Latex ELISA for Antigenic Protein
Letter: l
A disease characterized by a high fever, cough, and general symptoms of pneumonia and caused by the aerobic gram-negative Legionella pneumophila. Sources have been contaminated air conditioning systems, humidifiers, and other water sources.
Wound or injury; pathogenic change in a tissue; one point of a multifocal disease.
To produce lesions in.
White blood cell defense system. Leukocytes include: neutrophils, B-cells, T-cells, macrophages, mast cells, and eosinophils. See individual terms for complete definitions.
Abnormal elevation in the white blood cell count.
Thickening and hardening of the skin with exaggeration of its normal markings (resembles elephant skin in appearance).
A tough band of tissue that serves to connect the articular extremities of bones or to support or retain an organ in place and is usually composed of coarse bundles of dense white fibrous tissue parallel or closely interlaced, pliant, and flexible, but not extensible; any of various folds or bands of pleura, peritoneum, or mesentery connecting parts or organs.
Band of muscle beyond which jejunal tube placement is typically made in order to prevent migration of the tube back into the stomach.
(pl. ligamenta flava) The yellow band of fibrous connective tissue connecting the laminae of adjacent vertebrae.