| SAP | sensory action potential; serum acid phosphatase; serum alkaline phosphatase; serum amyloid P; situs... |
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| SF | Sabin-Feldman [test]; safety factor; salt-free; scarlet fever; screen film; seminal fluid; serosal f... |
| HSA | Hazardous Substances Act; Health Services Administration; health systems agency; hereditary siderobl... |
| NHS | Nance-Horan syndrome; National Health Service; National Hospice Study; normal horse serum; normal hu... |
| HCS | Hajdu-Cheney syndrome; Hazard Communication Standard; health care support; hourglass contraction of ... |
| yeast, dried | The dry cells of any suitable strain of saccharomyces cerevisiae or candida utilis. It can be obtained as a by-product from the brewing of beer or by growing on media not suitable for beer production. Dried yeast serves as a source of protein and vitamin b complex. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| acidified serum test | Lysis of the patient's red cells in acidified fresh serum, specific for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. Synonym: Ham's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anticomplementary serum | Serum that destroys or inactivates complement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antiepithelial serum | An antiserum (cytotoxin) for epithelial cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anti-kidney serum nephritis | Experimental glomerulonephritis produced by injection of antiserum to kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antilymphocyte serum | Immunoglobulins raised xenogeneically against lymphocyte populations. Referring particularly to antisera recognising one or more antigenic determinants on T-cell populations. Of use in experimental immunosuppression. (18 Nov 1997) |
| antirabies serum | A sterile solution containing antibodies obtained from the blood serum or plasma of a healthy animal, or human, that has been immunised against rabies by means of vaccine; administered immediately after severe or multiple bites by domestic animals suspected to be rabid and in all wild animal bites, to be followed by a regimen of rabies vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antireticular cytotoxic serum | An antiserum specific for cells of the reticuloendothelial system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antitoxic serum | An antitoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacteriolytic serum | An antiserum (bacteriolysin) that sensitises a bacterium to the lytic action of complement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine serum albumin | A source of albumin commonly used in in vitro biological studies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaccineation, serum hepatitis | See Vaccination, hepatitis b. (12 Dec 1998) |
| radioiodinated serum albumin | A sterile, buffered, isotonic solution prepared to contain not less than 10 mg of radioiodinated normal human serum albumin per ml, and adjusted to provide not more than 1 mCi of radioactivity per ml; used as a diagnostic aid in determining blood volume and cardiac output. Synonym: radioiodinated serum albumin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein | A plasma protein, alpha-fetoprotein (afp) is normally produced by the foetus. The level of afp in the blood serum of pregnant women provides a screening test for open neural tube defects (anencephaly and spina bifida) and for down syndrome (and other chromosome abnormalities). The maternal serum afp (msafp) tends to be unusally high with open neural tube defects and unsually low with down syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| measles convalescent serum | Obtained from the blood of a healthy person who has survived an attack of measles. Synonym: measles convalescent serum. (05 Mar 2000) |