| CC | calcaneal-cuboid; calcium cyclamate; cardiac catheterization; cardiac contusion; cardiac cycle; card... |
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| CEP | chronic eosinophilic pneumonia; chronic erythropoietic porphyria; congenital erythropoietic porphyri... |
| CIE | Canberra interview for the elderly; cellulose ion exchange; counter-current immunoelectrophoresis; c... |
| GM | gastric mucosa; Geiger-Muller [counter]; general medicine; genetic manipulation; geometric mean; gia... |
| G-M | Geiger-Muller [counter] |
| solid tumour | A cancer that originates in organ or tissue other than bone marrow or the lymph system. (16 Dec 1997) |
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| automated differential leukocyte counter | An instrument using digital imaging or cytochemical techniques to differentiate leukocytes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| balloon counter pulsation | A form of circulatory assistance in which a balloon inflates in the aorta during diastole to improve diastolic pressure and deflates during systole to reduce left ventricular after load. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Geiger-Muller counter | <instrument> An instrument for measuring radioactivity by counting the emission of radioactive particles. It consists of a metallic cylinder, negatively charged, in a tube containing a fine, positively charged wire at its centre; radiations produce ionization of the gas molecules between the cylinder and the wire and result in an electrical discharge independent of the energy of the impinging particle or ray. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colony counter | A device which counts the number of colonies on an agar plate (a solid growth medium). (09 Oct 1997) |
| well counter | A scintillation crystal shaped with a central hole to receive a small sample, plus associated detector and electronics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| whole-body counter | Shielding and instrumentation, usually involving more than one detector, designed to evaluate the total-body burden of various gamma-emitting nuclides. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Coulter counter | <apparatus> Particle counter used for bacteria or eukaryotic cells, works by detecting change in electrical conductance of a small aperture as fluid containing cells is drawn through (the cell, a nonconducting particle, alters the effective cross-section of the conductive channel). (18 Nov 1997) |
| counter- | Opposite, opposed, against. See: contra-. Origin: L. Contra, against (05 Mar 2000) |
| proportional counter | A Geiger-Muller counter operating in the voltage range and under conditions in which pulse height is proportional to the energy of the particles or rays being counted, thus making discrimination between particles or rays of different energies possible. (05 Mar 2000) |
| drug, over-the-counter | Drug for which a prescription is not needed. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electronic cell counter | <apparatus, haematology> An automatic blood cell counter in which cells passing through an aperture alter resistance and are counted as voltage pulses, or in which cells passing through a flow cell deflect light. Some types of counter are capable of multiple simultaneous measurements on each blood sample; e.g., leukocyte count, red cell count, haemoglobin, haematocrit, and red cell indices. (21 Jun 2000) |