| MM | macromolecule; Maelzels metronome; major medical [insurance]; malignant melanoma; manubrium to malle... |
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| PC-BMP | phosphorylcholine-m-binding myeloma protein |
| SMM | smoldering multiple myeloma |
| myeloma cell | <haematology, oncology> Neoplastic plasma cell. The proliferating plasma cells often replace all the others within the marrow, leading to immune deficiency and frequently there is destruction of the bone cortex. Because they are monoclonal in origin they secrete a monoclonal immunoglobulin. Bence Jones proteins are monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains overproduced by myeloma cells and excreted in the urine. Myeloma cell lines are used for producing hybridomas in raising monoclonal antibodies. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| myeloma protein | <haematology, oncology> The immunoglobulins and Bence Jones proteins secreted by myeloma cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| endothelial myeloma | A malignant primary bone tumour that arises most commonly in the first three decades of life. It is highly malignant (prone to spread) and often requires treatment with some combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. (27 Sep 1997) |
| L-chain myeloma | bence Jones myeloma |
| Gomori-Jones periodic acid-methenamine-silver stain | <technique> A staining method using methenamine silver, periodic acid, gold chloride, haematoxylin, and eosin to delineate basement membrane, reticulin, collagen, and nuclei; used in renal histopathology. See: Rambourg's periodic acid-chromic methenamine-silver stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ross-Jones test | A test for an excess of globulin in the cerebrospinal fluid; 1 ml of cerebrospinal fluid is carefully floated over 2 ml of a concentrated ammonium sulfate solution; if globulin is present in excess, a fine white ring appears at the line of junction in about 3 min. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Price-Jones | Cecil, English haematologist, 1863-1943. See: Price-Jones curve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Price-Jones curve | A distribution curve of the measured diameters of red blood cells; it is to the right of the normal curve (i.e., indicating larger diameters) in instances of pernicious anaemia and other forms in which macrocytes are present, and to the left (i.e., indicating smaller diameters) in iron deficiency and other forms of microcytic anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| davy jones | The spirit of the sea; sea devil; a term used by sailors. "This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe." (Smollett) Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean. Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Jones, Ernest | <person> British psychiatrist, 1879-1958. See: Ross-Jones test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jones fracture | <radiology> Fracture base of 5th metatarsal (12 Dec 1998) |
| Jones reducer | <apparatus> An apparatus made up of a column filled with amalgamated zinc which isused to reduce solutions. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Jones' test | A test for patency of the lacrimal system; fluorescein instilled in the conjunctival sac can be recovered from the inferior nasal meatus. Synonym: Jones' test. (05 Mar 2000) |