| AG | abdominal girth; agarose; aminoglutethimide; analytical grade; anion gap; antigen; antiglobulin; ant... |
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| AGP | acid glycoprotein; agar gel precipitation; azurophil granule protein |
| BG | basal ganglion; basic gastrin; Bender Gestalt [test]; beta-galactosidase; beta-glucuronidase; bicolo... |
| CGAT | chromatin granule amine transformer |
| GMP | glucose monophosphate; good manufacturing practice; granule membrane protein; guanosine monophosphat... |
| granule cell of connective tissue | <cell biology, immunology> Resident cell of connective tissue that contains many granules rich in histamine and heparan sulphate. Release of histamine from mast cells is responsible for the immediate reddening of the skin in a weal and flare response. Very similar to basophils and possibly derived from the same stem cells. Two types of mast cells are now recognised, those from connective tissue and a distinct set of mucosal mast cells, the activities of the latter are T-cell dependent. (05 Jan 1998) |
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| granule cells | Small nerve cell bodies in the external and internal granular layers of the cerebral cortex, small nerve cell bodies in the granular layer of the cerebellar cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rod granule | The nucleus of a retinal cell connecting with one of the rods. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chromatic granule | Any readily stainable granule, a granule of chromophil (Nissl) substance. Synonym: chromatic granule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chromophil granule | Any readily stainable granule, a granule of chromophil (Nissl) substance. Synonym: chromatic granule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound granule cell | A lipid-laden microglial phagocyte commonly seen at the edge of healing brain infarcts, a result of cellular phagocytosis of lipid from necrotic or degenerating brain cells. Synonym: compound granule cell. Origin: Ger. Gitterzelle, fr. Gitter, lattice, wire-net (05 Mar 2000) |
| cone granule | Nucleus of a retinal cell connecting with one of the cones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar granule | <biology> Granules containing a basic protein found in insect eggs that induce the formation of and become incorporated into germ cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cortical granule | <cell biology, gynaecology> Specialised secretory vesicles lying just below the plasma membrane of the egg, that fuse and release their contents immediately after fertilization (activation) to prevent polyspermy. (13 Nov 1997) |
| presecretory granule | Vesicles near the maturation face of the Golgi. Synonym: Golgi condensing vacuoles. (18 Nov 1997) |
| proacrosomal granule | <cell biology> Small carbohydrate-rich granule's appearing in vesicles of the Golgi apparatus of spermatids. They coalesce into a single acrosomal granule contained within an acrosomal vesicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prozymogen granule | <cell biology> Stage in the development of a mature secretory vesicle (zymogen granule). (18 Nov 1997) |
| secretory granule | A membrane-bound particle, usually protein, formed in the granular endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi complex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| seminal granule | One of the minute granular bodies present in the semen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| specific granule | One of the two main classes of granules found in neutrophils: contain lactoferrin, lysozyme, Vitamin B12 binding protein and elastase. Are released more readily than the azurophil (primary) granules which have typical lysosmal contents. (18 Nov 1997) |