| Katayama fever | Acute early egg-laying phase of schistosomiasis, a toxaemic syndrome in heavy primary infections, rarely seen in chronic cases. It is considered a form of immune complex disease or serum sickness-like condition. Described for schistosomiasis japonica, but observed with other forms as well. Synonym: Katayama fever. Origin: town in Japan where the d. Is common (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Katayama syndrome | Schistosomiasis caused by schistosoma japonicum. It is endemic in the far east and affects the bowel, liver, and spleen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Katayama's test | A qualitative colourimetric test for the presence of carboxyhemoglobin in the blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kate | <zoology> The brambling finch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kathetal | <mathematics> Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include a right angle. Origin: Gr. A perpendicular line. See Cathetus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kathode | An obsolete spelling of cathode. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kation | An obsolete spelling of cation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| katsuwokinase | <enzyme> Fibrinolytic enzyme from skipjack shiokara, a japanese traditional fermented food; stable in 10% nacl; n-terminal has 80% homology to trypsin Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| katydid | <zoology> A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Katz | Sir Bernard, German-British neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate, *1911. See: Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz equation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kaurene synthetase | <enzyme> Catalyses conversion of all-trans-geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate to trans-copalyl pyrophosphate to kaurene Registry number: EC 2.5.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| kauri | <botany> A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, or Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin. Alternative forms: kaudi, cowdie, and cowrie. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kava | <botany> A species of Macropiper (M. Methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself. Alternative forms: kawa, kava, and ava. Origin: Polynesian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kawaka | <botany> A New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar (Libocedrus Doniana), having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Kawasaki | Tomisaku, 20th century Japanese paediatrician. See: Kawasaki's disease, Kawasaki's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |