| e | base of natural logarithms, approximately 2.7182818285; egg transfer; ejection; electric charge; ele... |
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| EA | early antigen; educational age; egg albumin; electric affinity; electrical activity; electroacupunct... |
| EAP | electric acupuncture; employee assistance program; epiallopregnanolone; Epstein-Barr associated prot... |
| EBS | elastic back strap; electric brain stimulation; Emergency Bed Service; epidermolysis bullosa simplex... |
| EF | ectopic focus; edema factor; ejection fraction; elastic fibril; electric field; elongation factor; e... |
| electric dermatome | See: electrodermatome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| electric field | <radiobiology> A property of a patch of space which causes the acceleration of electric charges located at that patch of space. The acceleration is given by a = qE/m, where q is the charge, E the electric field vector, and m the mass of the particle. Electric fields are generated by the presence of charges and/or the time variation of magnetic fields (09 Oct 1997) |
| electric fish | Fishes which generate an electric discharge. The voltage of the discharge varies from weak to strong in various groups of fish. Electric organ and electroplax are of prime interest in this group. They occur in more than one family. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electric impedance | The opposition to the flow of an alternating current, which is the vector sum of ohmic resistance plus additional resistance, if any, due to induction, to capacity, or to both. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electric injuries | Injuries caused by electric currents. The concept excludes electric burns (burns, electric), but includes accidental electrocution and electric shock. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electric retinopathy | A macular burn from excessive exposure to sunlight or other intense light (e.g., the flash of a short circuit); characterised subjectively by reduced visual acuity. See: solar maculopathy. Synonym: electric retinopathy, solar retinopathy. Origin: photo-+ retina, + G. Pathos, suffering (05 Mar 2000) |
| electric shock | A sudden violent impression caused by the passage of a current of electricity through any portion of the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electric sleep | A condition of convulsions and unconsciousness induced by the passage of an electric current through the brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electric stimulation therapy | Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the body, or use of interrupted current of low intensity to raise the threshold of the skin to pain. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electric wiring | An arrangement of wires distributing electricity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation | Electrical stimulation of nerves and/or muscles to relieve pain; it is used less frequently to produce anaesthesia. The optimal placements of electrodes or "trigger points" may correspond with acupuncture analgesia points. Tens is sometimes referred to as acupuncture-like when using a low frequency stimulus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| annulospiral organ | One of two types of sensory nerve ending associated with a neuromuscular spindle (the other being the flower-spray ending); after entering the muscle spindle, the fibre divides into two flat ribbon-like branches that wind themselves in rings or spirals about the intrafusal muscle fibres. Synonym: annulospiral organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auditory organ | Archaic term for gustatory organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bojanus organ | <zoology> A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney. Origin: From Bojanus, the discoverer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vestibular organ | Collective term for the utricle, saccule, and saemicircular ducts of the membranous labyrinth, each having a single patch of ciliated receptor epithelium innervated by the vestibular nerve: macula of sacculus, macula of utriculus, and cristae of the saemicircular ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |