| silver lactate | Has been used as an astringent and antiseptic. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| silver nitrate | <chemical> A powerful germicide, used as an antiseptic, applied topically to the conjunctiva as a prophylactic against opthalmia neonatorum, and also used as an antiseptic in infections of the skin and mucous membrane. Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local. Chemical name: Nitric acid silver(1+) salt (12 Dec 1998) |
| silver oxide | Has been used in epilepsy and chorea; it is explosive when mixed with readily combustible substances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver picrate | An ionizable salt of silver; has been used in the treatment of trichomoniasis and moniliasis of the vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver point | A solid core cone of silver used in filling root canals in conjunction with a cement or paste. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver poisoning | <dermatology> Deposition of silver salts in the skin from excessive oral intake. Signs: permanent blue to bronze discolouration of the skin and mucosa that is darker in regions exposed to light. (27 Sep 1997) |
| silver protein stain | <technique> A silver proteinate complex used in staining nerve fibres, nerve endings, and flagellate protozoa; also used to demonstrate phagocytosis in living animals by the cells of the reticuloendothelial system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver proteins | <chemical> Compounds of silver and proteins used as topical anti-infective agents. Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local. (12 Dec 1998) |
| silver stain | <technique> Any of a variety of stain's (e.g., Bielschowsky's, Gomori's silver, impregnation stain's) which employ alkaline silver nitrate solutions to stain connective tissue fibres (reticulin, collagen), calcium salt deposits, spirochaetes, neurological tissue, and nucleolar organiser regions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver staining | The use of silver, usually silver nitrate, as a reagent for producing contrast or colouration in tissue specimens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| silver sulfadiazine | <chemical> Antibacterial used topically in burn therapy. Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local. Chemical name: Silver, (4-amino-N-2-pyrimidinylbenzenesulfonamidato-NN,O1)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| Silver, Henry | <person> U.S. Paediatrician, *1918. See: Silver-Russell dwarfism, Silver-Russell syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver-ammoniacal silver stain | <technique> A stain for the acid protein component of nucleolar regions which are active or which were transcriptionally active in the preceding interphase; uses silver nitrate, ammoniacal silver, and formalin. Synonym: Ag-AS stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver-fork deformity | The deformity resembling the curve of the back of a fork seen in Colles' fractures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| silver-fork fracture | A Colles' fracture of the wrist in which the deformity has the appearance of a fork in profile. (05 Mar 2000) |