Medical dictionary. 2011.
granule — 1. A grainlike particle; a granulation; a minute discrete mass. 2. A very small pill, usually gelatin or sugar coated, containing a drug to be given in a small dose. 3. A colony of the bacterium or … Medical dictionary
Babes-Ernst granule — Ba·bes Ernst granule bäb .esh ərn(t)st n a metachromatic granule in protoplasm called also Babes Ernst body Babès Victor (1854 1926) Romanian bacteriologist. In 1888 Babès made two important discoveries. With the German pathologist Paul Ernst he… … Medical dictionary
volutin granule — Metachromatic granules containing polyphosphate, a linear phosphate polymer found in bacteria, fungi, algae, and some higher eukaryotes that may serve as a stock of phosphate … Dictionary of molecular biology
babes-ernst body — noun or babes ernst granule ˈbäˌbe|shərn(t)st Usage: usually capitalized 1st B&E Etymology: after Victor Babeş died 1926 Romanian bacteriologist and H.C.Ernst died 1922 American bacteriologist : a metachromatic granule in protoplasm … Useful english dictionary
polymetaphosphate — poly·meta·phos·phate (pol″e met″ə fosґfāt) a phosphate polymer that serves as a phosphate reserve in microorganisms, appearing as a metachromatic granule … Medical dictionary
metachrome — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌkrōm noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary meta + chrome (n. suffix); originally formed as French métachrome : a metachromatic granule II. adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology … Useful english dictionary
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
