| IL | ileum; incisolingual; independent laboratory; iliolumbar; independent laboratory; inspiratory load; ... |
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| BAIF | bile acid independent flow |
| BIPLED | bilateral, independent, periodic, lateralized epileptiform discharge |
| BSIF | bile salt independent fraction |
| HI | half-scan with interpolation; head injury; health insurance; hearing impaired; heart infusion; hemag... |
| AI | Androgen-independent |
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| iPLA2 | Ca(+2)-independent phospholipase A2 |
| iPLA(2) | Ca(2+)-independent PLA(2 |
| ICA | Independent Component Analyses |
| IPA | Independent Practice Association |
| independent | 1. One who believes that an organised Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority. In England the name is often applied (commonly in the pl) to the Congregationalists. 2. One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting. 1. Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent. "A dry, but independent crust." (Cowper) 2. Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property. 3. Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind. 4. Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner. 5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective. "That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement." (R. P. Ward) 6. Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents. 7. <mathematics> Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; said of quantities or functions. 8. Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party. Independent company, one not incorporated in any regiment. Independent seconds watch, a stop watch having a second hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc, for timing to a fraction of a second. Independent variable. <mathematics> See Dependent variable, under Dependent. Synonym: Free, uncontrolled, separate, uncoerced, self-reliant, bold, unconstrained, unrestricted. Origin: Pref. In- not + dependent: cf. F. Independant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| independent assortment | The pattern of transmission of unlinked loci. (05 Mar 2000) |
| independent power producer | A power production facility that is not part of a regulated utility. (05 Dec 1998) |
| independent practice associations | A partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity that enters into an arrangement for the provision of services with persons who are licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry, and with other care personnel. Under an ipa arrangement, licensed professional persons provide services through the entity in accordance with a mutually accepted compensation arrangement, while retaining their private practices. Services under the ipa are marketed through a prepaid health plan. (12 Dec 1998) |
| independent variable | A characteristic being measured or observed that is hypothesised to influence another event or manifestation (the dependent variable) within a defined area of relationships under study; that is, the independent variable is not influenced by the event or manifestation, but may cause it or contribute to its variation. See: dependent variable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antigens, t-independent | Antigens which may directly stimulate b lymphocytes without the cooperation of t lymphocytes. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| calcium-independent processing protease | <enzyme> Converts hiv-1 gp160 precursor to gp120 and gp41 Registry number: EC 3.4.- Synonym: viral envelope glycoprotein maturase, vem enzyme (26 Jun 1999) |
| sphingosine CoA-independent transacetylase | <enzyme> Transfers the acetate group from platelet-activating factor (paf) to sphingosine forming n-acetylsphingosine (c2-ceramide) Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: platelet-activating factor-sphingosine transacetylase, paf-sphingosine transacetylase, paf-sph transacetylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| thymus-independent antigen | An antigen that does not require T helper cell activation in order for the host's B-cells to be stimulated. Repeating polymers such as polysaccharides are examples of T-independent antigens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| law of independent assortment | Different hereditary factors assort independently when the gametes are formed; traits at linked loci are an exception. Synonym: Mendel's second law. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Association, Independent Practice, Association, Individual Practice, IPA (Individual Practice Association), Practice Association, Independent, Practice Association, Individual, Associations, Independent Practice, Associations, Individual Practice
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(statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables
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A variable that can be arbitrarily selected.
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A variable that acts as a causal factor; activity is the independent variable, as represented by the letter X, in the equation Y 5 a 1 bX. (See page(s) p. 204)
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The manipulated, influential, experimental factor.
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Any of those variables of a problem, chosen according to convenience, that may arbitrarily be specified, and that then determine the other or dependent variables of the problem. The independent variables are often called the coordinates, particularly in problems involving motion in space. Dependent and independent variables can be interchanged, for example, height and pressure.
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| independent | a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them |
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| independent | a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) |
| independent | not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else |
| independent | not contingent |
| independent | free from external control and constraint |
| independent | (grammar) of a clause |
| independent | not controlled by a party or interest group |
| independent | of political bodies |
| independent | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |
| independent | a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea |
| independent | a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific |
| independent | a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable |
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