| DK | dark; decay; diabetic ketoacidosis; diet kitchen; diseased kidney; dog kidney [cells] |
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| MTDT | modified tone decay test |
| TD | tabes dorsalis; tardive dyskinesia; T-cell dependent; temporary disability; terminal device; tetanus... |
| TDT | terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase; thermal death time; tone decay test; tumor doubling time |
| AF | abnormal frequency; acid-fast; adult female; afebrile; aflatoxin; albumin-free; albumose-free; aldeh... |
| induction chemotherapy | Use of chemotherapy as initial treatment before surgery or radiotherapy of a malignancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| induction generator | A variable speed multi-pole electric generator. (05 Dec 1998) |
| induction period | The period required for a specific agent to produce a disease; the interval from the causal action of a factor to initiation of disease, e.g., the interval between exposure to radiation and the onset of leukaemia; the interval between an initial injection of antigen and the appearance of demonstrable antibodies in the blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| induction therapy | Initial intensive course of chemotherapy that is designed to wipe out abnormal cells and allow regrowth of normal cells. (16 Dec 1997) |
| ovulation induction | Techniques for the artifical induction of ovulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electromagnetic induction | Electromagnetic waves propagated by induction in an electromagnetic field. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embryonic induction | The induction of differentiation in one tissue as a result of proximity to another tissue arising, for example: during gastrulation. One of the best known examples is the induction of the neural tube in the ectoderm by the underlying chordo mesoderm. Although the information to form the tube is present in the competent determined ectoderm, it must be elicited by the inducing tissue. In some cases it is known that cell cell contact between epithelium and mesenchyme is necessary. (18 Nov 1997) |
| enzyme induction | An increase in enzyme secretion in response to an environmental signal. The classic example is the induction of _ galactosidase in E. Coli. (18 Nov 1997) |
| zygotic induction | <cell biology> A lysogenic process in which a prophage is transmitted to a cell that does not have a phage repressor protein. (09 Oct 1997) |
| lysogenic induction | Induction that occurs when prophage is transferred to a nonlysogenic bacterium by conjugation or by transduction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacteria-free stage of bacterial endocarditis | Endocarditis described prior to the antibiotic era and presumably due to spontaneous healing of the bacterial vegetations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carbon dioxide-free water | Purified water that has been boiled vigorously for 5 minutes or more. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radical, free | In biochemistry, it is a group of atoms bonded together into an entity that is extremely reactive and shortlived. (a free radical is not a political extremist on parole.) (12 Dec 1998) |
| germ-free animal | An animal which has no microorganisms whatsoever living in or on it. An animal which was born and raised in an isolated environment with no microorganisms in it, such as within a germ-free isolator. (09 Oct 1997) |
| germ-free isolator | A chamber which has absolutely no microorganisms whatsoever living in it, where a germ-free animal can be born and raised. An artificial barrier surrounding a living facility for germ-free animals, which keeps out all microorganisms. (09 Oct 1997) |