mixed lymphocyte culture test — see under culture, and see lymphocyte proliferation t … Medical dictionary
mixed lymphocyte culture assay — MLC assay see under culture … Medical dictionary
lymphocyte proliferation test — a functional test of the ability of lymphocytes to respond to mitogens, specific antigens, or allogenic cells. Lymphocytes are cultured both with and without the stimulant for several days and then are cultured for several hours with 3H labeled… … Medical dictionary
mixed leukocyte reaction — mixed lymphocyte reaction see under culture … Medical dictionary
Culture — A culture is the propagation of microorganisms in a growth media. Any body tissue or fluid can be evaluated in the laboratory by culture techniques in order to detect and identify infectious processes. Culture techniques also be used to determine … Medical dictionary
reaction — 1. The response of a muscle or other living tissue or organism to a stimulus. 2. The color change effected in litmus and certain other organic pigments by contact with substances such as acids or alkalies; also the property that such substances… … 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
MLR — mean length response; middle latency response; mineralocorticoid receptor; mixed lymphocyte reaction; multi linear regression; multivariate linear regression * * * (MLC) mixed lymphocyte reaction (or culture): a test in which lymphocytes from… … Medical dictionary
MLC — Abbreviation for Marginal Line Calculus Index. * * * minimum lethal concentration; mixed leukocyte culture; mixed ligand chelate; mixed lymphocyte concentration; mixed lymphocyte culture; morphinelike compound; multilamellar cytosome; multileaf… … Medical dictionary
transformation — 1. SYN: metamorphosis. 2. A change of one tissue into another, as cartilage into bone. 3. In metals, a change in phase and physical properties in the solid state caused by heat … Medical dictionary