| NAS | nasal; National Academy of Sciences; National Association of Sanitarians; neonatal airleak syndrome;... |
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| NSA | Neurological Society of America; normal serum albumin; no salt added; no significant abnormality; no... |
| nsa | no salt added |
| SA | salicylic acid; saline [solution]; salt added; sarcoidosis; sarcoma; scalenus anticus; secondary ame... |
| SBSS | Seligmann's buffered salt solution |
one and one-half syndrome
| salt water marsh | Wetland dominated by herbaceous plants under the influence of saline waters. May be coastal (tidal) or perched. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| salt water soap | A soap made of palm or coconut oil for use with sea water in which it is soluble. Synonym: salt water soap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Seignette's salt | KNaC4H4O6;a mild saline cathartic, used as an ingredient in compound effervescent powders. Synonym: Rochelle salt, Seignette's salt, sodium potassium tartrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hot salt steriliser | A steriliser for endodontic equipment in which table salt is heated in a container at 218 to 246캜; the dry heat is transmitted to root canal instruments, absorbent points, or cotton pellets for their rapid (5 to 10 seconds) sterilization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| double salt | A salt in which two different positive ions are bonded to the same negative ion, or vice versa; e.g., NaKSO4. (05 Mar 2000) |
| table salt | <chemical> Table salt, NaCL. (09 Oct 1997) |
| epsom salt | <medicine> Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| low salt diet | A diet with restricted amounts of sodium chloride, necessary in the treatment of some cases of hypertension, heart failure, and other syndromes characterised by fluid retention and/or oedema formation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abstracting and indexing | Shortening or summarizing of documents; assigning of descriptors for referencing documents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| academies and institutes | Organizations representing specialised fields which are accepted as authoritative; may be non-governmental, university or an independent research organization, e.g., national academy of sciences, brookings institution, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accounts payable and receivable | Short-term debt obligations and assets occurring in the regular course of operational transactions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aged, 80 and over | A person 80 years of age and older. (12 Dec 1998) |
| algae and fungi | Algae represent a group of spore-propagating plants, unicellular or undifferentiated into root, stem, and leaf. They include seaweed and many unicellular fresh water plants, most of which contain chlorophyll. They account for about 90% of the earth's photosynthetic activity. Fungi are eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live as saprobes or parasites and include mushrooms, yeasts, smuts, molds, etc. They lack chlorophyll. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alkyl and aryl transferases | <enzyme> A somewhat heterogeneous class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of alkyl or related groups (excluding methyl groups). Registry number: EC 2.5 (12 Dec 1998) |
| allergy and immunology | A medical specialty concerned with the hypersensitivity of the individual to foreign substances and protection from the resultant infection or disorder. (12 Dec 1998) |