| shadow-casting | Deposition of a film of carbon or certain metals such as palladium, platinum, or chromium on a contoured microscopic object in order to allow the object to be seen in relief with the electron microscope or sometimes with the light microscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| shadow-cast replica | <microscopy> A replica which has been shadowed. See: shadowing. (05 Aug 1998) |
| shadow cells | Immature leukocytes of any type that have undergone partial breakdown during preparation of a stained smear or tissue section, because of their greater fragility; smudge cell's are seen in largest numbers in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Synonym: basket cell, Gumprecht's shadows, shadow cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shadow corpuscle | A hypochromic, crescent-shaped erythrocyte, probably resulting from artifactual rupture of a red cell with loss of haemoglobin. Synonym: achromacyte, achromatocyte, ghost corpuscle, phantom corpuscle, Ponfick's shadow, shadow corpuscle, shadow, Traube's corpuscle. Origin: G. A-priv. + chroma, colour, + kytos, hollow (cell) (05 Mar 2000) |
| shadow mask | <microscopy> Also Aperture mask. In colour video monitors, a finely perforated or striped metal plate that is located between the three electron guns and the phosphor screen. The mask ensures that the electron beams carrying the R, G, and B signals land on the corresponding phosphors at every point in the picture. (05 Aug 1998) |
| shadow nucleus | A nucleus that has lost its pigment and staining properties. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shadow test | <physiology> The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope. Origin: Retina + -scopy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Klein-Gumprecht shadow nuclei | Shadow nuclei in degenerating lymphoidocytes and macrolymphocytes in leukaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |