| TCR | T-cell reactivity; T-cell receptor; T-cell rosette; thalamocortical relay; total cytoplasmic ribosom... |
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| WBC | well baby care/clinic; white blood cell; white blood cell count; whole blood cell count |
| WC | ward clerk; water closet; Weber-Christian [syndrome]; wheel chair; white cell; white cell casts; whi... |
| ADC | AIDS Dementia Complex; AIDS 치매 복합 |
| ARC | AIDS Related Complex; AIDS 관련 복합 |
| junctional complex | The attachment zone between epithelial cells, typically consisting of the zonula occludens, the zonula adherens, and the macula adherens (desmosome). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| juxtaglomerular complex | A complex consisting of the juxtaglomerular cells, which are modified smooth muscle cells in the wall of the afferent glomerular arteriole and sometimes also the efferent arteriole; extraglomerular mesangium lacis cells, which are located in the angle between the afferent and efferent glomerular arterioles; the macula densa of the distal convoluted tubule; and granular epithelial peripolar cells located at the angle of reflection of the parietal to the visceral capsule of the renal corpuscle; believed to provide some feedback control of extracellular fluid volume and glomerular filtration rate. Synonym: j-g complex, juxtaglomerular apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| K complex | High amplitude, diphasic frontocental slow waves in the electroencephalogram related to arousal from sleep by a sound; characteristic of sleep stages 2, 3, and 4. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex | <enzyme> Chemical name: 2-Oxoglutarate:lipoamide 2-oxidoreductase (decarboxylating and acceptor-succinylating) Registry number: EC 1.2.4.2 (12 Dec 1998) |
| father complex | Female counterpart of the Oedipus complex in the male; a term used to describe unresolved conflicts during childhood development toward the father which subsequently influence a woman's relationships with men. Synonym: father complex. Origin: Electra, daughter of Agamemnon (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty acid synthase complex | The multienzyme complex that catalyses the formation of palmitate from acetylcoenzyme A, malonylcoenzyme A, and NADPH. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty acid synthetase complex | <enzyme> Registry number: EC 6.- (12 Dec 1998) |
| feline leukaemia-sarcoma virus complex | Viruses from cats that induce transmissible leukaemia or transmissible fibrosarcoma in kittens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| femininity complex | In psychoanalysis, the unconscious fear, in boys and men, of castration at the hands of the mother with resultant identification with the aggressor and envious desire for breasts and vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lcm-lassa complex viruses | One of two groups of viruses in the arenavirus genus and considered part of the old world complex. It includes lassa virus and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, although the latter has worldwide distribution now. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Lear complex | A father's libidinous fixation on a daughter. Origin: Lear, Shakespearean character (05 Mar 2000) |
| lytic complex | <immunology> The large (2000 kD) cytolytic complex formed from complement C5b6789. See: complement. (18 Nov 1997) |
| absorption cell | A small glass chamber with parallel sides, in which absorption spectra of solutions can be obtained. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acid cell | One of the cell's of the gastric glands; it lies upon the basement membrane, covered by the chief cell's, and secretes hydrochloric acid that reaches the lumen of the gland through fine intracellular and intercellular canals (canaliculi). Synonym: acid cell, oxyntic cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acidophil cell | A cell whose cytoplasm or its granules stain with acid dyes. (05 Mar 2000) |