| Gelineau | Jean Baptiste Edouard, French physician, 1859-1906. See: Gelineau's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Gelineau's syndrome | <neurology> A disorder of sleep associated with excessive daytime sleepiness, involuntary daytime sleep episodes, disturbed nocturnal sleep and cataplexy. Narcolepsy affects over 100,000 people in the United States and appears to have a genetic basis. Symptoms usually begin in the patients twenties. Treatment often includes the use of amphetamines and-or tricyclic antidepressants. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Gell and Coombs Classification | A classification system that differentiates the 4 types of hypersensitivity reactions: Type I: anaphylactic reactions, Type II: cytotoxic reactions, Type III: immune complex reactions, and Type IV: cell-mediated reactions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gell, P | <person> British immunologist. See: Gell and Coombs reactions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gellan lyase | <enzyme> Cleaves beta-d-glucosyl-1-4-beta-d-glucuronosyl sequence in gellan Registry number: EC 4.2.2.- Synonym: gellanase (26 Jun 1999) |
| Gelle test | A vibrating tuning fork is applied over the mastoid process; if it is heard, the air in the external auditory canal is compressed, by means of a rubber tube inserted into the canal and a hand bulb, thereby fixing the stapes in the oval window, and the sound ceases to be heard, but is again perceived if the air pressure is removed; a test of the mobility of the ossicles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gelle, Marie-Ernst | <person> French otologist, 1834-1923. See: Gelle test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gellerstedt, Nils | <person> *1896. See: Ceelen-Gellerstedt syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gelose | <chemistry> An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds. See: Gelatin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gelosis | An extremely firm mass in tissue (especially in a muscle), with a consistency resembling that of frozen tissue. Origin: L. Gelo, to freeze, congeal, + G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| gelotripsy | Rubbing away an indurated swelling or tender point in neuralgia and myalgia. Origin: Gelosis + G. Tripsis, a rubbing, fr. Tribo, to rub (05 Mar 2000) |
| gels | Colloids with a solid continuous phase and liquid as the dispersed phase; gels may be unstable when, due to temperature or other cause, the solid phase liquifies; the resulting colloid is called a sol. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gelsemine | <chemistry> An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance. Synonym: gelsemia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gelseminic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resembling esculin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gelsemium | 1. <botany> A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously fragrant flowers. 2. <medicine> The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc. Origin: NL, fr. It. Gelsomino jasmine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |