| ECT | electroconvulsive therapy; emission computed tomography; enteric coated tablet; euglobulin clot test... |
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| ELICT | enzyme-linked immunocytochemical technique |
| EMIT | enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique |
| EMT | emergency medical tag; emergency medical team; emergency medical technician; emergency medical treat... |
| FAST | flow-assisted, short-term [balloon catheter]; fluorescent antibody staining technique; fluoro-allerg... |
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| ilizarov technique | A bone fixation technique using an external fixator (fixators, external) for lengthening limbs, correcting pseudarthroses and other deformities, and assisting the healing of otherwise hopeless traumatic or pathological fractures and infections, such as chronic osteomyelitis. The method was devised by the russian orthopedic surgeon gavriil abramovich ilizarov (1921-1992). (12 Dec 1998) |
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| immunoperoxidase technique | An immunologic test that utilises antibodies chemically conjugated to the enzyme peroxidase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| indirect technique | indirect method for making inlays |
| Ouchterlony technique | A technique in which both reaction partners (antigen and antibody) are allowed to diffuse to each other in a gel in a precipitation reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Taylor's apparatus | taylor's back brace |
| technique | The manner of performance, or the details, of any surgical operation, experiment, or mechanical act. See: method, operation, procedure. Synonym: technic. Origin: Fr., fr. G. Technikos, relating to techne, art, skill (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tiselius apparatus | An apparatus for separating proteins in solution by electrophoresis and thus for determining the isoelectric point, molecular weight, and related physical properties; the direction and rate of migration of the protein and the characteristics of the boundary phase between the protein solution and the supernatant salt solution are recorded by photography of the changes in refractive index at the boundary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enzyme-multiplied immunoassay technique | A type of immunoassay in which the ligand is labelled with an enzyme, and the enzyme-ligand-antibody complex is enzymatically inactive, allowing quantitation of unlabelled ligand. The test uses antibodies that react only with the particular drug for which the sample is being tested. The antibodies attach themselves to the drug if it is present in the sample. It is not designed to measure amounts of the drug present, only to detect its presence or absence. It is used predominantly, but not exclusively, for the detection of drugs of abuse in the urine. See: competitive binding assay, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jerne technique | A technique for measuring immunocompetence by quantitating the number of splenic antibody-forming cells found in a mouse that has been sensitised to sheep erythrocytes. The number of plaques formed correlates with the number of splenic antibody-forming cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Judkins technique | A method of selective coronary artery catheterization utilizing the standard Seldinger technique through a percutaneous femoral artery puncture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| juxtaglomerular apparatus | A collective term for the juxtaglomerular cells in a nephron. These are specialised cells containing secretory granules, located in the tunica media of the afferent glomerular arterioles. They are receptors thought to stimulate secretion of the adrenal hormone aldosterone and to play a major role in renal autoregulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Kirschner's apparatus | An apparatus for skeletal traction in long bone fracture. Synonym: Kirschner's apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kjeldahl apparatus | <apparatus, chemistry> An apparatus for distilling ammonia arising from acid decomposition of an organic compound; used in nitrogen analysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kleinschmidt monolayer technique | <technique> A method for preparing DNA for study under an electron microscope, the DNA molecules are spread as a thin, positively charged protein film onwater. The film is then transferred to a copper viewing grid andplaced under the microscope. (17 Dec 1997) |
| urinary apparatus | The organs concerned in the production and excretion of urine, together with the organs of reproduction. (12 Dec 1998) |