| EPA | eicosapentaenoic acid; empiric phrase association; Environmental Protection Agency; erect posterior-... |
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| EPI | echo planar imaging; electronic portal imaging; Emotion Profile Index; epilepsy; epinephrine; epithe... |
| TRASHES | tuberculosis, radiotherapy, ankylosing spondylitis, histoplasmosis, extrinsic allergic alveolitis, s... |
| DIT | Diet Induced Thermogenesis = Thermic Effect of Food = Specific Dynami... |
| EAE | Early Asthmatic Effect |
| extrinsic | 1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; opposed to intrinsic. "The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture." (I. Taylor) 2. <anatomy> Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic. Origin: L. Extrinsecus; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. Second: cf. F. Extrinseque. See Exterior, Second. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| extrinsic allergic alveolitis | <radiology> Exposure to organic dust less than 5u in size, recurrent episodes of fever, chills, dry cough, dyspnea following exposure after 6 hr interval (10-40% assymptomatic), spontaneous resolution in 1-2 days, farmer's lung, Pandora's pneumonitis, bird-fancier's lung, mushroom worker's lung, bagassosis, malt worker's lung, maple bark disease, suberosis, sequoiosis see: acute extrinsic allergic alveolitis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis (12 Dec 1998) |
| extrinsic asthma | Bronchial asthma resulting from an allergic reaction to foreign substances, such as inhaled particles, vapors, or gases, or ingested foods, beverages, or drugs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extrinsic colour | Colour applied to the external surface of a dental prosthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extrinsic factor | Dietary vitamin B12. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extrinsic factor deficiency | <disease> An inherited disorder that causes abnormal blood clotting due to the congenital absence of one of the 20 different plasma proteins involved in the coagulation process. Symptoms include bleeding of the gums, nosebleeds, easy bruising, bleeding in muscles or joints and excessive menstrual bleeding. Treatment includes the administration of plasma concentrates of factor VII (extrinsic factor). (27 Sep 1997) |
| extrinsic incubation period | Time required for the development of a disease agent in a vector, from the time of uptake of the agent to the time when the vector is infective. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extrinsic motivation | The search for satisfaction, or to avoid dissatisfaction, through non-task aspects of the environment such as seeking comfort, safety, and security from others or through the efforts of others. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extrinsic muscles | Muscles arising outside of, but which act upon, the structure under consideration. For example, the muscles operating the hand but having fleshy bellies located in the forearm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extrinsic pathway | <haematology> Initiation of blood clotting as a result of factors released from damaged tissue, as opposed to contact with a foreign surface (the intrinsic pathway). Tissue thromboplastin (Factor III) in conjunction with Factor VII proconvertin) will activate Factor X that, once activated, converts prothrombin to thrombin. (27 Jun 1999) |
| extrinsic protein | <protein> A protein found in a cell or tissue which came from somewhere else (other than the cell or tissue in which it is found). (09 Oct 1997) |
| extrinsic proteins | Pathways that can be easily removed from a biomembrane (e.g., by altering the pH or the ionic strength). Synonym: extrinsic proteins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extrinsic sphincter | A sphincter provided by circular muscular fibres extraneous to the organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abscopal effect | A reaction produced following irradiation but occurring outside the zone of actual radiation absorption. (05 Mar 2000) |
| additive effect | <biochemistry, chemistry> An additive effect is the overall biological effect two chemicals acting together and which is the simple sum of the effects of the chemicals acting independently. Compare: antagonism. (15 Jan 1998) |