| AID | acquired immunodeficiency disease; acute infectious disease; acute ionization detector; Agency for I... |
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| ECG | Electro-Cardio-Graphy(-Gram); 심전도 = EKG 1. Conducting System Structu... |
| HCD | health care delivery; heavy-chain disease; high-calorie diet; high-carbohydrate diet; homologous can... |
| HLA | histocompatibility leukocyte antigen; histocompatibility locus antigen; homologous leukocyte antibod... |
| HS | Haber syndrome; half strength; hamstring; hand surgery; Hartmann solution; head sling; healthy subje... |
| homologous graft | <haematology> Grafts between two or more individuals allogeneic at one or more loci (usually with reference to histocompatibility loci). As opposed to autograft and xenograft. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| homologous proteins | <molecular biology> Proteins that look similar and work in similar ways in different species. (09 Oct 1997) |
| homologous recombination | <molecular biology> Genetic recombination involving exchange of homologous loci. Important technique in the generation of null alleles (knockouts) in transgenic mice. (18 Nov 1997) |
| homologous series | A series of organic compounds, the succeeding members of which differ from each other by the radical CH2 (as in the fatty series). (05 Mar 2000) |
| homologous serotype | An antibody that was induced by a particular antigen and reacts with that antigen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| homologous serum jaundice | An obsolete term for viral hepatitis type B. (05 Mar 2000) |
| homologous stimulus | A stimulus that acts only on the nerve terminations in a special sense organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| homologous tumour | <oncology> Any tumour which is composed of the same tissue as that in which it arose. (09 Oct 1997) |
| transplantation, homologous | Transplantation between individuals of the same species. Usually refers to genetically disparate individuals in contradistinction to isogeneic transplantation for genetically identical individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| artificial | Made by art, not natural or pathological. Origin: L. Ars = art, facere = to make (18 Nov 1997) |
| artificial active immunity | See: acquired immunity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artificial anatomy | The manufacture of models of anatomic structures, or the study of anatomy from such models. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artificial ankylosis | <orthopaedics> The surgical immobilisation of a joint (joint fusion). (27 Sep 1997) |
| artificial anus | An opening into the bowel, usually in the right or left flank, as a result of a colostomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artificial Carlsbad salt | A mixture of potassium sulfate, sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, and dried sodium sulfate; a laxative. (05 Mar 2000) |