| beta [Greek letter beta] | an anomer of a carbohydrate; buffer capacity; carbon separated from a carboxyl by one other carbon i... |
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| BHK | baby hamster kidney [cells]; type-B Hong Kong [influenza virus] |
| BlT | bleeding time; blood test; blood type, blood typing |
| BT | base of tongue; bedtime; bitemporal; bitrochanteric; bladder tumor; Blalock-Taussig [shunt]; bleedin... |
| BTR | Bezold-type reflex; biceps tendon reflex |
| pre-excitation, mahaim-type | A form of pre-excitation characterised by a normal pr interval and a long qrs interval with a delta wave. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type VI | An autosomal recessive deficiency of pigment in skin, hair, and eyes; in the tyrosinase negative type, there is an absence of tyrosinase; in the tyrosinase positive type, there is normal tyrosinase which cannot enter pigment cells; it is transmitted by an autosomal recessive inheritance. The compound heterozygote is normal so the two forms are not allelic. There are several types: type IA is characterised by absence of tyrosinase with life-long complete absence of melanin, marked photophobia, and nystagmus. Type IB, yellow albinism with low or absent tyrosinase; improves with age. Type II, with normal tyrosinase activity is the most common; hair darkens and nevi and freckles develop. Type III is characterised by absent tyrosinase but pigmentation of the iris in the first decade. Type IV in Africans with normal tyrosinase. Type V with red hair. Type VI, Hermansky-Padlak syndrome, with haemorrhage due to platelet deficiency and low to absent tyrosinase. Synonym: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type VI. (05 Mar 2000) |
| herpes simplex type 1 | A virus that causes cold sores and fever blisters. (12 Dec 1998) |
| herpes simplex type 2 | Different from herpes simplex type 1, herpes simplex 2 causes genital herpes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| herpes simplex virus type 1 UL13 protein kinase | <enzyme> Phosphorylates icp22 and involved in the accumulation of alpha and gamma mrnas and proteins in the infected cells; aa sequence has been determined Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- Synonym: ul13 protein kinase, hsv-1, hsv-1 ul13 protein, hsv-1 ul13 pk, u(l)13 protein kinase, protein kinase ul13 (26 Jun 1999) |
| Schilling type of monocytic leukaemia | See: monocytic leukaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| protoporphyrinogen type III | The immediate precursor of protoporphyrin III in haem biosynthesis; elevated in cases of variegate porphyria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| protoporphyrinogen type III oxidase | A mitochondrial enzyme that uses O2 to convert protoporphyrinogen type III to protoporphyrin type III in haem biosynthesis; a deficiency of this enzyme is associated with variegate porphyria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| protoporphyrin type III | 2,7,12,18-Tetramethyl-3,8-divinylporphin-13,17dipropionic acid;the principal protoporphyrin found in nature (one of 15 possible isomers), characterised by the presence of 4 methyl groups, 2 vinyl groups, and 2 propionic acid side chains; a porphyrin derivative that, with iron, forms the haem of haemoglobin and the prosthetic groups of myoglobin, catalase, cytochromes, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| P-type ATPase | <enzyme> One of three major classes of ion transport ATPases, characterised by vanadate sensitivity and a phosphorylated intermediate. The archetype is the sodium pump. See: F-type ATPase, V-type ATPase. (18 Nov 1997) |
| H-type fistula | <gastroenterology, surgery> A rare form of congenital tracheoesophageal fistula in which there is no oesophageal atresia, manifest as aspiration pneumonias. Synonym: H-type tracheoesophageal fistula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| H-type tracheoesophageal fistula | <gastroenterology, surgery> A rare form of congenital tracheoesophageal fistula in which there is no oesophageal atresia, manifest as aspiration pneumonias. Synonym: H-type tracheoesophageal fistula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| serine-type D-Ala-D-Ala carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> Cleaves between d-ala residues of bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan; also catalyses transpeptidation of peptidyl-alanyl moieties that are n-acyl substituents of d-alanine Registry number: EC 3.4.16.4 Synonym: ala-ala carboxypeptidase, serine-type, dd-peptidase, d-alanyl-d-alanine-carboxypeptidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| hyperlipoproteinaemia type III | A rather uncommon form of familial hyperlipaemia characterised by the presence of lipoproteins of abnormal composition. The main abnormal lipoproteins are called beta-vldl and have a different apoprotein content and a higher proportion of cholesterol relative to triglyceride than normal vldl. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hyperlipoproteinaemia type IV | A familial disorder characterised by an isolated elevation in the plasma level of endogenously synthesised triglyceride carried in vldl. It is considered to be an autosomal dominant trait. (12 Dec 1998) |