osmotic swelling

См. также в других словарях:

• hypo-osmotic swelling — swelling of sperm in a hypo osmotic solution; see hypo osmotic swelling test, under test …   Medical dictionary

• hypo-osmotic swelling test — (for viability of sperm) a sperm sample is put into a hypo osmotic solution; spermatozoa with normal plasma membranes should undergo swelling and curling of their tails. If less than 50 per cent of the spermatozoa show this change, the sample is… …   Medical dictionary

• colloid osmotic hemolysis — hemolysis due to swelling of the erythrocyte when defective membrane permeability allows excessive sodium to enter followed by excessive water …   Medical dictionary

• Galactosemic cataract — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|366.44, ICD9|271.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = A Galactosemic cataract is cataract which is associated with the consequences of… …   Wikipedia

• Chloride potassium symporter 5 — Solute carrier family 12 (potassium/chloride transporter), member 5 Identifiers Symbols SLC12A5; KCC2; KIAA1176 External IDs …   Wikipedia

• Proteinoid — Proteinoids, or thermal proteins, are protein like molecules formed inorganically from amino acids. Some theories of abiogenesis propose that proteinoids were a precursor to the first living cells.The inorganic polymerization of amino acids into… …   Wikipedia

• Magnetofection — is a simple and highly efficient transfection method that uses magnetic fields to concentrate particles containing nucleic acid into the target cells.[1] This method attempts to unite the advantages of the popular biochemical (cationic lipids or… …   Wikipedia

• complement — Ehrlich term for the thermolabile substance, normally present in serum, that is destructive to certain bacteria and other cells sensitized by a specific c. fixing antibody. C. is a group of at least 20 distinct serum proteins, the …   Medical dictionary

• HOS — health opinion survey; high order spectrum; Holt Oram syndrome; human osteosarcoma; hypo osmotic swelling [test] …   Medical dictionary

• HOS — • health opinion survey; • high order spectrum; • Holt Oram syndrome; • human osteosarcoma; • hypo osmotic swelling [test] …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

• hypotonic — Osmotic potential less than that of living cells. Cells placed in a hypotonic solution will absorb water and display swelling and turgidity. Opposite: hypertonic …   Glossary of Biotechnology