| silver proteins | <chemical> Compounds of silver and proteins used as topical anti-infective agents. Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| silver stain | <technique> Any of a variety of stain's (e.g., Bielschowsky's, Gomori's silver, impregnation stain's) which employ alkaline silver nitrate solutions to stain connective tissue fibres (reticulin, collagen), calcium salt deposits, spirochaetes, neurological tissue, and nucleolar organiser regions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver staining | The use of silver, usually silver nitrate, as a reagent for producing contrast or colouration in tissue specimens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| silver sulfadiazine | <chemical> Antibacterial used topically in burn therapy. Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local. Chemical name: Silver, (4-amino-N-2-pyrimidinylbenzenesulfonamidato-NN,O1)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| Silver, Henry | <person> U.S. Paediatrician, *1918. See: Silver-Russell dwarfism, Silver-Russell syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver-ammoniacal silver stain | <technique> A stain for the acid protein component of nucleolar regions which are active or which were transcriptionally active in the preceding interphase; uses silver nitrate, ammoniacal silver, and formalin. Synonym: Ag-AS stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver-fork deformity | The deformity resembling the curve of the back of a fork seen in Colles' fractures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver-fork fracture | A Colles' fracture of the wrist in which the deformity has the appearance of a fork in profile. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Silver-Russell dwarfism | <syndrome> A disorder characterised by low birth weight, late closure of the anterior fontanel, bilateral bodily asymmetry, clinodactyly of the fifth fingers, triangular facies, and carp mouth; little useful genetic evidence. Synonym: Silver-Russell dwarfism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Silver-Russell syndrome | <syndrome> A disorder characterised by low birth weight, late closure of the anterior fontanel, bilateral bodily asymmetry, clinodactyly of the fifth fingers, triangular facies, and carp mouth; little useful genetic evidence. Synonym: Silver-Russell dwarfism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver-tin alloy | Any alloy of silver and tin; commonly 3 parts Ag and 1 part Sn, forming Ag3Sn, the chief intermetallic compound in dental amalgam. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silverback | <zoology> The knot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| silverberry | <botany> A tree or shrub (Elaeagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| silverbill | <zoology> An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. Cantans of Africa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| silverboom | <botany> See Leucadendron. Origin: D. Zilver silver + boom tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |