| e1a | An early gene (a gene of a virus which is expressed early in the viral life cycle) found in adenoviruses associated with cancer which is responsible for their cancer-causing aspects. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| E1E2 ATPase | <enzyme> An enzyme that hydrolyzes ATP into ADP and phosphate. (09 Oct 1997) |
| E2 | Symbol for estradiol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| EA rosette | A test for the presence of Fc receptors. (18 Nov 1997) |
| EAC rosette | <haematology> Rosettes formed from erythrocytes (E) coated with antibody (A) and complement (C). A test for C3b or C3bi receptors (CR1 or CR3). The rosettes form more easily then E or EA rosettes. See: E rosettes. (16 Mar 2000) |
| EAC rosette assay | <haematology> Rosettes formed from erythrocytes (E) coated with antibody (A) and complement (C). A test for C3b or C3bi receptors (CR1 or CR3). The rosettes form more easily then E or EA rosettes. See: E rosettes. (16 Mar 2000) |
| Eadie-Hofstee plot | <biochemistry> A graphical representation of enzyme kinetic data in which the velocity of the reaction is plotted on the vertical axis as a function of the v/S ratio on the horizontal axis, with S being the initial substrate concentration. The intercept on the ordiate is Vmax, the slope is Km. Preferable to the Lineweaver Burke plot. Synonym: Eadie-Augustinsson plot, Woolf-Eadie-Augustinsson-Hofstee plot. (05 Jul 2000) |
| eager | 1. Sharp; sour; acid. "Like eager droppings into milk." 2. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. "A nipping and an eager air." "Eager words." 3. Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase. "And gazed for tidings in my eager eyes." (Shak) "How eagerly ye follow my disgraces!" (Shak) "When to her eager lips is brought Her infant's thrilling kiss." (Keble) "A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys." (Hawthorne) "Conceit and grief an eager combat fight." (Shak) 4. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile. "Gold will be sometimes so eager, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself." (Locke) Synonym: Earnest, ardent, vehement, hot, impetuous, fervent, intense, impassioned, zealous, forward. Origin: OE. Egre sharp, sour, eager, OF. Agre, aigre, F. Aigre, fr. L. Acer sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Gr. Highest, extreme, Skr. Ara point; fr. A root signifying to be sharp. Cf. Acrid, Edge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eagerness | 1. The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire. "The eagerness of love." 2. Tartness; sourness. Synonym: Ardor, vehemence, earnestness, impetuosity, heartiness, fervor, fervency, avidity, zeal, craving, heat, passion, greediness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eagle | 1. <zoology> Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, especially. Of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. Mogilnik or imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. Albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle. 2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. 3. <astronomy> A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila. 4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people. "Though the Roman eagle shadow thee." (Tennyson) Some modern nations, as the United States, and France under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for an emblem a double-headed eagle. Bald eagle. See Bald eagle. Bold eagle. See Bold. Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty dollars. <zoology> Eagle hawk, a large West African bid (Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures. Origin: OE. Egle, F. Aigle, fr. L. Aquila; prob. Named from its colour, fr. Aquilus dark-coloured, brown; cf. Lith. Aklas blind. Cf. Aquiline. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Eagle syndrome | <syndrome> Facial pain due to an elongated styloid process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eagle's basal medium | A solution of various salts containing 13 naturally occurring amino acids, several vitamins, two antibiotics, and phenol red; used as a tissue culture medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eagle's minimum essential medium | A tissue culture medium similar to Eagle's basal medium but with different amounts and a few exclusions (e.g., antibiotics and phenol red). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eagle, Harry | <person> U.S. Physician and cell biologist, 1905-1992. See: Eagle's basal medium, Eagle's minimum essential medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eagle, W | <person> 20th century U.S. Otolaryngologist. See: Eagle syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |