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Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.
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Actinobacillus lignieresii
Medical; Medicine
A species that produces infections of the upper alimentary tract and mouth in cattle and swine (actinobacillosis) and suppurative lesions in the skin and lungs of sheep; it is the ...
hematoxylin-malachite green-basic fuchsin stain
Medical; Medicine
A stain for epoxy resin-extracted sections; semithick sections have their plastic dissolved out and the residual tissue is stained sequentially with the various dyes; nuclei and ...
Bauer chromic acid leucofuchsin stain
Medical; Medicine
A stain for glycogen and fungi using chromic acid as an oxidizing agent of polysaccharides, followed by Schiff reagent; glycogen and fungi cell walls appear deep red.
basic fuchsin-methylene blue stain
Medical; Medicine
A stain for intact epoxy sections; semithick sections of plastic-embedded tissues have nuclei stained purple; collagen, elastic lamina, and connective tissue are stained blue; ...
Klüver-Barrera Luxol fast blue stain
Medical; Medicine
A stain using Luxol fast blue and cresyl violet in sequential steps to demonstrate myelin and Nissl substance, respectively.
Puchtler-Sweat stain for basement membranes
Medical; Medicine
A staining method using resorcin-fuchsin and nuclear fast red solutions after Carnoy fixative; basement membranes are gray to black and nuclei pink to red.
Bauer-Kirby test
Medical; Medicine
A standardized test for microbiologic susceptibility performed by transferring a standardized pure culture of the organism of interest onto a sensitivity plate (Petri dish with ...
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