| MCG | magnetocardiogram; membrane coating granule; monoclonal gammopathy |
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| MG | Marcus Gunn [pupil]; margin; medial gastrocnemius [muscle]; membranous glomerulonephritis; menopausa... |
| NSG | neurosecretory granule |
| PG | paregoric; parotid gland; pentagastrin; pepsinogen; peptidoglycan; Pharmacopoeia Germanica; phosphat... |
| PGE | platelet granule exract; posterior gastroenterostomy |
| toxic shock syndrome | <syndrome> A blood-borne bacterial infection caused by the genus Staphylococcus. Usually effects menstruating females under the age of thirty and was associated in the past with the use of a particular type of tampon (no longer used). Common symptoms include: fever, chills, vomiting, sore throat, headache and decreased urine output. Progression of disease can result in lowering of blood pressure (shock) and renal failure. Treatment includes hospitalisation and intravenous antibiotics emergently. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| toxic substances | A chemical or mixture of chemicals that presents a high risk of injury to human health or to the environment. (05 Dec 1998) |
| toxic tetanus | Tonic spasms caused by strychnine or other tetanic. Synonym: toxic tetanus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic unit | A unit formerly synonymous with minimal lethal dose but which, because of the instability of toxins, is now measured in terms of the quantity of standard antitoxin with which the toxin combines. See: L doses, minimal lethal dose. Synonym: toxin unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidermal necrolysis, toxic | An exfoliative disease of skin seen primarily in adults and characterised by flaccid bullae and spreading erythema so that the skin has the appearance of being scalded. It results primarily from a toxic reaction to various drugs, but occasionally occurs as a result of infection, neoplastic conditions, or other exposure. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acidophil granule | A granule that stains with an acid dye such as eosin. Synonym: oxyphil granule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acrosomal granule | The single glycoprotein rich granule within an acrosomal vesicle, which results from the coalescence of proacrosomal granule's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alpha granule | A granule of an alpha cell that was named as the first of several kinds or because it was acidophilic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Altmann's granule | A granule that has an affinity for fuchsin. Synonym: Altmann's granule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amphophil granule | A granule that stains with both acid and basic dyes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial granule serine proteinase | <enzyme> Converts pro-atrial natriuretic factor to anf by cleaving the arg98-ser99 bond; n-terminal 26-residue amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| azurophil granule | <cell biology> Primary lysosomal granules found in neutrophil granulocytes, contain a wide range of hydrolytic enzymes. Sometimes referred to as primary granules to distinguish them from the specific or secondary granules. (02 Jan 1998) |
| Babes-Ernst granule | <microbiology> Metachromatic intracellular deposits of polyphosphate found in Corynebacterium diphtheriae when the bacteria are grown on sub optimal media. The granules stain reddish with methylene blue or toluidine blue. (02 Jan 1998) |
| basal granule | <cell biology> Structure found at the base of eukaryotic cilia and flagella consisting of a continuation of the nine outer sets of axonemal microtubules but with the addition of a C tubule to form a triplet (like the centriole). May be self replicating and serves as a nucleating centre for axonemal assembly. Anchored in the cytoplasm by rootlets. Synonymous with kinetosome. (18 Nov 1997) |
| basophil granule | A granule that stains readily with a basic dye. (05 Mar 2000) |