| glass bead steriliser | A steriliser for endodontic equipment; the heat is transmitted to the instruments, absorbent points, or cotton pellets by means of glass beads. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| glass body | A circular body of extreme transparency except for a crescentic punctate substance on one edge which contains haemoglobin. The body is much larger than a red blood cell, but is thought possibly to be a degenerated red blood cell swollen by imbibition; it has been found in malaria and in convalescence from typhoid fever; the transparent portion is called the glass body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glass-crab | <zoology> The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glass electrode | A thin-walled glass bulb containing a standard buffer solution, quinhydrone, and a platinum wire; when immersed in an unknown solution, a potential difference develops that varies with the pH of the unknown solution; this difference can be made to give the pH; used in pH meters. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glass factor | <chemical> Stable blood coagulation factor activated by contact with the subendothelial surface of an injured vessel. Along with prekallikrein, it serves as the contact factor that initiates the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. Kallikrein activates factor xii to xiia. Deficiency of factor xii, also called the hageman trait, leads to increased incidence of thromboembolic disease. Chemical name: Blood-coagulation factor XII (12 Dec 1998) |
| glass ionomer cement | A dental cement produced by mixing a powder prepared from a calcium aluminosilicate glass with an aqueous solution of polyacrylic acid. Origin: ion + -mer (05 Mar 2000) |
| glass ionomer cements | A polymer obtained by reacting polyacrylic acid with a special anion-leachable glass (alumino-silicate). The resulting cement is more durable and tougher than others in that the materials comprising the polymer backbone do not leach out. (12 Dec 1998) |
| glass rays | Those formed by cathode ray's striking the wall of an X-ray tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glass-rope | <zoology> A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibres, twisted together. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glass-snail | <zoology> A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glass-snake | <zoology> A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| glass-sponge | <zoology> A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; so called from their glassy fibres or spicules. Synonym: vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vita glass | A specially prepared glass that is transparent to ultraviolet rays of the spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ground-glass pattern | Radiographic or CT appearance of hazy opacity which fails to obscure pulmonary vascular markings. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water glass | <chemistry> See Soluble glass, under Glass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |