| CEF | centrifugation extractable fluid; chick embryo fibroblast; constant electric field |
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| cs | electric susceptibility |
| DC | daily census; data communication; data conversion; decrease; deep compartment; Dental Corps; deoxych... |
| E0 | electric affinity |
| e | base of natural logarithms, approximately 2.7182818285; egg transfer; ejection; electric charge; ele... |
| vertical transmission | <microbiology> Transmission of a pathogen such as HIV from mother to foetus or baby during pregnancy or birth. See: perinatal transmission. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| mass action transmission | <epidemiology> Transmission of infection which occurs at a rate directly proportional to the number or density of both susceptibles and infecteds present. Some authors reserve the name mass action for transmission processes of the form b X Y/N , which we associate with STD-type transmission, and describe transmission rates of the form b X Y , as pseudo-mass action ; the two are equivalent if the population size is unchanging. (05 Dec 1998) |
| perinatal transmission | <microbiology, paediatrics> Transmission of a pathogen, such as HIV, from mother to baby during birth. See: Vertical Transmission. (09 Oct 1997) |
| microscopy, electron, scanning transmission | A type of electron microscopy which scans with an extremely narrow beam that is transmitted through the sample. The detection apparatus produces an image whose brightness depends on the atomic number of the sample. It should not be confused with microscopy, electron scanning nor with microscopy, electron, transmission (see microscopy, electron). (12 Dec 1998) |
| Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy | <technique> A term applied to 'normal' transmission electron microscopy imaging. The electron beam is passed through a thin film sample (typically ~1-200 nm thick). Bright field diffraction contrast images are formed with the direct (undiffracted) beam. Dark field images are formed with a selected diffracted beam. CTEM imaging is used in the general observation of samples and careful selection of the diffracting conditions of the sample will allow the analysis of defect structures within the sample. (05 Aug 1998) |
| scanning transmission electron microscopy | <procedure> Method of electron microscopy in which image formation depends upon analysis of the pattern of energies of electrons that pass through the specimen. Has comparable resolving power to conventional transmission EM. (18 Nov 1997) |
| horizontal transmission | <epidemiology> Transmission occurring generally within a population, but not including vertical transmission. (05 Dec 1998) |
| neurohumoral transmission | A process by which a presynaptic cell, upon excitation, releases a specific chemical agent (a neurotransmitter) to cross a synapse to stimulate or inhibit the postsynaptic cell. Synonym: neurotransmission. (05 Mar 2000) |
| non-direct transmission | <epidemiology> A mode of transmission that differs in some mysterious way from indirect transmission. (05 Dec 1998) |
| synaptic transmission | <physiology> The process of propagating a signal from one cell to another via a synapse. (10 Jan 1998) |
| disease transmission | The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens. When transmission is within the same species, the mode can be horizontal (disease transmission, horizontal) or vertical (disease transmission, vertical). (12 Dec 1998) |
| disease transmission, horizontal | The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from one individual to another in the same generation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| disease transmission, patient-to-professional | The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from patients to health professionals or health care workers. It includes transmission via direct or indirect exposure to bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral agents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| disease transmission, professional-to-patient | The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from health professional or health care worker to patients. It includes transmission via direct or indirect exposure to bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral agents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| disease transmission, vertical | The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from one generation to another. It includes transmission in utero or intrapartum by exposure to blood and secretions, and postpartum exposure via breastfeeding. (12 Dec 1998) |