| FABP | fatty acid-binding protein; folate-binding protein |
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| GAP | D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate; growth associated protein; guanosine triphosphatase-activating protein... |
| HSP | Health Systems Plan; heat shock protein; hemostatic screening profile; Henoch-Schonlein purpura; her... |
| IAP | immunosuppressive acidic protein; inosinic acid pyrophosphorylase; Institute of Animal Physiology; i... |
| IBP | insulin-like growth factor binding protein; International Biological Program; intra-aortic balloon p... |
one and one-half syndrome
| Gordon and Sweet stain | <technique> A stain for reticulin, using acidified potassium permanganate, oxalic acid, iron alum, silver nitrate, formaldehyde, gold chloride, and sodium thiosulfate. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Gougerot and Blum disease | An eruption comprised of lichenoid papules variously pigmented from the haemosiderin of the associated purpura; found on the legs, usually in men over 40 years of age. Synonym: Gougerot and Blum disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical and pharmacologic phenomena | Chemical, pharmacologic, and metabolic action and interaction of drugs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gram-negative aerobic rods and cocci | <microbiology> A group of gram-negative bacteria consisting of rod- and coccus-shaped cells. They are both aerobic (able to grow under an air atmosphere) and microaerophilic (grow better in low concentrations of oxygen) under nitrogen-fixing conditions but, when supplied with a source of fixed nitrogen, they grow as aerobes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gram-negative anaerobic straight, curved, and helical rods | <microbiology> A group of anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that show up as pink (negative) when treated by the gram-staining method. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mesonephric structures and their fates | <radiology> Male female Tubules Epididymis Mesosalpinx Efferent ductules of testes Ducts Vas deferens Complete involution Seminal vesicles Ejaculatory ducts (12 Dec 1998) |
| cholagogues and choleretics | Gastrointestinal agents that stimulate the flow of bile into the duodenum (cholagogues) or stimulate the production of bile by the liver (choleretic). (12 Dec 1998) |
| personnel staffing and scheduling | The selection, appointing, and scheduling of personnel. (12 Dec 1998) |
| personnel staffing and scheduling information systems | Computer-based systems for use in personnel management in a facility, e.g., distribution of caregivers with relation to patient needs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| growth and embryonic development | Developmental processes from cell division to embryogenesis to postnatal growth and maturity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| grunstein and hogness method | The Grunstein and Hogness methodis a hybridisation lab technique in which whole, lysed (ruptured) bacterial colonies which have previously been blotted onto a nitrocellulose (or other) membrane are hybridised to a DNA probe. (09 Oct 1997) |
| chondroitinases and chondroitin lyases | <enzyme> Enzymes which catalyze the elimination of glucuronate residues from chondroitin a,b, and c or which catalyze the hydrolysis of sulfate groups of the 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-galactose 6-sulfate units of chondroitin sulfate. Registry number: EC 4.2.2.- (12 Dec 1998) |
| gyrate atrophy of choroid and retina | A slowly progressive atrophy of the choriocapillaris, pigmentary epithelium, and sensory retina, with irregular confluent atrophic areas and an associated ornithinuria; autosomal recessive inheritance; due to a deficiency of ornithine d-aminotransferase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharmacy and therapeutics committee | An advisory group composed primarily of staff physicians and the pharmacist which serves as the communication link between the medical staff and the pharmacy department. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Rowntree and Geraghty test | An obsolete test for renal function; after the patient has drunk a glass or two of water, 1 ml of a 0.6% solution of dye is injected hypodermically; the time between this injection and the appearance of a pink tinge in the urine as it falls into an alkaline solution is noted; the amount excreted in each of the next 2 hours is then estimated colourimetrically. Synonym: Geraghty's test, phthalein test, red test, Rowntree and Geraghty test. (05 Mar 2000) |