| CS | calf serum; campomelic syndrome; carcinoid syndrome; cardiogenic shock; caries-susceptible; carotid ... |
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| HSA | Hazardous Substances Act; Health Services Administration; health systems agency; hereditary siderobl... |
| HSP | Health Systems Plan; heat shock protein; hemostatic screening profile; Henoch-Schonlein purpura; her... |
| LRSF | lactating rat serum factor; liver regenerating serum factor |
| NHS | Nance-Horan syndrome; National Health Service; National Hospice Study; normal horse serum; normal hu... |
| pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin | <veterinary> Formed by the equine placenta. Its activity in animals is similar to that of the follicle-stimulating hormone; relatively ineffective in human beings. Synonym: pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| salted serum | The fluid portion of blood drawn from the vessels, which is prevented from coagulating by being drawn into a solution of sodium or magnesium sulfate. Synonym: salted serum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| homologous serum jaundice | An obsolete term for viral hepatitis type B. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human measles immune serum | Obtained from the blood of a healthy person who has survived an attack of measles. Synonym: measles convalescent serum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human pertussis immune serum | The sterile serum prepared from the pooled blood of healthy adult human beings who have received repeated courses of phase I pertussis vaccine; administered intravenously or intramuscularly for the prophylaxis or treatment of whooping cough. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human scarlet fever immune serum | Scarlet fever convalescent serum, obtained from healthy persons who have survived an attack of scarlet fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human serum | See: dried human serum, normal human serum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human serum jaundice | An obsolete name for hepatitis transmitted parenterally, usually by blood or blood products; usually due to hepatitis B. (05 Mar 2000) |
| serum | <haematology> The clear portion of any body fluid, the clear fluid moistening serous membranes. 2. Blood serum, the clear liquid that separates from blood on clotting. 3. Immune serum, blood serum from an immunised animal used for passive immunisation, an antiserum, antitoxin or antivenin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| serum accelerator | <chemical> Heat- and storage-stable plasma protein that is activated by tissue thromboplastin to form factor viia in the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. The activated form then catalyses the activation of factor x to factor xa. Chemical name: Blood-coagulation factor VII (12 Dec 1998) |
| serum accelerator globulin | A substance in serum that accelerates the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin in the presence of thromboplastin and calcium; produced by the action of traces of thrombin upon plasma accelerator globulin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| serum accident | Anaphylactic shock resulting from injection of foreign serum for therapeutic purposes. See: serum sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| serum agar | An enriched medium for cultivation of fastidious organisms; prepared by adding sterile serum to melted agar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| serum agglutinin | An antibody which coats erythrocytes; the cells do not agglutinate when suspended in saline, but do agglutinate when suspended in serum or other protein media such as albumin. Synonym: incomplete antibody. (05 Mar 2000) |
| serum albumin | <protein> The serum level of the low molecular protein albumin. Albumin, produced by the liver, plays an important role in maintaining plasma oncotic pressure. Normal serum albumin should be 3.5-5.0 grams per decilitre. Low serum albumin can be found in cases of liver disease and malnutrition. (27 Sep 1997) |