| CMBES | Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society |
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| EMB | embryology; endomyocardial biopsy; engineering in medicine and biology; eosin-methylene blue; ethamb... |
| FCCSET | Federal Coordinating Committee for Science, Engineering and Technology |
| IFMBE | International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering |
| MEES | medical element engineering and simulation |
| mechanico-chemical | Pertaining to, connected with, or dependent upon, both mechanics and chemistry; said especially of those sciences which treat of such phenomena as seem to depend on the laws both of mechanics and chemistry, as electricity and magnetism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| chemical | 1. <chemistry> Of or pertaining to, chemistry. 2. A substance composed of chemical elements or obtained by chemical processes. (21 May 1997) |
| chemical antidote | A substance that unites with a poison to form an innocuous chemical compound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical attraction | The force impelling atoms of different elements or molecules to unite to form new substances or compounds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical bond | The link between two atoms within a molecule. Different types of chemical bonds include hydrogen bonds, covalent bonds, and ionic bonds. (09 Oct 1997) |
| chemical burn | A burn due to a caustic chemical. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical cautery | Any substance that destroys tissue upon application. Synonym: chemical cautery, chemicocautery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical ceptor | Ceptor that initiates chemical reactions in response to the appropriate stimuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical change | A process in which one or more substances are changed into one or more different substances. (09 Oct 1997) |
| chemical complexity | The level measured, via a chemical assay, of a DNA component. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical conjunctivitis | Conjunctival inflammation due to chemical irritants. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical dermatitis | Allergic contact dermatitis or primary irritation dermatitis due to application of chemicals; usually characterised by erythema, oedema, and vesiculation of the exposed or contacted site. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical diabetes | A mild form of diabetes mellitus in which the patient displays no overt symptoms, but displays certain abnormal responses to diagnostic procedures, such as an elevated fasting blood glucose concentration or reduced glucose tolerance. Synonym: chemical diabetes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical energy | Energy liberated or absorbed by a chemical reaction, e.g., oxidation of carbon, or absorbed in the formation of a chemical compound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical equation | A representation of a chemical reaction in which chemical symbols represent reactants on the left side and products on the right side. (09 Oct 1997) |