| NSS | normal saline solution; normal size and shape; not statistically significant; nutrition support serv... |
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| PSD | particle size distribution; peptone, starch, and dextrose; periodic synchronous discharge; phase-sen... |
| TBS | total body solids; total body solute; total body surface; total burn size; Townes-Brocks syndrome; t... |
| CK-MB | Creatine Kinase MB Fraction |
| EF study | Ejection-Fraction study |
| microsomal fraction | Artifactual vesicles formed from the endoplasmic reticulum when cells are disrupted. They are isolated by differential centrifugation and are composed of three structural features: rough vesicles, smooth vesicles, and ribosomes. Numerous enzyme activities are associated with the microsomal fraction. (glick, glossary of biochemistry and molecular biology, 1990; from rieger et al., glossary of genetics: classical and molecular, 5th ed) (12 Dec 1998) |
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| mole fraction | The ratio of the moles of one component of a system to the total moles of all the components present. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human antihemophilic fraction | A lyophilised concentrate of factor VIII, obtained from fresh normal human plasma; used as a haemostatic agent in haemophilia. Synonym: antihemophilic globulin, human antihemophilic fraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human plasma protein fraction | A sterile solution of selected proteins derived from the blood plasma of adult human donors, containing 4.5 to 5.5 g of protein per 100 ml, of which 83 to 90% is albumin and the remainder is alpha-and beta-globulins; used as a blood volume supporter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dried human plasma protein fraction | Freeze-dried human plasma protein fraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ejection fraction | <cardiology> A measure of ventricular contractility, equal to normally 65 |
| filtration fraction | The fraction of the plasma entering the kidney that filters into the lumen of the renal tubules, determined by dividing the glomerular filtration rate by the renal plasma flow; normally, it is around 0.17. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fraction | In chemistry, one of the separable constituents of a substance. (18 Nov 1997) |
| fraction collector | A device used to collect the eluate from a column in column chromatography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fraction I protein | <protein> See ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxidase RUBISCO). (18 Nov 1997) |