| RAI | radioactive iodine; radioactive isotope; resident assessment instrument; resting ankle index; right ... |
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| RAIU | radioactive iodine uptake |
| RIU | radioactive iodine uptake |
| SPBI | serum protein-bound iodine |
| SPI | Self-Perception Inventory; serum precipitable iodine; serum protein index; Shipley Personal Inventor... |
| green revolution | Advances in genetics, petrochemicals, and machinery that culminated in adramatic increase in crop productivity during the third quarter of the20th century. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| green sickness | Yellowing or bleaching of plant tissues due to the loss of chlorophyll or failure of chlorophyll synthesis. Symptomatic of many plant diseases, also of deficiencies of light or certain nutrients. (18 Nov 1997) |
| green soap | A soap made with vegetable oils, potassium hydroxide, oleic acid, glycerin, and purified water; used as a stimulant in chronic skin diseases. Synonym: green soap, soft soap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| green soap tincture | A liquid preparation containing potassium soaps and alcohol; frequently advocated in skin cleansing, particularly after exposure to plant toxins such as poison ivy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| green sputum | A green expectoration seen occasionally in jaundice, due to staining of the sputum by bile pigments. Synonym: green sputum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| green stain | <technique> A deposit, produced by chromogenic bacteria, found on the cervicolabial portions of the teeth, usually in children. See: acquired pellicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| green sulfur bacteria | A group of green or brown bacteria of the families chlorobiaceae and chloroflexaceae that occur in aquatic sediments, sulfur springs, and hot springs and that utilise reduced sulfur compounds instead of oxygen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| green tobacco sickness | An illness of tobacco harvest workers characterised by headache, dizziness and vomiting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| green ton | 2,000 pounds of undried biomass material. Moisture content must be specified if green tons are used as a measure of fuel energy. (05 Dec 1998) |
| green tooth | Green to brown discoloration of the primary teeth associated with erythroblastosis foetalis and caused by deposition of haemoglobin pigments in the developing teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| green vision | A condition in which objects appear to be coloured green, as may occur in digitalis intoxication. Synonym: green vision. Origin: chloro-+ G. Opsis, eyesight (05 Mar 2000) |
| guinea green B | An acid diaminotriphenylmethane dye, used as an indicator for H-ion determinations (changing at pH 6.0 from magenta to green) and as a fibre cytoplasmic stain in certain Masson trichrome staining procedures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| methyl green | <chemical> Used as a biological stain and for the dyeing and printing of textiles. Usually compounded with zinc chloride. Pharmacological action: rosaniline dyes. Chemical name: Benzenaminium, 4-((4-(dimethylamino)phenyl)(4-(dimethyliminio)-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidene)methyl)-N,N,N-trimethyl-, dichloride (12 Dec 1998) |
| methyl green-pyronin stain | <technique> A staining method useful for identification of plasma cells which are intensely pyroninophilic; a mixture of a green and a red dye that has the property of staining highly polymerised nucleic acid (DNA) green and low molecular weight nucleic acids (RNA) red. See: Unna-Pappenheim stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mitter's green | <chemistry> A pigment of a green colour, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |