[Mjhavok]

RFLP (restriction fragment length
polymorphism)

[neilep (OP)]

And i suppose you took that one yourself

Boy, I am just so pleased that my old Brownie camera still worked at the end of my very long poll from Earth.  []

[neilep (OP)]

Sextant


A sextant is a measuring instrument generally used to measure the angle of elevation of a celestial object above the horizon. Making this measurement is known as sighting the object, shooting the object or taking a sight. The angle, and the time when it was measured, can be used to calculate a position line on a nautical or aeronautical chart. A common use of the sextant is to sight the sun at noon to find one's latitude. See celestial navigation for more discussion. Held horizontally, the sextant can be used to measure the angle between any two objects, such as between two lighthouses, which will, similarly, allow for calculation of a line of position on a chart.

The scale of a sextant has a length of 1/6 of a full circle; 60°, hence the sextant's name. An octant is a similar device with a shorter scale, (1/8 of a circle, or 45°) and a quadrant is one with a longer scale (90°).

Sir Isaac Newton invented the principle of the doubly reflecting navigation instrument, but never published it. Two men independently rediscovered the sextant around 1730: John Hadley (1682-1744), an English mathematician, and Thomas Godfrey (1704-1749), an American inventor. The sextant, along with the octant, replaced the astrolabe as the main instruments for navigation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextant

[Mjhavok]

Telophase

[Karen W.]

Uranium

[iko]

Wernicke encephalopathy


Wernicke encephalopathy is a serious disorder caused by thiamine (vitamin B-1) deficiency. Dr Carl Wernicke, a Polish neurologist, described it in 1881 as a triad of acute mental confusion, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia. Korsakoff amnestic syndrome is a late neuropsychiatric manifestation of Wernicke encephalopathy with memory loss and confabulation; hence, the condition is referred to as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome or psychosis. It is most often seen in alcoholics, but it can be seen in disorders associated with malnutrition and also in patients on long-term hemodialysis or with AIDS. The disease is frequently unrecognized and is likely more prevalent than commonly supposed.
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Emergency Department Care: Wernicke encephalopathy must be viewed as a medical emergency, even if other competing diagnoses of CNS processes are being considered. Because the condition is potentially reversible, institution of treatment is indicated in patients exhibiting any combination of symptoms and signs, particularly if the patient is in a high-risk population. Onset of the disease may be acute, subacute, or chronic.

Although as little as 2 mg of thiamine may be enough to reverse symptoms, the dose of thiamine required to prevent or treat Wernicke encephalopathy in most alcoholic patients may be as high as greater than 500 mg given once or twice daily parenterally. Thiamine solution should be fresh, since old solutions may be inactive. Ataxia and acute confusional state may resolve dramatically, although improvement may not be noted for days or months.

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic642.htm

 
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[neilep (OP)]

How about a 'v ' ?


Verruca

Plantar warts (verrucæ pedis; VP - also commonly referred to as a verruca) are warts caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). They are small lesions that appear on the sole of the foot (hence the name, from Latin planta pedis, the sole of the foot) and are typically cauliflower-esque in appearance. They may have small black specks within them that ooze blood when the surface is shaved; these are abnormal capillaries. Though plantar wart refers specifically to HPV infection on the sole of the foot, infection by the virus is possible anywhere on the body and common especially on the palm of the hand, where the appearance of the wart is often exactly as described above for plantar warts. Due to pressure on the soles of the feet, a layer of hard skin forms over the wart. A plantar wart may or may not be painful. It can be spread in communal showers, around swimming pools, sharing shoes, etc.

[neilep (OP)]

Xygote

Neilepedia reference:


Word created to fill in a gap at the ' X' stage in an A-Z thread of science stuff !

[Karen W.]

HEE HEE HEE! LOL!

YOUNG, John (astronaut)

[JimBob]

NEIL !!!!

No need for a fill for "X" - Xenon, an elemental gas, will work just fine and there are quite a few other science things. I'll try to think when I wake in the AM to fill in a partial list.

You can have the credit for Zygote.

[neilep (OP)]

NEIL !!!!

No need for a fill for "X" - Xenon, an elemental gas, will work just fine and there are quite a few other science things. I'll try to think when I wake in the AM to fill in a partial list.

You can have the credit for Zygote.

Sir....I am honored!!..It's possible that some of the words you compile may already have been used here..but I suppose some  'letters ' will demand repetition of certain words.

Thanks Jimmy Boy !!

[Karen W.]

Absolute Zero- Zero Kelvin (-273*C)

[neilep (OP)]

Barium meal





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Preprepared Barium Sulfate suspension for oral consumption

A barium meal, also known as an upper gastrointestinal series is a procedure in which radiographs of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum are taken after barium sulfate is ingested by a patient. Barium meals are useful in the diagnosis of structural and motility abnormalities of the foregut.

There are two varieties of barium meal, these being single and double contrast meals. A single contrast meal uses only barium, a radiopaque (or positive) contrast medium, to image the upper gastrointestinal tract while a double contrast meal uses barium as well as a radiolucent (or negative) contrast medium such as room air, nitrogen, or carbon dioxide. The double contrast meal has the advantage of demonstrating mucosal details and is much more useful as a diagnostic test allowing the detection of small mucosal lesions such as diverticula or polyps.

[Karen W.]

OH YUCK!! I HATE THOSE THINGS!

Chirality- The ability of an molecule to exist in two mirror-image forms, with different properties.

[iko]

Diode

1889     
http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/Pix/SCI/47/10324047_T.JPG
http://www.cjseymour.plus.com/elec/valves/VDIODE.jpg

ikod

[Mjhavok]

Electromagnetopolymorphiclaserwavebeam

No wait I mean Elephant.

[kalimna]

Fourier-transform thingummywotsits. You know, that whole splitting up combined waveforms into their/its constituent parts.....

[neilep (OP)]

Glucose (Glc), a monosaccharide (or simple sugar), is the most important carbohydrate in biology. The cell uses it as a source of energy and metabolic intermediate. Glucose is one of the main products of photosynthesis and starts cellular respiration in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

Two isomers of the aldohexose sugars are known as glucose, only one of which (D-glucose) is biologically active. This form (D-glucose) is often referred to as dextrose (dextrose monohydrate), especially in the food industry. This article deals with the D-form of glucose. The mirror-image of the molecule, L-glucose, cannot be used by cells.


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[Karen W.]

Homeotic genes (hox genes)- The genes that determine developement and body plan.

[Mjhavok]

Iodine