| IRI | immunoreactive insulin; insulin resistance index |
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| IRS | immunoreactive secretion; infrared spectrophotometry; insulin receptor species; insulin receptor sub... |
| IST | inappropriate sinus tachycardia; insulin sensitivity test; insulin shock therapy; International Soci... |
| ELA | elastase; elastomer-lubricating agent; endotoxin-like activity |
| RFLA | rheumatoid-factor-like activity |
| IGFBP-5 | Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5 |
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| IGFBP-3 | Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 |
| IGFBP-1 | Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein 1 |
| IGFBP-3 | Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein-3 |
| IGF-BP | insulin-like growth factor I and its binding protein |
| Rhabditis-like | See: rhabditiform larva. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| messenger-like RNA | An ill-defined form of RNA, of high molecular weight, that never leaves the nucleus and is thought to be the precursor of messenger RNA. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ring-like corneal dystrophy | Thread-like opacities of the anterior corneal stroma, with acute, painful onset followed by decreased vision; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pertussis-like syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome characterised by severe episodes of coughing resembling whooping cough (pertussis). (05 Mar 2000) |
| rosacea-like tuberculid | Papular lesions in rosacea, characterised microscopically by perifollicular granulomas with central necrosis and scattered giant cells. Lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei is probably a form of granulomatous rosacea. Synonym: rosacea-like tuberculid, tuberculoid rosacea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pleuropneumonia like organism | Very tinymicroorganisms (usually spherical with a diameter of 0.3 to 0.8 micrometres, the smallest cells known) which are able to slip through most filters andare therefore often found as contaminating organisms in cultures, vaccines and other supposedly sterile preparations. Some types of mycoplasmas cause pneumonia. Mycoplasmal contamination is an important problem in biotechnology, but fortunately the microbes can usually be killed with antibiotics. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pleuropneumonia-like organisms | The original name given to a group of bacteria which did not possess cell walls; these organism's, isolated from man and other animals, soil, and sewage, are now assigned to the order Mycoplasmatales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corticotropin-like intermediate-lobe peptide | <protein> A product of propiomelanocortin with unknown function. Acronym: CLIP (05 Mar 2000) |
| Csk-like protein-tyrosine kinase | <enzyme> Phosphorylates c-terminal conserved tyr of src family members; from mouse brain; has 52% identity with mouse csk; mw 52 kD; genbank u05210 Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- Synonym: ctk (kinase), ctk gene product, csk-type protein-tyrosine kinase, ntk (kinase), bhk (kinase) (26 Jun 1999) |
| cyanobacterium-like bodies | A Cryptosporidium-like genus of coccidian parasites reported from millipedes, reptiles, insectivores, and a rodent species. Cyclospora is characterised by acid-fast oocysts with two sporocysts, each with two sporozoites. Cyclospora species is an undescribed but distinct species of Cyclospora that is implicated as the cause of a widespread, prolonged but self-limited human diarrhoea in patients in North, Central, and South America; Caribbean countries; Southeast Asia; and eastern Europe previously reported as caused by cyanobacterium-like bodies. Synonym: cyanobacterium-like bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatitis c-like viruses | A genus of flaviviridae causing parenterally-transmitted non-a, non-b hepatitis (hepatitis c) which is associated with transfusions and drug abuse. Hepatitis c virus is the type species. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Shiga like toxin | <protein> Group of structurally related toxins that block eukaryotic protein synthesis by cleaving the 28S rRNA subunit of ribosomes. Examples: Shiga toxin, Shiga like toxins SLT 1 and SLT 2 of Escherichia coli. (18 Nov 1997) |
| SLE-like syndrome | <syndrome> A disease with manifestations suggestive of systemic lupus erythematosus, without meeting diagnostic criteria for that disease; sometimes used for drug-induced lupus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neoplastic endocrine-like syndromes | Endocrine syndromes due to hormone production by neoplasms of non-endocrine tissue, or by other than the usual endocrine tissues. They are often the first indication of a previously undetected neoplasm. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thogoto-like viruses | A genus of the family orthomyxoviridae comprising tick-borne viruses occasionally infecting humans. Dhori and thogoto viruses were formerly thought to be members of bunyaviridae. Thogoto virus is the type species. (12 Dec 1998) |