| Noble's stain | <technique> A basic fuchsin-orange G staining technique for detection of viral inclusion bodies in fixed tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Noble, Charles | <person> U.S. Gynecologist, 1863-1935. See: Noble's position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Noble, Robert | <person> Canadian physiologist, *1910. See: Noble-Collip procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Noble-Collip procedure | An obsolete procedure in which shock in rats is induced by rotating them in a drum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| noblesse | 1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. 2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. Origin: F. Noblesse. See Noble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| noblewoman | A female of noble rank; a peeress. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Nocard, Edmund | <person> French veterinarian, 1850-1903. See: Nocardia, Nocardiaceae, Preisz-Nocard bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nocardia | <bacteria> Genus of gram-positive bacteria that form a mycelium that may fragment into rod or coccoid shaped cells. They are very common saprophytes in soil but some are opportunistic pathogens of humans, causing nocardiosis. This is characterised by abscesses, particularly of the jaw, which if untreated may invade the surrounding bone. (14 Oct 1997) |
| nocardia asteroides | A species of bacterium of the family nocardiaceae, producing pulmonary infections in man. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Nocardia brasiliensis | A species that closely resembles Nocardia asteroides and is a cause of mycetoma in humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nocardia caviae | A species that causes mycetoma in humans; it closely resembles Nocardia asteroides but differs by its ability to decompose xanthine and by formation of acid from inositol and mannitol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nocardia dacryoliths | White pseudoconcretions, composed of masses of Nocardia species found in the lacrimal canaliculi. Synonym: Desmarres' dacryoliths. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nocardia farcinica | A species causing bovine farcy; it is the type species of the genus Nocardia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nocardia gibsonii | A species found in human infections. Synonym: Nocardia gibsonii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nocardia infections | Infections with bacteria of the genus nocardia. (12 Dec 1998) |