| PTC | papillary thyroid carcinoma; percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography; phase transfer catalyst; phe... |
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| ROPE | respiratory-ordered phase encoding |
| RP | radial pulse; radiopharmaceutical; rapid processing [of film]; Raynaud phenomenon; reactive protein;... |
| RP-HPLC | reverse phase-high performance liquid chromatography |
| RPIPP | reverse phase ion-pair partition |
| late-phase response | Recurrence of symptoms after an appreciable interval following challenge with an antigen; preceded by an initial early-phase response. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| leukaemia, accelerated phase of | Refers to chronic myelogenous leukaemia that is progressing. The number of immature, abnormal white blood cells in the bone marrow and blood is higher than in the chronic phase, but not as high as in the blast phase. (12 Dec 1998) |
| logarithmic phase | <cell culture> The steepest slope of the growth curve of a culture--the phase of vigorous growth during which cell number doubles every 20-30 minutes. (15 Nov 1997) |
| L-phase variants | Bacterial variant's which do not have rigid cell walls but which may contain varying amounts of cell wall material; they are spherical to coccobacillary in shape and vary in size from small bodies that pass through filters which retain bacteria to bodies that are larger than the bacterial form; they are Gram-negative and resistant to penicillin; some revert to the bacterial phase upon removal of the inducing substance, whereas others do not; the variant's differ greatly from the parent bacterial cells in mode of reproduction, physiology, growth requirements, and individual and colonial morphology; they are generally considered to be nonpathogenic, even if derived from a pathogenic bacterium. Origin: L. Fr. Lister Institute (05 Mar 2000) |
| lytic phase | A phase of the virus life cycleduring which the virus replicates within the host cell, releasing a new generation of viruses when the infectedcell lyses. (09 Oct 1997) |