| EMB | embryology; endomyocardial biopsy; engineering in medicine and biology; eosin-methylene blue; ethamb... |
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| MB | Bachelor of Medicine [Lat. Medicinae Baccalaureus]; buccal margin; isoenzyme of creatine kinase cont... |
| MBAS | methylene blue active substance |
| MBD | Marchiafava-Bignami disease; Mental Deterioration Battery; methylene blue dye; minimal brain damage;... |
| MBH2 | reduced methylene blue |
| Unna-Pappenheim stain | <technique> A contrast stain consisting of a methyl green-pyronin solution; originally used for gonococci, but later used to detect RNA and DNA in tissue sections; RNA is stained red and DNA appears green; used to demonstrate plasma cells during chronic inflammation. See: methyl green-pyronin stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Unna, Paul | <person> German dermatologist and staining expert, 1850-1929. See: Unna's disease, Unna's mark, Unna's stain, Unna-Pappenheim stain, Unna-Taenzer stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Unna's disease | <dermatology> A form of inflammatory skin rash that results from an over activity of the sebaceous glands in the skin. Treatment often includes a mild hydrocortisone-containing cream. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Unna's mark | A pale vascular birthmark found on the nape of the neck in 25 to 50% of normal persons. Synonym: Unna's mark. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Unna's stain | <technique> An alkaline methylene blue stain for plasma cells, a polychrome methylene blue stain with which mast cells are stained red (metachromatic). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Unna-Taenzer stain | <technique> An orcein solution used for staining elastic tissue. Synonym: Unna-Taenzer stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| methylene | <chemistry> A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; formerly called also methene. <chemistry> Methylene blue, an artificial dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; called also pure blue. Origin: F. Methylene, from Gr. Wine + wood; a word coined to correspond to the name wood spirit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| methylene azure | A mixture of azure A and B. Synonym: methylene azure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| methylene chloride | <chemical> Dichloromethane. A chlorinated hydrocarbon that has been used as an inhalation anaesthetic and acts as a narcotic in high concentrations. Its primary use is as a solvent in manufacturing and food technology. Chemical name: Methane, dichloro- (12 Dec 1998) |
| methylene tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase | <chemical> Bifunctional enzyme which contains mg-nad dependent covalently linked methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (EC 1.5.1.15) and methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase (EC 3.5.4.9); usually found in prokaryotes Synonym: methf dehydrogenase-cyclohydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
| methylene white | The reduced and colourless form of methylene blue. Synonym: methylene white. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polyamine-methylene resin | A synthetic acid-binding resin used as a gastric antacid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 24-methylene cycloartanol C4-monodemethylase | <enzyme> Catalyses the c4 demethylation of 24-methylene cycloartanol to cycloeucalenol; the demethylation involves a 4-methyl-4-hydroxymethyl derivative to a 4-methyl-4-carboxylic acid to a 3-keto-4-methyl cpd to the final cpd; requires NADPH and molecular oxygen; strongly inhibited by cyanide Registry number: EC 1.13.99.- Synonym: 24-mcmdase, 4,4-dimethylsterol 4-demethylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| 4-methylene-L-glutamine amidohydrolase | <enzyme> From peanut leaves Registry number: EC 3.5.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| AH-101 thermostable alkaline protease | <enzyme> Isolated from bacillus sp. No. Ah-101; has sequence similarity to other subtilisin-like enzymes Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: ah-101 protease (26 Jun 1999) |