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heat labile — thermolabile … Medical dictionary
Labile — La bile, a. [L. labilis apt to slip, fr. labi to slip.] 1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. [Obs.] Cheyne. [1913 Webster] 2. Liable or likely to change. [PJC] 3. (Chem.) Easily decomposed or inactivated when subjected to heat, radiation … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Labile — Unstable, unsteady, not fixed. In psychology or psychiatry, labile denotes free and uncontrolled moods or behaviors expressing emotions. In biochemistry, labile means easily removable as, for example, a labile hydrogen molecule. In the context of … Medical dictionary
labile — lability /leuh bil i tee, lay /, n. /lay beuhl, buyl/, adj. 1. apt or likely to change. 2. Chem. (of a compound) capable of changing state or becoming inactive when subjected to heat or radiation. [1400 50; late ME labyl < LL labilis, equiv. to L … Universalium
labile — la•bile [[t]ˈleɪ bəl, baɪl[/t]] adj. 1) apt or likely to change 2) chem. (of a chemical compound) capable of changing state or becoming inactive when subjected to heat or radiation • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME labyl < LL lābilis= L lāb(ī) to… … From formal English to slang
HLF — heat labile factor; hepatic leukemia factor; high level fluoroscopy … Medical dictionary
HLF — • heat labile factor; • hepatic leukemia factor; • high level fluoroscopy … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
LT — • heat labile toxin; • laboratory technology/technologist; • laminar tomography; • Laplace transform; • laryngeal tube; • left; • left thigh; • left thoracic; • less than; • lethal time; • leukotriene; • Levin tube; • levothyroxine; • light; •… … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Complement system — This article is about an aspect of the immune system. For other uses, see complement (disambiguation). The complement system helps or “complements” the ability of antibodies and phagocytic cells to clear pathogens from an organism. It is part of… … Wikipedia
Escherichia — A genus of aerobic, facultatively anaerobic bacteria containing short, motile or nonmotile, Gram negative rods. Motile cells are peritrichous. Glucose and lactose are fermented with the production of acid and gas. These organisms are found in… … Medical dictionary
