| DPT | Demerol, Phenergan, and Thorazine; dermatopontin; dichotic pitch discrimination test; diphtheria-per... |
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| DS | dead air space; dead space; deep sedative; deep sleep; defined substrate; dehydroepiandrosterone sul... |
| TD | tabes dorsalis; tardive dyskinesia; T-cell dependent; temporary disability; terminal device; tetanus... |
| ADE | acute disseminated encephalitis; adverse drug event; antibody-dependent enhancement; apparent digest... |
| ADR | activation, depression, repetition [in bone remodeling]; adrenodoxin reductase; Adriamycin; adverse ... |
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| target | 1. An object fixed as goal or point of examination. 2. In the ophthalmometer, the mire. Synonym: target organ. 4. Anode of an X-ray tube. See: X-ray. Origin: It. Targhetta, a small shield (05 Mar 2000) |
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| target behaviour | Operant in behaviour modification therapy, the prescribed behaviour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| target cell | An erythrocyte in target cell anaemia, with a dark centre surrounded by a light band that again is encircled by a darker ring; it thus resembles a shooting target; such cell's also appear after splenectomy. A cell lysed by cytotoxic T lymphocytes, as in graft rejection. Synonym: Mexican hat cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| target cell anaemia | Any anaemia with a conspicuous number of target cells in the peripheral blood; characteristic of the thalassaemias and also found in several haemoglobinopathies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| target gland | The effector that functions when stimulated by the internal secretion of another gland or by some other stimulus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| target lesions of liver/spleen | <radiology> Lymphosarcoma (including Kaposi sarcoma), melanoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| target organ | A tissue or organ upon which a hormone exerts its action; generally, a tissue or organ with appropriate receptors for a hormone. Synonym: target. (05 Mar 2000) |
| target patient | In group therapy, the patient being analyzed in turn by another member patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| target plasma | <radiobiology> Plasma used to trap a neutral atom beam. A background plasma of sufficiently high density and temperature can ionize neutral atoms more effectively than the Lorentz process (where v cross B creates effective electric field). (09 Oct 1997) |
| target regulation | <physiology> General term for an interaction between neurons and their targets by which target derived signals influence the differentiation of the innervating neurons. (18 Nov 1997) |
| target response | In conditioning, any behaviour or specific response chosen by the experimenter; its frequency is intended to increase or decrease by the judicious pairing with it of a reinforcer when it occurs. Synonym: target behaviour, target response. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abstracting and indexing | Shortening or summarizing of documents; assigning of descriptors for referencing documents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| academies and institutes | Organizations representing specialised fields which are accepted as authoritative; may be non-governmental, university or an independent research organization, e.g., national academy of sciences, brookings institution, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accounts payable and receivable | Short-term debt obligations and assets occurring in the regular course of operational transactions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aged, 80 and over | A person 80 years of age and older. (12 Dec 1998) |