| Western blot analysis | A procedure in which proteins separated by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels are transferred (blotted) onto nitrocellulose or nylon membranes and identified by specific complexing with antibodies that are either pre-or post-tagged with a labelled secondary protein. See: immunoblot. Synonym: Western blot, Western blotting. Origin: coined to distinguish it from eponymic Southern blot a. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Western blotting | <molecular biology> An electroblotting method in which proteins are transferred from a gel to a thin, rigid support (nitrocellulose) and detected by binding of labelled antibody. See: blots. (18 Nov 1997) |
| western samoa | A group of islands of samoa, in the southwest central pacific ocean. They are a kingdom whose capital is apia. They were jointly administered by england, the united states, and germany 1889-99, with the chief islands of savai'I and upolu recognised as german until 1919. Western samoa gained independence in 1962. (12 Dec 1998) |
| western world | A historical and cultural entity dispersed across the wide geographical area of europe, as opposed to the east, asia, and africa. The term was used by scholars through the late medieval period. Thereafter, with the impact of colonialism and the transmission of cultures, western world was sometimes expanded to include the americas. (dr. James h. Cassedy, nlm history of medicine division) (12 Dec 1998) |
| far Western analysis | Yeast gene, induced by factor, that causes cells to arrest in G1 phase, by interacting with the G1 cyclin, CLN2. (18 Nov 1997) |
| acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | <radiology> Immune-mediated encephalitis (IME), ADE, allergic treatmentn to prior infection, begins 1-2 weeks after event, occus after viral infection or vaccination, affects corpus callosum and white matter (above and below tent), self-limited; steroids may help See also: white-matter disease, demyelinating disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| acute necrotizing haemorrhagic encephalomyelitis | A fulminating demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system that affects mainly children and young adults. Almost always preceded by a respiratory infection, characterised by the abrupt onset of fever, headache, confusion, and nuchal rigidity, soon followed by focal seizures, hemiplegia, or quadriplegia, brainstem findings, and coma; the CSF shows evidence of an inflammatory process; due to the massive destruction of the white matter of one or both hemispheres, often accompanied by similar destruction of the white matter of the brainstem and cerebellar peduncles; of unknown aetiology. Synonym: acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis, acute necrotizing haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| avian encephalomyelitis virus | <virology> A virus of the genus Enterovirus (family Picornaviridae) causing avian infectious encephalomyelitis in young chicks. (05 Mar 2000) |
| avian infectious encephalomyelitis | <veterinary> A disease of very young chicks caused by a picornavirus and characterised by tremor, ataxia, somnolence, and finally death. Synonym: epidemic tremor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benign myalgic encephalomyelitis | An epidemic disease characterised by stiffness of the neck and back, headache, diarrhoea, fever, and localised muscular weakness; restricted almost exclusively to adults, affecting women more than men; probably viral in origin. Synonym: Akureyri disease, benign myalgic encephalomyelitis, epidemic myalgic encephalomyelitis, Iceland disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine sporadic encephalomyelitis | An acute, septic encephalomyelitis, pleuritis, and peritonitis of cattle caused by Chlamydia psittaci; it occurs in the north central United States. Synonym: Buss disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caprine arthritis-encephalomyelitis | A worldwide disease of goats caused by the caprine arthritis-encephalomyelitis virus; two syndromes are recognised, encephalomyelitis in kids and more commonly arthritis in adults. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caprine arthritis-encephalomyelitis virus | A lentivirus causing caprine arthritis-encephalomyelitis in goats. (05 Mar 2000) |
| viral encephalomyelitis | An encephalomyelitis due to a neurotropic virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granulomatous encephalomyelitis | An encephalomyelitis in which granulomas occur. (05 Mar 2000) |