| GNB | ganglioneuroblastoma; gram-negative bacillus; guanine nucleotide-binding [protein] |
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| HBCG | heat-aggregated Calmette-Guerin bacillus |
| KL | kidney lobe; Klebs-Loeffler [bacillus]; Kleine-Levin [syndrome] |
| TB | Taussig-Bind [syndrome]; terabyte; term birth; terminal bronchiole; terminal bronchus; thromboxane B... |
| Tb | Tbilisi [phage]; terbium; tubercle bacillus; tuberculosis |
| quitch grass | <botany> A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. Origin: Properly quick grass, being probably so called from its vigorous growth, or from its tenacity of life. See Quick, and cf. Couch grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| oil of lemon grass | Volatile oil from Cymbopogon citratus and of C. Flexuosus (family Gramineae). Used in perfumery and as a source of citral for the synthesis of vitamin A. (05 Mar 2000) |
| timothy grass | <botany> A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. Origin: From Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| twitch grass | <botany> See Quitch grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| johnson grass | <botany> A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Synonym: Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet. Origin: Named after W. Johnson of Alabama, who planted it about 1840-1845. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lyme grass | <botany> A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, especially. E. Canadensis, and the European E. Arenarius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Abel's bacillus | Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. Ozaenae See: Klebsiella ozaenae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abortus bacillus | A species of the genus brucella whose natural hosts are cattle and other bovidae. Other mammals, including man, may be infected. Abortion and placentitis are frequently produced in the pregnant animal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acne bacillus | A bacteria isolated from normal skin, intestinal contents, wounds, blood, pus, and soft tissue abscesses. It is a common contaminant of clinical specimens, presumably from the skin of patients or attendants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bacillus | <bacteria> A genus of bacteria of the family Bacillaceae, including large aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, spore forming, rod shaped cells, the great majority of which are gram-positive and motile. The genus is separated into 48 species, of which three are pathogenic or potentially pathogenic and the remainder are saprophytic soil forms. Many organisms historically called Bacillus are now classified in other genera. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Bacillus amyloliquefaciens | A highly amylolytic species of soil bacteria that produces subtilisin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillus amyloliquifaciens | <bacteria> Bacillus amyloliquifaciens is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium used to produce alpha-amylase and serine protease. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bacillus anthracis | A species of bacteria that causes anthrax in humans and animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Bacillus anthracis toxin | A culture filtrate of Bacillus anthracis containing an exotoxin with at least three different antigenically distinct components: oedema factor, lethal factor, and protective antigen. Synonym: Bacillus anthracis toxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bacillus brevis | A species found in soil, air, dust, milk, and cheese; some strains produce the antibiotic gramicidin or tyrocidin. (05 Mar 2000) |