| HTL | hamster tumor line; hearing threshold level; high-L-leucine transport; histotechnologist; human T-ce... |
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| HTS | head traumatic syndrome; HeLa tumor suppression; human thyroid-stimulating hormone, human thyroid st... |
| HU | heat unit; hemagglutinating unit; hemolytic unit; Hounsfield unit; human urine, human urinary; hydro... |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HPV | Human Papilloma Virus |
| human menopausal gonadotropin | A hormone of pituitary originally obtained from the urine of postmenopausal women now produced synthetically; used to induce ovulation. See: menotropins. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| human normal immunoglobulin | A preparation of the proteins of liquid human plasma, containing the antibodies of normal adults; it is obtained from pooled liquid human plasma from a number of donors and may be prepared by precipitation with organic solvents under controlled conditions of pH, ionic strength, and temperature. Synonym: human normal immunoglobulin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human pertussis immune serum | The sterile serum prepared from the pooled blood of healthy adult human beings who have received repeated courses of phase I pertussis vaccine; administered intravenously or intramuscularly for the prophylaxis or treatment of whooping cough. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human plasma protein fraction | A sterile solution of selected proteins derived from the blood plasma of adult human donors, containing 4.5 to 5.5 g of protein per 100 ml, of which 83 to 90% is albumin and the remainder is alpha-and beta-globulins; used as a blood volume supporter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human rights | The rights of the individual to cultural, social, economic, and educational opportunities as provided by society, e.g., right to work, right to education, and right to social security. (12 Dec 1998) |
| human scarlet fever immune serum | Scarlet fever convalescent serum, obtained from healthy persons who have survived an attack of scarlet fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human serum | See: dried human serum, normal human serum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human serum jaundice | An obsolete name for hepatitis transmitted parenterally, usually by blood or blood products; usually due to hepatitis B. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human thioesterase | <enzyme> Homologous to e. Coli thioesterase II; not similar to animal thioesterases I or II; genbank x86032 Registry number: EC 3.1.2.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| human thrombin | Thrombin obtained from human plasma by precipitation with suitable salts and organic solvents; same uses as thrombin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| normal human plasma | Sterile plasma obtained by pooling approximately equal amounts of the liquid portion of citrated whole blood from eight or more adult humans who have been certified as free from any disease which is tranmissible by transfusion, and treating it with ultraviolet irradiation to destroy possible bacterial and viral contaminants. (05 Mar 2000) |
| normal human serum | Sterile serum obtained by pooling approximately equal amounts of the liquid portion of coagulated whole blood from eight or more persons who are free from any disease transmissible by transfusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| normal human serum albumin | A sterile preparation of serum albumin obtained by fractionating blood plasma proteins from healthy persons; used as a transfusion material and to treat oedema due to hypoproteinaemia. Synonym: dried human albumin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| novel human deoxyribonuclease | <enzyme> 45% identical to dnase i. Registry number: EC 3.1.- Synonym: nhdnase (26 Jun 1999) |
| dried human albumin | A sterile preparation of serum albumin obtained by fractionating blood plasma proteins from healthy persons; used as a transfusion material and to treat oedema due to hypoproteinaemia. Synonym: dried human albumin. (05 Mar 2000) |