Category: E

  • Endotoxin

    A toxin produced with an organism, liberated only when the organism disintegrates. A lipopolysaccharide (fat/sugar complex; poison, also known as LPS) which forms an integral part of the cell wall of gram negative bacteria. It is only released when the cell is ruptured. It can cause, among other things, septic shock and tissue damage. Pharmaceutical…

  • En Brochette

    Broiled on a skewer.  

  • Emulsifier

    A compound or substance which promotes and stabilizes a finely-divided dispersion of oil and water. An ingredient that brings two normally incompatible materials together and binds them into a uniform and fairly stable blend. A food additive used to keep fats from separating from the other ingredients in a food.  

  • Emboss

    Raised design or lettering on the surface of an object.  

  • Effluent

    Waste water or other liquid, partially or completely treated or untreated flowing out of a processing operation or treatment plant.  

  • Efficiency

    Measure of planned performance to actual output. Used for labor, line, materials, time, etc. The proportion of total costs that can be related to benefits achieved in practice. The relationship between the quantity of input or resources used in the production of medical services and the quantity of output produced. The relationship between the quantity…

  • Economic order of quality (EOQ)

    A simplified model of inventory system and at a reduced total cost of maintenance of inventory.  

  • Eclair

    Eclair

    A small pastry filled with cream flavored with vanilla, coffee, or chocolate or iced with fondant icing. The frosted, cream-filled buns known as eclairs acquired their name, French for lightning bolt, not from their shape but from the speed with which they vanish from a plate: like lightning, they are gone in a flash. The…

  • ā€œCā€ Enamel

    An interior coating applied to metal cans to prevent discoloration of foods containing Sulfur compounds.  

  • Fischer projection formula

    Simple method of representing the configuration of stereogenic centres of chemical structures as the intersection of vertical and horizontal lines.