| HSC | Hand-Schuller-Christian [syndrome]; Health and Safety Commission; health sciences center; health scr... |
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| IHSC | immunoreactive human skin collagenase |
| MLS | mean lifespan; median life span; median longitudinal section; microphthalmia-linear skin defects [sy... |
| MSLR | mixed skin cell-leukocyte reaction |
| NGSF | nongenital skin fibroblast |
| carrier test | A test designed to detect carriers of a gene for recessive genetic disorder. For example, carrier testing is done for sickle cell trait, thalassaemia trait, and the Tay-Sachs gene. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Carr-Price test | A quantitative test for vitamin A based on the reaction with antimony trichloride in chloroform. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Master's two-step exercise test | An early and long-used exercise challenge to identify ischemic heart disease using a pair of nine inch steps with a platform on top, the number of trips by the patient arbitrarily chosen and related to age and body weight. See: two-step exercise test. Synonym: Master's two-step exercise test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Master test | An early and long-used exercise challenge to identify ischemic heart disease using a pair of nine inch steps with a platform on top, the number of trips by the patient arbitrarily chosen and related to age and body weight. See: two-step exercise test. Synonym: Master's two-step exercise test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| red cell adherence test | The diagnostic application of the immune adhesion phenomenon. Synonym: erythrocyte adherence test, immune adhesion test, red cell adherence test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Casoni intradermal test | A test for hydatid disease in which hydatid fluid is injected intracutaneously; immediate or delayed wheal and flare reaction is positive. Synonym: Casoni skin test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| red test | An obsolete test for renal function; after the patient has drunk a glass or two of water, 1 ml of a 0.6% solution of dye is injected hypodermically; the time between this injection and the appearance of a pink tinge in the urine as it falls into an alkaline solution is noted; the amount excreted in each of the next 2 hours is then estimated colourimetrically. Synonym: Geraghty's test, phthalein test, red test, Rowntree and Geraghty test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| viability test | <investigation> Test to determine the proportion of living individuals, cells or organisms, in a sample. Viability tests are most commonly performed on cultured cells and usually depend on the ability of living cells to exclude a dye, (an exclusion test) or to specifically take it up (inclusion test). (18 Nov 1997) |
| Mauthner's test | An obsolete test for colour perception similar to Holmgren's, but made with vials filled with pigments instead of with skeins of wool. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maximal Histalog test | A test for measurement of maximal production of gastric acidity or anacidity; it is similar to the histamine test, but uses Histalog (betazole hydrochloride), an analogue of histamine. Synonym: maximal Histalog test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mazzotti test | A test for onchocerciasis using an oral test dose of diethylcarbamazine (50 or 100 mg), resulting in the appearance of an acute rash in 2 to 24 hours from death of microfilariae in the skin. Synonym: Mazzotti reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McMurray test | Rotation of the tibia on the femur to determine injury to meniscal structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McNemar's test | A form of chi-square test for matched paired data. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McPhail test | A test for progesterone and like substances; immature female rabbits are treated with 150 IU of estrone over a period of 6 days; the test material is then given in five daily subcutaneous doses; progestational proliferation of the endometrium is noted and the results estimated according to a scale from 0 to ++++; the amount required to produce an average (++) response is taken as a unit, equivalent to 0.25 mg of progesterone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| passive cutaneous anaphylaxis test | An animal is injected intradermally with antibody (usually IgE) and subsequently challenged intravenously with a mixture of antigen and Evans blue dye 24-48 hours later. A dark blue area indicates a positive reaction due to the leakage of the dye at the site of antigen-antibody reactions. (05 Mar 2000) |