| conglutination | Synonym: adhesion. 2. Agglutination of antigen(erythrocyte)-antibody-complement complex by normal bovine serum (and certain other colloidal materials); the procedure provides a means of detecting the presence of nonagglutinating antibody. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| conglutinin | <protein> Protein present in serum that causes agglutination of antibody antigen complement complexes, binds C3b. (18 Nov 1997) |
| congo | A republic in central africa lying between gabon and democratic republic of the congo. Its capital is brazzaville. It became a territory of french equatorial africa in 1910, a french overseas territory in 1946, an autonomous republic within the french community in 1958, and achieved independence in 1960. The country takes its name from the congo river running through it: the bantu name for the river means mountain, with reference to the local topography. (12 Dec 1998) |
| congo red | <chemical> An odourless, dark red or reddish brown powder which decomposes on exposure to acid fumes. It is used as a diagnostic aid in amyloidosis, and has been used as an antihemolytic and detoxicant. Pharmacological action: dyes. Chemical name: 1-Naphthalenesulfonic acid, 3,3'-((1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-diylbis(azo))bis(4-amino-, disodium salt (12 Dec 1998) |
| Congolian red fever | An acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic typhus, caused by a related microoganism, rickettsia typhi (mooseri), transmitted to humans by rat fleas (xenopsylla cheopis). The animal reservoir includes rats, mice and other rodents. Murine typhus occurs sporadically worldwide but is more prevalent in congested rat-infested urban areas. Also known as endemic typhus, rat-flea typhus; urban typhus of malaya). (12 Dec 1998) |
| congophilic | Denoting any substance that takes a Congo red stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congophilic angiopathy | A condition of blood vessels characterised by deposits in the vessel walls of a substance, usually amyloid, that take a Congo red stain. See: cerebral amyloid angiopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congresses | Conferences, conventions or formal meetings usually attended by delegates representing a special field of interest. (12 Dec 1998) |
| congruent points | The point in each retina referred to the same external stimulus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congruous hemianopia | Hemianopsia in which the visual field defects in both eyes are completely symmetrical in extent and intensity. (05 Mar 2000) |