| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction assay |
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| PCR-SSO | Polymerase chain reaction sequence-specific oligonucleotide |
| PCR-SSCP | Polymerase chain reaction single strand conformational polymorphism |
| PCR-SSP | Polymerase chain reaction with sequence specific primers |
| PCR-DGGE | Polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis |
| immune adherence reaction | A method for the detection of very small quantities of antibody in which the antigen-antibody-complement complex adheres to indicator cells, usually primate erythrocytes or nonprimate blood platelets. The reaction is dependent on the number of bound c3 molecules on the c3b receptor sites of the indicator cell. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| immune reaction | Antigen-antibody reaction indicating a certain degree of resistance, usually in reference to the 36-to 48-hour reaction in vaccination against smallpox; because the degree of resistance indicated by the reaction is not true immunity and may disappear relatively rapidly there is a tendency to refer to the immune reaction as an allergic reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incompatible blood transfusion reaction | A syndrome due to intravascular haemolysis of transfused blood by serum antibodies of the recipient, which react with an antigen of the donor red cells; characterised by chills, fever (often with urticaria), backache or muscle cramps, haemoglobinaemia, haemoglobinuria, and oliguria, which may result in acute renal failure, DIC, and death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Quellung reaction | Swelling of the capsule surrounding a bacterium as a result of interaction with anticapsular antibody, consequently the capsule becomes more refractile and conspicuous. (18 Nov 1997) |
| indirect pupillary reaction | Contraction of the pupil of the fellow eye in consensus with the pupil of the illuminated eye. Synonym: consensual light reflex, indirect pupillary reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| insulin reaction | A sudden uncontrolled decline in the blood sugar due to effects of insulin. (27 Sep 1997) |
| intracutaneous reaction | Intradermal reaction, a reaction following the injection of antigen into the skin of a sensitive subject, such as in the case of the tuberculin test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iodate reaction of epinephrine | A reaction dependent upon the oxidation of epinephrine by iodine liberated from iodate, which is decomposed by the hormone; a faint pink colour results. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iodine reaction of epinephrine | A reaction resulting from the oxidation of the hormone, a faint pink colour appearing upon the addition of iodine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| irreversible reaction | A reaction or response by the tissues to a pathogenic agent characterised by a permanent pathologic change. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxidase reaction | The formation of indol blue when a blood smear containing myeloid leukocytes is treated with a mixture of alpha-naphthol and p-dimethylaniline sulfate; the myeloid leukocytes contain an oxidase that catalyses this reaction, the lymphoid leukocytes do not, in bacteriology, a reaction that depends on the presence of certain oxidases in some bacteria that catalyze the transport of electrons between electron donors in the bacteria and an oxidation reduction dye, such as tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine; the dye is reduced to a blue or black colour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxidation-reduction reaction | <chemistry> Any reaction in which electrons are removed from one molecule or atom and given to another molecule or atom. (09 Oct 1997) |
| thermonuclear reaction | <radiobiology> See thermonuclear fusion, above. (09 Oct 1997) |
| thermoprecipitin reaction | The throwing down of a precipitate on the application of heat, as in the case of proteinaceous urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| early reaction | Local or generalised response that begins within a few minutes to about an hour after exposure to an antigen to which the individual has been sensitised. See: skin test, wheal-and-erythema reaction. Synonym: early reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |