| MASA | Medical Association of South Africa; mental retardation-aphasia-shuffling gait-adducted thumbs [synd... |
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| NRRL | Northern Regional Research Laboratory |
| NT | Northern Territory |
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| NFM | Northern fowl mites |
| africa, northern | The geographical area of africa comprising algeria, egypt, libya, morocco, and tunisia. It includes also the vast deserts and oases of the sahara. It is often referred to as north africa, french-speaking africa, or the magreb. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| africa, eastern | The geographical area of africa comprising burundi, djibouti, ethiopia, kenya, rwanda, somalia, sudan, tanzania, and uganda. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| africa, southern | The geographical area of africa comprising angola, botswana, lesotho, malawi, mozambique, namibia, south africa, swaziland, zambia, and zimbabwe. It includes what was formerly called south-west africa or german southwest africa but it was terminated in 1966 by a united nations resolution. (12 Dec 1998) |
| africa south of the sahara | All of africa except northern africa (africa, northern). (12 Dec 1998) |
| africa, western | The geographical area of africa comprising benin, burkina faso, cote d'ivoire, gambia, ghana, guinea, guinea-bissau, liberia, mali, mauritania, niger, nigeria, senegal, sierra leone, and togo. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blot, northern | A technique in molecular biology, used mainly to separate and identify pieces of RNA. Called a Northern blot only because it is similar to a Southern blot (which is named after its inventor, the British biologist M.E. Southern). (12 Dec 1998) |
| blotting, northern | Detection of RNA that has been electrophoretically separated and immobilised by blotting on nitrocellulose or other type of paper or nylon membrane. (12 Dec 1998) |
| central africa | <geography> The geographical area of africa comprising cameroon, central african republic, chad, congo, equatorial guinea, gabon, and democratic republic of the congo. (12 Dec 1998) |
| south africa | A republic in southern africa, the southernmost part of africa. It has three capitals: pretoria (administrative), cape town (legislative), and bloemfontein (judicial). The history is a fabric interwoven with hostile activity among the native tribes, particularly the zulus, the boers (dutch settlers), and the british. Officially the republic of south africa since 1960, it was called the union of south africa 1910-1960. (12 Dec 1998) |
| northern | 1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. <zoology> See Loon. Northern lights. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora. <botany> Northern spy, an excellent American apple, of a yellowish colour, marked with red. Origin: AS. Northerne. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Northern blot | <molecular biology, procedure> An electroblotting method in which RNA is transferred to a filter and detected by hybridisation to (32)P labelled RNA or DNA. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Northern blot analysis | A procedure similar to the Southern blot analysis, used mostly to separate and identify RNA fragments; typically via transferring RNA fragments from an agarose gel to a nitrocellulose filter followed by detection with a suitable probe. Origin: coined to distinguish it from eponymic Southern blot a. (05 Mar 2000) |
| northern territory | A territory in north central Australia, east of the state of queensland. Its capital is darwin. Originally a part of new south wales, it was annexed to south Australia in 1863, entered the commonwealth as part of it in 190l, transferred to the commonwealth in 1911, divided in 1927, but was reestablished in 1931. It was granted self government within the commonwealth of Australia in 1978. (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Africa, French-Speaking, French Speaking Africa, Maghrib, North Africa, Northern Africa
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