| hot nodule |
When radioactive material is used to examine the thyroid with a scanner, nodules that collect more radioactive material than the surrounding thyroid tissue are considered "hot." Hot nodules are rarely malignant. Hot nodules are sometimes called hyperfunctioning nodules.
Ãâó: www.stjude.org/glossary
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| hot spot |
an extremely light part of a photo that washes out all detail on a developed photograph.
Ãâó: library.thinkquest.org/6275/Glossary.html
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| hot spot |
large areas of the earth that are heated much quicker by the sun than surrounding grasses and forests. As a result, air rises upward from the relatively hot surface of the pavement, reaches its condensation level, condenses, and forms a cloud above the hot spot.
Ãâó: members.tripod.com/~MitchellBrown/almanac/weather_...
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| hot spot |
A region of a genome exhibiting an increased frequency of some genetic phenomenon such as mutation, recombination and transposition.
Ãâó: helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/glossary/gh.htm
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| hot spot |
Localized elliptical areas with concentrations in excess of the cleanup standard, either a volume defined by the projection of the surface area through the soil zone that will be sampled or a discrete horizon within the soil zone that will be sampled.
Ãâó: www.nsc.org/ehc/glossary.htm
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