diphtheria toxin diagnostic

diphtheria toxin diagnostic
diphtheria t. for Schick test.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • diphtheria toxin for Schick test — [USP] a standardized preparation of diphtheria toxin used in the Schick test (q.v.). Formerly called diagnostic diphtheria t …   Medical dictionary

  • diphtheria toxin inactivated diagnostic — Schick test control …   Medical dictionary

  • Toxin — One of a number of poisons produced by certain plants, animals, and bacteria. The term toxin is frequently used to refer specifically to a particular protein produced by some higher plants, animals and pathogenic (disease causing) bacteria. A… …   Medical dictionary

  • dose — 1. The quantity of a drug or other remedy to be taken or applied all at one time or in fractional amounts within a given period. Cf.:dosage (2). 2. In nuclear medicine, amount of energy absorbed per unit mass of irradiated material (absorbed d.) …   Medical dictionary

  • test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …   Medical dictionary

  • phenomenon — 1. A symptom; an occurrence of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease. 2. Any unusual fact or occurrence. [G. phainomenon, fr. phaino, to cause to appear] adhesion p. a p. manifested by the adherence of antigen… …   Medical dictionary

  • Schick test control — [USP] heat inactivated diphtheria toxin used as a control in the Schick test. Formerly called inactivated diagnostic diphtheria toxin …   Medical dictionary

  • genetic disease, human — Introduction       any of the diseases and disorders that are caused by mutations in one or more genes (gene).       With the increasing ability to control infectious and nutritional diseases in developed countries, there has come the realization …   Universalium

  • medicine, history of — Introduction  the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore       Unwritten history is not… …   Universalium

  • Mycobacterium ulcerans — Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”