| AgNOR | silver-staining nucleolar organizer region |
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| arg | arginine; silver [Lat. argentum] |
| GMS | General Medical Service; geriatric mental state; Gilbert-Meulengracht syndrome; Gomori methenamine s... |
| PASM | periodic acid-silver methenamine |
| PA-T-SP | periodic acid-thiocarbo-hydrazide-silver proteinate |
| silver protein stain | <technique> A silver proteinate complex used in staining nerve fibres, nerve endings, and flagellate protozoa; also used to demonstrate phagocytosis in living animals by the cells of the reticuloendothelial system. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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 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-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) |
| strong silver protein | A compound of sil'ver and protein containing not less than 7.5 and not more than 8.5% of sil'ver; used externally as an antiseptic, devoid of astringent and nearly so of irritant properties. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toughened silver nitrate | Silver nitrate mixed with silver chloride and allowed to dry. Usually applied to the ends of small wooden applicator sticks or made available as pencils. These are used after wetting as a caustic chemical for the removal of warts. Synonym: fused silver nitrate, lunar caustic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fontana-Masson silver stain | <technique> A stain used to demonstrate melanin and argentaffin granules. Synonym: Fontana-Masson silver stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fused silver nitrate | Silver nitrate mixed with silver chloride and allowed to dry. Usually applied to the ends of small wooden applicator sticks or made available as pencils. These are used after wetting as a caustic chemical for the removal of warts. Synonym: fused silver nitrate, lunar caustic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abbe operation | Use of an Abbe flap in plastic surgery of the lips. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Arie-Pitanguy operation | A procedure to reduce a large breast by a lozenge-shaped resection of tissue from its inferior pole. Synonym: Arie-Pitanguy mammaplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Arlt's operation | Transplantation of the eyelashes back from the edge of the lid in trichiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arterial switch operation | Operation for complete transposition of the great arteries; the most common way to repair this defect consists of switching the aorta and pulmonary arteries and implanting the coronary arteries into the neoaorta (the original pulmonary artery). (05 Mar 2000) |