| BDIP | biomedical digital image processing |
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| CPU | caudate putamen; central processing unit |
| DP | data processing; deep pulse; definitive procedure; degradation product; degree of polymerization; de... |
| EDP | electron dense particle; electronic data processing; end-diastolic pressure |
| FEP | fluorinated ethylene-propylene; free erythrocyte protoporphyrin; front-end processing; front-end pro... |
| natural language processing | Computer processing of a language with rules that reflect and describe current usage rather than prescribed usage. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| stromal processing peptidase | <enzyme> Involved in processing chloroplast stromal proteins Registry number: EC 3.4.24.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| data processing | Conversion of crude information into usable or storable form; statistical analysis of data by a computer program. (05 Mar 2000) |
| downstream processing | The various stages of processing that occur after the completion of the fermentation or bioconversion stage, including separation, purification, and packaging of the product. (14 Nov 1997) |
| image processing, computer-assisted | A technique of inputting two-dimensional images into a computer and then enhancing or analyzing the imagery into a form that is more useful to the human observer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thylakoid processing peptidase | <enzyme> Signal type peptidase with stringent substrate requirements at the -3 and -1 positions; removes amino-terminal peptide extension which transports proteins across the thylakoid membrane Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| tRNA 3'-processing endonuclease | <enzyme> Involved in processing precursor trna from eukaryotic nuclei and organelles between nucleotides 74 and 75 to give 3'c-oh Registry number: EC 3.1.27.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| extraction and processing industry | The industry concerned with the removal of raw materials from the earth's crust and with their conversion into refined products. (12 Dec 1998) |
| food-processing industry | The productive enterprises concerned with food processing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acetone-insoluble antigen | A diphosphatidyl glycerol that is found in the membrane of Treponema pallidum and is the antigen detected by the Wasserman test for syphilis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| allogeneic antigen | Genetic variations of the same antigens within a given species. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antigen | Virus coded cell surface antigens that appear soon after the infection of a cell by virus, but before virus replication has begun. See: early gene. (18 Nov 1997) |
| antigen-antibody complex | The complex formed by the binding of antigen and antibody molecules. The deposition of large antigen-antibody complexes leading to tissue damage causes immune complex diseases. If the antigen is polyvalent the complex may be insoluble. Immune complexes activate complement through the classical pathway. See: glomerulonephritis, Arthus reaction, type III hypersensitivity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| antigen-antibody reaction | The phenomenon, occurring in vitro or in vivo, of antibody combining with antigen of the type that stimulated the formation of the antibody, thereby resulting in agglutination, precipitation, complement fixation, greater susceptibility to ingestion and destruction by phagocytes, or neutralization of exotoxin. See: skin test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antigen-binding site | <immunology> In immune network theory, an idiotope, an antigenic site of an antibody that is responsible for that antibody binding to an antigenic determinant (epitope). Also used of the site on a ligand molecule to which a cell surface receptor binds. (18 Nov 1997) |