) |
| autoreceptors | Transmitter receptors on or near presynaptic terminals (or varicosities) which are sensitive to the transmitter(s) released by the terminal itself. Receptors for the hormones released by hormone-releasing cells are also included. (12 Dec 1998) |
| autoregulation | <molecular biology> Regulation of a gene encoding a transcription factor by its own gene product: a feedback process. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autoreinfection | 1. Reinfection by microbes or parasitic organisms on or within the body that have already passed through an infective cycle, such as a succession of boils, or a new infective cycle with production of a new generation of larvae and adults, as by the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis or the cestode Hymenolepsis nana. 2. Self-infection by direct contagion as with parasite eggs passed in the infectious state transmitted by fingernails (anal-oral route), as with the pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis. Synonym: autoreinfection, self-infection. (05 Mar 2000) |