| LEP | lethal effective phase; lipoprotein electrophoresis; low egg passage; lower esophagus |
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| LLP | late luteal phase; long-lasting potentiation |
| LPD | low-protein diet; luteal phase defect |
| NLP | no light perception; nodular liquefying panniculitis; normal light perception; normal luteal phase |
| PAL | pathology laboratory; peptidyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine alpha-amidating lysine phase alteration plane; p... |
| ICD-9 CM | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification |
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| I.F.C.C. | International Federation of Clinical Chemistry |
| JCOG | Japan Clinical Oncology Group |
| MCMI | Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory |
| MCMI-II | Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II |
| phase variation | <microbiology> Alteration in the expression of surface antigens by bacteria. For example: Salmonella can express either of two forms of flagellin, H1 and H2, that are coded by different genes. Control of which form is expressed is brought about by inversion of the promoter for the H2 gene, which if functional (noninverted) is associated with the expression of H2 and the production of a repressor of the H1 gene. Inversion occurs about every 1000 bacterial divisions and is under the control of another gene, hin, that is within the invertable sequence. (31 Dec 1997) |
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| chronic phase | Refers to the early stages of chronic myelogenous leukaemia. The number of immature, abnormal white blood cells in the bone marrow and blood is higher than normal, but lower than in the accelerated or blast phase. (12 Dec 1998) |
| microscopy, phase-contrast | A form of interference microscopy in which variations of the refracting index in the object are converted into variations of intensity in the image. This is achieved by the action of a phase plate. (12 Dec 1998) |
| M phase | Mitotic phase of cell cycle of eukaryotic cells, as distinct from the remainder, which is known as interphase (and that can be further subdivided as G1, s and G2). Beginning of M is signalled by separation of centrioles, where present and by the condensation of chromatin into chromosomes. M phase ends with the establishment of nuclear membranes around the two daughter nuclei, normally followed immediately by cell division (cytokinesis). (18 Nov 1997) |
| M phase promoting factor | Protein whose levels rise rapidly just before and fall away just after, mitosis. Thought to be a trigger for mitosis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| plateau phase | <oncology> Stable stage of disease in multiple myeloma following good response to anti-cancer treatment. (31 Dec 1997) |
| continuous phase | The medium or fluid in which a disperse is suspended. Synonym: continuous phase, dispersion medium, dispersion phase, external medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coupling phase | The physical relationship of two syntenic genes. If they are on the same chromosome, they are said to be "in coupling" or "in the cis phase"; if on opposite members of a chromosome pair, "in repulsion" or "in the trans phase." (05 Mar 2000) |
| positive phase | The period following the negative phase, during which the opsonic index rises. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postimplantation phase | The time period between implantation and placentation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postmeiotic phase | The stage following that of reduction of the chromosomes in the sexual cells, representing the mature forms of these cells, ending with the conjugation of the nuclei in the impregnated ovum. Synonym: postreduction phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmitotic phase | The period of the cell cycle after cell division when there is synthesis of RNA and protein; it may last for a few hours in rapidly growing tissue or a lifetime in non-renewing cells such as nerve cells. Synonym: Gap1 phase, postmitotic phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postreduction phase | The stage following that of reduction of the chromosomes in the sexual cells, representing the mature forms of these cells, ending with the conjugation of the nuclei in the impregnated ovum. Synonym: postreduction phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| poststationary phase | The period in the growth of a bacterial culture in which growth is declining. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pregenital phase | In psychoanalysis, the collective psychosexual development phase's preceding the genital phase. (05 Mar 2000) |