| EMB | <abbreviation> Eosin-methylene blue. See: eosin-methylene blue agar. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| EMB agar | Agar composed of peptone, lactose, and sucrose and containing eosin and methylene blue, used to distinguish between lactose-fermenting and non-lactose-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria. Synonym: EMB agar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emb protein-tyrosine kinase | <enzyme> Isolated from murine mast cells Registry number: EC 2.7.1- Synonym: emb ptk (26 Jun 1999) |
| Embadomonas | Old name for Retortamonas. Origin: G. Embadon, surface, + monas, unit, monad (05 Mar 2000) |
| embalm | 1. To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction. "Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm is father; and the physicians embalmed Israel." (Gem. L. 2) 2. To fill or imbue with sweet odour; to perfume. "With fresh dews embalmed the earth." (Milton) 3. To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance. "Those tears eternal that embalm the dead." (Pope) Origin: F. Embaumer; pref. Em- (L. In) + baume balm. See Balm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| embalming | Process of preserving a dead body to protect it from decay. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Embden ester | Hexose phosphate;a mixture of d-glucose-6-phosphate and d-fructose 6-phosphate; significant in the understanding of sugar metabolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Embden, Gustav | <person> German biochemist, 1874-1933. See: Embden ester, Robison-Embden ester, Embden-Meyerhof pathway, Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Embden-Meyerhof pathway | The main pathway for anerobic degradation of carbohydrate. Starch or glycogen is hydrolysed to glucose 1 phosphate and then through a series of intermediates, yielding two ATP molecules per glucose and producing either pyruvate which feeds into the tricarboxylic acid cycle) or lactate. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway | A pathway that degrades glucose to pyruvate, the six-carbon stage converts glucose to fructose-1,6-bisphosphate, and the three-carbon stage produces ATP while changing glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate to pyruvate. Compare: Entner-Doudoroff pathway. (09 Oct 1997) |
| embed | To surround a pathological or histological specimen with a firm and sometimes hard medium such as paraffin, wax, celloidin, or a resin, in order to make possible the cutting of thin sections for microscopic examination. Synonym: imbed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embedding | <technique> Tissue is embedded in wax or plastic in order to prepare sections for microscopical examination. The embedding medium provides mechanical support. (18 Nov 1997) |
| embedding agents | Materials such as celloidin, paraffin, etc. In which specimens of tissue are set before being cut into sections for microscopic examination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embelin | 2,5-Dihydroxy-3-undecyl-p-benzoquinone;the active principle from the dried fruit of Embelia ribes and E. Robusta (family Myrsinaceae); has been used as a teniacide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ember | Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts. Ember days, days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [A. D. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks. Origin: OE. Ymber, AS. Ymbren, ymbryne, prop, running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr. Rinnan to run. See Amb-, and Run. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |