G

DEFINITION:

As G - Symbol for "gauss," "giga-," "gravida," and "guanine" or "guanosine."

As G - Symbol for "conductance," "gravitational constant," "Gibbs free energy," and "G force."

As g - Symbol for "gram."

As g - Symbol for "standard gravity."

DU

DEFINITION:

Densitometry unit.

cellular

DEFINITION:

Pertaining to, or made up of, cells.

molecular

DEFINITION:

Of, pertaining to, or composed of molecules.

pharmacology

DEFINITION:

The science that deals with the origin, nature, chemistry, effects, and uses of drugs; it includes pharmacognosy, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics, and toxicology.

pediatric

DEFINITION:

Pertaining to pediatrics.

endocrine

DEFINITION:

1. Secreting internally; applied to organs and structures that release their products into the blood or lymph, and to substances (hormones) that exert specific effects on other organs.

2. Pertaining to internal secretions; hormonal.

physiology

DEFINITION:

1. The science which treats of the functions of the living organism and its parts, and of the physical and chemical factors and processes involved.

2. The basic processes underlying the functioning of a species or class of organism, or any of its parts or processes.

N

DEFINITION:

Symbol for newton , nitrogen , and for normal (solution), used with a number designating the strength of the solution relative to the normal, e.g., N/2 or 0.5 N for half-normal.

cardiovascular

DEFINITION:

Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels.

pediatrics

DEFINITION:

That branch of medicine which treats of the child and its development and care and of the diseases of children and their treatment.

biomedical

DEFINITION:

Biological and medical; pertaining to the application of the natural sciences (biology, biochemistry, biophysics, etc.) to the study of medicine.

AC

DEFINITION:

1. Air conduction; alternating current; aortic closure; anodal closure; axiocervical; acromioclavicular.

2. A cancer chemotherapy regimen consisting of Adriamycin (doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide).

As Ac: Symbol for actinium.

anatomy

DEFINITION:

1. The science of the structure of the animal body and the relation of its parts.

2. Dissection of an organized body.

genetics

DEFINITION:

The study of genes and their heredity.

root

DEFINITION:

1. Radix.
2. The lowermost part of a plant or other structure.
3. A quantity which, when multiplied by itself a certain number of times, produces a given quantity.
4. The fundamental or essential part.

homeostasis

DEFINITION:

A tendency to stability in the normal body states (internal environment) of the organism.

AC

DEFINITION:

1. Air conduction; alternating current; aortic closure; anodal closure; axiocervical; acromioclavicular.

2. A cancer chemotherapy regimen consisting of Adriamycin (doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide).

As Ac: Symbol for actinium.

molecular

DEFINITION:

Of, pertaining to, or composed of molecules.

nutrition

DEFINITION:

1. The sum of the processes involved in taking in nutriments and assimilating and utilizing them.

2. Nutriment.

genetics

DEFINITION:

The study of genes and their heredity.

physiology

DEFINITION:

1. The science which treats of the functions of the living organism and its parts, and of the physical and chemical factors and processes involved.

2. The basic processes underlying the functioning of a species or class of organism, or any of its parts or processes.

cell

DEFINITION:

1. Any one of the minute protoplasmic masses that make up organized tissue, consisting of a nucleus which is surrounded by cytoplasm which contains the various organelles and is enclosed in the cell or plasma membrane. A cell is the fundamental, structural, and functional unit of living organisms.

2. A small, more or less closed space.

neuroglial cells - The cells of the supportive tissue of the central nervous system (neuroglia); these non-neural cells are of three kinds: astrocytes, oligodendrocytes (collectively termed macroglia) and microglia.

reticular cells - The cells forming the reticular fibers of connective tissue; those forming the framework of lymph nodes, bone marrow, and spleen are part of the reticuloendothelial system and under appropriate stimulation may differentiate into macrophages.

stem cell - 1. Any precursor cell.

2. A blood cell progenitor, or mother cell, having the capacity for both replication and differentiation, and giving rise to various morphologically recognizable precursors of different blood cell lines, such as the proerythrocyte and myeloblast, which cannot self-replicate and must differentiate into more mature daughter cells.

physiology

DEFINITION:

1. The science which treats of the functions of the living organism and its parts, and of the physical and chemical factors and processes involved.

2. The basic processes underlying the functioning of a species or class of organism, or any of its parts or processes.

cardiovascular

DEFINITION:

Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels.

physiology

DEFINITION:

1. The science which treats of the functions of the living organism and its parts, and of the physical and chemical factors and processes involved.

2. The basic processes underlying the functioning of a species or class of organism, or any of its parts or processes.

chemistry

DEFINITION:

The science that treats of the elements and atomic relations of matter, and of the various compounds of the elements.

molecular

DEFINITION:

Of, pertaining to, or composed of molecules.

genetics

DEFINITION:

The study of genes and their heredity.

cardiovascular

DEFINITION:

Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels.