| CEHC | calf embryonic heart cell |
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| CF | calcaneal fibular [ligament]; calcium leucovorin; calf blood flow; calibration factor; cancer-free; ... |
| CK | calf kidney; casein kinase; chicken kidney; cholecystokinin; choline kinase; contralateral knee; cre... |
| CLSE | calf lung surfactant extract |
| CS | calf serum; campomelic syndrome; carcinoid syndrome; cardiogenic shock; caries-susceptible; carotid ... |
| ribonuclease h, calf thymus | <enzyme> A ribonuclease that specifically cleaves the RNA moiety of RNA:DNA hybrids. It has been isolated from a wide variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms (particularly calf thymus) as well as retroviruses. Registry number: EC 3.1.26.4 (12 Dec 1998) |
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| sea calf | <zoology> The common seal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Nebraska calf scours virus | The bovine rotavirus. See: rotavirus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triceps muscle of calf | <anatomy> The two bellies of the gastrocnemius and soleus considered as one muscle. Synonym: musculus triceps surae, triceps muscle of calf. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foetal calf serum | <cell culture> The serum originating from embryonic calves and an expensive component of standard culture media for many types of animal tissue cells. It is used as an important part of growth media for promoting the growth of tissue cultures. It provides a source of growth hormones and other growth factors. (11 Nov 1997) |
| football calf | An obsolete term used to describe the doughy sensation elicited on palpation of the calf when muscle necrosis has developed as a consequence of acute ischemia produced by acute arterial embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral cutaneous nerve of calf | <anatomy, nerve> It arises from the common peroneal in the popliteal space and is distributed to the skin of the inferolateral surface of the calf. Synonym: nervus cutaneus surae lateralis, lateral cutaneous nerve of calf. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anaemia, neonatal | The mildest form of erythroblastosis foetalis in which anaemia is the chief manifestation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| benign neonatal convulsions | A familial, self-limited epilepsy, beginning at two or three days of age and resolving spontaneously by six months of age; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brazelton's Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale | A scale used by obstetricians, paediatricians, and paediatric psychologists to assess the sensory, motor, emotional and physical development of the neonate, usually beginning at birth or in the first month of life. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rate, neonatal mortality | The number of children dying under 28 days of age divided by the number of live births that year. The neonatal mortality rate in the united states, which was 8.4 per 1,000 live births in 1980, declined to 5.8 per 1,000 live births in 1990. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mortality rate, neonatal | The number of children dying under 28 days of age divided by the number of live births that year. The neonatal mortality rate in the united states, which was 8.4 per 1,000 live births in 1980, declined to 5.8 per 1,000 live births in 1990. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neonatal | <paediatrics> Pertaining to the first four weeks after birth. Origin: L. Natus = born (18 Nov 1997) |
| neonatal abstinence syndrome | <syndrome> Foetal and neonatal addiction and withdrawal as a result of the mother's dependence on drugs during pregnancy. Withdrawal or abstinence symptoms develop shortly after birth. Symptoms exhibited are loud, high-pitched crying, sweating, yawning and gastrointestinal disturbances. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neonatal anaemia | <haematology> A condition which develops in the foetus due to an incompatibility between the mother's blood type (RH factor) and the baby's. Maternal antibodies, which enter the foetal circulation during delivery attack the baby's red blood cells leading to haemolysis (rupture of the cells). Symptoms include an infant with an enlarged liver and spleen, swelling, jaundice and anaemia. (27 Sep 1997) |