| alanine aminotransferase |
An enzyme that is released into the blood by damaged liver cell. It is used as a marker for liver cell damage. The ALT test is considered to be a more accurate reflection of liver inflammation than AST because other organs such as the heart can also produce AST. (eg the level of AST will increase on a blood test during a heart attack). ...
Ãâó: www.hepb.org/hepb/glossary.htm
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| ala |
After a black voting-rights advocate was killed, Martin Luther King, Jr., and others called for a major march from Selma, Ala., to the state capital. The march turned violent when mounted state troops attacked the marchers. 2
Ãâó: www.bartleby.com/67/3411.html
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| ALARA |
Acronym for As Low As Reasonably Achievable. Making every reasonable effort to maintain exposures to radiation as far below the dose limits as is practical.
Ãâó: www.oehs.wayne.edu/health%20phsics/glossaryA.html
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Trade name for daminozide, a pesticide that makes apples redder, firmer, and less likely to drop off trees before growers are ready to pick them. It is also used to a lesser extent on peanuts, tart cherries, concord grapes, and other fruits.
Ãâó: www.e11th-hour.org/resources/backgrounders/environ...
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| ALARA |
An approach to radiation control whereby people's exposure is kept as low as possible consistent with technical, economic, practical, and public-policy considerations.
Ãâó: www.jlab.org/ehs/manual/EHSbook-446.html
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