| IF | 1) Immuno-Fluorescence 2) Intrinsic Factor |
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| CIT | citrate; combined intermittent therapy; conjugated-immunoglobulin technique; crossed intrinsic trans... |
| GIF | gastric intrinsic factor; growth hormone-inhibiting factor |
| IF | idiopathic fibroplasia; idiopathic flushing; immersion foot; immunofluorescence; indirect fluorescen... |
| IFC | intermittent flow centrifugation; intrinsic factor concentrate |
| intrinsic 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) |
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| intrinsic proteins | Proteins that cannot be easily separated from a biomembrane. Synonym: intrinsic proteins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intrinsic reflex | A reflex muscular contraction elicited by the application of a stimulus, usually stretching, to the muscle itself as opposed to a muscular contraction caused by an extrinsic stimulus, e.g., skin, as in the abdominal skin reflex's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intrinsic sphincter | A thickening of the circular fibres of the muscular coat of an organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tonoplast intrinsic protein | <protein> Plant protein, closely related to major intrinsic protein. Found in plant storage vacuolar membranes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| activity | 1. The state of being active, the ability to produce some effect, the extent of some function or action. 2. <chemistry> A thermodynamic quantity that represents the effective concentration of a solute in a nonideal solution, if concentrations are replaced by activities, the equations for equilibrium constants, electrode potentials, osmotic pressure, boiling point elevation, freezing point depression and vapour pressures of volatile solutes are converted from approximations that hold only for dilute solutions to exact equations that hold for all concentrations. The activity is equal to the product of the concentration and the activity coefficient, a dimensionless number measuring deviation from nonideality. Symbol a. The potential or true thermodynamic activity of a substance, as opposed to its molar concentration. 3. <radiobiology> The number of nuclear transitions or disintegrations occurring in a given quantity of radioactive material per unit time. The SI unit of activity is s-1. The special name for the unit of activity is becquerel (Bq). The previously used special unit of activity, curie (Ci), is being replaced by the becquerel. 1 Bq = 2.7 x E-11 Ci. 1 Ci = 3.7 x E10 Bq. 4. Optical activity. (16 Dec 1997) |
| activity coefficient | <chemistry> The factor by which the value of a concentration of a solute must be multiplied to determine its true thermodynamic activity. (06 May 1997) |
| activity cycles | Bouts of physical irritability or movement alternating with periods of quiescence. It includes biochemical activity and hormonal activity which may be cellular. These cycles are shorter than 24 hours and include sleep-wakefulness cycles and the periodic activation of the digestive system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| activity, drug | A measure of the physiological response a drug produces in the body. A less active drug produces less response (and visa versa). (12 Dec 1998) |
| blocking activity | The repression or elimination of electrical activity in the brain by the arrival of a sensory stimulus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blood bactericidal activity | Native bactericidal property of blood due to normally occurring antibacterial substances such as beta lysin, leukin, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| melanoma growth stimulatory activity | Cytokine of the C X C subfamily. Potent mitogen. Activates and is chemotactic for, neutrophils. (18 Nov 1997) |
| water activity | <chemistry> An expression of the relative availability of water in a substance. Pure water has an water activity of 1.000. The water activity of a solution is one-hundredth its relative humidity. (09 Oct 1997) |
| motor activity | The physical activity of an organism as a behavioural phenomenon. (12 Dec 1998) |
| complement haemolytic activity assay | Usual screening assay for complement. Dilutions of the serum to be tested are added to antibody-coated erythrocytes and the percentage of lysis is measured. The values are expressed by ch50, haemolytic complement units per milliliter, which is the dilution of serum required to lyse 50 percent of the erythrocytes in the assay. (12 Dec 1998) |