A new technique used to screen patients for alcoholism, to test for liver disease, and to distinguish alcoholic liver disease...

Muscle group of the anterior thigh that extends the leg; composed of recta femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis, and vastus...

Woman who has given birth to a viable infant after each of five pregnancies.  

Anthelmintic and antimalarial used to treat certain worm infestations (e.g., cestodiasis) and malaria. Adverse effects include skin eruptions, nausea, vomiting,...

Swelling of the capsule surrounding a bacterium after it is exposed to specific antibodies or antisera; the reaction forms the...

One of two types of elementary particles (the other is leptons), incapable of independent existence, that combine to form particles...

Surface-active disinfectants consisting of cationic detergents, used principally in the cleansing of food and dairy equipment. Action is bactericidal to...

A law which requires records to be maintained in written, rather than electronic, form.  

A method of representing the results of quality improvement efforts. Joseph M. Juran in the industrial setting has represented quality...

A method designed to measure the quality of life of an individual, based upon one or more aspects of life...