| JP drain | The original suction drain. The drain itself is inside the body. It is made of Teflon and has multip... |
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| ABCDES | abnormal alignment, bones-periarticular osteoporosis, cartilage-joint space loss, deformities, margi... |
| MLC | 1) Minimal Lethal Concentration 2) Mixed Lymphocyte Culture |
| U/C | Urine Culture |
| AMLC | adherent macrophage-like cell; autologous mixed lymphocyte culture |
| diffusion chambers, culture | Devices used in a technique by which cells or tissues are grown in vitro or, by implantation, in vivo within chambers permeable to diffusion of solutes across the chamber walls. The chambers are used for studies of drug effects, osmotic responses, cytogenic and immunologic phenomena, metabolism, etc., and include tissue cages. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| discontinuous culture | A technique for production of microbes or microbial products in which the organisms are grown in a closed system until one nutrient factor becomes rate-limiting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dorset's culture egg medium | A medium for cultivating Mycobacterium tuberculosis; it consists of the whites and yolks of four fresh eggs and a solution of sodium chloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organ culture | <cell biology> Culture in vitro of pieces of tissue (as opposed to single cells) in such a way as to maintain some normal spatial relationships between cells and some normal function. Contrast with tissue culture. (18 Nov 1997) |
| organizational culture | Beliefs and values shared by all members of the organization. These shared values are reflected in the day to day operations of the organization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| elective culture | A method of isolating microorganisms capable of utilizing a specific substrate by incubating an inoculum in a medium containing the substrate; the medium usually contains substances or has characteristics that inhibit the growth of unwanted microorganisms. Synonym: enrichment culture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enrichment culture | <cell culture, microbiology> Use of selective culture media and incubation conditions to isolate microorganisms directly from nature. (09 Oct 1997) |
| type culture | A type strain of microorganism preserved in a culture collection as the standard. (05 Mar 2000) |
| faecal culture | <investigation, microbiology> A test used to identify pathogenic organisms in the stools that may be responsible for gastroenteritis. Often performed in cases of unexplained diarrhoea. May indicate bacterial, viral or parasitic disease. Cultures are also helpful in assisting the selection an appropriate antibiotic agent. See: traveler's diarrhoea. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Loeffler's blood culture medium | A culture medium consisting of beef blood serum, sheep blood serum, and beef bouillon containing peptone, glucose, and sodium chloride; used for the isolation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lowenstein-Jensen culture medium | Primary mycobacterial recovery media composed of fresh whole eggs, defined salts, glycerol, potato flour, and malachite green (as an inhibitory agent). Synonym: Lowenstein-Jensen medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenoid tissue | A structure found within the lymphatic system that consists of lymphocytes within a network of fibres. (09 Oct 1997) |
| adipose tissue | <anatomy> Connective tissue that has been specialised to store fat. See: adipocyte. (25 Jun 1999) |
| aerenchymous tissue | A type of plant tissue in which cells are unusually large, resulting in large air spaces in the plant organ, such tissues are often referred to as spongy and usually provide increased buoyancy. (09 Oct 1997) |
| areolar tissue | Loose, irregularly arranged connective tissue that consists of collagenous and elastic fibres, a protein polysaccharide ground substance, and connective tissue cells (fibroblasts, macrophages, mast cells, and sometimes fat cells, plasma cells, leukocytes, and pigment cells). (05 Mar 2000) |