| misc | miscarriage; miscellaneous |
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| Cx | cervix; circumflex; clearance; complaint; complex; convex |
| DCx | double convex |
| PCx | periscopic convex |
| APS | adenosine phosphosulfate; American Pain Society; American Pediatric Society; American Physiological ... |
| alpha-syn | Alpha-synuclein |
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| SYN | Synaptophysin |
| syn | Syncytial |
| EBV | Anti-Epstein-Barr Virus |
| EBV | Epstain-Barr virus |
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| syn- | (Properly prefixed to words of G. Derivation) indicating together, with, joined; appears as sym-before b, p, pH, or m; corresponds to L. Con-. Origin: G. Syn, with, together (05 Mar 2000) |
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| float | Origin: OE. Flote ship, boat, fleet, AS. Flota ship, fr. Fleotan to float; akin to D. Vloot fleet, G. Floss raft, Icel. Floti float, raft, fleet, Sw. Flotta. See Fleet, and cf. Flotilla, Flotsam, Plover. 1. Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something. Specifically: A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft. The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler. The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish. Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver. "This reform bill . . . Had been used as a float by the conservative ministry." (J. P. Peters) 2. A float board. See Float board (below). 3. A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. 4. The act of flowing; flux; flow. 5. A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep. 6. The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed. 7. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner. 8. A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe. 9. A coal cart. 10. The sea; a wave. See Flote, Float board, one of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or of a steamer's paddle wheel; a vane. Float case, a siliceous stone used to rub stonework or brickwork to a smooth surface. Float valve, a valve or cock acted upon by a float. See Float, 1 (b). 1. To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor. "Had floated that bell on the Inchcape rock." (Southey) 2. To flood; to overflow; to cover with water. "Proud Pactolus floats the fruitful lands." (Dryden) 3. To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet. 4. To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Barr body | Small dark staining inactivated X chromosome seen in female (XX) cells. According to the Lyon hypothesis, random inactivation occurs. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Barr chromatin body | Condensed chromatin of the inactivated X chromosome in female mammals (Barr body). (18 Nov 1997) |
| Barr, Murray | <person> Canadian microanatomist, *1908. See: Barr chromatin body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barr, Yvonne | <person> English virologist, *1932. See: Epstein-Barr virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buccal flange | The portion of the flange of a denture that occupies the buccal vestibule of the mouth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| convex | Applied to a surface that is evenly curved outward, the segment of a sphere. Origin: L. Convexus, vaulted, arched, convex, fr. Con-veho, to bring together (05 Mar 2000) |
| convex lens | A converging lens. Synonym: plus lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| convex mirror | A spherical reflecting surface that constitutes a segment of the exterior of a sphere. (05 Mar 2000) |
| high convex | The segment of a sphere of short radius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| denture flange | The essentially vertical extension from the body of the denture into one of the vestibules of the oral cavity; also, on the lower denture, the essentially vertical extension along the lingual side of the alveololingual sulcus, the buccal and labial vertical extension of the upper or lower denture base, and the lingual vertical extension of the lower one; the buccal and labial denture flange's have two surfaces: the buccal or labial surface and the basal seat surface; the lower lingual flange also has two surfaces: the basal seat surface and the lingual surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| double convex lens | A lens with both surfaces convex. Synonym: convexoconvex lens, double convex lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Epstein-Barr virus | <virology> Species of Herpetoviridae that is responsible for infectious mononucleosis (glandular fever). Discovered in 1964, this virus has been associated with Burkitt's lymphoma in South African children and with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Asian populations. (27 Sep 1997) |
| epstein-barr virus nuclear antigens | Nuclear antigens encoded by epstein-barr virus genes. at least six nuclear antigens have been identified but their mechanism of action and role in B-cell transformation is still unknown. (12 Dec 1998) |
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