| MBP | major basic protein; maltose-binding protein; management by policy; mannose-binding protein; mean bl... |
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| RP | radial pulse; radiopharmaceutical; rapid processing [of film]; Raynaud phenomenon; reactive protein;... |
| Ag | antigen; silver [Lat. argentum] |
| AgNOR | silver-staining nucleolar organizer region |
| arg | arginine; silver [Lat. argentum] |
Zeune's law 맹인의 수는 적도에 가까운 열대지방에서 증가한다.
zidovudin
| silver | 1. <chemistry> A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc, in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5. Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of light upon them, and are used in photography. 2. Coin made of silver; silver money. 3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver. 4. The colour of silver. Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright, silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed, silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled, silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding, silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See Silver, Black silver See Argentine. Origin: OE. Silver, selver, seolver, AS. Seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. Silubar, OFries. Selover, D. Zilver, LG. Sulver, OHG. Silabar, silbar, G. Silber, Icel. Silfr, Sw. Silfver, Dan. Solv, Goth. Silubr, Russ. Serebro, Lith. Sidabras; of unknown origin. 1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup. 2. Resembling silver. Specifically: Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." "Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast." (Milton) Precious; costly. Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "Silver voices." . Sweet; gentle; peaceful. "Silver slumber." . <botany> American silver fir, A lepisma. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| silver cell | One of a number of cells seen in plaques of multiple sclerosis, having round or oval nuclei, the body of the cell containing many yellow or light brown particles; the cells are characteristic of multiple sclerosis, but are found in other conditions, including syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver chloride | Used in the preparation of antiseptic silver preparations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver compounds | Inorganic compounds that contain silver as an integral part of the molecule. (12 Dec 1998) |
| silver cone | Pure silver cone with standard conical shape, used with cement to obturate dental root canals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver fluoride | AgF2-H2O;an antiseptic. (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, Henry | <person> U.S. Paediatrician, *1918. See: Silver-Russell dwarfism, Silver-Russell syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver impregnation | Silver complexes employed to demonstrate reticulin in normal and diseased tissues, as well as neuroglia, neurofibrillae, argentaffin cells, and Golgi apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver iodate | A reagent for the determination of chloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver lactate | Has been used as an astringent and antiseptic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver nitrate | <chemical> A powerful germicide, used as an antiseptic, applied topically to the conjunctiva as a prophylactic against opthalmia neonatorum, and also used as an antiseptic in infections of the skin and mucous membrane. Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local. Chemical name: Nitric acid silver(1+) salt (12 Dec 1998) |
| silver oxide | Has been used in epilepsy and chorea; it is explosive when mixed with readily combustible substances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver picrate | An ionizable salt of silver; has been used in the treatment of trichomoniasis and moniliasis of the vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |