| serum a. |
albumin (def. 2).
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| serum amyloid A p. |
a high-molecular-weight protein antigenically related to amyloid A protein; it is an acute phase reactant and apparently suppresses antibody responses. Called also SAA p.
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| serum bactericidal activity t. |
determination, by serial dilution, of the titer of serum (and antibiotic in serum) that will kill 99.9 per cent of the starting inoculum mixed with the serum sample; used to monitor antibiotic therapy in endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and other serious bacterial infections.
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| serum c. |
cholinesterase.
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| serum c. deficiency |
an autosomal recessive aminoacidopathy of carnosine metabolism, due to deficiency of the serum isozyme of X-His dipeptidase; it is characterized by urinary excretion of carnosine and accumulation of homocarnosine in the cerebrospinal fluid and may cause myoclonic seizures, severe mental retardation, and spasticity. See also homocarnosinosis.
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