| contagium | The agent of an infectious disease. Synonym: contagion. Origin: L. A touching (05 Mar 2000) |
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| containment | The concept of regional or global eradication of communicable disease, proposed by Fred Lowe Soper (1893-1977) in 1949 for the eradication of smallpox. (05 Mar 2000) |
| containment of biohazards | Provision of physical and biological barriers to the dissemination of potentially hazardous biologically active agents (bacteria, viruses, recombinant DNA, etc.). Physical containment involves the use of special equipment, facilities, and procedures to prevent the escape of the agent. Biological containment includes use of immune personnel and the selection of agents and hosts that will minimise the risk should the agent escape the containment facility. (12 Dec 1998) |
| containment vessel | <radiobiology> Gas-tight shell or other enclosure around a fusion (or fission) reactor, to prevent accidental leakage of radioactive contents. (09 Oct 1997) |
| contaminant | An impurity; any material of an extraneous nature associated with a chemical, a pharmaceutical preparation, a physiologic principle, or an infectious agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contaminate | To cause or result in contamination. Origin: L. Con-tamino, to mingle, corrupt (05 Mar 2000) |
| contamination | The soiling or pollution by inferior material, as by the introduction of organisms into a wound or sewage into a stream. Origin: L. Contaminatio from con =together + tangere = to touch (18 Nov 1997) |
| content | 1. That which is contained within something else, usually in this sense in the plural form, contents. 2. In psychology, the form of a dream as presented to consciousness. 3. Ambiguous usage for concentration; e.g., blood haemoglobin content could mean either its concentration or the product of its concentration and the blood volume. Origin: L. Contentus, fr. Con-tineo, pp. -tentus, to hold together, contain (05 Mar 2000) |
| content analysis | Any of a variety of techniques for classification and study of the verbal products of normal or of psychologically disabled individuals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| content validity | The extent to which the items of a test or procedure are in fact a representative sample of that which is to be measured; e.g., items relating to ability in arithmetic and defining words are appropriate content for an intelligence test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contig | Group of clones representing overlapping regions of the genome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| contig map | <molecular biology> A map depicting the relative order of a linked library of small overlapping clones representing a complete chromosomal segment. (10 Nov 1998) |
| contigs | <molecular biology> Groups of clones representing overlapping regions of a genome. (10 Nov 1998) |
| contiguity | 1. Contact without actual continuity, e.g., the contact of the bones entering into the formation of a cranial suture. Compare: continuity. 2. Occurrence of two or more objects, events, or mental impressions together in space (spatial contiguity) or time (temporal contiguity). Origin: L. Contiguus, touching, fr. Contingo, to touch (05 Mar 2000) |
| contiguous | Adjacent or in actual contact. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Contraception, Immunological, Fertility Control, Immunological, Immunocontraceptive Techniques, Immunologic Contraception, Immunological Contraceptive Technics, Immunological Contraceptive Techniques, Immunological Fertility Control
Synonyms : Emergency Contraception, Fertility Control, Postcoital, Contraception, Emergency, Control, Postcoital Fertility, Postcoital Contraception, Postcoital Fertility Control
Synonyms : Contraceptives, Agents, Contraceptive
Synonyms : Contraceptives, Female, Agents, Female Contraceptive, Female Contraceptive Agents, Female Contraceptives
Synonyms : Contraceptives, Male, Agents, Male Contraceptive, Male Contraceptive Agents, Male Contraceptives
| contraceptive device |
contraceptive: an agent or device intended to prevent conception
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| contraindicate |
make a treatment inadvisable
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| control experiment |
an experiment designed to control for variables affecting the results of another experiment
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| controlled substance |
a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law
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| container |
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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| cont | package in a container |
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| cont | packaged in large standardized containers |
| cont | package in a container |
| cont | packaged in large standardized containers |
| cont | a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes |
| cont | the act of containing (especially the restraint of a hostile country or a hostile military force) |
| cont | (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor |
| cont | a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile power or ideology by creating strategic alliances |
| cont | a substance that contaminates |
| cont | make impure |
| cont | make radioactive by adding radioactive material |
| cont | rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution |