| SAT | saliva alcohol test; satellite; serum antitrypsin; single-agent chemotherapy; slide agglutination te... |
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| CUMITECH | Cumulative Techniques and Procedures in Clinical Microbiology |
| IPA | immunoperoxidase assay; incontinentia pigmenti achromians; independent physician or practice associa... |
| AAM | acute aseptic meningitis; American Academy of Microbiology; amino acid mixture; African American Mal... |
| ASM | acid sphingomyelinase; airway smooth muscle; American Society for Microbiology; anterior scalenus mu... |
| ICRU | International Commission of Radiation Units and Measurements |
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| ISHLT | International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation |
| ISAAC | International Study of Asthma and Allergies In Childhood |
| IUATLD | International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease |
| IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
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| industrial microbiology | The study, utilization, and manipulation of those microorganisms capable of economically producing desirable substances or changes in substances, and the control of undesirable microorganisms. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| environmental microbiology | The study of microorganisms living in a variety of environments (air, soil, water, etc.) and their pathogenic relationship to other organisms including man. (12 Dec 1998) |
| food microbiology | The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in food and food products. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms: the presence of various non-pathogenic bacteria and fungi in cheeses and wines, for example, is included in this concept. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Systeme International d'Unites | See: International System of Units. (05 Mar 2000) |
| international | 1. Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, two or more nations. 2. Of or concerning the association called the International. International code, a common system of signaling adopted by nearly all maritime nations, whereby communication may be had between vessels at sea. International copyright. See Copyright. International law, the rules regulating the mutual intercourse of nations. International law is mainly the product of the conditions from time to time of international intercourse, being drawn from diplomatic discussion, textbooks, proof of usage, and from recitals in treaties. It is called public when treating of the relations of sovereign powers, and private when of the relations of persons of different nationalities. International law is now, by the better opinion, part of the common law of the land. Cf. Conflict of laws, under Conflict. Origin: Pref. Inter- + national: cf. F. International. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| international agencies | International organizations which provide health-related or other cooperative services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| International Classification of Disease | The classification of specific conditions and groups of conditions determined by an internationally representative expert committee that advises the World Health Organization, which publishes the complete list in a periodically revised book, the Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death. The Tenth Revision (ICD) came into use in 1992; it has 20 chapters, each with a hierarchical arrangement of subdivisions (rubrics); some chapters are aetiological, more relate to body systems, some to classes of conditions, some to procedures. Acronym: ICD (05 Mar 2000) |
| International Classification of Health Problems in Primary Care | A classification of diseases, conditions and problems arranged for use in primary care where diagnostic precision is seldom possible. (05 Mar 2000) |
| International Code of Zoological Nomenclature | <zoology> An Authoritative document containing a system of rules and recommendations to be followed in giving a scientific name to an animal or animal group. Adopted by the International Congresses of Zoology and Administered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. The most recent version of the Code, adopted in principle by the 20th General Assembly of the International Union of Biological Sciences at Helsinki in 1979, was approved by the ICZN late in 1983. With minor exceptions it retains the same format as the first two editions. Minor amendments for immediate incorporation are published in Bulletin Zoological Nomenclature as Declarations to remain in force until ratified or rejected by future congresses. (09 Jan 1998) |
| International Committee of the Red Cross | A neutral Swiss organization serving as an intermediary between contending forces in armed conflict, in civil war, or internal strife, to help victims receive protection and other humanitarian assistance under the Geneva Conventions in accordance with the fundamental principles of the Red Cross. (05 Mar 2000) |
| international cooperation | The interaction of persons or groups of persons representing various nations in the pursuit of a common goal or interest. (12 Dec 1998) |
| international council of nurses | An international professional organization composed of one association per country for the purpose of improving and developing nursing's contribution to the promotion of health and care of the sick. (12 Dec 1998) |
| international educational exchange | The exchange of students or professional personnel between countries done under the auspices of an organization for the purpose of further education. (12 Dec 1998) |
| International Labour Organization Classification | ILO 1980 International Classification of Radiographs of the Pneumoconioses; a system for qualitative and semiquantitative description of the chest radiographic findings caused by pneumoconiosis, designed for epidemiologic studies; supersedes classifications of 1950, 1958, 1968, and 1971. (05 Mar 2000) |
| international normalised ratio | System established by the world health organization and the international committee on thrombosis and haemostasis for monitoring and reporting blood coagulation tests. Under this system, results are standardised using the international sensitivity index for the particular test reagent/instrument combination used. (12 Dec 1998) |