| Albert's stain | <technique> A stain for diphtheria bacilli and their metachromatic granules; contains toluidine blue, methyl green, glacial acetic acid, alcohol, and distilled water. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Albert's suture | A modified Czerny suture, the first row of stitches passing through the entire thickness of the wall of the gut. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Albert, Eduard | <person> Austrian surgeon, 1841-1900. See: Albert's disease, Albert's suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Albert, Henry | <person> U.S. Physician, 1878-1930. See: Albert's stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alberta | A province of western canada, lying between the provinces of british columbia and saskatchewan. Its capital is edmonton. It was named in honor of princess louise caroline alberta, the fourth daughter of queen victoria. (12 Dec 1998) |
| albertite | <chemical> A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of A. Bert, new Brunswick. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| albertype | A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative. Origin: From the name of the inventor, Albert, of Munich. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| albicans | Synonym: white, corpus albicans. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| albicore | <zoology> A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, especially. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in new England the horse mackerel; the tunny. Alternative forms: albacore. Origin: F. Albicore (cf. Sp. Albacora, Pg. Albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. Bakr, bekr, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the article al: cf. Pg. Bacoro a little pig. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| albiduria | The passing of pale or white urine of low specific gravity, as in chyluria. Synonym: albinuria. Origin: L. Albidus, whitish, + G. Ouron, urine (05 Mar 2000) |
| albidus | White, whitish. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| albiness | A female albino. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Albini's nodules | Minute fibrous nodule's on the margins of the mitral and tricuspid valves of the heart, sometimes present in the neonate and representing foetal tissue rests; described previously by Cruveilhier. Compare: nodule of semilunar valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Albini, Giuseppe | <person> Italian physiologist, 1827-1911. See: Albini's nodules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| albinism | <dermatology> Condition in which no melanin (or other pigment) is present. (05 Feb 1998) |