| abbokinase | <drug, enzyme> A thrombolytic agent which works by activating the bodys own fibrinolytic system by activating the production of plasmin from plasminogen. Plasmin is an enzyme which degrades fibrin clots and fibrinogen, as well as several other protein clotting factors. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| Abbott's artery | <anatomy, artery> An anomalous artery arising from the posteromedial proximal descending aorta, important during coarctation repair. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abbott's method | A method of treatment of scoliosis by use of a series of plaster jackets applied after partial correction of the curvature by external force. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abbott's stain | <technique> Spores are stained blue with alkaline methylene blue; bodies of the bacilli become pink with eosin counterstain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abbott's tube | A tube with two lumens, one ending in a small collapsible balloon and the other in a metallic tip with numerous perforations; used for intestinal decompression. Synonym: Abbott's tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abbott, Alexander | <person> U.S. Bacteriologist, 1860-1935. See: Abbott's stain for spores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abbott, Edville | <person> U.S. Orthopedic surgeon, 1871-1938. See: Abbott's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abbott, W. Osler | <person> U.S. Physician, 1902-1943. See: Abbott's tube, Miller-Abbott tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abbreviate | 1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. "It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off." 2. <mathematics> To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. 3. <biology> Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type. See: abridge. Origin: L. Abbreviatus, p.p. Of abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. Brevis short. (11 Mar 1998) |
| abbreviated injury scale | Classification system for assessing impact injury severity developed and published by the american association for automotive medicine. It is the system of choice for coding single injuries and is the foundation for methods assessing multiple injuries or for assessing cumulative effects of more than one injury. These include maximum ais (mais), injury severity score (iss), and probability of death score (pods). (12 Dec 1998) |
| abbreviations | Shortened forms of written words or phrases used for brevity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ABC leads | The leads for recording one kind of vectorcardiogram utilizing the Arrighi triangle; supplanted by XYZ leads. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ABC process | Purification of water or deodorization of sewage by a mixture of alum, blood, and charcoal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abc transporters | A superfamily of oligopeptide permease proteins responsible for transporting a wide range of substrates across membranes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| abcoulomb | A unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs. The charge that passes over a given surface in 1 second if a current of 1 abampere is flowing across the surface. Origin: ab + coulomb (05 Mar 2000) |