| HEV | health and environment; hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus; hepatitis E virus; hepato-encephal... |
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| SFV | Semliki Forest virus; shipping fever virus; Shope fibroma virus; squirrel fibroma virus |
| AYV | aster yellow virus |
| BYDV | barley yellow dwarf virus |
| mos | mosaic |
| new yellow enzyme | The d-amino-acid oxidase found in yeast, a flavoenzyme, which contains FAD as coenzyme instead of FMN as does NADPH dehydrogenase; so-called to distinguish it from Warburg's old yellow enzyme. Compare: amino acid oxidases. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Sudan yellow | Metadioxyazobenzene;a yellow stain for fats. (05 Mar 2000) |
| indicator yellow | A compound formed in the bleaching of rhodopsin by light; it is chrome yellow at pH 3.3-4.0 and pale yellow at pH 9.0-10.0. (05 Mar 2000) |
| old yellow enzyme | <enzyme> A flavoprotein that reversibly oxidises NADPH to NADP and a reduced acceptor. Chemical name: NADPH:(acceptor) oxidoreductase Registry number: EC 1.6.99.1 (12 Dec 1998) |
| tumeric yellow | <protein> An ingredient of the spice turmeric. Laboratory studies have suggested that curcurnin inhibits HIV replication by blocking the long-terminal repeat region on HIV's genes. (09 Oct 1997) |
| jungle yellow fever | A form occurring in South America, transmitted by Aedes leucocelaenus and various treetop mosquitoes of the Haemagogus complex; transmitted normally to primates, occasionally by chance to man to set off a human outbreak of classical yellow fever transmitted by Aedes aegypti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| yellow | Being of a bright saffronlike colour; of the colour of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. "Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress." (Chaucer) "A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf." (Milton) "The line of yellow light dies fast away. <medicine> " (Keble) Yellow atrophy, a North American fresh water bass (Morone interrupta) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Synonym: barfish. Yellow berry. <botany> The European willow warbler. The European wood warbler. Origin: OE. Yelow, yelwe, yelow, yeoluw, from AS. Geolu; akin to D. Geel, OS. & OHG. Gelo, G. Gelb, Icel. Gulr, Sw. Gul, Dan. Guul, L. Helvus light bay, Gr. Young verdure, greenish yellow, Skr. Hari tawny, yellowish. Cf. Chlorine, Gall a bitter liquid, Gold, Yolk. 1. A bright golden colour, reflecting more light than any other except white; the colour of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green. "A long motley coat guarded with yellow." 2. A yellow pigment. Cadmium yellow, Chrome yellow, Indigo yellow, King's yellow, etc. See Cadmium, Chrome, etc. Naples yellow, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil, porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic lead nitrate, and common salt. <chemistry> Patent yellow, a yellow pigment consisting essentially of a lead oxychloride. Synonym: Turner's yellow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| yellow atrophy of the liver | See: acute yellow atrophy of the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| yellow body | <gynaecology> A yellow glandular mass in the ovary formed by an ovarian follicle that has matured and discharged its ovum. The corpus luteum secretes progesterone. If the ovum has been impregnated, the corpus luteum increases in size and persists for several months (corpus luteum graviditatis). If impregnation has not taken place, the corpus luteum degenerates and shrinks (corpus luteum menstruationis). Synonym: yellow body of ovary. (13 Nov 1997) |
| yellow bone marrow | Bone marrow in which the meshes of the reticular network are filled with fat. Synonym: medulla ossium flava. (05 Mar 2000) |
| yellow cartilage | A cartilage in which the cells are surrounded by a territorial capsular matrix outside of which is an interterritorial matrix containing elastic fibre networks in addition to the collagen fibres and ground substance. Synonym: yellow cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| yellow corallin | A sodium salt of aurin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| yellow disease | The occurrence of patches of yellow colour in the skin, resembling xanthoma, but without the nodules or plates. Synonym: cholesteroderma, xanthochroia, xanthoderma, xanthopathy, yellow disease, yellow skin. Origin: xantho-+ G. Chroma, colour (05 Mar 2000) |
| yellow enzyme | Any enzyme that possesses a flavin nucleotide as coenzyme; e.g., xanthine oxidase, succinate dehydrogenase. Synonym: yellow enzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| yellow-eyed | Having yellow eyes. <botany> Yellow-eyed grass, any plant of the genus Xyris. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |